Also I will include Seily, Otto, Smith and Field information here.
You will also find Briggs photos here and on the Briggs page you will find some Knapp photos.
The following information was sent to me many years ago by a very helpful woman at the Genealogy Society in Iowa.
Her sending this to me has enabled me to find much more information on the Knapp, Otto, Fields and Smith Families.
I present on this page to show some of the original L.D.S. families in Iowa.
Morman Cemetery This cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County, Grove
Township, Iowa. Four miles east of Macedonia on County
Road G66. It has been called the Mormon cemetery because
it is on the Mormon Trail, and it has also been called the L.D.S.
cemetery because many of the people buried there belonged
to the Latter Day Saint Church. The L.D.S. Church was organinized
in 1863. Original members were John Smith and wife Sarah,
E.W. Knapp and wife Melissa, A.J. Fields and wife Sarah,
James Otto and wife Mehitable, Lewis Graybill and wife Patience,
John Winegar and wife Elizabeth, Joseph Smith and wife Rachel
and Stephen Smith. (Taken from the 1882 Pottawattamie Co.
History by Baskin.) Many of these members are buried here.
In later years members of the Re-organized Latter Day Saints
were buried here. The burial plots are not in square lots, but
are 6 feet wide and go all the way through the cemetery.
Therefore, a family was buried in a straight line from north to
south. This is not to say burial space was not allowed to
others outside the family. The oldest burial, with a stone
remaining, is Peter Frain, 12 Oct 1861.
Emeline Seily. Maiden name Moss.
Emeline Seily signature.
This is how I verified the spelling of her name.
Even though this is how she spelled it, you may have to look under all
of the variations of the name to find the family. I just depends
who wrote ti down as to how it is spelled.
Example:Seily, Seely, Seeley, Suly
Sara Seily. Sara married Frank Elmer Knapp.
Sara is the daughter of Emeline above.
Frank E. Knapp, Marshall of Maxwell, Nebraska.
On his left daughter Gladys and on the right his daughter Myrtle better known as Myrt.
Frank Elmer Knapp with daughter Edith and grandson Lee.
In the article above about the Mormon Cemetery, all of the people mentioned are relatives.
E.W. and Melissa(Otto)Knapp were Frank's parents.
James and Mehitable(Fields)Otto were his grandparents.
Frank Elmer Knapp
Ben Briggs on the left. On the right Edith and her father Elmer Knapp.
Edith Knapp Briggs 1901-1967.
Left to Right; Jack Lantz, Ruth Lantz Reynolds, Jean Briggs Navarro, Avery League, Lois Briggs League and Gladys Knapp Scott.
Jack Lantz and Ruth Reynolds are the children of Bernice Knapp Lantz.
Myrtle (Knapp) Layton
Information from back of photo. Left to Right Front Row; Bobby Scott's wife, Gladys (Knapp) Layton, Edith (Knapp) (Briggs) Drake.
Back Row; Bobby Scott, Fred Scott and Claude Drake (I do not know the wife's name)
Edith(Knapp)Briggs.
This photo was taken in her apartment on 11th St. in Merced, California.
This was taken shortly before she passed away.
She was called Nonie by all of her grandchildren and eventually everyone.
Many times it was shortened to just Non.
Edith Knapp, perfect attendance certificate. 1910.
Edith Knapp, certificate for perfect attendance 1911.
Edith Knapp, certificate for perfect attendance 1912.
Click here for
Memorial Record Book from Frank E. Knapp's funeral