Horace Lapham (1804 - 1876)

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Died 1876 at about age 72 in La Grange, New York, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

  Horace Lapham (Duty, Solomon, Nicholas, John) was born in 1804, the son of Duty Lapham (1775-1846). He married Anna T. Strong 12 May 1836. Five children are listed:

1. Lorenzo D. born 1837
2. Daniel W. born in Cayuga County 12 June 1840; d. at Dunellen, New Jersey 22 June 1909;; m. Josephine M. Boteler.
3. Mary A. born 1844, teacher at Le Roy
4. Ellen D. born 1847, in LaGrange
5. Frank A. born 1856, d. 1857, LaGrange^[1]

The 1840 census for Scipio New York shows two small boys, presumably Daniel and Lorenzo; one teenage boy, possibly a brother or brother-in-law, one man in his 30's, (Horace) and one woman in her 20's, (Anna).^[2]

The 1850 census for Perry, Wyoming, New York lists:

Horace Lapham M 45 New York

Anna Lapham F 32 New York

Lorenzo S Lapham M 13 New York

David(sic - Daniel) W Lapham M 10 New York

Mary A Lapham F 5 New York

Ellen D Lapham F 2 New York^[3]

The 1860 census for Covington, Wyoming, New York lists:

Horace Lapham M 55 New York

Ann Lapham F 42 New York

Lorenzo Lapham M 23 New York

Daniel Lapham M 20 New York

Mary Lapham F 15New York

Ellen Lapham F 12New York^[4]

The 1870 census has the family name as "Lapon". Horace is listed as 65 and "Without Occupation" Also listed are Anna 52, Mary, 25 and Ellen,22.^[5]

Horace Lapham, was born in 1804 and died in 1876. He married Anna T. Strong 12 May 1836. She was born 13 March 1818. Five children are listed:

1. Lorenzo S Lapham, born 13 Mar 1837, Scipio, New York
2. Daniel W Lapham, born 12 Jun 1840, Scipio, New York
3. Mary A Lapham, born 15 Sep 1844, La Grange, New York
4. Ellen D Lapham, born 02 Oct 1847, La Grange, New York
5. Frank H Lapham, born 13 Nov 1856, La Grange, New York

Links are provided for Lorenzo, Daniel & Mary. Horace & Anna are buried in the LaGrange Cemetery, LaGrange, Wyoming County, New York,^[6]

Research Notes

The Find A Grave entry for Amanda Pease Wheeler Lapham (# 35072343), and other sources noted there state that Horace's father Duty married her as his second wife in 1813. That makes Horace's mother Mary Colwell, Duty's first wife.

"Aldridge did not get Duty's wives straight "Laphams" inconsistently attributes some of the children to Amanda whom he married in 1813. All of his children were born before then & thus were Mary's. Substantiating this, from a biography of Deborah:

"Changes came to her in her early childhood, by her mother’s death, her father’s removal to Hamilton, N. Y., when she was about ten years old, and by his second marriage to Mrs. Wheeler." ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY4-HMR : 7 September 2017), Horace Lapham, Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing p. 136, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 269; FHL microfilm 17,181.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTS-TPT : 23 December 2020), Horace Lapham, Perry, Wyoming, New York, 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:MCQ4-5DX : 18 February 2021), Horace Lapham, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8XN-215 : 29 May 2021), Horace Lapon, 1870.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 22 November 2021, memorial page for Horace Lapham (1804–1876), Find A Grave: Memorial #95870977, citing LaGrange Cemetery, LaGrange, Wyoming County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Jim and Elizabeth (contributor 47230507) .
7. ↑ "Mrs Deborah B Lapham Wade", a 32 page pamphlet, published by the Women's Baptist Missionary Society of the West, James Guilbert, Printer, Chicago, 1881. found at https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26546970M/Mrs._Deborah_B._Lapham_Wade

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