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Rev George Cushing Knapp

Birth
Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
Death
12 Mar 1895 (aged 71)
Bitlis, Türkiye
Burial
Feriköy, Istanbul, Türkiye Add to Map
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Missionary to Turkey. Son of John and Sally (Cushing) Knapp. Graduated Middlebury College, 1852 and Andover Theological Seminary, 1855. Missionary in Turkey under the auspices of the A.B.C.F.M.

Married 6 Sept. 1855 to Alzina Maria Churchill and ordained September 7, 1855. Sailed from Boston, Oct. 27 1855 and arrived Smyrna in Dec. 1855 and Diarbekir in April 1856. Transferred to Bitlis in May 1858 which became the family's home for 37 years.

Six children:
Arthur Churchill Knapp (1859-1862),
Mary Elizabeth Knapp (1861-1863),
George P. Knapp (1863-1915),
Grace Higley Knapp (1870- 1953),
John Herbert Knapp (1865- 1936),
Edith Alzina (Knapp) Melvin Blount (1874-1962)
Missionary to Turkey. Son of John and Sally (Cushing) Knapp. Graduated Middlebury College, 1852 and Andover Theological Seminary, 1855. Missionary in Turkey under the auspices of the A.B.C.F.M.

Married 6 Sept. 1855 to Alzina Maria Churchill and ordained September 7, 1855. Sailed from Boston, Oct. 27 1855 and arrived Smyrna in Dec. 1855 and Diarbekir in April 1856. Transferred to Bitlis in May 1858 which became the family's home for 37 years.

Six children:
Arthur Churchill Knapp (1859-1862),
Mary Elizabeth Knapp (1861-1863),
George P. Knapp (1863-1915),
Grace Higley Knapp (1870- 1953),
John Herbert Knapp (1865- 1936),
Edith Alzina (Knapp) Melvin Blount (1874-1962)

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