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Portage County, Ohio

Henry Sapp

born 1768 · documented in 1 county history

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Born 1768

From History of Portage County, Ohio (1885)

As printed in 1885

HENRY SAPP (deceased) was born August 2, 1768, in the State of Maryland, and married Miss Matilda Boosinger, of Oldtown, Va., October 7, 1796. He came to Ravenna Township, this county, in 1802, and, after making preparations for a home, returned and brought his family out in 1803. The property of 100 acres which he settled near Ravenna Village, he bought of Benjamin Tappan for $150. Their children who are now living are Henry; Mrs. Hannah Hall; Conrad; Jacob, in Yandalia, Ill.; Asa and Daniel F. They were among the early members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this place. Mr. Sapp died September 18, 1856. Mrs. Sapp died in April, 1876, at the advanced age of one hundred and one years. On the occasion of her one hundreth birthday there was a gathering of her descendants at the homestead. At that time the entire number of descendants was ninety-eight, of whom seventy-five were living.

As printed in History of Portage County, Ohio (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.

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