DANA ALLEN KNUPPENBURG FAMILY
OF NORTH DAKOTA AND WASHINGTON
Updated August 2022
Thanks to Teri Barnett of Washington State who found the lost Bible of the Dana Knuppenburg Family. This Bible started in Pennsylvania and traveled to the Dakota Territory in the late 1870’s and then onto Washington State and now returned to the East Coast. If you are a direct descendant of this Knuppenburg line, please get in touch with me at jsappleton@windstream.net
John Erhard
(1704-1776)
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Philip Adam
(1742-1823)
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Adam
(1794-1872)
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Dana Allen
(1823-1903)
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Eliza Ann (1847-1927) > 7 Children
Damon Adam (1848-1937) > 1 Child
Elizabeth C. (1849 – 1850)
Charles Elba (1852-1918) > 5 Children
James A. (1854-1923) > 1 Child
Mary Jane (1856-1933) > 2 Children
Mary Jane (1856-1933) >2 children
Harriett E. (1858-1876)
John A. (1860-1883) > 2 Children
Martha Ethleen (1862-1906) > 4 Children
Benjamin F. (1866-1867)
Ludy Adella (1868-1877)
Myron Newton (1869-1936) > 3 Children
GENERAL INFORMATION
Dana Allen Knuppenburg also known as “Dany” was born 3 April 1823 in Forkston Township, Wyoming County, PA and died 31 March 1903 in Custer, Whatcom County, Washington. Dana married Laura STEVENS, daughter of Damon Stevens and Cynthia (or Syntha) Taylor, on 4 October 1846 in Eaton Township, Wyoming County, PA. Laura was born 25 June 1824 in Windham Township, Wyoming County, PA and died 26 September 1906 in Whatcom County, Washington. Dana and Laura are buried in Enterprise Cemetery, Belllingham, Whatcom County, Washington.
Dana and Laura were living in Burlington Township, Bradford County, PA in 1850, in Tioga County PA in 1860 and 1870 census. In 1875, Dana and his family migrated from Lake Carey, Wyoming County, PA to the Dakota Territory. Other families including the Herrick and Allen families also moved. They traveled by train and settled near Barrie Township (near Wahpeton, North Dakota). Land claims were filed for Dana and his sons. There they built a home in 1879 out of oak logs with four windows and one door and lived for 5 years. They furnished the house with many items secured from the old fort at Abercrombie, North Dakota when it was disbanded. D.A. Knuppenburg was the first County Commissioner to serve from the area. About 1889, Dana and Laura moved to the state of Washington along with their sons, James and Charles.
The 1900 census for Woodland, Whatcom County, Washington listed Dana A. Knuppenburg with his wife, Laura living with their son, Charles and his family. The census indicates that Laura had given birth to 13 children of which 7 were alive at that time. It seems that typhoid and diphtheria were major causes of early death.
CHILDREN
ELIZA ANN KNUPPENBURG (1847-1927)
Eliza Ann was born 11 August 1847 in Susquehanna County, PA and died 27 April 1927 in Eagle Township, Richland County, North Dakota She married Benjamin Franklin HERRICK, son of Edward Herrick and Lucy A. Grinolds, on 1 January 1867 in Easton Township, Wyoming County, PA. “Frank” Herrick was born 16 April 1843 in Tioga County, PA and died 12 August 1911 in Richland County, North Dakota. They are buried in Barrie Cemetery, Richland County, North Dakota.
Frank served in the PA volunteer infantry under General McClellan during the Civil War. At the end of his enlistment, he enlisted with the New York Veteran Cavalry and was with Sherman on his “march to the sea.”
Eliza with her husband, Frank, were the first of her family to move to the Dakota Territory in 1870 when the Herrick family migrated. They homesteaded about 3 miles north of Abercrombie, North Dakota. Eliza was one of the first two teachers in Richland County, North Dakota with the other being her sister-in-law, Georgia Heath Knuppenburg. Eliza and Frank had seven children born in Dakota but only two lived to adulthood. Frank and Eliza’s other children died in diphtheria epidemics prior to 1880 including Edward Dana Herrick (born about 1871), Emma Lucy Herrick (born about 1873), Anna Laurie Herrick (born about 1878), W. Benjamin Franklin Herrick (born about 1880) and Charlotte May Herrrick (born September 1880).
1. Edward Dana Herrick was born about 1871 in the Dakota Territory and died before 1880 there.
2. Emma Lucy Herrick was born about 1873 in Dakota Territory and died before 1880 there.
3. John Smith Herrick was born 26 July 1875 in North Dakota and died 16 November 1949 in Wilkin County, Minnesota. He seemingly never married because he was 54 and single in that census. He lived and worked on the family farm. He is buried in Barrie Cemetery, Richland County, North Dakota. At the end of his life, he most likely lived with his younger brother, Albert.
4. Anna Laurie Herrick was born 14 March 1878 in Dakota Territory and died there young. She is buried in Barrie Cemetery, Richland County, North Dakota.
5. W. Benjamin Franklin Herrick was born about 1879 in Dakota Territory and died young as well.
6. Charlotte May Herrick was born September 1880 in North Dakota and died young.
7. Albert Galenton Herrick was born 19 November 1886 in Abercrombie, North Dakota and died 1 December 1970 in Wilkin County, Minnesota.He married Anna Caroline MERRRICK on 28 November 1912 in Kent, MN. Anna was born 5 January 1885 in Kent, Minnesota and died 1950. They are buried in Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Abercrombie, Richland County, North Dakota. They had six children all born in Richland County, North Dakota.
a. James A. Herrick born about 1914.
b. Marion Herrick born 26 November 1914 in Eagle Twp., Richmond County, NC and died there on 18 August 1998. She married Joey J. Rezac who was born 1912 and died 2004. They are buried in St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery, Richland County, ND.
c. Edward Albert Herrick born 30 October 1916 in Richland County, ND and died there on 12 September 2001. He married Elaine Ruth Anderson on 31 August 1940 in Clay County Minnesota. Elaine was born 5 December 1916 and died 26 February 2005 in Richland County, ND. They are buried in Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, East, Richland Co., North Dakota. They had 2 children: Phyllis E. Herrick and Dennis Brian Herrick (1946-2021).
d. Ward John Herrick born 27 February 1919 in Richland County, ND and died January 1988 in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada where he was a rancher. He married Inafaye Izetta Tucker, daughter of George and Carrie Tucker. Inafaye was born 13 Nov 1919 in Iowa and died 26 August 2013 in Canada. They had a son, Ward John Herrick, Jr.
e. Wayne Franklin Herrick born 31 March 1925 in Richland County, ND and died there on 2 September 2012. He married Iola Lorraine Brosowske, daugther of Reuben and Mable Brosowske on 12 December 1949 in Moorhead, Minnesota. Iola was born 2 Feb 1928 in North Dakota and died there 17 Feb 2016. They are buried in Emmanuel Luthern Cemetery East, Richland County, North Dakota. They had 3 children.
f. Joyce Ann Herrick was born 3 January 1928 in Richland County, North Dakota and died 6 December 2014 in King County, Washington. She married Terrence Colvin Kelly, son of Colvin Kelly and Josephine Gates on 27 July 1951 in Linn County, Oregon. Terrence was born 8 July 1928 in Sioux County, North Dakota and died 8 March 1996 in Kirkland, Washington.
DAMON ADAM KNUPPENBURG (1848-1937)
Damon A. was born 2 September 1848 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. and died 19 February 1937 in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Damon married Frances M. FISH, daughter of Orin Fish and Mary Ann Jennings, on 17 January 1878 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Frances (known as Frankie) was born August 1855 in Lynn, Pennsylvania and died 6 February 1931 in Washington, DC in the home of her married daughter. This couple remained in Pennsylvania and was living with Orrin Fish in the 1900 and 1910 censuses of Wyoming County, PA. In the 1920 census for Wyalusing, Bradford County, PA, Damon A. (age 70) and Francis (age 64) were listed. They are buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, PA. They had one daughter.
1. Grace Merle Knuppenburg was born 18 July 1881 in Lemon Township, Wyoming County, PA and died 9 July 1931 in Washington, DC. She is buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Wyoming County, PA. She was a school teacher. She married Rev. Linn Clark DRAKE, son of Frank F. and Effie Drake, on 18 June 1909 in Wyoming County, PA. He was born 24 August 1879 in Sullivan County, PA and died 8 February 1956. Linn was the Executive Director of the Boy Scouts of America organization in Washington, DC. Grace and Linn had a daughter
- Beth Louise Drake was born 19 April 1921 in Washington, DC and died 25 June 2011 in Cary, Wake County, North Carolina. Beth married Howard M. Sorrell who was born 6 May 1921 in Washington DC and died 13 April 2010 in Montgomery County, Maryland. In the 1930 census for Washington, DC, Damon (age 81) and Frances (age 73) were living with their daughter, Grace (age 48), and her husband, Linn (age 50), and their daughter, Beth (age 9). Linn Clark Drake remarried after the death of Grace to Katherine Boxx (1907 – 1996) and had 3 more daughters.
ELIZABETH C. KNUPPENBURG (1849-1850)
Elizabeth C. Knuppenburg was born 2 December 1849 in Bradford County, PA and died 27 July 1850 in Bradford County, PA.
CHARLES ELBA KNUPPENBURG (1852-1918)
Charles Elba Knuppenburg was born in 2 May 1852 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania and died 21 August 1918 in Seattle, King County, Washington. Charles married Mary Elon BAKER, daughter of Samuel A. Baker and Juliette Elliott, 22 June 1875 in Steuben County, NY. Mary Baker was born 1856 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania and died 29 January 1890 in Whatcom County, Washington. Her parents were both born in New York state.
Charles remarried about 1897 to Mary Anna SEXTON, daughter of William Saxton, in Washington State. At the time of their married, she was Mary Crew (her first married name). She was born 5 September 1848 in England and arrived in this country in 1854. Mary died 22 March 1913 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. The 1900 census for Whatcom County, Washington indicates that Charles was married to his second wife only three years and that she had no children. Charles Knuppenburg and his first wife, Mary, are buried in Enterprise Cemetery, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. However, it seems that Mary A. Knuppenburg (his second wife) is buried next to her first husband, Charles Crew. (1828-1895) in Enterprise Cemetery, Whatcom County, Washington.
Charles Knuppenburg migrated with his family to the Dakota Territory in 1878 with his parents. Eventually this family moved on to Washington where he was listed in an 1892 directory for Whatcom County, Washington.
Charles and his first wife, Mary E. Baker, had five children.
1. Samuel Dana Knuppenburg known as “Sam” was born 13 November 1876 in Lawrenceville Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In the 1880 census, he was listed as 3 years of age. He died 9 Jan 1890 in Whatcom County, Washington. He died at age of 13 of scarlet fever in Whatcom County, Washington just a couple of weeks prior to his mother’s death. He is buried near his mother in Enterprise Cemetery in an unmarked grave. Another listing indicates that he is buried in Lummi Island Cemetery, Whatcom County, Washington.
2. Frederick Niles Knuppenburg known as Fred was born 3 February 1878 in Steuben County, New York and died 31 October 1960 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. The 1880 census lists him as Frederick N., one year of age and born in New York. He married Mae Belle BRANNIAN, daughter of James Thomas Brannian and Anna Fleming, on 10 October 1906 in Whatcom County, WA. Mae was born 4 February 1885 in Iowa and died 15 July 1959 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. Fred and Mae are buried in Enterprise Cemetery, Whatcom County, Washington. They had three children.
a. Infant Knuppenburg was born 23 April 1907 in Whatcom County and died at one day of age on the 24th. This child was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Whatcom County, Washington.
b. Bernice M. Knuppenburg was born 28 January 1909 in Whatcom County, Washington and died 14 November 1920 in Whatcom County, Washington. She is buried in Bayview Cemetery.
c. Dorothy Lee Knuppenburg was born 20 August 1911 in Bellingham, Whatcom County Washington and died 20 October 1989 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington. She first married Robert J. ACKERLEY on 10 December 1934 in Pierce County, Washington. Robert was born about 1911 in Idaho. They were living in San Francisco California in the 1940 census. This marriage ended in divorce. Later she married Glen H. HURLBURT and was still living in San Francisco in 1960 when her father died. Glen was born 29 Aug 1909 in Oregon and died 20 April 1961 in San Francisco, California.
3. Jesse Lee Knuppenberg was born 27 February 1881 in Richland, North Dakota and died 13 August 1965 in Whatcom County, Washington. He married Beda Marie HAWKINS on 14 November 1906 in Whatcom County, Washington. Beda was born 4 October 1881 in Sweden and died 21 December 1964 in Whatcom County, Washington. They are buried in Enterprise Cemetery, Whatcom County, Washington. They had three children.
a. Cora Cecelia Knuppenberg was born 10 April 1909 in Whatcom County, Washington and died 5 November 2000 in Bellingham, Washington. Cora Cecelia first married Gordon Cummins SMITH, son of Herbert J. Smith, on 7 June 1930 in Whatcom County, Washington. Gordon was born 17 November 1906 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. He arrived in the US in 1922. This marriage ended in divorce. They had a child. Cora Cecelia later married Frederick Charles SCHLIEP, son of William J. Schliep and Elizabeth Stewart. Frederick was born 17 April 1919 in Washington and died 4 August 1984 in Whatcom County, Washington. Cora is buried in Enterprise Cemetery and Fredrick is buried there as well.
- Gordon Kingsford Smith, the son of Cora Cecelia Knuppenberg and Gordon Cummins Smith, was born 14 April 1931 in Whatcom County, Washington and died June 1994 in Trinity County, California. In the 1940 census, Gordon K. Smith was 8 years of age living with his divorced father and his grandfather, Herbert J. Smith in Whatcom County, Washington. He married Merriam G. BROWN on 19 September 1953 in Los Angeles County, California. This marriage ended in divorce in 1978. They had four children: Kari Lynn, Chris, Tim and Laura. He remarried to Patricia (maiden name unknown).
b. An infant son was born 20 January 1911 in Whatcom County, Washington but did not survive.
c. John Elroy Knuppenburg known as “Jack” was born 23 February 1914 in Whatcom County, Washington and died 28 October 1996 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Jack first married Marguerite Jeannette Parke in 1942 in Ada, Idaho. Jack’s second marriage was to Dorothy B. [maiden name unknown]. Jack later married Gladys Ann Fredrickson on 15 October 1949 in Kootenai, Idaho. Gladys was born 24 January 1912 in Washington and died 6 February 1998 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Jack Knuppenburg served during World War II with the Army Air Force.
Fred Knuppenburg & Lee Knuppenburg,
Gas Station Owners,
1928, Bellingham, Washington
Lee Knuppenburg’s Daughter:
Cora Cecilia Kuppenburg,
1928, Bellingham, Washington
4. Cora Ellen Knuppenburg was born 16 December 1883 in Richland, Dakota Territory [North Dakota] and died 31 December 1972 in Thurston County, Washington. She married Clinton Byron KNOX, son of J.D. and Clara Francis Knox, on 21 January 1903 in King County, Washington. Clinton was born 14 October 1876 in Kansas and died 19 October 1964 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington. They had three children.
a. Stanley Knuppenburg Knox was born 29 January 1904 in Thurston County, Washington and died 6 January 1986 Thurston County, Washington. He married Thelma Orpah COLE, daughter of Bayliss and Mary Kathryn COLE, on 21 May 1927. Thelma was born 3 December 1904 in Trout Lake, Washington and died at the age of 106 on 26 August 2011 in Portland, Oregon. They had 3 children: Patricia Ellen Knox (1929-2009), Bill Byron Knox and Stephen Howard Knox.
b. Jerome Niles Knox (known as Jerry) was born 21 August 1910 in Lewis County, Washington and died 24 January 2011 in Lacey, Washington. He married Margaret Lorraine HARRIS who was born 29 July 1919 in Wenatchee, Washington and died 8 August 2006. They had four children: Allen Dewitt Knox, John Scott Knox, Susan Lorraine Knox and Thomas Niles Knox.
c. Winifred I. Knox was born 10 June 1913 in Thurston County, WA. She died sometime after the 1950 census. In the 1950 census she was 36 years of age, single and a music teacher at the State College in Whitman County, Washington.
5. Lora Etta Knuppenburg was born 3 November 1887 in Richland, North Dakota and died 26 November 1971 in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington. She married Frederick Franklin HOWERTON, con of Louis M. Howerton and Nancy J. Ridenhour, on 28 February 1906 in California. Fred was born January 1876 in Moden, Missouri and died 29 December 1940 in California where he is buried in Oceanview Cemetery in San Diego County, California. This marriage ended in divorce sometime in the 1930s. This couple had eight children.
a. Geneva Madge Howerton was born 30 January 1907 in Los Angeles County, California and died 2 February March 1995 in Bremerton, Washington. She married Earl J. PICKERING on 25 June 1936 in Kitsap County, Washington. Earl was born 1 April 1895 in Iowa and died March 1979 in Kitsap County, Washington. Geneva was his second wife. together they had one child: Frederick Carl Pickering. They are buried in Miller-Woodlawn Cemetery, Kitsap County, Washington.
b. Frederick Franklin Howerton [Jr.] was born 2 August 1909 in California and died 5 March 1968 in Kitsap County, Washington. He married Edith A. (maiden name unknown) who was born 1915 and died 1966. They are buried in Twin Firs Cemetery, Mason County, Washington.
c. Jesse Louis Howerton was born 24 December 1912 in Kitsap County, Washington and died 21 November 1993 in Mason County, Washington. He is buried in Twin Fir Cemetery, Mason County, Washington.
d. Anita Maud Howerton was born 18 April 1914 in Kitsap County, Washington and died 27 November 1989 in Kitsap County, Washington. She married Edward C. SCHNECKLOTH on 17 November 1945 who was born 27 August 1917 and died 16 January 1990 in Kitsap County, Washington.
e. Albert Eugene Howerton was born 28 December 1916 in Kitsap County, Washington and died 1 February 1988 Snohomish County, Washington. He is buried in Twin Firs Cemetery.
f. Harold Theodore Howerton known as “Ted” was born 18 January 1921 in Kitsap County, Washington and died January 1985 in Kitsap County, Washington. He married Gladys CORBIT on 27 March 1960 in Kitsap County, Washington and later married Ruby Irene ADAMS on 7 December 1968 in Kitsap County, Washington.
g. Ernest Franklin Howerton known as “Ernie” was born 18 April 1925 in Kitsap County, Washington and died 10 October 2002 in Kitsap County, Washington. He married Dorothy G. PASCHALL on 10 October 1981. Dorothy was the daughter of Ray Paschal and Lela Kate Riley. Dorothy was born 12 February 1925 in Missouri and died 9 April 2012 in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington.They are buried in Miller-Woodlawn Cemetery, Kitsap County, Washington.
h. Ruth Marie Howerton was born 3 September 1927 in Kitsap County, Washington and died 26 September 2003 in Chanute, Neosha County, Kansas. She married Leslie Richard Emith on 6 August 1947. Leslie was 8 May 1927 in Greenwood County, Kansas and died 26 July 2012 in Crawford County, Kansas. They are buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Neosha County, Kansas.
JAMES A. KNUPPENBURG (1854-1923)
James A. was born 13 June 1854 in Wyoming County, PA and died 3 August 1923 in Tioga County, PA. He married Georgianna Cora HEATH known as “Georgia”, daughter of Otis Robie Heath and Agnes Priscilla Stevens, on 3 August 1879 in Abercrombie, North Dakota. Georgia was born 26 August 1860 in Elk River, Sherburne County Minnesota and died 4 August 1950 in Dawson, Richardson County, Nebraska. James migrated to North Dakota with his parents in 1875 where he met his wife, Georgia. Together they later migrated to Washington in 1889 and lived in Seattle, Blaine and Yakima before returning to live in Tioga County, PA in 1907. The 1910 census indicates they were boarders in Wyoming County, PA. After James died in 1923, Georgia moved out to Dawson, Nebraska to live with her daughter Agnes “Maude” Knuppenburg Allen. James and Georgia are buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Tioga County, PA.
James A. Knuppenburg
[photo graciously provided by Mary Jo Allen]
James Knuppenburg’s Home in 1907-1911
1. Agnes Maude Knuppenburg (known as Maude) was born 18 August 1880 in Barrie, North Dakota and died January 29, 1956 in Dawson, Richardson County, Nebraska. She married Clarence Luzerne ALLEN, son of Rollin Burdell Allen and Laura Marie Jennings, on 10 December 1903 in Yakima, Washington where he was an attorney. He was born 28 February 1875 in Richardson County, Nebraska and died there 26 January 1947. This couple is buried in Heim Cemetery, Dawson, Richardson County, Nebraska. Between 1905 and 1910, they moved to the Allen farm in Dawson, Nebraska. They had four children.
a. Katherine Heath Allen was born 19 November 1905 in Yakima, Washington and died 17 January 1994 in Placer County, California. She married Walter Emmett STONE (known as Emmett) who was born 27 November 1904 in California and died 20 September 1986 in San Francisco, California. They had 4 children: James Emmett Stone, Barbara Jean Stone, Mary Katherine Stone and Alice Carolyn Stone.
b. James Rollin Allen was born 14 November 1914 in Dawson, Nebraska and died 5 July 1978 in Harris County, Texas.
c. Robert J. Allen was born about 1915 in Dawson, Nebraska.
d. Arthur Allen was born 23 April 1921 in Dawson, Richardson County, Nebraska and died 14 March 1991 in Houston, Texas. He married Janelle [maiden name unknown].
MARY JANE KNUPPENBURG (1856-1933)
Mary Jane was born 15 March 1856 n Binghamton, New York and died 7 November 1933 in Townsend, New Castle County, Delaware. She married Augustus NILES, MD, son of Augustus E. Niles and Belinda Bridgeman, in 11 April 1875 in Tioga County, PA. Augustus was born 10 November 1853 in Tioga County, PA and died 1906 in Tioga County, PA. This couple is buried in the Wellsboro Cemetery in Tioga County, PA. Dr. Niles graduated from Bennett Medical College in Chicago in 1875 and practiced medicine in Tioga County, PA. They had two sons.
1. Augustus Niles, Jr. was born May 1877 in Tioga County, PA and died 1904 in Tioga County, PA. He is buried in Wellsboro Cemetery. He married Louisa WRIGHT about 1898. Louisa was born June 1880 in Pennsylvania. They had two daughters.
a. Catherine Morris Niles was born 24 January 1901 in Cass County, Minnesota and died 8 March 1988 in Riverside County, California. She married Harold Harding HAMPTON about 1926. He was born 2 May 1899 in Pennsylvania and died 21 September 1987 in Riverside County, California. They had two daughters: Jean L. Hampton and Elizabeth Hampton. In the 1930s, this family was living in Montour Falls, New York.
b. Ernestine M. Niles was born 5 July 1902 in Tioga County, PA and died 15 January 1975 in Riverside, California. She married Leroy E. TRAFFORD about 1923. He was born 12 February 1899 in Pennsylvania and died 21 November 1974 in Riverside County, California. In the 1930s, this couple was living in Cleveland, Ohio.
2. Jerome Dana Niles, MD was born 28 February 1884 in Tioga County, PA and died 18 January 1963. He married Loretta M. [maiden name unknown] about 1907. Loretta was born 8 December 1888 in New York and died March 1980 in New Castle County, Delaware. They had three children.
a. Child born about 1908 and did not survive until 1910.
b. Jerome Dana Niles, Jr. was born 7 October 1914 in New Castle County, Delaware and died 29 December 1998. He retired as a Brigadier General and worked in the field of public health. He is buried in Old St. Anne’s Cemetery, Middletown, Delaware. He married and had a daughter.
c. John W. Niles was born December 1919 in New Castle County, Delaware. He seemingly died in an airplane accident just prior to his entry into World War II about 1942-1944.
HARRIETT E. KNUPPENBURG (1858-1876)
Harriett Knuppenburg known as Hattie was born about 1858 in New York and died 1876 in Nelson Township, Tioga County, PA. Although her parents and a number of her siblings moved to North Dakota in 1875, Hattie remained behind. Perhaps she lived with her older married sister, Mary, who married Dr. Niles in 1875. She died unmarried and at the age of 18. She is buried in Nelson Twp. Cemetery, Tioga County, PA
JOHN A. KNUPPENBURG (1860-1883)
John was born May 1860 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania and died April 1883 in Barrie Township, Richland County, North Dakota from diphtheria. John married Laura Anginette “Nettie” HEATH, daughter of Otis Robie Heath and Agnes Priscilla STEVENS, about 1881 in North Dakota. Nettie was Georgie’s sister, who married James Knuppenburg. Nettie was born 28 November 1864 in Elk River, Stearns County, Minnesota and moved to North Dakota at the age of 15. She died 1941 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Nettie became a young widow at the age of 19 with two small children. Nettie Heath Knuppenburg remarried to George Van Arnam and had four daughters with him: Kitty Van Arnam, Mable Van Arnam, Grace Van Arnam and Hazel Van Arnam (1890-1895).
Laura Anginette “Nettie” [Heath] Knuppenburg,
John Knuppenburg,
Agnes [Heath] Allen (Laura Anginette’s sister),
Circa 1881, Dakota Territory
[photo graciously provided by Mary Jo Allen]
Virginia Laura Knuppenburg, Kitty Van Arnam,
Arthur George Knuppenburg
[photo graciously provided by Mary Jo Allen]
Virginia Laura [Knuppenburg] Lee
and George Otis Lee, 1906,
Richland County, North Dakota
[photo graciously provided by Mary Jo Allen]
1. Arthur George Knuppenburg was born 21 June 1882 in North Dakota and died 18 December 1901 in Richland County, North Dakota. He is buried in Barrie Cemetery, Richland County, North Dakota.
2. Virginia Laura Knuppenburg known as “Virgie” was born 5 July 1883 in Richland County, ND [three months after the death of her father] and died 26 September 1979 in Traverse County, Minnesota. Virginia married Richard N. LEE (son of Ole and Carrie Lee) on 1 June 1905. Richard was born 14 August 1879 in Minnesota [both of his parents were born in Norway] and died 1938 in Wheaton, Traverse County, Minnesota. Virginia and Richard had four children. Virginia later married William “Earl” BANGLE, son of Joseph F. Bangle and Amanda Rosenkrantz, in 1948. Earl was born 29 May 1885 in Traverse County, Minnesota and died March 1967 in Traverse County, Minnesota.
a. George Otis Lee born 15 March 1906 in Richland County, North Dakota and died 14 January 1910 in Richland County, North Dakota of diphtheria.
b. Ramona Virginia Lee was born 6 October 1912 in Richland County, North Dakota and died 3 March 2009 in Sartell, Minnesota. She married S. Hubert “Hub” GROSLAND on 19 June 1938. Hub was born 22 April 1914 and died 12 June 1997 in Traverse County, Minnesota. They are buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Wheaton, MN. They had 3 children.
c. Grace Miriam Lee was born 31 October 1913 in Richland County, North Dakota and died 17 November 2005 in Illinois. She first married Gordon WILLIAMS on 24 June 1935. Gordon was born 30 November 1910 and died in 1975. They had four children. She then married Edward THENNES in 1988. Edward was born 25 June 1911 and died 30 January 1997 in Illinois.
d. Royce Newell Lee was born 18 April 1918 in Richland County, North Dakota and died 10 December 2000 in Brookings County, South Dakota. He married Mabel Ann DENEUI on 15 June 1941. Mabel was born 24 January 1920 in South Dakota and died 1 September 2008 in Brookings County, South Dakota. They had 2 children.
STANDING: Ole Lee, George Van Arnam, Laura Anginete, “Nettie” Heath Knuppenburg Van Arnam, Otis Robie Heath SITTING: Richard Lee, Virginia Knuppenburg Lee, Maye Allen CHILDREN: Hazel Van Arnam, Grace Van Arnam
Virginia Laura Knuppenburg Lee’s
Wedding Day 1905,
Walcott, North Dakota
MARTHA ETHLEEN KNUPPENBURG (1862-1906)
Martha Ethleen (known as Ethleen) was born January 1862 in Pennsylvania and died July 1906 in Lisbon, Ransom County, North Dakota. She married Walter Lehman WILLIAMSON on 14 February 1889 in Ransom County, North Dakota. Walter, son of Walter Martin Williamson and Mary Porter Raymond, was born 3 April 1859 in Appleton, Wisconsin and died 3 March 1939 in Ransom County, North Dakota. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
He remarried about 1906 to Agnes Page (2 January 1862-10 March 1937). He and Agnes were living in Lisbon, North Dakota in the 1930 census.
The 1900 census indicated that Martha Ethleen Williamson had given birth to four children of which two were alive in 1900. We have information on three of them as follows.
Martha Ethleen Knuppenburg in 1876
[photo graciously provided by Mary Jo Allen]
1. Walter K. Williamson was born 26 December 1889 in North Dakota and died 28 March 1890. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Ransom County, North Dakota.
2. Mary Ethleen Williamson was born May 1891 in Ransom County, North Dakota and died 10 May 1980 in California. She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California. In the 1920 census she was single and school teacher living with her father and stepmother. It is likely that she never married.
3. Francis Vail Williamson (known as Frank) was born 23 April 1892 in Ransom County, North Dakota and died April 1970 in San Mateo County, California. He first married Ruth Mona Smith who was born 22 September 1893 in Michigan and died 3 April 1937 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. This marriage ended in divorce. They had one child: Carolyn Louise Williamson who was born 16 May 1916 in North Dakota and died 17 Jan 2000 in Maricopa County, Arizona. She married Glenn Warren ELLIS (24 June 1920-6 April 1985). Frank remarried to Jean C. [maiden name unknown] about 1927. Jean was born about 1902 in Wisconsin.
a. Carolyn Williamson was born about 1916 in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. In the 1930 census she was living with her remarried mother (Mona Schwam) and listed as a stepdaughter to Harrison Schwam.
BENJAMIN F. KNUPPENBURG (1866-1867)
Benjamin was born 27 June 1866 in Tioga County, PA and died there 20 March 1867.
LUCY ADELLA KNUPPENBURG (1868-1877)
Lucy known as Della was born 29 January 1868 in Wyoming County, PA and died 4 June 1877 in Richland County, North Dakota. Cause of death was diptheria.
MYRON NEWTON KNUPPENBURG(1869-1936)
Myron N. Knuppenburg was born 8 October 1869 in Pennsylvania and die 6 February 1936 in Pueblo County, Colorado.. He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Pueblo County Colorado. He was listed in the Seattle, Washington city directory of 1888-1890 as owning a real estate business as well as the 1910 census for Seattle, WA. It seems that he moved to Pueblo, Colorado by 1920 and was still living there in the 1930 census.
Myron first married Cora M. HAWES (or Haus or Hawse), daughter of Oscar H. Hawes and Charity A. Watterman. Cora was born May 1870 in Minnesota (most likely Lyon County) and died 30 May 1912 in Seattle, King County, Washington. She is buried in Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle. Myron and Cora had three children.
Myron N. Knuppenburg married a second time about 1920 in Pueblo, Colorado to Norma NEUGEBAUER, daughter of Charles and Emma Neugebauer. Norma was born 19 July 1886 in Colorado and died 10 June 1967 in Pueblo, Colorado She is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Pueblo County, Colorado..
Children from his first marriage:
1. Helen Mae Knuppenburg was born April 1889 in Seattle, King County, Washington and died there on 24 August 1940. She married Herbert Rectanus LEIGH, Jr., son of Herbert R. Leigh, Sr. and Annie M. Rectanus, on 26 March 1913 in King County, Washington.. Herbert was born 30 September 1889 in Illinois and died November 1974 in Seattle, King County, Washington. They had a daughter: Cora Jeanne Leigh (known as Jeannie) born 15 June 1918 in King County, Washington and died 15 April 1984 in King County, Washington. She married Fredric Milton Treffinger on 18 October 1957. Fredric was born 1918 and died 1984.
2. Darle Hawse Knuppenburg was born 6 January 1890 in Spokane,, Washington and died 14 June 1938 in Webster County, Iowa. He married Sophia ERICKSON, daughter of Peter and Mary Erickson (both born in Sweden), about 1917. Sophia was born 7 December 1894 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota and died 2 June 1938 in Webster County, Iowa. Darle and Sophia had two children. In the 1930 census for Mullan, Shoshone County, Idaho, the family consisted of Darle (age 40) and his wife Sophia (age 40) along with their son Harvey (age 10) and a daughter Irva (age 7). Darle was listed as a lead miner
Darle, Sophia and their daughter, Irva were in a terrible car accident when it collided with train in Webster County, Iowa. Sophia and Irva died at the scene and Darle was taken to a hospital in Ft. Dodge, Iowa where he died two days later. The three of them along with Helen M. [Knuppenburg] Leigh and Major Harvey Hawse Knuppenburg are noted together on a plaque in the mausoleum at Evergreen Washelli Cemetery, Seattle, Kings County, Washington.
a. Major Harvey Hawse Knuppenburg, a veteran of the Korean War, was born 27 November 1919 in Spokane, Washington and died 9 June 1962 in Marin County, California. Harvey Hawse Knuppenburg married Helen Jane NEWBURY, daughter of Joseph Benjamin Newbury and Ruth M. Reeves, on 23 May 1940 in Shoshone County, Idaho. Helen was born 8 December 1920 in Wallace, Idaho and died 5 January 2001 in Kalispell, Flathead, Montana. They had a daughter named Darle Knuppenburg.
b. Irva C. Knuppenburg was born 14 December 1922 in Benton, Washington and died 2 June 1938 in Webster County, Iowa in a car/train accident with her parents.
3. Carol Irva Knuppenburg was born 25 December 1899 in Spokane, Washington and died June 1967 in Pueblo, Colorado. She graduated from Centennial High School in Pueblo County, Colorado in 1919. Irva was single in 1934 when she returned from France to New York City She was living in Seattle, Washington in the 1940 census and was a teacher in a public school. She died sometime after 1943
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SPECIAL THANKS
Kent Ward for sharing his research on the Dana Allen Knuppenburg/Laura Stevens family
Fred Pickering for his assistance with the Charles E. Knuppenburg family and Lora & Frederick Howerton family
Mary Jo Allen for sharing family photos
Charlotte Lee Smidt for her on-going interest and help
Susan Lorraine Knox for her interest and assistance as well
Susan Knox and Stephen Knox for sharing their family Bible information for the Lora and Frederick Howerton family