Henry Flanders Lapham (1853 - 1937)

Born 31 Dec 1853 in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Augusta (Fountain) Lapham — married 18 Mar 1876 in Lake County, Ohio, United States

Died 29 Apr 1937 at age 83 in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Edward Lapham, son of Thomas Lapham (1787-1869) & Catharine (Megley) Lapham (1787-1866) was born in 1819. He married Rebecca Jarvis. Among their children is listed:

Henry married Mary Fountain.^[1]

The 1870 census for Mentor, Lake, Ohio lists:

Edward Lapham Male 51 Canada

Rebecca Lapham Female 47 New York

Thomas Lapham Male 25 Ohio

Alva Lapham Male 23 Ohio

Sarah Lapham Female 21 Ohio

Marion Lapham Female 19 Ohio

Henry Lapham Male 17 Ohio

Lydia Lapham Female 15 Ohio

George Wilson Male 15 Ohio^[2]

Henry F Lapham married Mary A Fountain 18 Mar 1876 in Lake County, Ohio.^[3]

In 1880 Henry & Mary were living with Mary's widowed mother in Mentor:

Martha Fountain Self Female 47 Ohio, United States

Henry Laphan Son-in-law Male 28 Ohio, United States

Mary A Laphan Daughter Female 23 Ohio, United States

Jessie Laphan Granddaughter Female 2 Ohio, United States

Richard Laphan Grandson Male 4 Ohio, United States ^[4] Here the image shows Henry's father as born in Canada & his mother in New York.

The 1900 census for Mentor village, Lake, Ohio lists:

Edward Lapham Head Male 83 Canada Eng (dob Nov 1817)

Alva Lapham Son Male 54 Ohio (dob Sep 1846)

Henry F Lapham Son Male 48 Canada Eng (?,see 1870 above) (dob Dec 1852)

Marian Lapham Daughter-in-law(?,see 1870 above) Female 49 Canada Eng (dob Oct 1851)

Marion Snell Boarder Female 25 Ohio (dob Aug 1875) Note Edward's daughter Sarah married Frank Snell - this is probably their daughter or perhaps a niece or...^[5] The dobs come from the image.

Henry Flanders Lapham was born 31 Dec 1853 in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, and died there 29 Apr 1937 (aged 83). He was buried in the Mentor Municipal Cemetery.

Findagrave provides links to his wife:

Mary Martha Fountain Lapham 1857–1931 (m. 1876)

and one child:

Jessie F. Winfield 1876–1967^[6]

Research Notes

Richard & Jesse are the only children of Henry & Mary listed in the Lake County Ohio GenWeb Birth Records. ^[7]

There are questions raised by the two census':

Where was Henry born? Ohio or Canada?

Where was Marion born? Ohio or Canada?

An additional question adding in Findagrave:

Was Henry born 31 Dec 1852 or 31 Dec 1853?

Sources

1. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953 pp 63-64
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62R-CP2 : 19 March 2020), Edward Lapham, 1870.
3. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDLL-27H : 26 August 2019), Henry F Lapham and Mary A Fountain, 18 Mar 1876; citing Marriage, Lake, Ohio, United States, p 42, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89X-324 : 16 July 2017), Henry Laphan in household of Martha Fountain, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 85, sheet 372A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,038.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMD4-YWV : accessed 15 December 2020), Edward Lapham, Mentor Township Mentor village, Lake, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62, sheet 3A, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,291.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 21 January 2021, memorial page for Henry Flanders Lapham (31 Dec 1853–29 Apr 1937), Find A Grave: Memorial #77422533, citing Mentor Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Bruce Schnell (contributor 47094146) .
7. ↑ http://usgenwebsites.org/OHLake/vitalrec/birth/birlap.html