Joseph Ware Tapp part 5 1890s

Joseph Ware Tapp 1890s

So, I don't have much information for this decade.  There was a census taken in 1890, but there was a major fire that took out almost all of that census information.  

(Gibson City Courier, Gibson City IL, 1895)

1890

Federal Census taken but that information is burned up

In Other News:  Battle of Wounded Knee happens.  Oklahoma organizes as a territory, while Idaho becomes the 43rd state and Wyoming is the 44th state (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1895_clip_art__medical__swamp_root

(Gibson City Courier, Gibson City, Illinois, 1895)

1891

Daughter Sadie Esther Tapp is born.
I don't have an primary evidence of her birth.  What I do have are five censuses, Iowa State Census of 1905 and Social Security death index.  Her Ancestry Profile is here.  Her Find a Grave memorial created by ZBonnie in 2006 is here.



In other news:  -- Mormon prophesy of coming of the Lord by 1891 is unfulfilled (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1895 Clip Art, Women's Fashion, Capes

(Gibson City Courier, Gibson City, Illinois, 1895)

1892

Birth of son Harry Bushrod Tapp.
Once again, no primary source for this birth date and place.  No birth certificate.  However, again, I have five Federal censuses, Iowa State census of 1905, Social Security Death Index, and Draft records for World War I and World War II.  Those are secondary sources.  There is also a tertiary source, which would be Find A Grave.  His Ancestry profile is here.  His Find a Grave memorial created by Charles Bast (Tapp) is found here.


Death of father Bushrod Tapp
He died 16 April 1893 in Toulon, Stark, Illinois.  Some records show he died in Wyoming, Stark County, Illinois.  He is also buried in Toulon Cemetery, Toulon, Stark County, Illinois.   His Find a Grave memorial can be found here.  This is an orphaned memorial, having been added by Alice Wehmhoener.  I have requested management of this memorial.  His Ancestry profile is here.


Death of mother Mary Jane Essex Tapp.
The only source I have for this death is Find a Grave.  She died 14 August 1892, and is buried in Toulon Cemetery, Toulon, Stark County, Illinois.  Her Find a Grave memorial, added by Alice Wehmhoener in 2008, is here.  [As of this date (November 2019) it is an orphaned memorial, and I have requested to maintain it, since she is my direct line ancestor.]   Her Ancestry Profile is here.

1896 Clip Art, Aunt Jemima's Pancake Flour

(The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 1869)

Grover Cleveland elected (again) as the 24th President of the United States.

1893 Grover Cleveland Portrait
(Wikipedia -- Cleveland 2018)

1893 Grover Cleveland, 24th President
(Wikipedia -- Cleveland 2018)

Quote: -- "I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind" -- Grover Cleveland (Cleveland, 2018).

In other news: -- United States is in financial panic and depression lasting four years.  New Zealand is the first to grant women the right to vote;  Movies beome a thing; and Nikola Tesla (Not Marconi) invents Radio (OurTimelines.com).

1896, Clip Art, Female Figure 1
(The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, 1896)

1894

Birth of daughter Clara Edna Tapp, 1 July 1894 in Penn, Stark County, Illinois.

Once again, no primary source, but five Federal censuses, one Iowa State census of 1905, and tertiary source in Find a Grave.  Her Ancestry profile is here.

1896, Clip Art, Female Figure 1
(The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, 1896)

1895

Birth of daughter Olive Eleanor Tapp.

Born 18 November 1895 in Wyoming, Stark County, Illinois.  Same secondary sources, but there is also Social Security Death Index, Marriage record, and Wisconsin Death Index.  Her Ancestry profile is here.

1896, Clip Art, Female Figure 1
(The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, 1896)

1896

William McKinley campaign poster (Wikipedia -- McKinley, 2018)

1896 William McKinley Campaign poster
Wikipedia -- McKinley, 2018)

In other news:  -- Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation;  Utah enters the Union as the 45th state (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1896, Clip Art, Female Figure 1
(The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, 1896)

1897

William McKinley becomes the 25th President of the United States

He served from 4 March 1897 until his assassination six months into his second term.  He was the last president to have served in the Civil War, and the only one to have started that war as an enlisted soldier (Wikipedia -- McKinley, 2018).

1897 William McKinley, 25th President
(Wikipedia -- McKinley, 2018)

Quote:  -- "In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest" -- William McKinley (McKinley, 2018)

1896 Clip Art, Food, Van Camp's Boston Baked Pork and Beans

(The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union, Rock Island, Illinois, 1896)

Historical Insight -- Dr Barnum Brown, Fossil Hunter

Joseph Ware Tapp of La Prairie, Illinois may have eargerly read the daily news hoping to hear more about Dr. Barnum Brown's fantastic fossil discoveries in 1900.

Dr Barnum Brown, Fossil Hunter -- Historical Insights (3)
1911.  Credit: AMNH/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
(Ancestry Historical Insights, 2018)

Dr Brown's worldwide travels gave him important geographic information, which he provided to the U.S. government during World War II.  Dr Brown's work made him a kind of scientific celebrity, and people flosked to see both him and the fossils he had unearthed (Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019).

1899 Clip Art, Buildings, The Chicago Federal Building as it will appear

(The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, 1899)

1899

Birth of daughter Grace Elizabeth Tapp

Again, no primary source such as birth certificate.  But we have secondary sources in Federal censuses, Iowa State census of 1905, Social Security Death Index and Florida Death Index.  There are also other tertiary sources, such as Newspaper obituary, and Find a Grave.  Her Ancestry profile is here.

1899 Clip Art, President William McKinley

(The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, 1899)

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Ancestry Historical Insights. (2018). Dr Barnum Brown, Fossil Hunter. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com

Cleveland, G. (2018, December). Grover Cleveland Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuote: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/grover_cleveland

Gibson City Courier, Gibson City IL. (1895, July 26). Clip Art, Farm Equipment. Retrieved September 4, 2017, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

Gibson City Courier, Gibson City, Illinois. (1895, July 12). Clip Art, Medical, Swamp Root. Retrieved September 4, 2017, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

McKinley, W. (2018, December). William McKinley Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuote: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/william_mckinley

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The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa. (1869, January 11). Clip Art, Aunt Jemima's Pancake Flour. Retrieved March 29, 2017, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois. (1896, August 30). 1896 Clip Art, Female Figure. Retrieved March 29, 2017, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois. (1899, October 9). 1899 Clip Art, Buildings, The Chicago Federal Building as it will appear. Retrieved March 29, 2017, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois. (1899, October 9). 1899, Clip Art, President William McKinley. Retrieved March 29, 2017, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union, Rock Island, Illinois. (1896, November 19). 1896 Clip Art, Food, Van Camp's Boston Baked Pork and Beans. Retrieved March 29, 2017, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

Wikipedia -- Cleveland. (2018, December). Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland

Wikipedia -- McKinley. (2018, December). William McKinley, 25th President. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley

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Joseph Ware Tapp part 2

Joseph Ware Tapp 1857-1924 Part 2 -- 1860s

1860 age 3

Birth of sister Mary Jane Tapp

McGuffey's Eclectic Primer Page 7

Mary Jane Tapp was the seventh child born about 2 weeks before the census takers came round.  She was named after her mother, Mary Jane Essex Tapp.  

Census, Toulon, Stark County Illinois

1860 Census, Toulon Township, Stark County Illinois

Starting at line 15, we see Bushrod Tapp age 40, who looks like he's working as a grocer.  Honestly, I had thought the family were farmers for all time!  His real estate is worth $330 while his personal estate is worth just about the same.  We see that he was born in Virginia.  His wife Mary J. Tapp is age 33 and also born in Virginia.  The children were all born in Illinois.  So, the kids are Sarah E.; Martha E; George W.; Charles W.; Joseph age 3 and Baby Mary who is actually less than a month old.

The next house down we find William and Belinda Johnson.  Belinda is actually Bushrod's sister.  If you look above at line 8, we find Judith Tapp age 63 and her son Richard.  She is Bushrod's mother Judith Basye Tapp.  I'm pretty sure I'd read that he'd had a brain fever which adled his brain.  He required help to live.  He lived with his mother for the most part, and by the 1900 census he was an inmate in the Stark County Almshouse.  I feel sorry for him, it must have been very hard.  

Historical Insight -- Lincoln-Douglas debates in August

1860 Lincoln Douglas debates

Credit: Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Ancestry.com Historical Insight

Abraham Lincoln became a household name through a series of public debates against seasoned Illinois political leader Stephen A. Douglas in a senate race that changed American history. – Ancestry.com Historical Insight

The dreary October weather in Galesburg, Illinois, didn’t deter the masses from traveling to Knox College—about 15,000 huddled together to hear Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen A. Douglas. It was the fifth of seven public debates the senatorial candidates had agreed to, and the series deeply inspired the people of the state. At the Charleston debate, a four-mile parade of supporters greeted the candidates, and thousands gathered on blankets with their picnic baskets. Although the candidates would be chosen by the legislature, not the people, the topics covered in the heated discussions were of great interest to everyone—the issue of slavery in particular drew many citizens from neighboring states. Stenographers from Chicago newspapers reported detailed accounts to a whole nation reading on with bated breath. Though Lincoln’s views on slavery lost him the senatorial election, they would ultimately win him the presidential election just two years later in 1860. 

In other news -- The Rifled barrel is first invented (OurTimelines.com, 2018).  According to Wikipedia, "Barrel rifling was invented in Augsburg, Germany in 1498.  In 1520 August Kotter, an armourer of Nuremberg, Germany improved upon this work.  Though true rifling dates from the mid-16th century, it did not become commonplace until the nineteenth century."

South Carolina secedes from the Union (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1861 age 4

Historical Insight -- Northern Life in the Civil War

Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Ancestry.com Historical Insight

During the American Civil War, Northerners banded together to support the cause of the Union and the soldiers who fought for it. – Ancestry.com Historical Insight

In 1861 President Abraham Lincoln called the American Civil War “a people’s contest,” a cause that had to be taken up by all: men, women, and children. Citizens in the 23 northern states loyal to the Union took his words to heart and threw themselves into the war effort. One aid organization for children raised $16,000 by selling portraits of President Lincoln door to door, while women organized sewing bees to make uniforms. For the men who stayed home, the draft was a hot topic; several draft riots took place in major cities like New York and Boston, where recruiters and military personnel were beaten to death. Just one year into the war, the financial burden began to take its toll as well when the U.S. Congress enacted the first income tax law. However, with encouragement from their President, Northerners pushed onward, supporting the cause of the Union. As one Pennsylvania newspaper said: “We are all in this war; those who fight and those who stay at home.” – Ancestry.com Historical Insight

 1861, 20 April

Death of sister Mary Jane Tapp

Poor infant girl, she was barely ten months old when she died.  I don't have any death record for her other than a Find a Grave memorial.  I wonder why she died?  Was it in some way related to the beginning hardships of living in the Civil War?  There is no photo of the tombstone, but a notation indicates the marker is on the same stone as her parents Bushrod and Mary Jane Tapp.  Their stone is a large monolith so it is possible.

1861 President Abraham Lincoln

1861 Abraham Lincoln, 16th President

(Wikipedia -- Lincoln, 2018)

Abraham Lincoln was the 16^th President from 1861 to his assassination April 1865.  “Lincoln led the nation through the Civil War, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.”  In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the Federal government and modernized the economy (Wikipedia -- Lincoln, 2018).

"It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion" -- Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln, 2018).





How did this presidency affect the Tapp family?  I imagine they were proud of a fellow Illinoisian.  Did they listen to his speeches?



In other news -- The TransContinental Telegraph is completed.  According to the History channel, the workers of the Western Union Telegraph Company linked the eastern and western tlegraph networks of the nation at Salt Lake City, Utah.  This was the first time one could have instant communication between Washington DC and San Francisco CA.  "The chief justice of California sent the first transcontinental telegram to President Abraham Lincoln, predicting that the new communication link would help ensure the loyalty of the western states to the Union during the Civil War (History.com Editors -- Transcontinental Telegraph, 2018)

In other news -- The Apache Nation declares war on the United States (how did this affect the Tapp family?); Colorado, North Dakota and South Dakota all organize as territories, while Kansas enters the Union as the 34th state as a free state.  According to History.com "the struggle between pro-and anti-slave forces in Kansas was a major factor in the eruption of the Civil War" (History.com Editors -- Kansas, 2018).  The Confederate States of America organizes, and exists until 1865, and the entire country was in turmoil because of the Civil War (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1862 age 5

Birth of brother and sister, twins Theodore B Tapp and Isadore Tapp in Toulon, Stark County Illinois

Again, no official birth records are available, we have death records and census records and other tertiary sources.  I wonder if there is a family bible out there somewhere?  Wouldn't that be nice to have an image of that?  Heavy Sigh 

Theodore B. Tapp lived in Illinois and Nebraska, dying in Iowa and is buried there.  He'd married Carrie Capitola Aumick Phillips, and I don't have a record yet of any children.  If you are connected, contact me using the form on the right.  His FindaGrave memorial is here (Ancestry -- Theodore B. Tapp, 2018); (Everett, Theodore B. Tapp 1862-1927, 2008).

His twin Isadore Tapp apparently lived in Illinois, married in Indiana, and is buried in Illinois.  She married Wilbur Campbell and had three girls and two boys.  Her FindaGrave memorial is here (Ancestry -- Isadore Tapp, 2018); (Everett, Isadore Tapp Campbell 1932-1917, 2007).

In other news -- the US Homestead act was signed (OurTimelines.com, 2018).  I'm pretty sure some Tapp family took advantage of this and obtained land in Iowa and Indiana.  Looking for primary records, though.  If you can point me to the right direction, contact me using the form on the right.

1863 age 6

The Battle of Gettysburg is fought, and the Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves (OurTimelines.com 2018).  How did this affect Toulon residents, I wonder?

In other news -- Arizona and Idaho organize as territories, while West Virginia enters the Union as the 35th state (OurTimelines.com, 2018)

1864 age 7

Lincoln Johnson campaign poster
(Wikipedia -- Andrew Johnson, 2018)

Lincoln runs for his second term as president, with Andrew Johnson as his Vice President.  This is his campaign poster.  Lincoln wins the election, but .... 

in other news -- Louisiana organizes as a territory and Nevada enters the union as the 36th state (OurTimelines.com 2018).

1865 age 8

President Lincoln is assassinated

How would the Tapp family have heard about this news?  Probably telegraph first, with people running around asking each other "have you heard what happened?"  Then more detail through special printed newspapers.  I imagine many were gathered in the telegraph office or whatever gathering place they had to cry, lament and comfort each other.  It probably seemed like the end of the world to them.

in other news -- the Ku Klux Klan was founded; Lister invents Disinfection (OurTimelines.com 2018).  

KKK night rally in Chicago, about 1920
Wikipedia -- KKK, 2018)

According to Wikipedia, the KKK had three different movements, with this being the first iteration.  It flourished in the Southern states, dying out by early 1870s.  It planned to overthrow the Republican state governments in the South, especially by using violence against black leaders.  It is considered, by Wikipedia, as a right-wing extremist organization, with secret membership (Wikipedia -- KKK, 2018).  Another source is https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ku-Klux-Klan

1866 age 9

Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th President of the United States

Andrew Johnson, 17th President
(Wikipedia -- Johnson, 2018)
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Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.  Johnson assumed the presidency as he was Vice President at the time of Lincoln's assassination.  He was a Democrat who ran with Republican Lincoln on the National Union ticket.  The new President wanted quick restoration of the seceded states, but his plans did not give protection to the former slaves, he conflicted with the Republican congress and was impeached by the House of Representatives.  He was acquitted in the Senate by one vote (Wikipedia -- Johnson, 2018).  He was born in North Carolina and never attended school, was homeschooled and trained as a tailor.

"Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide" -- Andrew Johnson (Johnson, 2018).

in other news -- Mitchel Walker was the first elected US black official of Massachusetts (OurTimelines.com 2018)

1867 age 10

1848 clip art from newspaper

Brother William Ora Tapp is born, 23 September 1867 in Wyoming, Stark County, Illinois.  Did the family move?  or did county/town lines move?  If you know, let me know using the contact form on the right.  He married Viola Dugan when she was 17 years old, later divorcing her and marrying Anne C. Tapp.  I don't have much more information for him, and I found a Find a Grave memorial but I'm not sure it is his, so I won't include that one here (Ancestry -- William O. Tapp, 2018).  Is he your ancestor?  Give me a heads up!

In other news -- Alaska was just purchased from Russia; Nebraska enters the union as the 37th state.  The Confederation of Canada was formed, Diamonds are discovered in South Africa, and Dynamite was developed (OurTimelines.com, 2018).  

According to the History channel,  US Secretary of STate William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia (editor sarcasm alert -- would this be Russian collusion?) for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million.  This works out to about 2 cents per acre ... quite a deal!  However, Congress ridiculed him and the press called it "Seward's Folly," "Seward's icebox," and President Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden" (History -- Alaska, 2018).

First Buttercup 2018
photo by Dayspringacres

1868 age 11

In other news -- War breaks out between Cuba and Spane, lasting for 10 years (OurTimelines.com 2018).

1869 age 12

Brother Henry A. Tapp was born in Penn, Stark County Illinois, on 23 May 1869 or 1870.  We should find him in the 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1920 censes at least.  But I only found him on the 1870 census, which we will see in the next post (Ancestry -- Henry A. Tapp, 2018).

1869 age 12 President Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S Grant
(Wikipedia -- Ulysses S Grant, 2018)

1869 President Ulysses S Grant, the 18th president for two terms, from 1869-1877.  He started out as the Commanding General, leading the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy under the supervision of President LIncoln.  During the Reconstruction Era, President Grant led the Republicans in their efforts to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism, racism and slavery (Wikipedia -- Ulysses S. Grant, 2018).   
Some interesting things to know about him -- his baptised name was Hiram Ulysses Grant.  The middle initial is fake news, started when a congressman accidentally wrote his name as Ulysses S. Grant when he nominated him to West Point.  The name stuck.  In a letter to his wife in 1844, he joked with her that she should find a name beginning with the letter "S," saying "You know I have an 'S' in my name and I don't know what it stands for" (Andrews, 2015).

"The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.  I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity" -- Ulysses S. Grant (Grant, 2018).

In other news -- The Cutty Sark was built; the Suez canal opens; the Trans-continental railroad is completed (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
The Cutty Sark was the last tea clipper built, and was one of the fastest.  The opening of the Suez Canal meant that steamships used a MUCH shorter route to China, so the Cutty Sark spent only a few years on the tea trade before turning to Australian Wool, where she held the record time to Britain for 10 years.  She was eventually sold to Portugese company and renamed Ferreira.  She was then purchased in 1922 and used as a training ship, then transfered to permanent dry dock in 1954 in London.  A National Historic Ship (Wikipedia -- Cutty Sark, 2018)

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Ancestry -- Henry A. Tapp. (2018, Dec). Henry Alfred Tapp. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14582634/person/260297755/facts

Ancestry -- Mary Jane Essex Tapp. (2018). Mary Jane Essex Tapp 1827-1892. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14582634/person/253876276/facts

Ancestry -- Mary Jane Tapp. (2018). Mary Jane Tapp 1860-1861. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14582634/person/260032232/facts

Ancestry -- Theodore B. Tapp. (2018, December). Theodore B. Tapp 1862-1927. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14582634/person/260089982/facts

Ancestry -- William O. Tapp. (2018, December). William Ora Tapp. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14582634/person/260155315/facts

Ancetry -- Isadore Tapp. (2018, December). Isadore Tapp Campbell 1962-1917. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14582634/person/260070054/facts

Andrews, E. (2015, July 23). 10 Things you may not know about Ulysses S. Grant. Retrieved from HISTORY: https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-ulysses-s-grant

Everett, R. (2007, November 22). Isadore Tapp Campbell 1862-1917. Retrieved from Find A Grave Memorial 23032309: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23032309/cam#add-to-vc

Everett, R. (2008, August 21). Theodore B. Tapp 1862-1927. Retrieved from Find A Grave Memorial 29219634: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29219634#source

Find a Grave -- Mary Jane Tapp. (2008). Mary Jane Tapp 1860-1861. Retrieved from Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24719933

Grant, U. S. (2018, December 12). Ulysses S. Grant Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuotes: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/ulysses_s_grant

History -- Alaska. (2018, August). Seward’s Folly. Retrieved from HISTORY: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sewards-folly

History.com Editors -- Kansas. (2018, December). Kansas enters the Union. Retrieved from HISTORY: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kansas-enters-the-union

History.com Editors -- Transcontinental Telegraph. (2018, December). Western Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line. Retrieved from HISTORY: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/western-union-completes-the-first-transcontinental-telegraph-line

Johnson, A. (2018, December 13). Andrew Johnson Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuote: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/andrew_johnson

Lincoln, A. (2018). Abraham Lincoln Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuotes: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/abraham_lincoln

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Wikipedia -- Andrew Johnson. (2018, December 13). Andrew Johnson. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson

Wikipedia -- Cutty Sark. (2018, December). Cutty Sark. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark

Wikipedia -- KKK. (2018, December). Ku Klux Klan. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan

Wikipedia -- Lincoln. (2018). Abraham Lincoln, 16th President. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

Wikipedia -- Rifled Barrel. (2018). Rifled Barrel. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifling

Wikipedia -- Ulysses S. Grant. (2018, December 12). Ulysses S. Grant. Retrieved from Wikipedia.com: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant

Joseph Ware Tapp part 1

Joseph Ware Tapp 1857-1924 Part 1 -- 1850s

1850-1856

Before he was born, there were underground railroad leading slaves to freedom.  These ended about 1860 when Joseph was age 3.  Also, Queen Victoria was the monarch of England (OurTimelines.com, 2018). 

1857 

March 6, just before Joseph Ware Tapp was born, the US Supreme Court decided that Blacks could not be US citizens (OurTimelines.com, 2018).  They decided that slaves living in free states and territories were not free just because of residence, because “he was not considered a person under the US constitution.  In the opinion of the justices, black people were not considered citizens when the Constitution was drafted in 1787 (History.com Editors, 2009).”  This was one catalyst leading to Civil War.

James Buchanan was President until Joseph was three years old

 (Wikipedia -- Buchanan, 2018)

James Buchanan, 15^th President of the United States, from 1857-1861, just prior to the Civil War.  Democrat; Secretary of State, Senator and Representative before becoming President (Wikipedia -- Buchanan, 2018)

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there (Buchanan,  2018). 

1857 Birth

Joseph Ware Tapp mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

Joseph Ware Tapp was born in Toulon, Stark County Illinois, on May 1^st to Bushrod and Mary Jane Essex Tapp.  I cannot find ANY birth record other than from census records.  I’m not sure there are any birth records available.  His middle name, Ware, came from his grandmother Eleanor Ware, daughter of Scottish-born Robert and Catherine Maxwell Ware.  Joseph was the 6^th child born, with older siblings Sarah Elizabeth, Martha Ellen, George Washington, James Whitfield and Charles Wesley Tapp.  He was smack in the middle of twelve children.

Social things that may have affected the Tapp family include that the Transatlantic cable was started this year  According to Wikipedia,

A transatlantic telegraph cable is an undersea cable running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications. The first was laid across the floor of the Atlantic from Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. The first communications occurred August 16, 1858, reducing the communication time between North America and Europefrom ten days – the time it took to deliver a message by ship – to a matter of minutes. Transatlantic telegraph cables have been replaced by transatlantic telecommunications cables. 

Some other famous men who were born the same year include Lord Baden-Powell who founded Boy Scouts; Clarence Darrow of the Scopes Trial fame; and William H. Taft, President (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1858 - 1859 age 1 - 2

In other news -- England transfers governmental responsibility to India; Darwin published his book Origin of the Species; Minnesota enters the union as the 32nd state; Oregon becomes the 33rd state (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

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Buchanan, J. (2018). Janes Buchanan Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuote: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/james_buchanan

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Charles A. Tapp, son of Harry Bushrod Tapp 1 1920s

This one is actually my Tapp.  He is first cousin to my mother, making him my First Cousin Once Removed.  This is the first installment.  If you are related, be sure to contact me using the form on the right.

1920-1929

• 1920 Birth of Charles Alfred Tapp
• 1921 birth of sister martha May Tapp
• 1923 birth of half-sister Clara Ann Tapp
• 1925 Historical Insight, Tri-State Tornado
• 1926 birth of brother Harry Earl

Charles Alfred Tapp mini-pedigree
from Ancestry.com

1920

Charles Alfred Tapp is born to Harry Bushrod and Clara Frances Ahrendt Tapp.  The only proofs I have are secondary sources, Censuses, Marriage, death and public records.  And FindaGrave.  Which is totally proof, right?  No, it is probably at best a tertiary source since people enter this information themselves.  I did a couple of searches, delineated below.  All of which mean I don't have a primary birth record.

1. Google Search for 
1. Charles Alfred Tapp birth 1920
1. The photos are out of context, so I'm gonna skip them for now.



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2. Lots of results of separated items in the search, such as Alfred Tapp, or just 1920.  Lets try this differently, by putting quotations around "Charles Alfred Tapp" which forces the search engine to look for all three names together.  It may limit my results by dropping the "Charles Tapp" and "Charles A. Tapp" but I can look for those in a different search.
2. "Charles Alfred Tapp" by itself; Tapp Genealogy; Tapp Family
1. Nothing. Either nothing at all, or too many rabbit holes to burrow through.
2. Ancestry.com Search
1. Found no new information, other than what I already have on my Charles Alfred Tapp profile
3. MooseRoots.com Search
1. I couldn't access them because they have an overlay asking me to block my ad blocker from blocking their ads. Wha-AT?
4. Find A Grave Search
1. found Charles Tapp 1882-1959 buried in California, Memorial ID 85530568.  As far as I know, he is not related
2. Charles Alfred Tapp 1920-1997, FAG memorial 94552117.  More details below



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5. MyHeritage.com website.  I have a financial problem with MyHeritage. They expect money to get to the good stuff, but I already pay for Ancestry and Fold3, I just cannot bet behind another charge.  If I spend more money, it will be for Newspapers.com.  Just my humble opinion, subject to change if and when MyHeritage improves their content. FYI, you can tell if it is paid content by looking at the hyperlinked things.  If it says simply "name of parents, place of birth" then you don't have access unless you pay through the nose.  Just sayin'.
1. Census results are locked off
2. The Social Security Death Index is all free, and there are over 7,000 results for Charles Tapp.  Now, this may include Topp, Taup, and various other spellings.
1. Clicking on the SSDI link for my Charles A. Tapp, we get his index, details below.  It also includes some related records.  Let's see if I have access to these, shall we?
1. Nope, no access for free membership for the 1930 census, 1940 census, public records, California Death.

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1. Biographical summaries of Notable People has a Charles Tapp, Television Producer.  Nope
2. BillionGraves.com portion of this website has a couple of Charles Tapp burials in New Zeland.  Hmm, his wife is Grace Eleanor Tapp, interesting, but nope.
3. The MyHeritage family tree portion of the search showed many Charles Alfred Tapp and Topp entries.  Only one is my Charles Alfred
1. This entry has some information which I will include below in the proper spots.
1. FamilySearch.com for Charles Alfred Tapp
1. From this profile, I can search four websites, Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and FamilySearch.  This profile sometimes includes hints which I can review and add or reject.  Many times, like today, it is information I've already included in my Ancestry profile, but I review and add to FamilySearch because it syncs with Legacy software.

1921 age 1

birth of sister Martha May Tapp, 27 October 1921, Bloomington Illinois.  Later, Martha will marry Robert Gordon and have a son Robert Gordon.  Check out the 1940 census.

1923, age 2

Birth of sister Clara Ann Tapp,  16 April 1923, Bloomington Illinois.  I don't have much to add to her just yet.

1923 City Directory for Harry B. Tapp, Bloomington IL

page 546 Harry B Tapp (Clara) employee C&A residence 207 south University (N)  We figure Charles lives with his parents, right?

1925 age 4

Tri-State Tornado -- Charles Alfred Tapp was living in Illinois around the time the deadliest tornado in US history hit the Midwest.

1925 Tri State Tornado
March 18, 1925, West Frankfort, Illinois.
Credit: Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Historical Insight, Ancestry.com

Entire towns were devastated by the tornadoes. West Frankfort, Illinois, lost 127 lives but still had some buildings standing at the end of the day. 

1926, age 6

birth of brother Harry Earl Tapp, 28 May 1926, Illinois.  He died in Florida 1986.

between 1926 to 1930

The family moved to Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan.  What took them to Michigan?  Was it to work in a plant?  Was it because they were still suffering from the Tri-State Tornado?  Well, actually, he probably went to earn money by working in the automotive industry.  Details in the next post.

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Resources

Biographical Summaries of Notable People

https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-2259568/charles-tapp-in-

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MyHeritage Family Tree search

https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-1/myheritage-family-

trees?action=query&exactSearch=0&formId=master&formMode=1&qbirth=

Event+et.birth+ed.+em.+ey.1920&qdeath=Event+et.death+ed.+em.+ey.1997&qevents=

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Source: MyHeritage Family Trees;  MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc.;  https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-1/myheritage-family-trees

Family tree:  mckenna Web Site, managed by christopher mckenna  https://www.myheritage.com/site-349970381/mckennaRecord:  https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-349970381-2-2684/

charles-alfred-tapp-in-myheritage-family-treesCitation:  Charles Alfred Tapp  Birth: May 25 1920 - Illinois, United States  Death: Apr 1 1997 - Riverside, Riverside, California, United States  Parents: Harry Bushrod Tapp, Clara F Ahrendt  Siblings: Harry Earl Tapp, Robert Lee Tapp, <Private> Gapp, <Private> Gapp, <Private> Gapp, <Private> Gordon, <Private> Milhone, <Private> Tapp, <Private> Tapp, <Private> Tapp, <Private> Arendt, <Private> Arendt, <Private> Arendt, <Private> Arendt, <Private> ArendtAncestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Find a Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94552117?search=true

FamilySearch profile https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LYYP-S97/details

1941 Pontiac Fisher Body Plant http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/zlakecou102/id/2492

Heritage Center GM 

https://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/Fisher_Body_-_Pontiac,_Michigan

Wikipedia for Pontiac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan