Obituary: Jasper KNAPP, d. 1907, Lancaster, Grant Co., Wisconsin

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Excerpted from the Dec. 14, 1907, issue of The Grant County Herald, 
Lancaster, Wisconsin


Jasper Knapp, an old pioneer of this section, who has resided in this 
county for over fifty years, his home being a few miles southwest of 
Lancaster, near Hurricane post office, died on Wednesday morning at 
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grant Hampton in this city.  Mr. Knapp 
was 73 years of age and had been sick about a month.  He came to this 
country from Germany when he was a small boy.  Funeral services will 
be held at the house today, at 1 o'clock and interment will take place 
at Boice Creek* cemetery.
     *Error in obituary; burial took place in Hampton Cemetery.



Excerpted from the Dec. 24, 1907, issue of The Grant County Herald, 
Lancaster, Wisconsin.

Also appeared in The Weekly Teller on Dec. 26, 1907.

Obituary---Jasper Knapp

Jasper Knapp was born in Germany, near Mense, on the Rhine, Jan. 18th, 
1836. When about eight years of age he came with his parents to 
America. Coming directly to Wisconsin they settled in Hurricane, Grant 
Co.

December 23, 1858, he was united in marriage with Laura Morrell, and 
soon after went to California where they resided a few years and 
returning to Hurricane settled on a farm, where they remained until a 
few years since when they retired and came to Lancaster, making this 
their home until his decease, December 12, 1907, at the home of his 
daughter, Mrs. Grant Hampton, Potosi township whither he had gone a 
few weeks previous.

To Mr. & Mrs. Knapp were born seven children, four sons and three 
daughters, all of whom are living, as is also the mother-this being 
the first death in the family.

Funeral services were held at the home of Grant Hampton, Dec. 14, at 1 
p.m. and burial in the Hampton cemetery nearby.