DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: RAPE, LAFAYETTE (published 1887)
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 390-391

        LAFAYETTE RAPE, farmer, residing on section 23, Wabash Township,
was born in Darke County, Ohio, February 7, 1845. His father, Lewis Rape,
was born in Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, in 1796. His father, Jacob
Rape, was born in the northern part of France, and came to America as a
soldier under Marquis de Lafayette, serving in the Revolutionary war. After
the war he settled in Virginia and went to farming. He married a widow,
Mrs. Catherine Howels, who died, leaving four children, three sons and one
daughter. He removed to Ohio about 1808, and was one of the first settlers
of Preble County. He remained in that county until his death, which
occurred October 20, 1831. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Lewis Rape was married in Preble County, Ohio, July 2, 1835, to Miss Maria
Cummings, who was born in New Jersey in 1808, and went to Ohio with her
parents in 1818. Her father, William Cummings, was born in New York State,
and was also an early settler of Preble County. He was a descendant of the
Old Dutch families of New York. The mother was of Scotch-Irish descendant
of the Old Dutch families of New York. They had five children, two of whom
are living -Lafayette and Charlotte S. The father was a member of the
Presbyterian church. The mother was formerly a Presbyterian, but afterward
became a member of the United Brethren church. The subject of this sketch
was reared on his father's farm, and September 14, 1861, enlisted in
Company G, Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry, serving in West Virginia. He
participated in several small engagements; was severely wounded near the
Falls of Kanawha, in Virginia, and after leaving the hospital, returned to
his company. He remained with them until March, 1863, when, owing to the
effects of his wound, he was sent to the hospital at Louisville, Kentucky,
and served as clerk in the hospital during that summer. In October, 1863,
he was transformed to the Veteran Reserve Corps. being on duty at Detroit,
Jackson and Grand Rapids, Michigan. He received his final discharge at
Detroit, Michigan, October 14, 1864. He now draws a pension. Upon receiving
his discharge Mr. Rape returned to his home in Ohio, where he remained one
year, and spent the next year in traveling in the West. He visited Iowa,
Minnesota and Wisconsin, after which he returned home and engaged in
farming. He sold the old farm in 1872, and came, accompanied by his mother,
to Adams County, arriving at his present home December 1, 1872. His farm
contains 238 acres, 120 of which are under cultivation and 180 are fenced.
In addition to attending to his farm he is engaged in selling agricultural
implements and machinery in the town of Geneva. He was married in August,
1875, to Sarah E. Buckly, who was born in Shelby County, Ohio, February 17,
1857. They have had six children -Lewis E., Perry D. (deceased), Benjamin
F. W., Nelly, Jesse C. and Elmer F. Mr. Rape takes an active interest in
public affairs. He held the office of township clerk, in Ohio, which he
resigned to come to Indiana. In 1878 he was elected trustee of Wabash
Township and served three terms. In politics he is a Republican, and has
been a member of the Republican Central Committee about one year. He is a
member of John P. Porter Post, No. 83, G.A.R.


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