Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Gamaliel KNAPP 

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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GAMALIEL KNAPP - was born in Greenbrier County, near Lewisburg, November 14, 
1819. He was a son of Joshua KNAPP, born in Greenbrier County in 1793, and 
Phoebe (McDANIEL) KNAPP, born in Kentucky. His parents moved to Kentucky in 
1851, and his mother died in 1863, his father in 1865. Near Lewisburg, 
August 15, 1819, was born Mary HUTSENPILLER, and she became the wife of 
Gamaliel KNAPP at her father's residence in Greenbrier County, October 9, 
1851. Their daughter Sarah Ann, who is married to John A. MILLER, was born 
August 2, 1852, and their son, John McDANIEL, was born December 23, 1855. 
John and Mary (SURBAUGH) HUTSENPILLER, the parents of Mrs. KNAPP, were born 
in Greenbrier County, and here their days were ended, the father dying 
October 15, 1861, and the mother dying December 19, 1863. The brothers 
and sisters of Mrs. KNAPP were: Ann, Benjamin(deceased), Hettie, David 
(deceased), Anthony and Henry, all living in this district. Benjamin 
HUTSENPILLER, the grandfather of Mrs. KNAPP, was one of the first and most 
prominent settlers in Greenbrier County. During the troubled years of the 
civil war, Gamaliel KNAPP remained at home upon his farm, a staunch Union 
man, and one of the very few in this county. He owns a farm in that part of 
the district known as Grassy Meadows, the land well located, and all tillable. 
His son John owns a saw mill near at hand. Salem, Greenbrier County, West 
Virginia, is Gamaliel KNAPP's post office address.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.