Ethan Lanphear

1818 - 1903  (84 years)

• Name	Ethan Lanphear
  Birth	2 Mar 1818	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Biographical Information	Ethan managed a stop on the Underground railroad. In his autobiography "Scenes, Memories and Travels..." he wrote; "I felt it my duty to aid or help any honest slave to the liberty I was permitted to enjoy. I harbored some of the ablest slaves that ever ran away from slavedom". "I harbored Frederick Douglass when a slave; also a man by the name of Logan (sic: Loguen) who became a bishop in the Methodist Church."
  Census	1855	New York
  		1855 NY Lanphear. New York, State Census, 1855, Friendship, Allegany, New York, family 319 Avery Lanphear, family 332 Ethan Lanphear.
  Census	1900
  		1900 Lanphear. 1900 US census, Union, New Jersey, enumeration district 127, Family Number 127, Lanphear.
  Library book: Scenes Memories, and Travels by Ethan Lanphear	001 - Ethan is the author of the book "Scenes, Memories and Travels of Eighty Two Years and Short Sketches of the Lanphear and Potter Families". Self published in the year 1900 when he was eighty two years old. He was anti-slavery and a member of the underground railroad.
  Death	20 Jan 1903	New York
  Burial	Nile Cemetery, Nile, Allegany, New York, United States
  		Ethan Lanphear Headstone. Ethan Lanphear Headstone.
  Siblings	9 siblings
  1. Avery Lanphear,   b. 30 Dec 1815, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island d. 5 Oct 1866, Hopewell Center, Ontario, New York
  2. Hannah R Lanphear,   b. 22 Sep 1821, New York d. 25 Mar 1883, Allegany County, New York
  3. Sarah Ann Lanphear,   b. Abt 1822
  4. Lavinia Lanphear,   b. Abt 1824
  5. Sergeant Nathan Lanphear,   b. 1825   d. 1912
  6. Lucy Potter Lanphear,   b. May 1828, New York d. 23 Feb 1910, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
  7. Mary R Lanphear,   b. 19 May 1830, Alfred, Allegany, New York d. 3 Feb 1907, Allegany County, New York
  8. Harriett A Lanphear,   b. 10 Jan 1841
  9. Samuel Emory Lanphear,   b. May 1849   d. 11 Sep 1851, New York
  Person ID	I6432	Nagel
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Samuel Lanphear,   b. 14 Oct 1785, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island d. 17 Jan 1860, Nile, Alleghany, New York (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah Potter,   b. 29 Jan 1793, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island d. 24 Sep 1878, Nile, Alleghany, New York (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Louise Greenman,   b. 1822   d. 9 Mar 1859, New York (Age 37 years)
  Children	1. Judson Heale,   b. Abt 1844  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted]   2. Angenett Jackson,   b. Abt 1840  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted]
  Family ID	F2159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Mrs Olive Clark,   b. May 1817, New York
  Marriage	23 Aug 1865	Nile, Alleghany, New York
  Family ID	F2160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Mar 1818 - Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island Census - 1855 - New York Marriage - 23 Aug 1865 - Nile, Alleghany, New York Death - 20 Jan 1903 - New York Burial - - Nile Cemetery, Nile, Allegany, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Ethan Lanphear From: Scenes, memories, and travels of eighty-two years : and short sketches of the Lanphear and Potter families, by Ethan Lanphear, self published, Plainfield, New Jersey 1900.
  		Ethan and Louise Lanphear. From: Scenes, memories, and travels of eighty-two years : and short sketches of the Lanphear and Potter families, by Ethan Lanphear, self published, Plainfield, New Jersey 1900.
  		Ethan & Olive Lanphear. From: Scenes, memories, and travels of eighty-two years : and short sketches of the Lanphear and Potter families, by Ethan Lanphear, self published, Plainfield, New Jersey 1900.

  
  

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  Scenes, memories, and travels of eighty-two years : and short sketches of the Lanphear and Potter families Scenes, memories, and travels of eighty-two years : and short sketches of the Lanphear and Potter families. Written and published by Ethan Lanphear. 1900. At the age of 82 Ethan Lanphear wrote about his life. This book is an easy read and should be required reading for all school children. Any history buff will love this book. In a time when travel was hard Ethan saw more of the country than many people do today. Particularly engaging were the details surrounding the 85th NY Volunteers in the Civil War, including their capture and imprisonment in Andersonville prison. This is a full book. File size is 16.3M. Scenes, memories, and travels of eighty-two years