Almon Mason Clapp

1811 - 1899  (87 years)

• Name	Almon Mason Clapp
  Birth	14 Sep 1811	Killingly, Windham, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	He was a printer's apprentice. Following that he worked in the newspaper industry until President Abraham Lincoln appointed him postmaster of Buffalo, N.Y. in 1861. He was reappointed in 1865 and served until June 1866. In 1869 the United States Senate elected him to be Congressional Printer. When the title Public Printer of the United States was created in 1876, he served as the first printer in that title for another year. In 1877, he bought the National Republican newspaper in Washington, D.C.
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  Death	9 Apr 1899	Washington, District of Columbia
  		Almon Mason Clapp Death Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express (Buffalo, New York), 16 Apr 1899, Sunday, Page 8
  		Almon Mason Clapp Passes Away Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), 10 Apr 1899, Monday, Page 1
  Burial	Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
  Person ID	I56056	Nagel
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Ellis Clapp,   b. 17 Sep 1784, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 7 Feb 1854, Lake Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Keziah Bowen,   b. 1789, Connecticut d. 4 Sep 1862, Lake Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F16364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 14 Sep 1811 - Killingly, Windham, Connecticut Death - 9 Apr 1899 - Washington, District of Columbia Burial - - Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Almon M Clapp. The Clapp Memorial. Record of the Clapp Family in America, Containing Sketches of the Original Six Emigrants, and a Genealogy of Their Descendants Bearing the Name. With a Supplement. By Ebenezer Clapp. Published by David Clapp & Son, Boston, Massachusetts 1876. Page (facing) 188.
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