Born Oct 1833 in Warren County, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Lapham — married about 1853 (to 1863) in New York, United States

Husband of Josephine (Wolf) Lapham — married about 1872 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

Musician Fletcher Lapham served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 22nd Regiment, New York Infantry, Company E

Fletcher Lapham was born in Oct 1833, the son of Jonathan Lapham (1798-1860) & Elizabeth Shoffield Healey (1796-1877). Fletcher married Mary Kelly. ^[1]

The 1850 census for Glens Falls, Warren, New York lists:

Jonathan Lapham M 52 New York,

Elisabeth L Lapham F 52 Rhode Island

Fletcher Lapham M 16 New York

Amelia Nealey (Healey?) F 15 New York^[2]

The preceding family is that of their son Jerome, son Benjamin's family is on the preceding page.

IN 1855 Fletcher Lapham, 22, Mary, 20, and "Clawed", 1, are boarding with the Darlings in Queensbury, Warren County, New York. Fletcher and Claude were born in Warren County, Mary in Montgomery. The preceding family is that of Fletcher's parents Jonathan & Elizabeth. Note the census is mislabeled "New Hampshire".^[3]

The 1860 census for Warren is dated 26 July, Jonathan died in May:

Mrs Lapham F 60 New York (sic)

Flecher (sic) Lapham M 27 Carpenter New York

Jane Lapham F 24 New York

George Lapham M 8 New York^[4]

I haven't figured out who Jane & George are or where Mary & Claude are - unless they were Mary Jane and Claude George, the ages are off a bit though.

Fletcher Lapham served as a Musician in the 22nd Regiment, New York Infantry Company E during the Civil War.^[5][6]

From New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center 22nd New York Infantry Regiment's Civil War Newspaper Clippings:

"ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Va., Aug. 27, 1861."

"On Monday Theodore Reynolds and Fletcher Lapham, while scouting, were fired upon; Reynolds was shot through the chest below the collar bone, Fletcher shot the Rebel and the two retreated..."

"CAMP GRAHAM, ARLINGTON, VA., Tuesday Evening, August 27th, 1861."

" A continued interchange of fire was kept up yesterday between our scouts and the rebel patrols, and if all accounts are true which our boys tell, some 15 or 20 of the enemy fell before their shots.—FLETCHER LAPHAM thinks he killed one; G. H. Morse of my company says he is sure he killed one,.."^[7]

There is a pension record dated 29 Jan 1890 in the name of Fletcher Lapham listing his service as "E, 22, N. Y. Inf" and his beneficiary as Josephine Lapham, widow.^[8] There is another dated 31 Jul 1891 at Family Search but he image is only of a cover sheet recording his name, rank, and unit. There is no additional detail.^[9]The one dated 29 Jan 1890 is also available at Fold3 - behind their paywall.^[10]

Claude's obituary in 1938 states his mother died when he was 9, which would have been c 1863. They became travelling musicians and entertainers. They settled in East Berlin Pennsylvania "more than 65 years ago" ie before 1873, where Fletcher married Josephine Wolf.^[11] News Comet East Berlin, Pennsylvania Fri, Oct 7, 1938

There is an 1880 census for East Berlin, Adams,Pennsylvania census that lists:

Fletcher Lapham Head M 46 Carpenter born New York, parents b New York

J. Mary Lapham Wife F 25 years born Pennsylvania, parents b Pennsylvania

Edith Lapham F 7 Pennsylvania

Cleon Lapham M 6 Pennsylvania

Marion Lapham M 5 months born December in Pennsylvania,^[12]

Fletcher Lapham died 8 Jan 1882 and was buried in the Bay Street Cemetery in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York in the LAPHAM PLOT.

FIndagrave provides links to his parents:

Jonathan Lapham 1798–1860

Elizabeth S Healy Lapham 1796–1877

two siblings:

Benjamin F Lapham 1822–1910

Jerome Lapham 1823–1898

and one child:

Claude Lapham 1855–1938^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953 pp 91-2
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMM-BBW : 24 December 2020), Jonathan Lapham, Glens Falls, Warren, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6S8-YGD : Fri Mar 08 03:06:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Silas Darling and Phebe A Darling, 1855.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC41-RFS : Fri Mar 08 16:58:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Lapham and Flecher Lapham, 1860.
5. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=78A5B1B1-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
6. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSMS-7Y7 : 25 August 2021), Fletcher Lapham, 1861-1865.
7. ↑ https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/unit-history/infantry/22nd-infantry-regiment/newspaper-clippings
8. ↑ "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBW-46W : Fri Mar 08 11:35:12 UTC 2024), Entry for Fletcher Lapham and Josephine Lapham, 1890.
9. ↑ "United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDTR-CRH : Sun Mar 10 07:15:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Fletcher Lapham.
10. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NH78-CZC : 24 March 2016), Fletcher Lapham, 1890.
11. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-comet/4837944/
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6H-CM7 : Mon Mar 11 00:23:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Fletcher Lapham and J.mary Lapham, 1880.
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed April 12, 2024, memorial page for Fletcher Lapham (unknown–8 Jan 1882), Find A Grave: Memorial #128750705, citing Bay Street Cemetery, Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, USA; Maintained by jim miller (contributor 46831817).