BIO: WILLIAM H. TAPP - Jefferson Co., Ky From: Diana Flynn Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 19:36:41 -0400 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ WILLIAM H. TAPP, druggist and grocer, was born in Louisville, Ky., March 23, 1848, son of JAMES P. and ELIZA J.(CLARK) TAPP, natives of Kentucky. The father died in Mitchell, Marion Twp., Lawrence Co., Indiana in 1881, his wife having passed away the year previously; he was Captain of Company D, Thirty-fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. Subjects's parents removed to Mitchell when he was fifteen years of age, and there he learned the trade of marble-cutter, afterward working in Louisville for some months, when he returned to Mitchell, where he has since resided. In December, 1870, he and father opened a drug store, and the father dying in 1881, the business has been continued by himself, carrying a good stock and doing a good business. In 1881 he was appointed Notary Public, and in 1882 he was elected Trustee of Marion Township. He is Secretary of the Mitchell Building, Loan and Savings Association, and has been for many years P.S. of Mitchell Lodge, No. 242 I.O.O.F.; is Scribe of Lawrence Encampment, and served as Secretary of Mitchell Agricultural Association. He is a Democrat. Is leader of the Mitchell Silver Band, being a fine musician. HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA." GOODSPEED BROS. 1884.