History of Greenwood, (Oxford County) Maine United States of America

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William Berry Lapham, genealogist, was born at Greenwood, Maine, Aug. 21, 1828; son of John and Lovicy (Berry) Lapham and a descendant of Thomas Lapham, who emigrated from Kent, England, in 1635, and settled in Scituate, Mass. William attended Gould's academy and Waterville college; studied medicine in Brunswick, Maine, Hanover, N.H., and at the New York medical college, and practised in New York city, 1856-61. He enlisted as a private in the Union army, was promoted let lieutenant and captain and brevetted major of the let Maine mounted artillery. He was a representative in the Maine legislature in 1867; U.S. examining surgeon, 1867-94, trustee of the Maine Insane hospital, 1867-74, and president of the board of directors, 1869-74; chairman of the publication committee of the Maine Historical society, honorary member of the Maine Genealogical society, and of the Old Colony Historical society; treasurer of the Maine Press Association, and a member of the Royal Society of Great Britain. He received the degree of A.M. from Colby university in 1871. He edited the Maine Farmer, 1871-83; the Maine Genealogist, 1875-79, and the Farm and Hearth, 1885-87, and published the local histories of Woodstock (1882), Paris (1884), Norway (1886), and Rumford (1890); the Bradbury Genealogy (1890); the History of Bethel (1891); the Lapham, Ricker, Chase, Chapman, Webster, Hill and Knox genealogies, and Personal Recollections of the War of the Rebellion (1892). He died in Togas, Maine, Feb. 22, 1894.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Greenwood, (Oxford County) Maine

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