Joel married Emma CALVERT on 17 Oct 1876 in Platte, Missouri, USA. Emma (daughter of Lewis Holt CALVERT and Martha Washington HERNDON) was born in 1848 in Missouri, USA; died on 2 Mar 1884 in Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry THORP was born in 1878 in Missouri, USA.
2. David Calvert THORP was born on 6 Mar 1880 in Missouri, USA; died on 22 Apr 1959 in Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, USA.

Joel married Susan TAYLOR on 27 Aug 1890 in Buchanan, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]