Asahel Albert Lathrop (December 25, 1810 – January 23, 1893) 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.