Knapp, George 1887-1906

KNAPP

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 2/7/2005 at 08:46:16

Sunday evening Mr. M. E. Knapp, on West Palm Street, received a message from Excelsior Springs, Mo., telling of the death of his son, George. Upon returning a telegram of inquiry the following letter was received from the physician in charge of the hospital.

Dear Sir: George Knapp died here Sunday morning about four o’clock and in accordance to your telegram of this morning, I am burying her [sic] at Pisgia Church. When I found George sick in a boxcar the early part of the week, I brought him to the hospital, where he lived until Sunday morning. When told he was going to die, his request was “bury me here.”
- Dr. Ernest Lowery

George Knapp, son of Mr. M. E. Knapp, was born February 1, 1887, three and one-half miles south of Kellogg, and came to Newton with his parents in 1896, where he made his home until seven years ago, when he left home and has not been heard from until the message came telling of his death. ~ The Newton Daily News, Wednesday, July 11, 1906, Page 4, Column 1