| decade | event | confirmation |
| 1820 | ca 1825 born in Tennessee | 1850 & 1870 census |
| 1830 | ||
| 1840 | 12/13/1846 Caleb W Throop married Jane Gibby in Perry County, Illinois. | Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. Recorded Vol: 1, page: 271 |
| 1850 | lives in Hardin Precinct, Calhoun County, Illinois. Willis Troup, age 26, laborer. Wife Jane, 3 Gibbes boys. | 1850 US census. Roll: M432_99, Page 295, enumerated on October 8. dwelling 11, family 11 |
| ca 1852, birth of son Caleb | 1860 census | |
| ca 1858, birth of daughter Salenda Ann | 1860 census | |
| 1860 | lives in Richwood Precinct, Calhoun County, Illinois. Willis Throop, age 35, lumberer. Wife Jane; Caleb (transcribed Caless at ancestry,com), age 7; Salinda, age 2. John and James Gibby, lumberers | 1860 US census. Roll: M653_159, Page 741, enumerated on Jume 12. dwelling 356, family 356. Post office: Monterey |
| ca 1862, birth of son James | 1870 census | |
| December 1865, birth of son George | 1870 census | |
| 1870 | lives at T6S R4W Perry County, Illinois. PO: Denmark. Willis Throop, age 47, farmer; Jane 42; Caleb 18 farm laborer; Salinda 12; James 8; George 4. | 1870 US census. Roll: M593_268, Page: 281, Image: 367, enumerated on August 19. dwelling 125, family 125 |
| 1880 | 07/10/1881, Willis Throop, age 54 died. | Perry County Poor Farm/Potters Field Buriel Index |
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