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GENERAL INFORMATION
Daniel A. Knappenberger, son of Henry Knappenberger, Jr., was born 12 April 1813
in Macungie Township, Lehigh
County, PA and died in 1889 in Mercer County, PA. Daniel
is the founder of the Mercer County, PA Knappenberger Family. Daniel
married Maria RUMFELD / RUMFELT known as "Mary" in May 1835.
Mary
was born October 1812 in Macungie Township, Lehigh County, PA and died 19 April 1881 in Mercer
County, PA. She is buried in Good Hope Cemetery, West Salem Twp.,
Mercer Co., PA. They had eleven children.
OTHER MERCER COUNTY KNAPPENBERGER FAMILY MEMBERS:
Emeline
Knappenberger was born about 1835 in Pennsylvania. In
the 1860 census for Deer Creek Township, Mercer County, PA, Emeline
Knappenberger is listed as 25 years of age, single, working as a domestic
servant in the household of Solomon Bortz. The Bortz and
Knappenberger families were close friends as indicated by church
records. This Emeline Knappenberger also attended the Good
Hope Church in West Salem Township as did Daniel A. Knappenberger and his family. In addition, Daniel and
his wife later named one of their children after
Emeline. At this time we do not know how Emeline fits into
the family.
Daniel A. Knappenberger had a niece named
Caroline Knappenberger born
July 1835 in Carbon County who was his brother's (Thomas') child from his first marriage. Caroline's
mother died at the time of her birth. Possibly this Caroline is the
Emeline
of Mercer County
in 1860. This is just a working theory.
CHILDREN
JAMES KNAPPENBERGER (c1833 - ?)
James Knappenberger was born about 1833 in Pennsylvania. In the 1850 census, James is listed as 17 years of age in his parents
household. He married Susan C. [maiden name unknown] who was born about 1844 in Canada. The 1880 census indicates
that her parents were born in Ireland. In 1880, James is listed as
an oil well contractor. The 1888-1890 Bradford, Pennsylvania directory lists
"James Knoppenberger" as a contractor living at 77 State Street. James had a son, Sylvester, most likely before he was married.
James and his wife, Susan, adopted a daughter, Lilly Lowell, in 1883.
Susan Knappenberger was listed in the 1900 census as 53
years of age, widow, born in Canada living in Auglaize County, Ohio.
Her occupation was listed as oil producer.
1. Sylvester Knappenberger was born about 1857
in Pennsylvania. In the 1860 census, he is listed as 3 years of age and
living with his grandparents, Daniel and Maria Knappenberger, in West
Salem Township, Mercer County, PA. In the 1880 census,
Sylvester Knappenberger is listed with his father, James Knappenberger and
his wife, Susan, in Bradford, McKean County, PA, as 22 years of age and a
farmer. However, in the 1880 census for Mercer County, Sylvester
Knappenberger is also listed with his grandparents and listed as a
farmer. It would seem that Sylvester was raised on his grandparents'
farm and was visiting with his father at the time of the 1880 census since
his occupation is listed as farmer.
2. Lilly [born Lowell] Knappenberger was born about
1878 most likely in Titusville, Crawford County, PA. She was
adopted by James and Susan Knappenberger in January 1883 in Titusville,
Crawford County, PA. The
papers state that Lilly was born to Ida Lowell of Titusville. Lilly's last name was changed to Knappenberger at the time of the adoption
in 1883.
DANIEL D. KNAPPENBERGER (1836-1888)
Daniel D. [oftentimes written as Daniel,
Jr.] was born 1836 probably in Lehigh County, PA and died 1888 in Mercer County, PA. He married
Mary Louisa FRY known as "Louise" who was born 1845 in Pennsylvania and died 1933 in Mercer County,
PA. They are both buried in Shenango Valley Cemetery in Greenville,
Mercer County, PA along with many of their children. This couple had
seven children.
1. Della L. Knappenberger was born about 1867 in
Mercer County, PA.
2. Malissa A. Knappenberger known as
"Lizzie" was born 1869 in Mercer County, PA and
died 1918 in Mercer County, PA. Lizzie appears to have never
married since she is buried in the family plot at Shenango Valley Cemetery
under her maiden name and
was single in the 1910 census at the age of 41.
3. Charles D. Knappenberger was born 30 November
1870 in Mercer County, PA and died January
20, 1954 in Conneaut Lake, PA. He was a
millwright by trade. Charles married Francis Maria GROOVER who was born
1 October 1875 in Mercer County, PA and
died 14 September 1953 in Mercer County, PA. She was the daughter
of Jeremiah Groover and Patience Donner. Charles and Francis had two
daughters.
a. Patience
Louise Knappenberger was born 1900 in Mercer County, PA and died in
Mercer County, PA in 1908 at the
age of 8. She is buried in Shenango Valley Cemetery in Greenville,
Mercer County, PA.
b. Ethel Knappenberger was born 15 May 1905 in Mercer County, PA
and died June 1986 in Meadville, Crawford County, PA. She married Rodney CULVER
on 1 January 1951. Rodney was born 15 June 1904 and died December
1979 in Meadville, PA.
4. Adah Marie Knappenberger was born 1874 in Mercer
County, PA and died there in 1953. Adah married G. Fredrick RICE who was born 1869 and
died 16 February 1942 in Mercer County, PA. This couple had no
children. They are buried in Shenango Valley Cemetery.
5. Herman Franklin Knappenberger was born 1875 in
Mercer County, PA and died February
1938 in Mercer County, PA. He married Mertie Mae WOODS, daughter of
Joseph W. and Lizzie Woods, on 21 December
1905. Mertie was born 1879 in Mercer County, PA and died 3 April
1930 in Mercer County, Pa. This couple had one son.
a. Franklin Leroy Knappenberger known as
"Roy" who was born 18 August 1914 in West Salem Township,
Mercer County, PA and died 27 February 1972 in Sharon, Mercer County,
PA. He married Helen Virginia SMITH , daughter of Andrew Eugene
Smith and Sophia Katherine Fike, on 24 August 1935. Helen was born
16 January 1917 in Greenville, Mercer County, PA and died 14 August 2000
in Sharon, Mercer County, PA. This couple is buried in Shenango
Valley Cemetery.
6. William H. Knappenberger was born 29 August 1880 in
Mercer County, PA and died in February 1962 in Mercer County, PA. William never
married. He was a bricklayer.
7. Fredrick J. Knappenberger was born 1888 in Mercer
County, PA and died 1915 in
Mercer County, PA at the age of 27 and unmarried.
ELWIN KNAPPENBERGER (1838 - ?)
Elwin was born 17 March 1838 in West Salem
Township, Mercer County, PA and was christened on 26 August 1838 in Good Hope
Church, West Salem Township, Mercer County, PA. Nothing further is
known of him at this time. We assume that he died at a young
age.
REUBEN F. KNAPPENBERGER (1840-1916)
Reuben was born 10 April 1840 in W. Salem
Township, Mercer County, PA and died 1916 in Mercer County, PA. He married Alavesta R. BIERY,
daughter of Nathan Biery and Leanda Guth, on 4 January 1866. Alavesta
was born 21 July 1848 in Orefield, Lehigh County, PA and died 28 Aug 1935
in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio. They are buried in Good
Hope Cemetery, West Salem, Mercer County, PA. They had two
children.
1. Wilson N. Knappenberger was born 10 February 1872 in
Greensville, Mercer
County, PA and died 9 February 1944 in Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. In the 1910 census, he was living with his parents at
the age of 38 and unmarried. The 1930 census indicates he was 57 years
of age and unmarried.
2. Mary Leanda Knappenberger (known as Leanda) was born
February 1874 in Mercer
County, PA and died 6 Nov 1966 in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
Leanda married Charles Cyrus CHRISTMAN about 1896. Charles was the
son of Ruben Jacob Christman and Maria Margaret HASSENPLUG. Charles
was born Dec 1872 in Ohio and died between 1920-1930 in Ashtabula County,
Ohio. They had five children: a.
Harold R. Christman born 9 April 1897 in PA and died June 1974 in Erie,
Erie County, PA. He married Frances L. (maiden name unknown) about
1920. In the 1930 census they had no children. b.
Albert Bertram Christman born 26 April 1899 in Ashtabula Co., Ohio and
died there 1 April 1982. He married Luta A. (maiden name unknown)
about 1929. Luta was born 27 Nov 1892 in Ohio and died 15 July 1972 in Geauga County,
Ohio. In the 1930 census they had no children. c. Roland L. Christman was born 13
Aug 1902 in Ashtabula County, Ohio and died 22 Jan 1989 in Wayne County,
Michigan. he married Sarah DOLEN, daughter of Thomas Dolen, about
1929. Sarah was born about 1899 in
Michigan. In the 1930 census, they were living with her
widowed father and had no children at that time. d. Margaret M. Christman was born
about 1909 in Ashtabula County, Ohio and married a Mr. CARLSON. e.
Ruth Leanda Christman was born 23 Sept 1913 in Ashtabula County, Ohio and
died 16 may 2009 in Erie, PA. She married John Paul PERKINS in
1938. He was born 2 July 1909 in Lawrence Co., PA and died 20 Feb
1990 in Ashtabula Co., Ohio. They are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.
They had two daughters: Vicki and Janelle.
ANNA MARIA KNAPPENBERGER (1842-?)
Anna Maria was born 25 March 1842 in West Salem Township,
Mercer County, PA. She married Samuel WEST on December 1859 in Mercer
County, PA. Samuel was born about 1828 in Pennsylvania.
The 1880 census for Greenville, Mercer County, PA indicates that they had
seven children at that time. Samuel was a grocer.
1. Mina E. West was born April 1860 in Mercer County,
PA. Mina was a school teacher and single in 1880 and 1900.
2. Lydia West was born about 1862 in Mercer County, PA. Lydia was single and a dress maker in 1880.
3. Samuel A. West was born August 1864 in Mercer
County, PA. He married Margaret [maiden name unknown] who was born
May 1869. In the 1900 census, they had one daughter, Florence West,
born 20 November 1891 in Mercer County, PA and died there September
1895. It seems that she never married.
4. Alice T. West was born about 1868 in Mercer
County, PA.
5. John W. West was born April 1870 in Mercer
County, PA
6. Harry D. West was born November 1872 in Mercer
County, PA.
7. May West was born about 1877 in Mercer County,
PA.
CATHERINE KNAPPENBERGER (1844-?)
Catherine or Katharina was born 12 March
1844 in West Salem Township, Mercer County, PA and was christened on 23
June 1844 in Good Hope Church.
Nothing further is known about her.
LYDIA ELISABETH KNAPPENBERGER (1846-?)
Lydia Elisabeth was born 28 December 1846 in West Salem
Township,
Mercer County, PA and died sometime prior to 1920. She married Chancy ECKENRODE,
son of John and Jane Eckenrode. Chancy was born about 1843 in
Mahoning, Ohio and died 3 January 1933 in Mercer County, PA. Chancy
fought in the Civil War and filed for a Civil War pension in August 1897
as an invalid. This couple had four sons.
1. Warren "Ulysius" Eckenrode was born 17 July 1866 in
Greenville, Mercer County, PA and died 1 January 1935 in Smithwick, Fall River
County,
South Dakota. He married Delphine Jane FISHER, daughter of Elias
Fisher and Julia Matilda Freeman, on 1 January 1892. Delphine was born 14 September 1869 in Garrett, Dekalb County, Indiana and died 20 June 1932 in
Smithwick, South Dakota. They owned a ranch. However, sometime
during the 1920s, Ulysius and Delphia divorced. They had two sons
and a daughter.
a. Glen "Chancy" Eckenrode was born 10
April 1894 in South Dakota and died November 1970 in Smithwick, Fall River
County, South Dakota. He married Elouise [maiden name unknown] who was born 12 October 1903 in Illinois and died February 1990
in Smithwick, Fall River County, South Dakota. They had two
daughters that we know about.
b.
Dale Elias Eckenrode was born 27 January 1897 in South Dakota and died 12
September 1970 in Montezuma Lake, Yavapai County, Arizona.
c. Violet D. Eckenrode was born about 1908 in South
Dakota.
2. William "Sherman" Eckenrode was born
about 1869 in Mercer County, PA. In the 1920 census, he was
living in Trumbull County, Ohio at 51 years of age and single. He was working as a log cutter.
3. Sheridan Eckenrode [most likely Sheridan was his
middle name] was born about 1873 in Mercer County, PA. Nothing
further is known of him at this time.
4. Benjamin Harrison Eckenrode was born about 1888
in Mercer County, PA. In the 1920 census, he was listed as 31
years of age and single - working on his brother's ranch in South Dakota.
In the 1930 census, he was listed as 41 years of age and single - working
on his divorced sister-in-law's place [Delphia Eckenrode].
JOHN H. KNAPPENBERGER (1849-1933)
John H. was born 1849 in West Salem Township,
Mercer County, PA and died 1933 in Mercer County, PA. John married
Margaret [maiden name unknown] who was born about 1851 in Pennsylvania.
She died September 1920 in Mercer County, PA. John and Margaret were
living with their daughter, Gertrude, and her husband in the 1920 census.
In the 1930 census, John is listed as a widow. This couple had two
children.
1..
Gertrude E. Knappenberger was born about 1879 in Mercer County, PA.
She married Joseph M. ADAMS who was born about 1870 in PA and died
sometime during the 1920s. Joseph was a merchant in a retail
hardware store. By the 1930 census, Gertrude was a widower with a 9
year old daughter, Frances Adams.
a. Frances Adams was born about 1921 in
Sheakleyville, Mercer County, PA.
2. Frederick L.D. known as "Freddie" was born about
October 1880 and died 21 February 1888
in Mercer County, PA at 7 years and 4 months of age. He is buried in
Baptist Cemetery, West Salem, Mercer County, PA.
CAROLINE KNAPPENBERGER (1851-?)
Caroline Knappenberger was born 12 September 1851 in West Salem
Township, Mercer County, PA and died sometime after the 1920 census in
Longswamp Twp., Berks County, PA. . She married Obadiah MILLER, son
of Harry Miller and Sallie Hunsperger, on 25 September 1871 in
Greenville, Mercer County, PA. Obadiah was born February 1845 in
Pennsylvania and died sometime after the 1920 census in Longswamp Twp.,
Berks County, PA. The 1900 census has this family living in Allentown, Lehigh County, PA
where Obadiah was a shoemaker. This census also indicated that
Caroline had given birth to 11 children of :which 10 were alive at that
time:
1. Mary L. Miller was born about 1872 in Mercer
County, PA. She may have been known as Mamie and may have married
Henry Hendelman.
2. Maude Miller was born 16 August 1873 in Greenville,
Mercer County, PA and died 16
September 1963 in Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey. Maude married
Warren Daniel KUNKLE, son of Edgar Franklin Kunkle and Matilda Ellen
Frey. Warren was born 2 November 1879 in Lehigh County, PA and died
10 March 1944 in Allentown, PA. This couple is buried in the
West End Cemetery of Allentown. They had one son.
a. Barton Edgar Kunkle was born 5 December 1901 in
Northampton County, PA and died 3 September 1972 in Allentown, Lehigh
County, PA. He married Dorothy Mary DEWOLF who was born 1903 in
New London, CT. They had 5 children.
3. Harry F. Miller was born 26 February 1875 in Mercer
County, PA. Harry may have married Laura Bartholomew.
4. Blanche Miller was born 11 April 1877 in Mercer
County, PA. She my have married a Rev. Staup.
5. Alice Miller was born 25 August 1879 in Mercer
County, PA. It seems that she married Walter O. BUNTING who was born
about 1878 in PA. They had a son, Clifton D. Bunting born about 1908
in Pennsylvania. In the 1920 and 1930 census, they were living in
Philadelphia, PA.
6. Ida Miller was born 21 September 1881 in
Mercer County, PA. Ida was 35 years of age, single in the 1920 census living with her
parents in Berks County, PA.
7. Warren W. Miller was born 28 October 1883 in PA.
He may have married Ida Miller.
8. Benjamin Miller married Ida Repp.
9. Sadie Winafred Miller was born 23 June 1886 in PA.
She was single in the 1930 census when she was living with her married
sister, Alice Bunting in Philadelphia, PA.
10. Eugene Miller born 5 August 1888 in PA and died
before 1920. 11 Evelyn K. Miller was born
19 April 1895 in PA. She married George P. PHILLIPS.
SADIE EMELINE KNAPPENBERGER (c1854-1880/1887)
Sadie "Emeline" Knappenberger was born about 1854 in West Salem
Township, Mercer County, PA and died sometime between 1880 and 1887 either
in Mercer County or Jefferson County, PA. She married Clarence
"Jesse" McQUISTON, son of Jesse and Margaret McQuiston.
Jesse was born August 1853 in Jefferson County, PA. With Emeline, he
had two sons in the 1880 census: James F. McQuiston born about 1874
and Samuel McQuiston born about 1876. The 1880 census lists this
family in Knox, Jefferson County, PA and Jess was a farmer. By the
1900 census, Clarence J. McQuiston was living in Jamestown, Mercer County,
PA with his second wife, Mary E. and their son, Freddy McQuiston, born Dec
1888.
If you can provide further information on this family,
we would appreciate hearing from you at jsappleton@windstream.net
SARAH A. KNAPPENBERGER (1855-1900/1910)
Sarah was born June 1855 in West Salem Township, Mercer County, PA.
She married Frank P. CALLAHAN, son of James and Mary Ann Callahan, about
1877. They
were living in Salem Twp., Mercer County, PA in the 1900 census.
This census indicates that Sarah had given birth to five children all of
whom were alive in 1900. By 1910, Frank had
remarried to Jemima A. (maiden name unknown). Frank died sometime
between 1910 and 1920 in Mercer County, PA. Frank and Sarah had five
children:
1. Isabelle Callahan was born Feb 1878 in Mercer
County, PA. She was single in the 1920 census living with two
brothers and step-mother, Jemima.
2. Emery Edward Callahan was born 14 Aug 1879 in
Mercer County. He married Nannie BALL, daughter of Marilla, about
1903. Nannie was born about 1877 in PA. They had two
daughters: Belva born about 1906 and Helen born about 1909 in Mercer
Co., PA.
3. Matthew Presley Callahan was born 1 Jan 1884 and
died Dec 1966 in Mercer County, PA. He was single in the 1930 census
but married by 1942 when he registered for the World War II draft.
4. Thurman Hill Callahan was born 18 Jan 1889 and
died Nov 1970 in Mercer County, PA. He married Myrtle May SHEAKLEY,
daughter of John W. Sheakley and Emma Luella Morrison, on 21 Jan
1914. Myrtle was born 26 Oct 1886 and died Nov 1979 in
Colorado. They had a son, John Franklin Callahan who was born 22 Feb
1915 in Mercer County, PA and died 15 Nov 1997 in Colorado. He
married Ethelyn L. McCracken on 4 Sept 1935.
5. Earl Frank Callahan was born 31 July 1893 in
Mercer County, PA. He was single in the 1930 census.
We would like to learn more about this family. If
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