Civil War Records of George W. Knapp

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
2nd Mass. Vol. Sharpshooters Private; enl. and must. Aug. 30, 1861 must. out Oct. 17, 1864 South Danvers carpenter

age 32;

wounded in 1864

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
2nd MV Sharpshooters Dec. 9, 1890 Invalid 9 845 67? 768 518 Mass.  

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  10 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

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.   425.


Death

Date November 29, 1917
Place Revere, Mass.
Age  
Cause arteriosclerosis
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by  

Additional Information

According to his pension file George W. Knapp was born August 27, 1829 in Boxborough, Mass. 

The record for his first marriage indicates that his parents were Elijah and Levina Knapp  (who were also the parents of Francis W. Knapp)  (source: Danvers marrage register, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910.  In:  American Ancestors  [online database].). 

George W. Knapp, age 21, married Nancy L. Norton, age 15, in Danvers, Mass. on March 22, 1851. (source: Danvers marrage register, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910.  In:  American Ancestors  [online database].).  In the pension file, the woman he married on this date is referred to as Rebecca P. Knapp, or Rebecca Norton.

George Washington Knapp, a 26 year old shoemaker, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 193/197) with Rebecca Page Knapp, age 21, and two children (George Francis and Alphonso Sandford)  (source:  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart.  Boston, 1989.  Page 25.)

According to records in his pension file, after the war George W. Knapp lived in Lynn (c. 1866-1897), Salem (until 1909), and Revere (1909-).  He divorced his first wife around 1873, and married twice more.

His second wife, Alvina/Elvina Knapp (Trefethen) (married 1873 in Lynn), died June 26, 1878 in Lynn  (source: Lynne death register, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910.  In:  American Ancestors  [online database].). 

His third wife, Nancy E. Knapp (Hood) (married 1897 in Lynn), died August 3, 1909 in Salem and was buried in South Acton (source: Salem death record, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910.  In:  American Ancestors  [online database].). 

 

 

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