Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-28

WAS GOVERNOR OF ALASKA.
Lyman E. Knapp Native OF SOM
erset and Captain OF Company l., 10th
Vermont Regiment.

Lyman e Nnapp NdtNe W oon-
erset and Captain Of Company t. 10th
Vermont Regiment.
[From the Seattle (Wash) Post-Int
lgence oct. TO- 1904.1
Lyman E. Knapp, former governor of
Alaska, and one of the best-known cit
liens OF Seattle, died at the Seattle Gen
eral Hospital at 1920 o'clock yesterday
morning He had been a sufferer for
more than year Death resulted from
an operation
Mr.. Knapp was lawyer. He was act
i've i'm municipal affairs and n worker
in the cause of reform. AS member
of the First Presbyterian church he took
a great interest I'm religious affairs. He
was state president of the Anti-saloon
League and always worker in the
cause of temperance.
Friends of Mr.. Knapp speak for him
as man of high moral character sterl-
ing integrity and wonderful courage. As
/ a professional man he commanded re-
spect from his associates and universal
esteem. He was quiet and unassumng,
! yet could not be swerved from an opin-
| ion once he believed himself right.
| lie was born November 5, 1887, in SOM
| erset VT. the third in direct descent
! from Capt Job Knapp of the war of
! the Revolution. After graduating from
! Mi ldlebury college in 1862 he enlisted as
a private in the Union army Company l,
Sixteenth regiment Vermont Volunteers.
but was elected and commissioned cap
| tain of his company before nine months
had passed. In the battle of Gettysburg
he was wounded in the right shoulder.
! After recovery he re-enlsted. raised n
company of volunteers and commanded
that company. Later, as field officer of
| the regiment and its commander. he
served in Grants famous Wilderness
campaign in 1864 The Seventeenth reg
iment, to which Mr.. Knapp belonged,
saw very severe service. He was en-
gagged in fourteen of the historic bat
ties of the war. lie was a second time
wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania
Court House, and third time at Peters
burg. He was promoted major October,
%, 1864, and lieutenant colonel in the
December following. He was with his
regiment in all its battles. and com
manded It in two OF them. When wound
ed at Petersburg he was I'm command
but remained at his post and was brev-
eted by the president for gallant and
meritorlous conduct in the field"
After the war Col. Knapp took VI
journalism and edited the Middlebury
Vt. Register. In connection with lit
erary work he read law. and was ad
mltted to practice in the Vermont court'
in 1876. In law. as in every other worl
of his life he was successful. For tive
years he held the position of Judge o.
and had been elected for another tern
of two years when he resigned to accep
the Office OF governor of Alaska. HI
had served also in the Vermont house o
representatives and held various otne
positions Of honor and trust in the stat
of Vermont
In March, 1889. Mr.. Knapp was appoint
ed by President Harrison governor o
Alaska. In those early days OF Alas
: ka's history the office Of chief eNecutiv
was peculiarly a trying one. 1t require
courage ana tact to govern a countr
| in its primitive period. Gov Knapp
duties were exceedingly onerous and hi
responsibilities heavy. He loved the ter
to his work. accomplishing several re
, forms most important in the history o
! Alaskas growth.
! In the fall OF 1898 Gov. Knapp an
} family came TO Seattle. He was prom
. inent member of the King County Ba
: . Association. Loyal Legion. Sons q
American Revolution and Grand Arm
Of the Republic, in which be was com
, mandcr of John +. Miller post for on
u year.
In whatever work Mr.. Knapp was en-
gagged he was leader In 1892 Within
g college conferred upon him the houorar
= degree OF Ii. d.
: For several years Mr. Knapp had bee
DO twenty months he underwent surgict
operations, the last time with fatal r,
. suits.
!, He is survived by his widow and fou
= children. George f. Knapp, North Yah
+, ina; Mrs. Everett r. Morgan Grant,
! Fails; Edwin L. Knapp. Bellngham, an
:. Mary a. Knapp Seattle