John Adam Knapp (1828 - 1901)

Born 15 Nov 1828 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, UK

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Pittmann) Knapp — married 1852 in Indiana, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Jun 1901 at age 72 in Kilkenny,LeSueur Co.,Minnesota

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Biography

John was born in 1828. John Knappe ... He passed away in 1901. ^[1]

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Sources

1840 United States Federal Census Census Place: Robinson, Posey, Indiana; Page: 322; Family History Library Film: 0007728

"United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHW-3QB : Wed Oct 04 21:25:15 UTC 2023), Entry for John Knapp and Mary Knapp, 1870.

"Minnesota State Census, 1875", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKNV-NKY : Fri Oct 06 06:20:14 UTC 2023), Entry for John A Knapp and George A Knapp, 1875.

"Minnesota State Census, 1885", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQXN-WC9 : Tue Oct 03 11:34:49 UTC 2023), Entry for John A Knapp and George Knapp, 1885.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2F-6XQH : 16 December 2021), John Adam Knapp, ; Burial, Kilkenny, Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States of America, Calvary Cemetery; citing record ID 70484389, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Minnesota, Obituary Index, 1891-2003
• A book, "History Of The Minnesota Valley", published in 1882, Lesueur County. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.historyofminneso00nort/?sp=536&st=image&r=-0.249,0.067,1.574,0.984,0

This book writes about John A. Knapp born in Hesse-Darmstadt in 1829. The family immigrated to Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1830 and eight years later removed to Posey County, Indiana. He there married in 1852, Mary E. Pittmann. Removing to Minnesota in 1867, they settled in Kilkenny Township; bought 160 acres which he still owns, except three acres which he donated to the Catholic Society for church purposes; also owns a village lot on which has been erected a large store building. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Knapp: Joseph, George, Mary, Barbary, Stephen, Elizabeth, Anna and Catharine.

Footnotes

John Adam is listed as Adam John in the U.S. Census, 1860.

1. ↑ Entered by Joan Hanson, Tuesday, October 29, 2013.

Acknowledgments

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