Jacob W. Knapp b.1813 Genesee Wyoming Co., NY
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Source: HISTORY OF WYOMING CO., NY
BY: F. W. BEERS, 1880
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JACOB W. KNAPP was born in Warsaw, Genesee (now Wyoming) county, NY, Aug. 29th, 1813. His parents, John R. and Melinda Knapp, moved from Orwell, VT, in 1812. He served as apprentice to Peter Lyon, blacksmith at Canandaigua, N.Y., beginning at the age of fifteen. In Aug., 1836, he married Elvira Putnam, of Warsaw, NY, and he has since lived in Warsaw village. He has been a justice of the peace nearly all the time since 1842. He was postmaster from 1852 to 1861. He raised a company for the volunteer service in 1862, served as captain to Jan., 1865, and then as Major to July 19th, 1865, when he was mustered out with the regiment- 1st N.Y. dragoons, having participated in many battles and skirmishes.
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Denise Perkins Ready
(Transcriber)