Simon S Lapham (1817 - 1908)

Born 30 Aug 1817 in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary C Jett — married 11 May 1843 in Washington, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Jan 1908 at age 90 in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Simon S. Lapham married Mary C. Jett 11 May 1843 at Washington, Ohio, United States ^[1] Their intention is dated 4 May 1843.^[2]

The 1850 census for Marietta, Washington, Ohio lists:

Simon L Lapham M 32 Massachusetts(sic)

Mary C Lapham F 26 Ohio

Joseph H Lapham M 6 Ohio

Owen T Lapham M 5 Ohio

Luther L Lapham M 3 Ohio

Ira C Lapham M 1 Ohio^[3]

The next family down is that of George "Felt" 29. It is possible that this is mistranscribed from "Jett" Mary's family name and this is her brother.

The 1860 census for Marietta, Washington, Ohio lists:

Simon S Lappham(sic) M 47 Massachusetts(sic)

Mary C Lappham F 36 Ohio

Joseph A Lappham M 16 Ohio

Owen T Lappham M 14 Ohio

Luther T Lappham M 12 Ohio

Zina L Lappham M 9 Ohio

Jerry M Lappham M 6 Ohio

Mary E Lappham F 3 Ohio

Ida M Lappham F 1 Ohio

Clara Lappham F 14 Ohio^[4]

This Clara is presumed to be Clara Morris (Lapham) Cannon (1847-1909) by her descendants who believe her to be a niece of SImon's, and Simon to be the son of Alexander Hamilton Lapham - none of which is documented.

A few families down, on the next page is George A Jett his wife Mary, two Jett children, two Cooms children and one Zeller.

The 1870 census for Marietta, Washington, Ohio lists:

Simeon Lapham M 52 New York

Mary Lapham F 47 Ohio

Zena Lapham M 18 Ohio

Jeremiah Lapham M 16 Ohio

Mary Lapham F 14 Ohio

Ida Lapham F 11 Ohio

Jessie Lapham F 9 Ohio^[5]

Note Ida and Jessie appear at the top of the following page.

The 1880 census for Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, lists:

S S Lapham Self M 62 New York, both parents born in New York

Mary Lapham Wife F 57 Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born New York

Mary Lapham Daughter F 23 Ohio ,^[6]

Simon Southern Lappham(sic) & Mary Cole Jett are listed as the parents of Jessie Fremont Taylor, who was born 09 Jun 1861 in Ohio, and died 06 Apr 1924 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Jessie's husband was Samuel George Taylor. ^[7]

Simeon S. Lapham (sic, stone pictured reads 'S.S.Lapham') was born 30 Aug 1817 in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, and died 31 Jan 1908 (aged 90) in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. He was buried in the Beckett Family Cemetery in Waterford, Washington County, Ohio.

"Son of Nathaniel Lapham and Hannah Mowry. He married Mary C. Jett."

FindaGrave lists his wife:

Mary C. Jett Lapham 1823–1898

and one child:

Ira G. Lapham 1849–1852 ^[8]

A tree at Family Search lists a source as a gravestone on the Beckett Farm near Marrietta Ohio. Genealogy Trails has a page:

"BECKETT CEMETERY, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO"

Source: "Washington County, Ohio Cemeteries, 1789-1940," by Helen Hill Sloan, published 1964; transcribed by Genealogy Trails Transcription Team

"Beckett Cemetery is about six miles from Waterford, on the river road. It is located on the old Beckett farm. No public road is open to the cemetery."

which includes the listings:

Lapham, Mary C. Jett - born 1823, died 1897

Lapham, Mary E. - born 1856, died 1913

Lapham, S. S. - born 1817, died 1908 ^[9]

Research Notes

Joseph H Lapham's death record lists his parents as Simon Lapham & Mary Jett. ^[10]

Owen T Lapham's death record lists Simon Lapham and Miss Mary Jett. The informant was RS Lapham Owen's son.^[11]

There is some doubt that this Simon, and not another, was the son of Nathaniel & Hannah. despite the statement at FIndagrave. There is a SImon associated with the Alexander Hamilton Lapham (1789-1869) branch who is believed by some members of that family to have been one of the "four small children " Polly Sweet Lapham states were deserted by her husband 'Hamilton Lapham' in 1818 in Ohio. It is a very convoluted trail from New York to Ohio to Kentucky to Georgia and back to Ohio that involves parents dying young and children taken in by relatives, thus confusing the record of whose children they were; second or third or fourth marriages without benefit of divorce...

This Simon is frequently referred to as "Simon Southern" which may be an attempt to distinguish him from a different Simon, possibly son of Nathaniel. This is a trail I have worked on off and on for a couple of years, JLO

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZVC-NLB : 26 August 2019), Simon S. Lapham and Mary C. Jett, 11 May 1843; citing Marriage, Washington, Ohio, United States, vol 2 p 77, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8X8-V5L : 29 September 2021), Simon S. Lapham and Mary C. Jett, 1843.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Z-JJS : 21 December 2020), Simon L Lapham, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPH-TTT : 18 February 2021), Simon S Lappham, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6K3-GTV : 28 May 2021), Simeon Lapham, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ11-WT6 : 15 September 2017), S S Lapham, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 31, sheet 83B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,007.
7. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6MV-WWT : 15 August 2019), Simon Southern Lappham in entry for Jessie Fremont Taylor, 06 Apr 1924; citing Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, reference fn 20429; FHL microfilm 1,992,495.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images accessed 30 January 2020, memorial page for Simeon S. Lapham (30 Aug 1817–31 Jan 1908), Find A Grave: Memorial #11175827, citing Beckett Family Cemetery, Waterford, Washington County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Marie (contributor 46788913) .
9. ↑ http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/washington/cem_beckett.html
10. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKC-8CHM : 26 September 2019), Joseph H Lapham, 1910.
11. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4V-CTL : 8 March 2021), Owen T Lapham, 15 May 1910; citing Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference fn 25215; FHL microfilm 1,952,392.

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See Also

Findagrave Memorial ID 153919208 for Jessie Fremont Lapham Taylor