Born: July 1, 1875 at St. Armands, son of Horace Warren Knapp and Harriet Roxanne Green
Died: July 2, 1939 in Corpus Christi, Texas
Married: 1. Mary Daniels who died 1909 2. Florence Burns
Children: of Fred and Mary Daniels are Florence I. Knapp, Beulah L. Knapp, Gladys R. Knapp
Fred C. Knapp was a veteran of the Spanish American War, Co. B, 21st Infantry; he was at the Battle of Santiago, Cuba during which he contracted malaria.
Tupper Lake Free Press, November 14, 1935
Do you remember forty-two years and more ago, when there was a sawmill at Saranac Inn?
The departure this week of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Knapp of Moody recalls to the old timer's memory days of 42 years ago when there was a sawmill in operation near the head of Upper Saranac Lake on the site of the present famous Saranac Inn Hotel property.
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FORTY-two years ago Fred Knapp—then a youth of 18— came from his Bloomingdale home to seek employment in the lumber mill then owned and operated by the Saranac Inn Company, holders of large timber interests that were later taken over by the state.
Mr. Knapp readily found work in the mill under Peter Cantwell, foreman over a large force of workmen. At that early date Mr. Riddles [sic] was superintendent of the firm that did a big business in the lumbering industry and erected the Saranac Inn Hotel, destined to become in later years, one of the foremost summer resorts in the central Adirondack sector.
The property was developed and raised to its high standard through the efforts of the late Harrington Mills, who owned or operated a chain of hotels extending from the north, far into the southern states resort areas.
TWENTY-NINE years ago Mr. Knapp engaged as caretaker for F. S. Wheeler, millionaire businessman of New York City, who owns a palatial summer home on an island in Big Tupper Lake, a short distance above Moody.
For many years Mr. and Mrs. Knapp conducted the U. S. postoffice at Moody, where they owned property and operated a store and gas station.
In 1898 Mr. Knapp enlisted in the U. S. Army and saw service during the five-month Spanish-American war. He received an honorable discharge and is one of nine veterans of that short but famous conflict, now residing in the Tupper Lake Sunmount area.
Mr. Knapp was always a crack rifle shot and became one of the best-known guides and hunters in the Adirondacks.
Due to ill health he recently re-signed his position as caretaker at the Wheeler camps and arranged for [illegible]
