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Diary

1811

7th March - Thursday - Born in the town of Palmyra in Wayne County, state of New York. The grand Erie Canal afterwards was constructed through this town. At the first of my recollection we were living in the town of Galen, same county.
My father's name is Seneca Lapham & my mother is Rachel Lapham (formerly R. Allen) & my name when written at full length is Increase Allen Lapham.
The following is a list of my brothers & sisters with the date of the birth of each:

David, 6th mo. 8th 1804
Ruel, 8th mo. 29th 1805
Hiram, 12th mo. 14th 1806
Darius, 8th mo. 9th 1808
Increase A., 3rd mo. 7th 1811
Pazzi, 10th mo. 25th 1812
William, 11th mo. 1st 1817
Mary G., 7th mo. 29th 1815
Margaret, 4th mo. 27th 1820
Tasa Ann, 8th mo. 18th 1821
Hannah, 2d mo. 3d 1823
Lorana 10th mo 10th 1825
Amelia 2d mo. 17th 1828

David & Ruel died in infancy - Hiram died in the 13th year of his age, & Margaret & Tasa Ann both died while very young. The rest are now living (1830)
In 1818 the family moved to near Pottsville or Mount Carbon, on the Schuylkill river. Remained there about a year when they moved to the village of...