Clark County MO Archives Biographies.....Lapsley, David Nelson April 16 1830 - April 10 1920
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David Nelson Lapsley was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, April 16th, 1830, 
and with his parents moved to Lewis (now Clark) county, Missouri in 1836.  His 
father, John A. Lapsley was a lieutenant captain in Col. Dick Johnson’s 
regiment of Kentucky volunteers in the war of 1812.  His parents, John A. and 
Mary (McKee) Lapsley were both natives of Rockbridge county, Virginia.  Both 
were born in 1783 and both died in 1859.  His grandparents, John Lapsley and 
William McKee were officers in the revolutionary war.
He graduated at Jefferson college, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1855, being 
the first resident of this county to receive a regular classical education.
He was married March 2d, 1865, to Margaret J. Jenkins, who was born in Clark 
county, Missouri, April 23d, 1840.  Her parent were Robert and Elizabeth 
(Rambo) Jenkins, natives of Chester county, Pennsylvania.  The children of 
this marriage are Mary Elizabeth, now at home with her parents and Dr. Robert 
M. Lapsley, of Keokuk, Iowa.  Judge Lapsley studied law and was admitted to 
the bar in 1857, but did not practice the profession.  He was elected circuit 
clerk of this county in 1874 and re-elected in 1878 and again in1882, serving 
twelve years in that office; was also ex-officio probate clerk for four years.
Socially and intellectually he is a markedly superior man, but of rather a 
retiring disposition.  After his a quiet life on his farm, as he did not want 
work that would confine him to his house.
In 1890 his friends insisted on his running for presiding judge of the Clark 
county court.  He did go rather against his will and was elected, but was 
never satisfied well with the office and resigned in 1893.  Since then he has 
confined his attention largely to the direction of his farm which is adjoining 
the one where his father lived nearly sixty years ago.



Additional Comments:
Johnson’s Illustrated and Historical Atlas
Clark County Atlas 1896
Page: 17
Biographical Sketches

The Lapsley are buried Kahoka Cemetery Note: The tombstone has the name 
spelled as Lapsly


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