From "History of North Washington" Published 1904 Transcibed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE H. KNAPP George H. Knapp, who resides seven miles east from Colville, is a well known agriculturist and orchardist of Stevens county and has a very fine estate. He was born in DeKalb county, Indiana on May 6, 1853. His parents were Susan P. and W.J. Knapp, natives of New York. They now reside in Iowa, and are the parents of the following named children: George H., Arthur, Susan E., A.L., William, Walter O., Thomas and Charles C. The father is a veteran of the Civil War. Our subject received his educational training in the common schools of Indiana, and remained with his parents until his majority. Then he began life as a farmer and continued in this occupation in Iowa until 1888. In that year he came to Stevens county where he took a preemption. In 1892 he removed from that farm to his present place, which he homesteaded. This is improved with good buildings, fine orchard, and so forth. In addition to farming and fruit raising, Mr. Knapp handles some very fine stock. He has a band of sheep, and some thoroughbred jerseys. In 1880 occurred the marriage of Mr. George H. Knapp and Miss Emma, daughter of Henry C. and Mary A. (Taylor) Church, natives of Massachusetts and Michigan, respectively. They later settled in Illinois and finally moved to Nebraska where the father died. The mother died in Iowa. The Church family dates back to colonial times, and are prominent people. Captain John Church, one of the family, was a captain in the Pequod war in 1836. To Mr. and Mrs. Knapp six children have been born, four of whom are living, as follows: Albert, eugene, Vernon, and Joycelyn. Those deceased are Frank W., who died on April 9, 1899, and Edna, whose death occurred on April 4, 1885. Mr. Knapp is a good strong Republican, and is always active in the campaign. He is now chairman of the precinct which he has held for eight years. Mrs. Knapp is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. To Mrs. Knapp must be given the credit of having done a great deal for the education of the young in this county, having been a pioneer teacher of Stevens county. Mr. Knapp is a very enterprising young man, and in the Stevens county fair of 1903, took ten first prizes and six second prizes on fruit, and six first prizes, three second prizes and the sweepstake prize on grasses and grain. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.