Edward Knapp
Edward Knapp, manufacturer, Ravenna, was born January 23, 1820, in Charlestown, this county. His father, Junia Knapp, a native of Connecticut, went to Northampton, Mass., in early boyhood with his parents. There he married Miss Martha Edwards, and the entire family then came to this county and settled in Charlestown Township, in 1815. The family of Junia and Martha (Edwards) Knapp consisted of six girls, of whom three now live, and six boys, of whom five are now living. Edward, Robert, Dwight, and Mrs. Sallie M. Palmer all reside in Ravenna. The parents moved to Ravenna in 1865, Mr. Knapp, dying October 2 of the same year, and his widow April 30, 1867. Our subject remained with his parents and assisted them in conducting the farm. He married, September 15, 1857, Mrs. Charlotte C. Parker, of Chester, Conn., where her father, Ely Dickenson, resided until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp moved to Ravenna in 1860. Here our subject carried on a foundry on Main Street, in partnership with his brothers, Robert, Dwight and Henry, until their establishment was destroyed by fire in August, 1876. Our subject then built the foundry near Pittsburgh depot, which he carried on until October, 1875. He now rents it to the Haley Bros. He established a pump factory in partnership with his brother Robert in 1875, and they have since carried on the only pump factory in Ravenna. They manufacture a complete line of suction, force and rubber bucket pumps. Their goods have an excellent reputation, and are sold throughout Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and other Eastern and Southern States. Mrs. Knapp is an adherent of the Baptist faith. Mr. Knapp is a F. & A. M. Robert Knapp was born April 8, 1828. He married Elizabeth Carson, October 4, 1854. Their children are Mrs. Clara A. Linton and Arthur D.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885