On the 17th of May 1812, he married Elizabeth C. Close, who was born April 20, 1793. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp were esteemed citizens, and left the record of honest and industrious lives. The grandfather of Odle C., Knapp was Joshua Knapp, one of a large family of Brothers and sisters. Isaac, Samuel, Reuben, Joshua, Benjamin, Jared, Enoch, Shubel, and probably sisters.
Nothing is known of the family farther back.
Joshua Knapp was a Revolutionary soldier, was a farmer by occupation and died at an advanced age. He is a good business man, and has always been able to meet all his obligations in time. He is now well off, has a family of good children, and is surrounded with the comforts of a happy, genial home. She was born in 1822 and died March 5, 1879. He has been a postmaster the greater part of his life, is a director in the Stamford National Bank, was for many years the first Vice-President of the Greenwich Savings Bank, and has been a trustee since its organization.