Thomas R. Westrope, farmer, stock raiser and dealer, was born in Morgan county, Ill., in 1825; moved to La Fayette county, Wes., in 1850; thence to Montgomery county, Ia., where he owns sixteen hundred acres of well improved farming land, two hundred and fifty head of graded cattle and fifty head of pedigreed shorthorns. He came to Shelby county in the spring of 1881, and here owns 440 acres of land and 150 head of cattle; has 36- acres of well improved farm in Audubon county, and 260 acres in La Fayette county, Wis. He carries on all of these farms himself, keeping sixteen men constantly employed, besides extra help in cropping season. He is one of the most extensive farmers in western Ia. In 1848, he was married in La Fayette county, Wis., to Sarah A. Huntsman. They have eight sons and two daughters.

Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass January, 2020 from "History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth," by Western Publishing Company, Sioux City, Iowa, 1882, pg. 427.