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About Cornelius Knapp
NUGGETS OF NEWS Mr and Mrs Cornelius Knapp, near Castle Rock, Washington, have been killed by an unknown assassin. Robbery the supposed motive. Source: News, Frederick, Mayland. 30 Nov 1900.
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Fact 1:- Mr.& Mrs. Corneluis Knapp of Hazel Dell, an elderly German couple, were shot at their house while they were eating breakfast by Martin Sickles, who had once lived with them. He also shot William Shanklin near Kelso and burned his body and cabin. Martin Sickles was the last killer hanged in the county before the state took over jurisdiction over executions.
(Abstracted from the "Cowlitz County Historical Society", Vol. XXV, No. 2. P 20, pub by the Cowlitz County Historical Society).
Fact 2:- Corneluis and Amassey Knapp had no children.
Fact 3:- It was posted on Find A Grave that Corneluis Knapp had served in the Union side of the Civil War. In Co. C 15th New York, Vol. Calvary. Sent in a request for records to the National Archives in 2010 and they answered back that no records were found on Corneluis or that he ever served in the Civil War.
Fact on FindaGrave.com: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=6379910
Captain Cornelius Knapp Served as Company Comander of Co. C 15th New York Vol. Cav. During the Civil War of 1861-65. He Married Miss Ann Massey in 1865 and was a business man in the lumber trade. (They had no children)
He came out to Washington State in 1876 again working in the lumber trade in the Castle Rock area. They Both died Nov. 28th 1900 because of a house fire. He was 68 years of age. He was buried in the Cowlits Co. Cemetery with full military honors by the GAR C.S. Hamilton Post No.113 (From Powell WA.)
The C-1890s Photo of Cornellus & Ann Knapp is courtesy of the Western WA. Civil War Round Table Soc. Who were kind enough to let me copy it for find a grave.
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Cornelius Knapp's Timeline
| 1832 |
April 16, 1832
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Sandusky County, Ohio, United States
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| 1900 |
November 28, 1900
Age 68
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Castle Rock, WA, United States
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1900
Age 67
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Whittle and Hubbard Cemetery, Castle Rock, WA, United States
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