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:
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]
Research Notes
A family member stated recently that "Ren" moved to Iowa to avoid serving in the Civil War. I do not know where that information came from.
Sources
↑ History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton Mass by Benjamin W. Dwight, v 2 pg 915
↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953; pg 119
↑ "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.).
↑ 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) .
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