Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878. Karl KNAPP, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Mokena; was born in Germany Jan. 6, 1818; came to the United States in 1850, and settled in Ohio, where he remained one year; he then removed to Illinois and settled in Will Co.; he has been a resident of Frankfort for the past eighteen years. His farm consists of eighty acres, valued at $5,000. He was married to Miss Katherina KNAPP; they have had eleven children, eight of whom are living, viz., Charlotte, Karl, Daniel, Christian, Carolina, Johannas, Katherina and August; deceased, Daniel, Carolina and Nicholas.