Lorenzo Lapham (1837 - 1891)

Born 13 Mar 1837 in Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, United States

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Biography

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Lorenzo S. Lapham son of Horace Lapham & Anna (Strong) Lapham was born 13 Mar 1837 in Scipio New York. He graduated from the Albany Law School, and practiced law at Council Bluffs, Iowa.^[1][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]

Lorenzo S Lapham was born in 1837 and died in 1891 (aged 53–54), He was buried in the Machpelah Cemetery in Le Roy, Genesee County, New York.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton Mass by Benjamin W. Dwight, v 2 pg 915
2. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953; pg 119
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. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images accessed 20 March 2020, memorial page for Lorenzo S Lapham (1837–1891), Find A Grave: Memorial #156222768, citing Machpelah Cemetery, Le Roy, Genesee County, New York, USA ; Maintained by PaPa G (contributor 48233254) .