Isaac Roop
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| Provisional Governor of the Proposed Territory of Nevada | |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | James W. Nye (as Territorial Governor) |
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Carroll County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Susanville, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Susanville Cemetery |
| Party | Whig |
| SpouseScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Nancy (nee Gardner) Roop |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Susan Roop |
| Occupation | Farmer, trader, politician |
Known for | Early settler of Susanville, California |
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Isaac Newton Roop (March 13, 1822 – February 14, 1869) was an American politician, pioneer, and member of the Whig Party. In 1859, he was the first elected (provisional) governor of the newly-proposed Nevada Territory.
Early life
Roop was born in Carroll County, Maryland.[1]
Career
In 1851, the guide William Nobles started taking settlers, including the 29-year-old Isaac Roop and his family, over a route through the Sierra Nevada passing through the Honey Lake valley. Roop's first three years in California were spent in Shasta County in farming and trading. During that period, he also held the positions of postmaster and school commissioner. He had accumulated in that time upwards of $15,000 (~$Format price error: cannot parse value "Error when using Template:Tl: |index=US-GDP (parameter 1) not a recognized index." in 2024) worth of property but in June 1853 lost it all by fire. It was then that Roop retreated to the Sierra Nevada and to Honey Lake, where he concentrated on his own backcountry holdings and nearly single-handedly erected the burg of Rooptown, which he would later name for his daughter Susan.
In September 1859, Roop was elected the first territorial governor of the proposed Nevada Territory. At the time, Susanville was thought to be in Nevada, instead of California. The new provisional government first convened on December 15, 1859, in the town of Genoa. Roop lived in the contested County of Roop. He was elected in 1861 to the new Nevada Territorial Senate.[2]
After the county's dissolution in 1865, Roop returned to Susanville. Roop became Lassen County's district attorney for two terms.
Personal life
On December 24, 1840, Roop married Nancy Gardner, his tutor. They had children: John, Isaiah, and Susan. On June 20, 1850, Nancy died of typhoid fever.
Isaac Roop died in Susanville on February 14, 1869.[3] His daughter Susan Arnold resided in the town as well until her own death in 1921, and both were buried in the town's cemetery.[1] There is a mural depicting father and daughter in Uptown Susanville on the outside wall of Johnson's Shoes.
Roop County, Nevada, was named after him.[4]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bruce, A. T. (1869). "Isaac Roop". Lassen Sagebrush. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Isaac Roop". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Isaac Roop". Lassen County, California GenWeb Project. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Creation of Nevada's Counties". Nevada Association of Counties. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Butler, James Thomas (1994). Isaac Roop, Pioneer & Political Leader of Northeastern California. Susanville (California): High Desert Press. ISBN 0-936029-40-4.
External links
- Isaac Roop at Find a GraveTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Isaac Roop Script error: No such module "webarchive". at WesternStarWiki
- Lassen County, California GenWeb Project
- Ancestry.com
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