John Knapp
John Knapp, farmer, P. O. Randolph, was born in Randolph Township, Portage Co., Ohio, October 20, 1842; son of John and Agnes Knapp, natives of Germany, who settled in this county about 1831, where they have since remained. Our subject was married February 8, 1870, to Elizabeth Shroder, born in this township in 1844, daughter of Joseph and Mary Shroder, the former deceased in 1880, the latter still living. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp are the parents of four children, two of whom survive: Henry and Willie (twins), born September 30, 1883; the deceased are Mary and Frank. Our subject has been engaged in farming all his life and now owns seventy-one acres of improved land on which there is a beautiful house where he and his family reside. They are all members of the Catholic Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885