West Virginia Pioneers

Otis F Knopp

Male 1916 - 1998  (81 years)


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  • Name Otis F Knopp 
    Born 28 Jan 1916  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Jan 1998  Gallia County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Meigs County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Birth is recorded twice, 1/28/1916 and 1/28/1917, neither is a delayed record.

      RACINE, Ohio - Otis F. Knopp, 80, of Racine died Jan. 11, 1998, in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis.

      He was a native of Gay, W.Va., a Navy veteran of World War II, a member of Dorcas United Methodist Church and American Legion Post 602, Racine, and a retired attendance officer from Meigs County schools with 30 years' service.

      Surviving: wife, Edna Wolfe Knopp; son, Max L. of Racine; daughter, Lois Sterrett of Lancaster; brothers, Ovie and Oak, both of Gay, Otmer of Cottageville, Va., Otho of Liverpool, W.Va.; five grandsons; five great-grandchildren.

      Service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine, with the Rev. Dewayne Stuttler and the Rev. Jim Corbitt officiating. Burial will be in Letart Falls Cemetery, Racine. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

      The Charleston Gazette, Nov 1 2003
    Person ID I45122  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2006 

    Father George Washington Knopp,   b. Jan 1889, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Nora Elizabeth Rhodes,   b. Jan 1891, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 3 Mar 1912  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • JCMR
      March 3, 1912
      Knopp, George 22 b. Jackson Co/ residing Jackson Co.
      Rhodes, Nora L. 21 b. Jackson Co.,/ residing Jackson Co.,

      1920 Jackson Co. WV Washington Dist.Gay Prec # 91-94 [just after Virgil and Harrison Rhodes]
      Knopp, George head 32M
      Nora wife 27 M
      Orvie son 7
      Oaky son 5
      Otis son 3
      Owens son 1.3

      1930 Ripley Dist 9, Jackson, WV # 173-174
      Knopp, George 39 m age 21
      Nora 39 m age 21
      Orvil 17
      Okey 16
      Otis 13
      Owens 12
      Opal 10
      Ova 6
      Otmer 4.9
      Otho 3.9
    Family ID F12760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edna Wolfe 
    Family ID F15392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    3. [S21] Obit.

    4. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.