Lathrop - Forest Hill Cemetery - Section 9 - Lot 20/21

John Hosmer Lathrop  Jun 23, 1834 - Apr 1857
Leopold Lathrop  Aug 8, 1835 - Apr 26, 1858

Brothers, they were born a little more than a year apart, died within about a year of each other, and were both 22 when they died

The broken columns on their monument are a symbol of life cut short

Probably just a memorial, there is no record either are burried here

Father, John Hiram Lathrop, was the first Chancellor at the Universtity of Wisconsin 1849 - 1858