Delphos Republican, January 21, 1910
J.M. Tappen, an old and one of the most highly respected residents of the community died Wednesday morning after a lingering illness. The funeral will be held today and will be conducted by the Masons of which order he was a prominent member. An obituary will appear next week.
February 11, 1910
John Matthew Tappen was born in Rhinebeck, Duchess County, N.Y. May 7, 1827 and died Jan. 25, 1910. He married Eleanor Baker at Rockford Ill., in 1859, who died July 15, 1904.
To this union were born five children, the eldest dying in infancy. Four survive him, Geo. T., living near Lake Geneva, Wis., Susan B. Thacher, living near Zenda, Wis., Jennie A. Coffin, living in Arletta, Oregon and John H., living at Delphos.
Being left fatherless at an early age, the family, consisting of mother, two brothers and three sisters, moved to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and later to Jersey City, N.J., where deceased grew to manhood. During the gold excitement in 1849-1850, he went to California by sailing vessel around Cape Horn. He remained in California about four years and then went to Chicago where, with his brother, H.H. Tappen, he engaged in the mercantile business, later being in business in Rockford, Ill. He lived in McHenry County, Illinois, a few years.
In the spring of 1871, he came to Kansas and homesteaded the farm on which he lived until two years ago when he removed to Delphos, where he resided at the time of his death. He was one of the organizers of the Masonic Lodge at Delphos, of which order he was a member for more than fifty years.
His was a long life, filled with useful activities and in the fullest measure, he enjoyed the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He was laid to rest by the brothers of the order whose principles had been faithfully followed by him for half a century. He measured up to the full standard of a righteous manhood and his memory will be kept green in the hearts of those who knew him best.
J.M. Tappen, an old and one of the most highly respected residents of the community died Wednesday morning after a lingering illness. The funeral will be held today and will be conducted by the Masons of which order he was a prominent member. An obituary will appear next week.
February 11, 1910
John Matthew Tappen was born in Rhinebeck, Duchess County, N.Y. May 7, 1827 and died Jan. 25, 1910. He married Eleanor Baker at Rockford Ill., in 1859, who died July 15, 1904.
To this union were born five children, the eldest dying in infancy. Four survive him, Geo. T., living near Lake Geneva, Wis., Susan B. Thacher, living near Zenda, Wis., Jennie A. Coffin, living in Arletta, Oregon and John H., living at Delphos.
Being left fatherless at an early age, the family, consisting of mother, two brothers and three sisters, moved to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and later to Jersey City, N.J., where deceased grew to manhood. During the gold excitement in 1849-1850, he went to California by sailing vessel around Cape Horn. He remained in California about four years and then went to Chicago where, with his brother, H.H. Tappen, he engaged in the mercantile business, later being in business in Rockford, Ill. He lived in McHenry County, Illinois, a few years.
In the spring of 1871, he came to Kansas and homesteaded the farm on which he lived until two years ago when he removed to Delphos, where he resided at the time of his death. He was one of the organizers of the Masonic Lodge at Delphos, of which order he was a member for more than fifty years.
His was a long life, filled with useful activities and in the fullest measure, he enjoyed the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He was laid to rest by the brothers of the order whose principles had been faithfully followed by him for half a century. He measured up to the full standard of a righteous manhood and his memory will be kept green in the hearts of those who knew him best.
Delphos Republican, January 21, 1910
J.M. Tappen, an old and one of the most highly respected residents of the community died Wednesday morning after a lingering illness. The funeral will be held today and will be conducted by the Masons of which order he was a prominent member. An obituary will appear next week.
February 11, 1910
John Matthew Tappen was born in Rhinebeck, Duchess County, N.Y. May 7, 1827 and died Jan. 25, 1910. He married Eleanor Baker at Rockford Ill., in 1859, who died July 15, 1904.
To this union were born five children, the eldest dying in infancy. Four survive him, Geo. T., living near Lake Geneva, Wis., Susan B. Thacher, living near Zenda, Wis., Jennie A. Coffin, living in Arletta, Oregon and John H., living at Delphos.
Being left fatherless at an early age, the family, consisting of mother, two brothers and three sisters, moved to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and later to Jersey City, N.J., where deceased grew to manhood. During the gold excitement in 1849-1850, he went to California by sailing vessel around Cape Horn. He remained in California about four years and then went to Chicago where, with his brother, H.H. Tappen, he engaged in the mercantile business, later being in business in Rockford, Ill. He lived in McHenry County, Illinois, a few years.
In the spring of 1871, he came to Kansas and homesteaded the farm on which he lived until two years ago when he removed to Delphos, where he resided at the time of his death. He was one of the organizers of the Masonic Lodge at Delphos, of which order he was a member for more than fifty years.
His was a long life, filled with useful activities and in the fullest measure, he enjoyed the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He was laid to rest by the brothers of the order whose principles had been faithfully followed by him for half a century. He measured up to the full standard of a righteous manhood and his memory will be kept green in the hearts of those who knew him best.
J.M. Tappen, an old and one of the most highly respected residents of the community died Wednesday morning after a lingering illness. The funeral will be held today and will be conducted by the Masons of which order he was a prominent member. An obituary will appear next week.
February 11, 1910
John Matthew Tappen was born in Rhinebeck, Duchess County, N.Y. May 7, 1827 and died Jan. 25, 1910. He married Eleanor Baker at Rockford Ill., in 1859, who died July 15, 1904.
To this union were born five children, the eldest dying in infancy. Four survive him, Geo. T., living near Lake Geneva, Wis., Susan B. Thacher, living near Zenda, Wis., Jennie A. Coffin, living in Arletta, Oregon and John H., living at Delphos.
Being left fatherless at an early age, the family, consisting of mother, two brothers and three sisters, moved to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and later to Jersey City, N.J., where deceased grew to manhood. During the gold excitement in 1849-1850, he went to California by sailing vessel around Cape Horn. He remained in California about four years and then went to Chicago where, with his brother, H.H. Tappen, he engaged in the mercantile business, later being in business in Rockford, Ill. He lived in McHenry County, Illinois, a few years.
In the spring of 1871, he came to Kansas and homesteaded the farm on which he lived until two years ago when he removed to Delphos, where he resided at the time of his death. He was one of the organizers of the Masonic Lodge at Delphos, of which order he was a member for more than fifty years.
His was a long life, filled with useful activities and in the fullest measure, he enjoyed the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He was laid to rest by the brothers of the order whose principles had been faithfully followed by him for half a century. He measured up to the full standard of a righteous manhood and his memory will be kept green in the hearts of those who knew him best.
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