Obituary:  Conrad NAPP, d. 1893, Lancaster, Grant Co., Wisconsin

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Excerpted from The Teller Lancaster, Wisconsin September 7, 1893	This 
Conrad Napp was apparently a younger brother of Charles Knapp.


Death of Conrad Napp

Lancaster lost a good citizen last Thursday by the death of Conrad 
Napp. He had been afflicted for two or three years with the effects of 
paralysis. Last winter and spring he lingered a long time upon a very 
slender thread of life and in a condition requiring great care. Later 
he recovered somewhat, but failed to gain sufficient strength for 
aggressive action in affairs of life.

He was an old citizen-has resided in this county about forty years. 
We have no citizens possessed of a more sturdy honesty than was Conrad 
Napp.

He was a brother to Jasper Napp of Lancaster, Anton Napp of Cassville, 
and Mr. Lewis Gelbach of Hurricane is a sister.  C.C. Napp of Stitzer 
and Chas. P. of Fennimore are sons.  One daughter is at home and there 
are other children.

The funeral was on Sunday, the burial being at Stitzer, the resting 
palce of some other members of the family.

He was not an aged man, being only about 65 in years. Sorrowfully do 
we record the fact that we can no more meet with the quiet, agreeable, 
and intelligent Conrad Napp.

By later information we are able to state that the deceased was born 
at Kreis Sant Goar, Regierungs Bezirk, Coblenz, Prussia, October 15, 
1829.  He came with his parents to this country in 1846, and settled 
in this vicinity.  In 1849 he married Miss Elizabeth Brueck, and nine 
children were born to them, of whom four were sons and five daughter. 
They are nearly all married and there are 38 grand-children and two 
great grandchildren, all living and well at the time of the death of 
their sire. Four grand-children are deceased.

Conrad Knapp was one of the organizers of the German Presbyterian 
church here.  Their first, the Hurricane society, was started in the 
house of Daniel arner in 1858.  Rev. Jacob Liesveldt was the minister 
then.  For 25 years Mr. Napp was an elder in the church, and no man is 
credited with a more consistent and upright christian life.

The illness of Mr. Knapp began in 1891 with a paralytic stroke and he 
has suffered two strokes since.  He died at 2 p.m. August 31.  Funeral 
services were held at Mr. Ringold's church, with preaching in both 
English and German.  There were more people in attendance than could 
get into the house.  At the burial ground at Stitzer there were also 
services, preaching by Rev. Kudobe, late retired minister of Dubuque.  
When a good man dies the people mourn.