STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1902, page 5, column 5

WILLIAM BARKER KNAPP, 22 Aug 1829 - 30 Jun 1902

   William Barker Knapp was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., August 
22, 1829, and departed this life at his home in Pleasant Lake, 
Indiana, June 30, 1902, aged 72 years, 10 months and 1 day.
   He was the son of Alanson B. and Mary Ann Carver Knapp, and when 
two years of age moved with his parents to Sandusky county, Ohio, 
where he lived until grown to manhood.  He then spent five years in 
Iowa, and in 1857 came to Steuben county, where with the exception 
of four years spent in Iowa at a later time he has since resided.  
For the past forty-one years he has lived in the present family 
home.  On April 14, 1856, he was married to Mrs. Allathere Bowlsby, 
who in the afflictions of advanced age, remains to mourn her 
bereavement.  He had been for years engaged in farming and was a 
man of industrious habits and a good citizen, interested in all 
matters pertaining to the public good.  He accepted the Christian 
religion as interpreted by the Universalist denomination and has 
been a faithful and active member of the Pleasant Lake church since 
January, 1870.  He died comforted by his faith.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The printed birth and death dates do not agree with the calculation of 72 
years, 10 months and 1 day; 8 days would be the correct number according 
to the birthdate calculator.

   William Barker Knapp, 22 Aug 1829 - 30 Jun 1902, married Mrs. Alathere 
(_______) Bowlsby, 22 Aug 1830 - 19 Jan 1907.  The Cemetery book shows him 
buried at Lakeside Cemetery, but his wife and parents are buried at 
Pleasant Lake Cemetery so I would assume he is there, too, as he died 
before his wife so I would assume, again, that there was room for him.
   He was the son of Alanson B. Knapp, 14 May 1808 - 10 Feb 1873, and Mary 
Ann (Carver) Knapp, 30 Sep 1809 - 09 Dec 1871.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990", by Audree Seibel Lewis, 
Vol. 2, pages 1061, 1062.
Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net