Joshua Gapen (1810 - 1890)

Born 12 Jul 1810 in Dunkard Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 21 Oct 1890 at age 80 in Stockwell, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Joshua Gapen was born in 1810.^[1] He married Matilda Everly in 1835. Before 1860, he moved with his family to Sugar Creek Township, Boone County, Indiana.^[2] In 1880, he lived in Lauramie, Indiana.^[3] He died in 1890, and was buried in the Bethel Hill Cemetary in Lebanon, Indiana.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Furniss, John Neilson. "Hill and Allied Families of Central Ohio", Baltimore: Gateway Press. 1974. Pages 87.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FZ-RJ5 : accessed 30 May 2016), Joshua Gapen, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSJ-H3D : accessed 30 May 2016), Josh Gapen, Lauramie, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 51, sheet 521B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0314; FHL microfilm 1,254,314.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-SL4V : accessed 30 May 2016), Joshua Gapen, 1890; Burial, Lebanon, Boone, Indiana, United States of America, Bethel Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 45848561, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Leckey, Howard L. "Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families", Waynesburg, PA: Greene County Historical Soc., 1977; reprint, Baltimore: Clearfield, 2001.