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James Murphy Knapp

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James Murphy Knapp Veteran

Birth
Sandusky County, Ohio, USA
Death
9 Jul 1892 (aged 73–74)
Iverson Indian Rancheria, Mendocino County, California, USA
Burial
Point Arena, Mendocino County, California, USA Add to Map
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1st Wife - Elizabeth Zeek
Mother of:
James, Charles, and Joseph.

2nd wife - Jerusha (Cooley) Davis, married 1847 in Indiana.
She was the widow of Lorin Davis.

3rd wife - Martha Lewis, married 1857 in Iowa.

James and Jerusha were enumerated on the 1850 census in LaPorte County, Indiana, and on a 1856 state census in Story County, Iowa. By 1860, James was enumerated in Wapello County with wife Martha and four Knapp minors.

Served during the Civil War
Side: Union
Rank at enlistment: Saddler
Enlisted in Company C, Iowa 7th Cavalry Regiment on 03 Mar 1863.
Mustered out on 17 Jun 1865 at Cottonwood, NE.
1st Wife - Elizabeth Zeek
Mother of:
James, Charles, and Joseph.

2nd wife - Jerusha (Cooley) Davis, married 1847 in Indiana.
She was the widow of Lorin Davis.

3rd wife - Martha Lewis, married 1857 in Iowa.

James and Jerusha were enumerated on the 1850 census in LaPorte County, Indiana, and on a 1856 state census in Story County, Iowa. By 1860, James was enumerated in Wapello County with wife Martha and four Knapp minors.

Served during the Civil War
Side: Union
Rank at enlistment: Saddler
Enlisted in Company C, Iowa 7th Cavalry Regiment on 03 Mar 1863.
Mustered out on 17 Jun 1865 at Cottonwood, NE.

Inscription

Co. C
7th Iowa Cav



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