Adelbert Delos Thorp

Adelbert D. Thorp was born in Oswego, New York on April 15, 1844. He came to the Wisconsin Territory with his family as a child in 1846, and settled at Rubicon, in Dodge County, where he was raised and educated. They moved to Monroe County, Wisconsin, in 1860.{{Cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1882 |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1882 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Heg |editor-first= J. E. |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1882/reference/wi.wibluebk1882.i0022.pdf |chapter= Biographical Sketches |page= 545 |accessdate= March 11, 2022 }}

At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Thorp volunteered for service with the Union Army. He was enrolled as a private in Company A of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He served nearly two years with the regiment before being discharged in March 1863 due to disability.{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi01wisc/ |title= Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 |volume= 1 |year= 1886 |publisher= Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin |chapter= Third Regiment Infantry |page= [https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi01wisc/page/96/ 96] |accessdate= March 11, 2022 }} He re-enlisted in the Fall of 1864 and was assigned to Company K of the 43rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, where he was promoted to first sergeant. He mustered out with the 43rd Wisconsin Infantry in June 1865.{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi02wisco/ |title= Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 |volume= 2 |year= 1886 |publisher= Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin |chapter= Forty-Third Regiment Infantry |page= [https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi02wisco/page/742/ 742] |accessdate= March 11, 2022 }}

After the war, Thorp returned to Monroe County, where he was married in 1869. In 1871, he moved to Egg Harbor, in Door County, where he remained for most of the rest of his life. At Egg Harbor, Thorp became involved in the fishing business and was elected town chairman, serving two one-year terms. He was then elected county clerk in 1876 and re-elected in 1878.

In 1881, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, running on the Republican Party ticket. He served in the 35th Wisconsin Legislature and was a member of the committee on incorporations. He did not run for re-election in 1882. However, at the start of the 1883 session of the Legislature, the Wisconsin Senate elected him to serve as their sergeant-at-arms.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1883 |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1883 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Heg |editor-first= J. E. |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1883/reference/wi.wibluebk1883.i0021.pdf |chapter= Biographical Sketches |page= 483 |accessdate= March 11, 2022 }} He continued as an employee of the Senate in the 1885 session, working as proofreader.{{Cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1885 |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1885 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Heg |editor-first= James E. |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1885/reference/wi.wibluebk1885.i0017.pdf |chapter= Biographical Sketches |page= 29 |accessdate= March 11, 2022 }}

In 1887, Thorp was appointed sheriff of Door County by Governor Jeremiah McLain Rusk, following the death of the incumbent, Thomas Scott.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97410961/brief-notes/ |title= Brief Notes |newspaper= Green Bay Press-Gazette |date= November 15, 1887 |page= 3 |accessdate= March 11, 2022 |via= Newspapers.com }} Thorp served the remainder of Scott's term, and was later elected to another term in 1892. In 1894, he ran instead for county treasurer and served one term in that office.{{Cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1895 |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1895 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Casson |editor-first= Henry |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1895/reference/wi.wibluebk1895.i0015.pdf |chapter= The Judiciary, United States Government, State Government, Miscellaneous State Societies, Etc. |page= 631 |accessdate= March 11, 2022 }}

In 1897, Thorp was appointed special agent for the United States General Land Office in Spokane, Washington. He served there for eight years before retiring due to poor health.{{cite news|title= Another Pioneer Gone |newspaper= Door County Advocate |date= February 14, 1919 }}

Thorp died in February 1919 at the home of his daughter in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, after a long illness.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97414577/adelbert-d-thorp-obit/ |title= Prominent Citizen Dies |newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette |date= February 13, 1919 |page= 12 |accessdate= March 11, 2022 |via= Newspapers.com }}

Thorp married Ellen Augusta Durkee in on March 2, 1869, at Tomah, Wisconsin. They had at least four children together before her death in 1893.

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