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Gen John Newcomb Knapp

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Gen John Newcomb Knapp Veteran

Birth
Victory, Cayuga County, New York, USA
Death
9 Dec 1893 (aged 67)
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA
Burial
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Greenwood Lot 53 Grave 5
Memorial ID
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Son of John Turner Knapp (1802-1886)and Theodora Newcomb(1805 – 1874)
Married to Jane Elizabeth Shumway on 14 Oct 1856 in Auburn, Cayuga, New York, USA (1830-1911)

Father of
Jessie K.Knapp Gates (1857-)Married William Chauncy Gates
Grayson Guthrie Knapp(1865-1912)

In 1860 he was found to be Attorney at Law in Cayuga co.,NY
1880 Home Auburn, Cayuga, New York Attorney at Law
1889 Chairman of Republican State Committee from Auburn NY

Noted from his son's Yale College, Sheffield Scientific School obituary:

"GRAYSON GUTHRIE KNAPP, son of John Newcomb Knapp and Jane Elizabeth (Shumway) Knapp, was born December 20, 1865, in Auburn, N Y. His father was postmaster, quartermaster-general under the first Governor Dix, chairman of the executive committee of the Republican State Committee, and for many years previous to his death secretary of the American Express Co. His father died in 1893, and his mother in 1911...."
Son of John Turner Knapp (1802-1886)and Theodora Newcomb(1805 – 1874)
Married to Jane Elizabeth Shumway on 14 Oct 1856 in Auburn, Cayuga, New York, USA (1830-1911)

Father of
Jessie K.Knapp Gates (1857-)Married William Chauncy Gates
Grayson Guthrie Knapp(1865-1912)

In 1860 he was found to be Attorney at Law in Cayuga co.,NY
1880 Home Auburn, Cayuga, New York Attorney at Law
1889 Chairman of Republican State Committee from Auburn NY

Noted from his son's Yale College, Sheffield Scientific School obituary:

"GRAYSON GUTHRIE KNAPP, son of John Newcomb Knapp and Jane Elizabeth (Shumway) Knapp, was born December 20, 1865, in Auburn, N Y. His father was postmaster, quartermaster-general under the first Governor Dix, chairman of the executive committee of the Republican State Committee, and for many years previous to his death secretary of the American Express Co. His father died in 1893, and his mother in 1911...."

Gravesite Details

Date Buried 12/13/1893



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