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Note: History of Winona County, Minnesota (1884), p. 655: "John B. Knapp, a pioneer of 1855, was born in Canada, March 23, 1833, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Blezzard) Knapp, the former a native of New York state and the latter of England. When John B. was about three years of age, he was brought to Michigan, where he was reared. In 1855 he came to Hart Township, Winona County and preempted land. He was followed later by his father. After a while, the subject of this sketch purchased a quarter section of land across the road from his original claim in Hart township. In 1869 he gave up farming, and after renting his place for twenty years he sold it. In 1869 he moved to Winona and purchased a residence on Winona street and in 1872 built the pleasant residence now occupied by William Rademacher. Mr. Knapp now lives at 267 East Wabasha. While in Warren Twp. he was assessor one year, and has also served in other positions of public trust and private honor. He is a member of the Old Settlers' Association and is serving on the executive board of that association. He was also postmaster at Wyattsville for some years. The subject of this sketch was married December ?8, 1856, to Elizabeth Wyatt born March 6, 1837, the daughter of Hiram and Hannah Wyatt Mr. and Mrs. Knapp have one daughter, Ruby Belle, who for several years was stenographer at the high school of Winona. She lives at home with her parents."
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from US Federal Census index:
JOHN B. KNAPP
1860*Winona Co., MN055Twp. 105, Range 8
1870*Winona Co., MN043Winona City, 1st Ward
1850 U.S. Census
(Twp. not specified) Newago Co., MI
(boarding, with a numberof others, with John A. Brooke, 46, Lumberman)
Amos Knapp, 45, Labour, b. NY
John Knapp, 17, Labour, b. MI 1857 Minnesota Territorial Census (enumerated 14 Nov. 1857)
Twp. 106, Winona Co., MN (household no. 14)
John Knapp, 24, m, b. Canada, Farmer, Naturalized
Amos Knapp, 56, m, b. NY (Canada crossed out), Farmer, Naturalized Martha Knapp, 48, f, b. Canada Elizabeth Knapp, 20, f, b. Michigan 1875 Minnesota Census
Winona, Winona Co., MN (enumerated 1 May 1875)
J. B. Knapp, 43, m, b. Canada, father b. Canada
Elizabeth, 38, f, b. MI, mother b. MI 1880 U.S. Census
Winona, Second Ward, Winona Co., MN
D., p. 4 (239) Sup. Dist. No. 1 / Enumeration Dist. No. 289
enumerated 2 June 1880
house 33 / family 33
John B. Knapp, 45, farmer, b. Canada; fath: b. Canada; moth: b. England
Ann E., 40, wife, house keeper, b. Michigan; fath: & moth: b. Canada
Amos Knapp, 75, father, b. NY, fath: & moth: b. NY Hannah Wyatt, 60 (or 68?), mother-in-law, b. Canada; fath: & moth: b. Canada
Wm. Gale, 30, boarder, lawyer, b. Wisc.; fath: b. Vermont; moth: b. NY
(Ellis?) Edwards, 29, boarder, hat trimmer, b. Ills.; fath: b. KY; moth: b. Tenn.
Julia Weir, 20, servant, b. Poland; fath: & moth: both b. Poland 1885 Minnesota Census
Winona, Winona Co., MN
John B. Knapp, 52, M, b. Canada (father of foreign birth)
Anne E. Knapp, 48, f, b. Mich. (father of foreign birth) Bell Knapp, 5, f, b. Minn. (father of foreign birth) Hanna Wyatt, 67, f, b. Canada (father of foreign birth) Thomas Howel, 17, b. Minn. (father of foreign birth) H. H. Hughes, 17, b. Minn. (father of foreign birth) ***
Cemetery inscriptions of Winona Co. show 97a. John B. Knapp (1833-1916) and 97b. "A. E." Knapp (1837-1917) are buried in Sec. Q of Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, Winona Co., Minn. The only other Knapps in Woodlawn were John Knapp, Sr. (1836-1914) and Barbara Knapp (1848-1911).
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Winona Co., Minnesota death records show:
John B. Knapp
male, white, married
b. 3-23-1833 Canada
d. 1-20-1916
age: 82 yrs, 10 mo.
farmer
cause of death: thrombosis of femoral artery
duration: 7 days
father: "Ames" Knapp, b. Canada
mother: Eliz. "Blossard", b. England
attending physician: W. V. Lindsey
undertaker: Geo. Hillger
(Vital Records Book 3, p. 182)
John B. Knapp's wife, Elizabeth Ann:
Ann E. Knapp
female, white, widowed
b. March 6, 1837, Michigan
d. Jan. 28, 1917
age: 79 yrs, 10 mo., 22 days
housewife
caus of death: apoplexy
father: Hyram Wyatt, b. Canada
mother: Hannah Bunchen, b. Canada
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