Asahel Albert Lathrop (December 27, 1810 – January 23, 1891) was one of thousands of 19th-century American Mormon pioneers who is best known today for his involvement on August 6, 1838, in Gallatin Election Day Battle in Daviess County, Missouri; a voting incident involving Asahel's brother-in-law-, Samuel Brown, the husband of Lydia Marie Lathrop, which led to a full-scale war.
A group of armed men forced Asahel A. Lathrop from his home, and held his wife and children prisoner; they later died.
[1][2] March 17, 1840 Lathrop swore out an affidavit before notary public John H. Holton that he had moved to Caldwell ounty in the summer of 1838, thinking he was at peace with his neighbors.
They forced his wife to neglect her sick children to cook for them, and a child died.
Lathrop spent ten to fifteen days seeking help to rescue his family and when he was able to return he found them all confined to bed by illness.