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Leonard Clifton Lapham was born 26 September 1871 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts to Josheia G. Lapham and Ellen Potter.1
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Leonard attended Fifth Street Grammar School, then New Bedford High School, where was a member of the 1888 baseball team; he is standing, in the center, third from the left in the photo. Leonard graduated from New Bedford High School in 1890.2
As a young man, Leonard worked as a bookkeeper at a mill and lived with his parents, sister, Sophia, aunt, Elizabeth Howland, and cousin, Grace Potter, at 183 Pleasant Street in New Bedford.3
On 27 September 1907, Leonard married Caroline Brownell, the widow of Minot G. Shaw, in New Bedford.4 The couple soon moved to 36 Madison Street in New Bedford and Leonard and Caroline took a ten-day vacation with friends to Virginia in 1909. By 1910, Leonard held the title of Treasurer at Nonquitt Spinning Company.5
About 1914, Leonard and Caroline moved to Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts.6 In 1915, Leonard’s father, Josheia G. “Joshua” Lapham, died at the age of 82 and is buried in South Dartmouth Cemetery in Dartmouth.7
In 1921, Leonard was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Union Street Railway and the New Bedford and Onset Street Railway Company.8
Caroline Brownell Lapham died at the age of 49 on 26 January 1929 in Fairhaven.9
Leonard’s mother, Ellen M. Potter Lapham, died on 10 June 1924 in Fairhaven at the age of 84.10
Leonard Clifton Lapham died at the age of 56 on 26 January 1929 in New Bedford.11 Leonard and Caroline are buried in South Dartmouth Cemetery in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts with many members of Leonard’s family.12
Endnotes
1. Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Births Register 1871, p. 94, no. 46, Male Lapham, 26 Sept 1871. Parents: Josheia G. [Lapham], born in Dartmouth, and Ellen (Potter) Lapham, born in Dartmouth. Father’s occupation: Mariner.
Full name of Leonard Clifton Lapham listed in Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of New Bedford, with the Superintendent’s Annual Report, for the Year 1890, (New Bedford : Mercury Publishing Company, 1891, p. 23, New Bedford High School Graduating Class of 1890, Leonard Clifton Lapham.
2. “New Bedford High School 1888 baseball team, New Bedford, MA,” photograph held by the New Bedford Free Public Library photograph collection, New Bedford, Massachusetts; published online at Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collection Online.
Also, “Admission to the High School,” newspaper article, The Evening Standard (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 10 July 1886, p. 5, col. 3.
Also, Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of New Bedford, with the Superintendent’s Annual Report, for the Year 1890, (New Bedford : Mercury Publishing Company, 1891, p. 23, New Bedford High School Graduating Class of 1890, Leonard Clifton Lapham.
Also, “New Bedford High School Class of 1890”; photograph held by the New Bedford Free Public Library photograph collection, New Bedford, Massachusetts; published online at Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collection Online.
3. 1900 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 185, page 7A, dwelling 120, family 132, Joshua G. Lapham household.
Address: 183 Pleasant Street
– Joshua G. Lapham, age 67, married 34 years, born Oct 1832 in Massachusetts
– Ellen M., wife, age 60, married 34 years, born May 1830 in Massachusetts, 2 children born, 2 living
– Sophia P., daughter, age 33, single, born May 1867 in Massachusetts, Milliner
– Leonard C., son, age 28, single, born Sept 1871 in Massachusetts, Bookkeeper at Mill
– Elizabeth Howland, sister-in-law, age 47, widowed
– Grace M. Potter, niece, age 13, single
4. New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Marriage Register 1907, p. 272, no. 176, Leonard Clifton Lapham–Caroline Brownell Shaw, 27 Sept 1906, Providence, Rhode Island.
Groom: Leonard Clifton Lapham, age 35, first marriage, occupation: mill clerk, born in Dartmouth. Parents: Joshua G. [Lapham] and Ellen M. Potter.
Bride: Caroline Brownell Shaw, age 33, second marriage, born in New Bedford. Parents: Edgar F. A. [Brownell] and Carrie F. Perry.
Also, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Return of a Death, East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, no. 117, Minot G. Shaw, 1 Feb 1906.
5. “Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C. Lapham and Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. LeValley Leave for Trip, New Bedford” newspaper article, Fall River Daily Evening News (Fall River, Massachusetts), 10 Sept 1909, p. 6, col. 5.
Also, 1910 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 204, ward 5, page 4B, dwelling 69, family 21, Leonard C. Lapham household.
Address: 36 Madison Street
– Leonard C. Lapham, age 38, married first 4 years, born in Massachusetts, Treasurer at Nonquitt Spinning
– Caroline B., wife, age 37, married second 4 years, born in Massachusetts, 0 children born
6. W. A Greenough, complier, New Bedford and Fairhaven Directory 1914, (Boston, Massachusetts : W. A Greenough, 1914), p. 666, Leonard C. Lapham.
– Lapham, Leonard C treas Nonquitt Spinning Co h at Fairhaven
Also, 1920 U.S. census, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 26, page 11B, dwelling 220, family 264, Leonard C. Lapham household.
Address: 146 Main Street
– L. C., age 47, born in Massachusetts, Treasurer at Mill
– Caroline B., wife, age 46, married, born in Massachusetts
– Jennie Maloney, age 31, single, maid, born in England
7. Acushnet, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Standard Certificate of Death, no. 127, Joshua G. Lapham, 22 Apr 1915. Birth: 25 Oct 1832, Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Married. Parents: Thomas [Lapham] and Eliza Baker. Burial: 25 Apr 1915, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Also, “Old Whaling Master, Captain Joshua G. Lapham Died Here Yesterday,” obituary, The Evening Standard (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 23 Apr 1915, p. 5, col. 2.
Also, headstone reads: [Left side] Sylvanus Baker 1786-1883 / Bethiah His Wife 1789-1863 / Capt. Samuel R. Potter 1813-1856 / (Lost at Sea in Schooner Cremonia) / Sophronia His Wife 1813-1873 / Bethia B. 1837-1862 / Wife of Thomas Dowden / Sophie P. Dowden 1858-1864. [Right side] Capt. Josheia G. Lapham 1832-1915 / Ellen M. His Wife 1840-1924 / Leonard C. Lapham 1871-1929 / Caroline B. His Wife 1871-1922 / Sophie P. Lapham 1867-1929 / Capt. Samuel R. Howland 1840-1894 / Pollie B. His Wife 1842-1877 / Elizabeth J. His Wife 1853-1934
Find A Grave, memorial 113753169, Capt Joshua G. Lapham (1832–1915), South Dartmouth Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.
8. “Street Railway Official, Leonard C. Lapham Joins Union Street Railway Board of Directors,” newspaper article, The Evening Herald (Fall River, Massachusetts), 25 Mar 1921, p. 5, col. 5.
9. “Caroline Lapham,” obituary, The Evening Herald (Fall River, Massachusetts), 26 June 1922, p. 4, col. 1.
Also, Headstone reads: [Left side] Sylvanus Baker 1786-1883 / Bethiah His Wife 1789-1863 / Capt. Samuel R. Potter 1813-1856 / (Lost at Sea in Schooner Cremonia) / Sophronia His Wife 1813-1873 / Bethia B. 1837-1862 / Wife of Thomas Dowden / Sophie P. Dowden 1858-1864. [Right side] Capt. Josheia G. Lapham 1832-1915 / Ellen M. His Wife 1840-1924 / Leonard C. Lapham 1871-1929 / Caroline B. His Wife 1871-1922 / Sophie P. Lapham 1867-1929 / Capt. Samuel R. Howland 1840-1894 / Pollie B. His Wife 1842-1877 / Elizabeth J. His Wife 1853-1934
Find A Grave, memorial 113752796, Caroline B. Brownell Lapham (1872–1922), South Dartmouth Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.
10. Fairhaven, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Medical Examiner’s Certificate of Death, no. 279, Ellen M. Lapham, 10 June 1924. Age: 84 years, 0 months, 19 days. Widowed. Spouse: Joshua G. Lapham. Parents: Samuel R. Potter and Sophronia Baker. Burial: 14 June 1924, Padanaram Cemetery, South Dartmouth.
Also, headstone reads: [Left side] Sylvanus Baker 1786-1883 / Bethiah His Wife 1789-1863 / Capt. Samuel R. Potter 1813-1856 / (Lost at Sea in Schooner Cremonia) / Sophronia His Wife 1813-1873 / Bethia B. 1837-1862 / Wife of Thomas Dowden / Sophie P. Dowden 1858-1864. [Right side] Capt. Josheia G. Lapham 1832-1915 / Ellen M. His Wife 1840-1924 / Leonard C. Lapham 1871-1929 / Caroline B. His Wife 1871-1922 / Sophie P. Lapham 1867-1929 / Capt. Samuel R. Howland 1840-1894 / Pollie B. His Wife 1842-1877 / Elizabeth J. His Wife 1853-1934
Find A Grave, memorial 113753169, Ellen M. Potter Lapham (1840–1924), South Dartmouth Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.
11. “Textile Official Dies, Leonard C. Lapham, Treasurer of New Bedford Company, Succumbs to Stroke,” obituary, Springfield Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), 27 Jan 1929, p. 12A, col. 3.
Also, Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Death Index, 1941-1945, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Leonard C. Lapham, 1929, vol. 21, p. 369 and New Bedford, vol. 51, p. 317.
12. Headstone reads: [Left side] Sylvanus Baker 1786-1883 / Bethiah His Wife 1789-1863 / Capt. Samuel R. Potter 1813-1856 / (Lost at Sea in Schooner Cremonia) / Sophronia His Wife 1813-1873 / Bethia B. 1837-1862 / Wife of Thomas Dowden / Sophie P. Dowden 1858-1864. [Right side] Capt. Josheia G. Lapham 1832-1915 / Ellen M. His Wife 1840-1924 / Leonard C. Lapham 1871-1929 / Caroline B. His Wife 1871-1922 / Sophie P. Lapham 1867-1929 / Capt. Samuel R. Howland 1840-1894 / Pollie B. His Wife 1842-1877 / Elizabeth J. His Wife 1853-1934
Find A Grave, memorial 113753190, Leonard Clifton Lapham (1871–1929), South Dartmouth Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.
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