Daniel Clapp

     Daniel Clapp was born on 16 January 1821 at Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.¹ He married, at age 24, Catherine Lucy Updegraff, age 22, daughter of Samuel Updegraff and Sarah Shaeffer, on Wednesday, 10 September 1845.² Daniel Clapp died on 4 April 1882 at Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 61 years, 2 months and 19 days. He has also been reported to have died 4 April 1886 Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.¹
     He was Lumber Business. He left a will on 18 February 1882. It stated:

     Daniel left a will in Will Book #5, page 10 - Lycoming Co., PA, made on Feb. 18, 1882 and registared April 13, 1882. He was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania on January 16, 1821. He received his education in the common schools, and when he turned sixteen years old he began clerking in a store in Danville, Pennsylvania, where he remained about four years. He then returned to his native county, and in company with his brother Beneval, they went into the mercantile business at Turbutville, and one year later, in September of 1843, they removed their business to Muncy, and continued the same until 1845. At this time Mr. Clapp purchased his brother's interest and conducted the business alone until 1859, when he was joined by L. S. Smith, and the firm became D. Clapp & Company. This form dealt heavily in lumber, in connection with their mercantile business, until 1869, when Mr. Clapp purchased the Port Penn saw mill, and was engaged in the manufacture of lumber until his death. Coming to Muncy comparatively poor, Mr. Clapp devoted his energies to his business so successfully that he became one of the wealthiest men of Muncy Valley. He always took a commendable interest in the growth and prosperity of his adopted home, and was a prominent factor in the erection of the present [1892] fine public school building in Muncy. Prior to the war he was a Democrat, but after that period he became a Republican, and remained a stanch supporter of that party up until his death. Daniel Clapp was an enterprising and public spirited citizen, and owed his success to careful business habits, prudent investments and strict integrity. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Muncy and a liberal supporter of that organization. in 1892.¹