BIOGRAPHY

ANDREW LAPE - OF BATAVIA, NY

Andrew Lape was born in Germany, and when a young man came to Batavia. He married Catherine Michel, and they had two children. He enlisted in Co. H, 148th N. Y. Regt., served two years and six months, and died from wounds received in service. His only son, Joseph, was born near Buffalo, N. Y., October 21, 1848, and resides in Batavia. Joseph Lape was elected constable in February, 1889. He married Hattie I. Johnson, of Shortsville, Ontario County, and they have one child, Pearl P.

FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890