KNAPP, DR. W. A. 
                        Lake Charles, LA


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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 165.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore

Dr. W.A. Knapp, Lake Charles - Dr. W.A. Knapp was born in New Orleans, June 21,
1846.  He is the son of Danile and Frances (Piroth) Knapp, the former a native
of Bavaria and the latter of France.  They were married in France, and came to
the United States in 1838 or 1839, located in New Orleans, where Mr. Knapp was
engaged as a merchant.  He died in 1876 at the age of sixty-four years; his wife
died in 1874.

Our subject is one of a family of two children, and received his education in
the public and private schools of New Orleans.  In 1850 he began the drug
business at Port Hudson, Louisiana, with Dr. A. P. Brown, and was engaged in
this business until 1961, when he left the quiet of home for the
"tented field".  Joining the Ogden Battalion, he was in service for four years,
three years of which was spent in hospital service in Clinton, Louisiana, Port
Hudson and Brandon, Mississippi, under Drs. A.P. Brown and Thomas J. Buffington. 
After the close of the war he again entered the drug business at Clinton,
Louisiana, where he remained until the winter of 1882, a portion of which
time he served as a clerk.  From 1874 to 1880 he practised dentistry. In 1882 he
came to Lake Charles and opened a drug business, in which he has since been
engaged.  In 1871 Dr. Knapp was married to Miss Lizzie D'Armind, daughter of
Hon. J.G. D'Armond, of Clinton, Louisiana.  They are the parents of three
children, viz: W.A., Jr.; Lilian D. And Ethel S.   Dr. Knapp is a Royal
Arch Mason, and is also a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, having
organized the Knights of Pythias Lodge at this place; he is at present district
deputy of this organization; he is a past officier of the I.O.O.F., K. of P., K.
of  H., American Legion of Honor, A.O.U.W., and Commander of the Uniform
Division K of P and K of H. Commandery and fire department of
Lake Charles, Louisiana.