Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Clapp, Seth C.
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Biography of Seth C CLAPP, Bureau County, Illinois

Seth C Clapp. Deceased, was a native of Northampton, Mass., where he was 
born in 1812; he died May 1, 1871, in Bureau County, Ill., to which he 
came in 1835. Here he was a tiller of the soil and highly respected for 
his many good qualities of head and heart. Mr. Clapp was married twice. 
His first wife was Asenath Hitachock, a native of Massachusetts; she died 
November 1851, in Princeton, Ill. His second wife was Mrs. Amelia R. Steel, 
who survives him. She was the widow of the Rev. Calvin Steel, who was born
in 1812, in Vermont; he died February 23, 1851, in Oberlin, Ohio, where he 
was educated and where his parents formerly resided. He preached the Gospel 
in the State of Michigan and in LaSalle County, Ill. He was a friend to the 
poor and needy and ever ready to build up the church and further the interest 
of his fellow men. He was the father of John M. Steele, who is now a resident 
of Dakota. He was born November 4, 1849, and was married to Lydia A. Gray; 
They have three children, viz.; Edith C., Katie D, and Crete G. Seth C. 
Clapp left no posterity, but Mr. and Mrs. Clapp adopted one daughter-Stella 
E. Clapp-who brightened their home for many years. She died February 2, 1883, 
aged twenty-three years. Mrs. Clapp came to Bureau County in 1852. For a 
number of years she has resided in Princeton, where she is religiously 
connected with the Congregational Church.

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