David P. Mapes

David Parshall Mapes (January 10, 1798 – May 17, 1890) was an American pioneer businessman and politician.

Life David P. Mapes was born January 10, 1798, in Coxsackie, New York. The youngest of four children, his parents were of English origin and moved from Long Island to Coxsackie, where his father built a hotel, the Elm Tree House. His father also owned a sloop to run from Coxsackie to New York City. His mother died of consumption when he was about six years old. His father got into the lumber business and bought a mill about seven miles from Coxsackie. Aged 12, young Mapes would draw the lumber to the Hudson River and sell it. He attended a log schoolhouse in the winter.

At the age of twenty, Mapes went to Roxbury, Delaware County and was buried at Hillside Cemetery in Ripon.

Family His son-in-law, Otto Christian Neuman, became a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.