 1811 - 1899 (87 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Almon Mason Clapp |
| Born |
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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Almon M. Clapp
Almon M. Clapp |
| Died |
9 Apr 1899 |
Washington, District of Columbia |
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Almon Mason Clapp Death
Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express (Buffalo, New York), 16 Apr 1899, Sunday, Page 8 |
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Almon Mason Clapp Passes Away
Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), 10 Apr 1899, Monday, Page 1 |
| Buried |
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States |
| Headstones |
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| 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 |
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 | Born - 14 Sep 1811 - Killingly, Windham, Connecticut |
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 | Died - 9 Apr 1899 - Washington, District of Columbia |
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 | Buried - - Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States |
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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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Almon M. Clapp |
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