Civil War Records of Francis W. Knapp

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
band 13th MVI Musician; enl. and must. July 26, 1861 must. out Aug. 31, 1862 Marlboro carpenter  

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): x

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
band 13th MVI Nov. 26, 1897 Invalid 1 201 346 1 092 805 Mass.  

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  81 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Wiliam B. Eaton Post 199, Revere, Massachusetts, and  Isaac Davis Post No. 138, Acton, Massachusetts (source:  A. Dean Sargent. Grand Army of the Republic: Civil War Veterans Department of Massachusetts 1866 to 1947.   Pages 425, 506.)


Death

Date April 21, 1921
Place Acton, Mass.
Age 85
Cause  
Obituary Concord Enterprise, April 27, 1921
Funeral  
Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by  

Additional Information

"William Francis Knapp", a 19 year old shoemaker, age is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 192/196) of Elijah and Levina Knapp  (source:  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart.  Boston, 1989. Page 25.)

Francis W. Knapp, a 22 year old carpenter, married Laura A. Crocker on September 17, 1856, in Charlestown, Mass.  The marriage register records his birth place as Acton, to parents Elijah and Lavina (source: Charlestown marriage register, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910.  In:  American Ancestors  [online database].).  Other sources say he was born on Boxborough, December 31, 1835.

He was the younger brother of George W. Knapp.

 

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See also:

"Bandsman for 58 Years." Boston Globe, March 14, 1915.

 

 

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