HIRAM N. KNUPPENBURG FAMILY
Under revision August 2022
John Erhard
(1704-1776)
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Philip Adam
(1742-1823)
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Adam
(1794-1870)
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Hiram N.
(1827-1886)
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Wilmer Irwin (1858-1933) > 3 Children
Lodica J. (1861-1930) > 5 Children
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1864-1955) > 10 Children
Ida Savannah (1866-?) > 8 Children
Clemen(tine) (1870-1870)
Alice (1870-1918)
Della Ann (1873-1938) > 1 Child
Unknown Child
GENERAL INFORMATION
Hiram N. Knuppenburg was born 3 December 1827 in PA and died 18 August 1886 in Clearfield County, PA. He served in the Civil War in the 148th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H as a Private. Hiram enlisted in 1862 and was discharged with a disability on 26 June 1863. According to a family history written by Vinnie Knappenberger in 1916, “one of the descendants, Hiram, married Emily HILL and settled in Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA where he became the father of six children.” However, this information about where Hiram settled relates to his son, U.S.G. “Grant” Knuppenburg, and his daughter, Lucy Turner Byers, and his widow, Emily, who moved to that area after Hiram’s death. Hiram raised his family in Woodward Township, Clearfield County, PA according to the 1870 and 1880 census. He is listed as a farmer and a laborer. Hiram died 18 August 1886 in Bigler Twp., Clearfield County and is buried in Henderson Cemetery in Clearfield County, PA. His gravemarker shows his last name spelled as “KNUPPENBERG”.
Hiram was married to Emily HILL, daughter of Joshua Hill and Alice Allen, in March 1853. Emily was born 25 April 1837 in Centre County, PA or state of New York. The census record indicates her parents were born in Connecticut but her death certificate indicates they were born in New York. In the census of 1900, Emily is a widow living with her daughter Lodica “Lucy” Turner [a widow at that time], in Bigler Township, Clearfield County, PA. Emily later moved to Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA area along with her daughter Lodica and her second husband, John F. Byers. Emily died 3 June 1917 in Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA and is buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Saltsburg, PA along with her daughter and her husband, John Byers. From the 1900 census we learn that Hiram and Emily had 8 children of which 6 lived to adulthood.
Hiram Knuppenberg’s Gravemarker
Henderson Cemetery,
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
[photo graciously provided by
Gail McTavish Perrone]
Emily Hill Knuppenburg
About 1912
[photo graciously provided by
Gail McTavish Perrone]
Emily Hill Knuppenburg’s Gravemarker,
Edgewood Cemetery, Saltsburg, Pennsylvania
[photo graciously provided
by Allen Knappenberger]
CHILDREN
WILMER IRWIN KNUPPENBURG (1858-1933)
Wilmer was born 10 December 1858 in Clearfield County, PA and died 7 March 1933 in Blair County, PA. He is listed in the 1870 census as 11 years old and the 1880 census as 21 years old working in a coal mine. He first married Margaret ALEXANDER, daughter of John and Rachel Alexander, about 1884. Margaret was born about 1864 in Clearfield County, PA and died sometime between 1885 and 1889. Wilmer and Margaret had one daughter names Mary E. Knuppenburg.
Wilmer next married Nettie [maiden name unknown] about 1889. Nettie was born September 1869 in PA. In the 1900 census, Wilmer and Nettie were living in Allegany County, Maryland with the daughter from Wilmer’s first marriage, Mary E. Knuppenburg.
By 1910, Wilmer is listed as living in Blair County, PA with his third wife Agnes DOYLE, daughter of James Doyle, who he married in 1902 in Marion County, West Virginia. Agnes was born 5 June 1876 in Lonacoming, MD and died 5 March 1953 in Blair County, PA. Wilmer and Agnes are buried in Carson Valley Cemetery, Blair County, PA. They had two children.
1. Mary Emily Knuppenburg was the daughter of Wilmer and Margaret. She was born 8 May 1885 in Altoona, Clearfield County, PA and died 6 June 1967 in Marion County, WV. She is buried in Beverly Hills Cemetery, Morgantown, WV. Mary married James Lee HALL, son of Thomas Ray Hall and Amanda M. Kincaid on 11 March 1903 in Marion County, WV. James was born 14 June 1873 in Marion County, WV and died 12 May 1952 in West Virginia. James and Mary had two daughters. In the 1930 census for Fairmont, Marion County, WV, the two daughters were single, living with their parents and were public school teachers. It is likely that they did not marry or married late in life.
a. Eva Gertrude Hall was born 1904 in Marion County, WV.
b. Edith Murl Hall was born 9 November 1906 in Marion County, WV and died 5 December 1996.
2. Thelma Knuppenburg was the daughter of Wilmer and Agnes. She was born 24 August 1899 in Allegany County, MD and died 6 August 1965 in Hicksville, Nassau County, New York in her niece’s home. She never married. She is buried in Carson Valley Cemetery, Duncansville, Blair County, PA.
3. Irwin Wilmer Knuppenburg was the son of Wilmer and Agnes. He was born 21 April 1904 in Gallitzin, Cambria County, PA and died 14 February 1954 in Duncansville, Blair County, PA. It seems likely that Irwin was married previously to his marriage to Edith “Viola” Colbert. He married Edith Viola COLBERT, daughter of Webster J. Colbert and Maggie Eugenia Smouse, on 7 April 1936. Viola was born 23 September 1914 in Martinsburg, PA and died 31 December 2011 in Blair County, PA. Viola later remarried to D. Ray Benner who died in 1975. Irwin and Viola had a daughter named Cynthia Knuppenburg born 17 February 1941 in Blair County, PA and died 16 February 1028 there. She first married a Mr. Lanza which ended in divorce. Her second marriage was to Ronald A. Nagle who she married 8 May 1969 in Winchester, VA and her last marriage was to Silas Jones who survived her \.
LODICA J. KNUPPENBURG (1861-1930)
Lodica J. known as “Lucy” was born 5 June 1861 in Clearfield County, PA. She married David J. TURNER, son of David Joshua Turner and Martha Catherine Cowfer, on 8 May 1876 in Clearfield County, PA. David was born about 1858 in PA and died 3 August 1887 in Clearfield County, PA. He was a coal miner. In 1880, they were living in North Houtzdale, Woodward Township, Clearfield County, PA. Lucy and David had five children: Laura Letitia Turner, Melissa Delilah Turner, Robie Matilda Turner, David Howard Turner and Albert Leroy Turner.
On 27 June 1900 in Clearfield County PA, Lucy married John F. BYERS, son of David and Catherine Byers. John was born 1876 in PA and died 1935 in Indiana County, PA. He was a blacksmith and a widower at the time of their marriage. His first wife had died 20 June 1899. They moved to the Saltsburg area [where Westmoreland County and Indiana County meet] sometime between 1901 and 1908. In the 1930 census, Lucy and John were living in Kittanning, Armstrong County, PA.
Lucy died 31 August 1930 in Armstrong County, PA and is buried in Edgewood Cemetery in Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA along with her second husband, John F. Byers, and her mother, Emily.
Lodica [Knuppenburg] Turner Family LEFT TO RIGHT: Melissa [Turner] Miles, Leroy Turner, Laura [Turner] Buckwalter, D. Howard Turner, Robie [Turner] McTavish
[photo graciously provided by Gail McTavish Perrone]
1. Laura Letitia Turner was born 3 January 1876 in Clearfield County, PA and died 30 October 1960 and Cambria County, PA. Laura married Jonas Wesley BUCKWALTER, son of Christian Henry Buckwalter and Caltha Gibboney, on 19 January 1896 in Clearfield County, PA. Jonas was born 19 August 1877 in Clearfield County, PA and died February 1952 in Portage County, PA. They are buried in Prospect Cemetery Cambria County, PA.
They had 7 children:
a. Russell McKinley Buckwalter (9 August 1896-21 October 1980) who married Gladys Irene WABLE 18 February 1901- 19 August1973).
b. Ruth Mae Buckwalter (19 July 1898-16 February 1963) who married Rev. Samuel Hamilton CUNNINGHAM (16 Sept 1894 – 28 June 1933).
c. Leslie Paul Buckwalter (18 January 1901-28 March 1966) who married Kathryn R. CARAVAN (17 June 1905-25 February 1946)
d. Howard Leroy Buckwalter (4 October 1903-21 June 1979) who married Elizabeth “Betty” HALL (2 April 1903-11 August 1987)
e. Milton Bailey Buckwalter (23 August 1905-12 August 1960) who married Madelyn Lois LENHART (20 February 1906-3 February 1986)
f. Mildred Mable Buckwalter (6 October 1907-7 May 1981) who married Harold Frank WESLEY (1 July 1903 – 10 February 1985).
g. Margaret Ruby Buckwalter (19 August 1909-7 February 1980) who married Lloyd Wesley PLUMMER (21 October 1907 -19 June 2005).
The Buckwalter Family in 1927 LEFT TO RIGHT: Laura [Turner] Buckwalter, Russell M. Buckwalter, Margaret [Buckwalter] Plummer, Milton Bailey Buckwalter, Ruth Mae [Buckwalter] Cunningham, Howard Buckwalter, Mildred [Buckwalter] Wesley, Leslie Paul Buckwalter, Jonas Wesley Buckwalter
[photo graciously provided by Mark Buckwalter]
2. Melissa Delilah Turner was born 29 November 1877 in Clearfield County, PA and died 25 February 1971 in Florida. Melissa married Joseph Denny MILES, son of Joseph L. and Ella MILES, on 15 July 1896 in Clearfield County, PA. Joseph was born April 1876 in PA and died 1954. They are buried in Prospect Cemetery, Cambria County, PA. They had 8 children:
a. Clair Mont Miles (15 October 1896- 9 May 1956. who married Elsie Mae James on 1 February 1922. They had 3 sons: Clair Monte Miles (Jr. (1923-1974), Robert Paul Miles (1926-2008), Joseph Evan Miles (1931-1954)
b. Bunny Miles (born October 1898 and died as a young child)
c. Robie Miles born 6 September 1900 and died 31 May 1920 in Cambria County. She is buried in Propect Cemetery under the name of Robie Rupert.
d. Vera Miles born about 1903.
e. Edward Joseph Miles (28 December 1905-February 1970) who married Mildred P. Edmonds (1906-2005) and had four children: Wanda Jeanne, John, Glenda P. and Delbert Wayne.
f. Una Mae Miles (born 1907 and died 1919) Buried in Prospect Cemetery, Cambria County, PA
g. Delbert A. Miles (born 7 April 1909 and died 7 October 1949). Buried in Prospect Cemetery,
h. Rella Ellen Miles (born 7 February 1911 and died 20 June 1995). She married Wilbert Eugene Kimmel (17 August 1907-21 December 1997). They had two children: Myres Clement Kimmel (1932-1978) and Ronald E. Kimmel.
3. Robie Matilda Turner was born 2 February 1880 in Clearfield County, PA and died 23 September 1962 in Clearfield County, PA. Robie married William Duncan McTAVISH, son of John McTavish and Matilda Root, on 26 September 1900 in Clearfield County, PA. William was born 20 July 1874 in Clearfield County, PA and died 2 February 1947 in Clearfield County, PA. Robie is buried in Alexander Cemetery, Madera, Clearfield County, PA. They had 6 children of which 5 lived to adulthood:
a. Beatrice M. McTavish (30 June 1901- 18 December 1980) who married George Boyce LEE (4 June 1895-20 November 1980)
b. Albert Leroy McTavish (30 March 1904-30 September 1904)
c. Hazel Vera McTavish (5 October 1905-21 Dec 1997) who married Ralph E. MICHAELS (1 April 1910-3 May 2000)
d. James Mirrel McTavish (26 March 1908-24 July 1979) who married Alberta Elizabeth MOORE (21 April 1907-15 May 1980).
e. Laura Lodica McTavish (28 September 1913-16 May 1992) who married Walter Herbert KLOCK (25 January 1907-7 June 1982).
f. William Howard McTavish (28 October 1919-22 February 2010) who married Doris Lillian MILLER (1920).
Laura [Turner] Buckwalter and Robie [Turner] McTavish
Robie [Turner] McTavish and her two daughters
[photos graciously provided by Mark Buckwalter]
4. David “Howard” Turner was born 3 May 1883 in Clearfield County, PA. Howard married Lula Emelia ADAMS, daughter of Thomas Adams and Sarah Schrecengost, on 31 January 1906 in Westmoreland County, PA. Lulu was born 14 January 1888 in Jefferson County, PA and died 24 February 1943 in Armstrong County, PA. This family lived in Westmoreland County, PA in the 1910 census [Avonmore] and then later in Armstrong County, PA [Kittanning]. David must have moved with his mother, Lucy, and her second husband, John Byers. Howard and Lula had 6 children:
a. Velma H. Turner was born 4 Dec 1906 in Indiana County, PA and died 17 February 1993 in Florida. (born 1906). She married Corbin Wayland WYANT, son of James B. Finley Wyant and Mary Louise Gilbert on 19 Nov 1931. Corbin was born 23 March 1896 in Armsstrong County and died there 23 February 1961. He and Velma are buried in Kitteanning Cemetery Armstrong County, PA. Velma married a second time to Arda Crawford Bowser. Arda was born 9 Jan 1899 in Montour County, PA and died 17 September 1996 in Florida.
b. Lois Turner was born 3 April 1908 in Westmoreland County and died 1995. She married John W. LINDEMAN, Sr. on 13 April 1927. John died 25 October 1906 in Kittanning, PA.
c. Sarah I. Turner known as “Sally” was born 1 January 1910 in Westmroeland County and died 3 August 1984. She married George William KEPLER, Jr.
d. Audrey Turner was born 4 January 1914 and died 1986. She first married Joseph Sagreti and then Charles Barker.
e. David Howard Turner was born 30 Dec 1918 and died 24 March 2005. He married Virginia GILLAM, daughter of John K. Gillam and Dessie Trusal on 29 May 1941.
f. Thomas Adams Turner was born 3 April 1920 and died 8 January 1996.
David “Howard” Turner remarried to Emily Wilkanoski who was born about 1916. At the time of his death, she was his wife. David Howard is buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA
5. Albert “Leroy” Turner was born 29 December 1885 in Clearfield County, PA and died 3 October 1953 in Allegheny County, PA. . Leroy married Edith Lena Woodring, daughter of General Jackson and Isabella Woodring in 1907. Edith was born about 1884 in PA.. In 1910, Leroy and Edith were living in Allegheny County, PA. They had 2 children:
a. Albert Leroy Turner, Jr. born 11 August 1907 in Allegheny County, PA and died 13 October 1992 in Washington County, PA.
b. Kathryn “Isabel” Turner” was born 19 January 1910 in Allegheny County, PA and died 17 September 1989 in Illinois. She married Wilbert Eugene HARE, Sr. who was born 1904 and died 1967.
ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT KNUPPENBURG (1864-1955)
Ulysses Simpson Grant Knuppenburg known as “Grant” was born in 1864 mostly likely in Clearfield County, PA. He and his family lived in Clearfield County, PA for a time and then moved to the Saltsburg area, Indiana County, PA and the Avonmore area, Westmoreland County, PA in the 1890s. Some of his family moved to Michigan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sometime after 1900, his sister, Lucy, with her second husband, John Byers, her two young sons, Howard and Leroy, and their widowed mother, Emily Hill Knuppenburg, joined him in the Saltsburg area.
Grant was first married to Elizabeth J. STITT, daughter of George W. Stitt and Sarah Shoff, about 1886 in Clearfield County, PA. Elizabeth was born in 1868 in PA and died in April 1891 in Clearfield County. She died a few days after giving birth to her daughter, Elizabeth, and was buried in Alexander Cemetery outside Madera, Clearfield County, PA. Elizabeth and Grant had four children: Grace Irene, Rhoda A., George Chalmers, and Elizabeth M.
Grant then married Georgiana C. KELLY, daughter of John Kelly and Ellen Moynahan, on 12 January 1894 in Pittsburgh, PA. Georgiana was born 29 January 1867 in Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA and died 12 May 1945 in Westmoreland County, PA. They had six children: Charles, Ellen Emily, Walter Earl, Orpah Lillian, Olive Alma and Kermit Meredith.. Grant and Georgiana were living in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, PA in the 1930 census with their two youngest children: Alma and Kermit. Grant moved in the 1950s to Michigan to live with his youngest child, Kermit, and there he died in 1955. Grant and Georgiana are buried in Avonmore Cemetery, Westmoreland County, PA.
Ulysses Simpson Grant Knuppenburg
Avonmore, Pennsylvania
[photo graciously provided
by Lois Ostrosky Minnick]
Elizabeth Stitt Knuppenburg’s Gravemarker
[first wife of U.S. Grant Knuppenburg]
Alexander Cemetery, Madera, Pennsylvania
[photo graciously provided
by Gail McTavish Perrone]
Rhoda A. Knuppenburg’s Gravemarker
– Elizabeth Knuppenburg’s infant daughter
buried next to her mother
[photo graciously provided by Gail McTavish Perrone]
Gravemarker for
Ulysses Simpson Grant Knuppenburg and,
his second wife, Georgiana Kelly Knuppenburg,
Avonmore Cemetery,
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
[photo graciously provided by Gail McTavish Perrone]
1. Grace Irene Knuppenburg was the daughter of Grant and Elizabeth. Grace was born 18 February 1887 in Clearfield County, PA and died 20 June 1967 in Brevard County, Florida. She married William Berton ROOF , son of William Harvey Roof and Jenny Catherine Smail, on 26 June 1913 in Westmoreland County, PA. William known as “Bert” was born 15 June 1884 in Sagamore, Armstrong County, PA and died June 1966 in St. Lucie County, Florida. They are buried in Riverview Memorial Cemetery, St. Lucie County, Florida. They had 3 children:
a. William Berton Roof, Jr. known as “Bill” was born 14 November 1914 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 21 June 2002 in Berkley, Michigan. He married Naomi FERGUSON known as “June”. She was born about 1917 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 2010 in Michigan.
b. Audrey Lorraine Roof was born 1 August 1918 in Westmoreland County, PA and married James R. STANLEY on 4 January 1946 in Lucas, Ohio.
c. Lois E. Roof was born February 1921 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 23 October 2007 in Florida. She married Edward OSTROSKY (18 December 1919-December 1976). This marriage seemingly ended in divorce.
2. Rhoda A. Knuppenburg was the daughter of Grant and Elizabeth. She was born and died in 1888 in Clearfield County, PA. She is buried next to her mother in Alexander Cemetery, outside Madera, Clearfield County, PA.
3. George Chalmers Knuppenburg was the son of Grant and Elizabeth. He was born 13 September 1889 in Clearfield County, PA and died 12 August 1980 in Lewisburg, York County, PA. George fought in France during World War I. George worked for Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation in Johnstown, PA in 1936. George married Ethel PARSONS, daughter of Samuel Ernest Parsons and Anna Mason. Ethel was born 7 May 1898 in PA and died 2 December 1978 in Johnstown, Cambria County, PA. This couple is buried in Richland Cemetery, Cambria County, PA. They had 1 daughter:
a. Elizabeth E. Knuppenburg known as “Betty” who was born 9 April 1922 in Cambria County, PA and died 20 March 2019 in Johnstown, Cambria County, PA. She married Joseph Ira CONNOR, son of Dewey Paul Connor, Sr. and Helen Shook about 1948. Joseph was born 21 June 1918 in Somerset County, PA and died 21 October 1989 in Somerset County, PA. They are buried in Richland Cemetery, Cambria County, PA. They had a son named John Paul Connors.
George Chalmers Knuppenburg
– photo taken just prior to his leaving
for France during World War I
4. Elizabeth M. Knuppenburg was the daughter of Grant and Elizabeth. She was born 1 April 1891 in Clearfield County, PA and died 17 May 1977 in Centre County, PA. Elizabeth married William Rutherford MINDS who was born 2 May 1877 in Clearfield County, PA and died 3 May 1945 in Centre County, PA. William was the son of James H. Minds, Sr. and Julia Ann Doorley. Elizabeth and William are buried in Beulah Cemetery, outside Ramey, Clearfield County, PA. ***Elizabeth did not move to Westmoreland County, PA with her father and his second wife but rather remained in Clearfield County, PA. She was raised by her maternal Stitt grandmother. The other two children, Grace and George, did move to Westmoreland County, PA with their father and his second wife.***
5. Ellen Emily Knuppenburg was the daughter of Grant and Georgiana. She was born 7 July 1899 in Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA and died 15 October 1961 in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio. She married Lester Joseph McCLELLAN, son of William L. McClellan and Emma Clawson, 15 April 1920 in Wellsburg, Brooke County WV. Lester was born 7 July 1899 in Indiana County, PA and died 29 January 1955 in Fayette County, PA. He is buried in Westview Cemetery, Avonmore, Westmoreland county, PA. They had three sons:
a. Roland Lester McClellan known as “Bud” was born 14 June 1920 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 11 April 2016 in Mahoning County, Ohio. He married Freda Frances HENNING on 18 May 1939 in Fayette County, PA. Freida was born 1923 in PA and died 25 Nov 2002 in Trumbull County, Ohio.
b. Thomas Glenn McClellan was born 13 March 1923 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 23 January 2004 in Pierce County, Washington. Thomas married Betty (13 July 1926-28 July 1999).
c. Lane Grant McClellan known as “Grant” was born 14 November 1925 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 6 September 2009 in Erie County, PA. He is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Erie County, PA.
6. Walter Earl Knuppenburg was the son of Grant and Georgiana. He was born 29 December 1901 in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, PA and died August 1951 in Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan. Walter married Yvette SAULTRY, daughter of Adelerd Saultry and Corinne Fontaine. She was born 15 March 1912 in Quebec, Canada and died 1 July 1992 in Montmorency County, Michigan. Yvette remarried on October 24, 1978 to Theodore Miles David.
7. Orpah Lillian Knuppenburg was the daughter of Grant and Georgiana. She was born 26 November 1904 in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, PA and died 19 June 1964 in Macomb County, Michigan. She first married Mack NICHOLS and then married Jesse McMinn HAWKINS,son of Same and Allie Hawkins, on 2 October 1931 in Steuben County, Indiana. Jesse was born 1 December 1898 in Tennessee and died 15 April 1945 in Wayne County, Michigan. Orphah later married Howard Ray INGLES, son of James Robert Ingles and Jennie S. Milligan, on 2 April 1948 in Wayne County, Michigan. Howard who was born 31 March 1906 in Jefferson County, PA and died 5 December 1975 in Palm Beach County, Florida. Orpah and Howard are buried in Romeo Cemetery, Macomb County, Michigan.
8. Olive Alma Knuppenburg was the daughter of Grant and Georgiana. She was born 12 January 1907 in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, PA and died 8 October 1960 in Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA. She was a telephone operator in the 1930 census living with her parents in Avonmore, PA. She later married Everett Ansel FISHEL, son of Charles Snowden Fishel and Sarah Ann Kipp, on 8 April 1946 in Winchester, Virginia. Everett was born 27 August 1904 in Indiana County, PA and died 15 March 1976 in Palm Beach County, Florida They are buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA.
9. Kermit Meredith Knuppenburg known as “Sandy” was the son of Grant and Georgiana. He was born 10 February 1909 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 17 October 1969 in Macomb County, Michigan. He married Dorothy Elizabeth O’BRIEN, daughter of Michael O’Brien and Betty Skinner, on 11 April 1936 in Wayne County, Michigan. Dorothy was born 27 September 1913 in New Mexico and died 17 April 1999 in Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan. They had two children:
a. Dottie Erlene Knuppenburg was born 16 May 1939 in Macomb County, Michigan and died there on 24 August 2000. She married William Bernard STADE, Sr. , son of William C. Stade and Eleanor Ann Bolle. William was born 11 Aug 1937 in Macomb County, Michigan and died there 13 November 2001. They are buried in Davis Cemetery, Macomb County, Michigan.
b. Kermit Louis “Butch” Knuppenburg, Sr. known as Butch. (1942) Descendants of this family live in Michigan. Kermit (Sr.) was the co-founder of Michigan Rivet Corporation.
10. Charles Knuppenburg died in infancy of cholera. We are unsure where he fits into the birth order of this family. He was a son of Grant and Georgiana. It seems that he was born most likely between 1895-1898 in Westmoreland County, PA and died before the 1910 census.
IDA SAVANNAH KNUPPENBURG (1866-1920’s)
Ida Savannah was born December 1866 most likely in Clearfield County, PA and died in the 1920s (possibly 1927) in Somerset County, PA. She married George Washington HENRY, son of George Henry, about 1881. George was born January 1860 in Somerset County, PA and died 8 October 1942 there. George and Ida were living in Somerset County [Painter Township] in the 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses. George is listed as a farmer in the 1900 census, but his family also ran a boarding house in 1910 for three boarders, and they had four boarders in 1920. Additionally, in the 1920 census, George was listed as a coal miner living in his daughter’s household while Ida continued to run the boarding house. They had five children in addition to three children lost as infants.
1. John W. Henry was born May 1888 in Somerset County, PA. In the 1900 census, he was 12 years old and listed as a laborer.
2. Raymond W. Henry was born November 1889 in Somerset County, PA and died there in 1927. He is buried in Custer Community Cemetery, Somerset County, PA.
3. Emily Elizabeth Henry was born October 1895 in Somerset County, PA and died September 1981 in Somerset County, PA. She married Samuel THOMAS, son of Aaron Thomas and Lillian Alwine, on 13 Nov 1915 in Cambria County, PA. Same was born 4 May 1882 in Somerset County, PA and died there 19 June 1941. Sam and Emily are buried in Custer Community Cemetery. They had six sons: Harold Thomas (17 April 1916 – 9 July 1985) , Virgil Robert Thomas (8 July 1917-5 September 1996 in Kansas), Paul Elwood Thomas (17 March 1922-8 April 1923), Theodore Lester Thomas (23 March 1924 – 12 March 1925), Calvin Richard Thomas (7 August 1926-5 June 2011) and Jack Thomas (1929).
4. Ernest George Henry was born 27 March 1899 in Somerset County and died August 1977 in Wellsburg, Somerset County, PA. He first married Frances Mae ADAMS, daughter of Alexander Adams and Elizabeth Mae Brown, about 1919 in Clearfield County, PA. This marriage ended in divorce. They had 3 children: Elnora Helen Henry (1920-1979) who married Wayne J. Clifton; Lorraine Marion Henry and Ida Savannah Henry. He later married Helen OHLER.
5. Theodore R. Henry was born 23 Dec 1904 and died 5 May 1989 in Somerset County, PA. He is buried in Custer Community Cemetery.
CLEMEN(TINE) KNUPPENBURG (1870-1870)
Clemen(tine) was born and died in Clearfield County, PA in 1870 at the age of 2 months from measles. It is possible that this child was a twin of Alice. The records only show the name Clemen but we believe the full name is Clementine.
ALICE KNUPPENBURG (1870-1918)
Alice was born 2 August 1870 in Clearfield County, PA and died 11 December 1918 in Jefferson County, PA. Alice married James N. TURNER, son of David Joshua Turner and Martha Catherine Cowfer, about 1888 in Clearfield County, PA. James was born February 1855, worked as a carpenter, and died 23 January 1911 in Warren County, PA. The 1900 census shows this couple living in Gulich Township, Clearfield County, PA with one daughter from James’ first marriage living with them: Elsie Turner (born September 1881). The 1910 census for Jefferson County shows Alice as a widow with her stepson, Samuel K. Turner (age 31), living in her household. It seems Alice and James did not have children. They are buried in Taylor Cemetery, Jefferson County, PA.
DELLA ANN KNUPPENBURG (1873-1938)
Della Ann was born 15 August 1873 in Clearfield County, PA and died 23 February 1938 in Montgomery County, PA. She married John H. BOWMAN about 1892. John was born 6 December 1865 in Center County, PA and died 18 May 1921 in Montgomery County, PA. They are buried in Little Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Montgomery County, PA. In the 1900 census they are living in Gulich Township, Clearfield County, PA as a farming family. In 1910 census, they are living in Center County, PA. They seemingly only had one child.
1. Wilmina Bowman was born 15 March 1893 in Clearfield County, PA and died 25 September 1942 in Montgomery County, PA. She is buried in Little Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Montgomery County, PA. She married Charles W. BOYER about 1924. Charles was born about 1897 in PA and had been married previously and had two daughters with his first wife. Wilmina and Charles had a daughter: Della M. Boyer born about 1925 in Montgomery County, PA.
CHILD KNUPPENBURG
Unknown child that died in infancy. The 1900 census indicates that Emily Hill Knuppenburg was the mother of 8 children with 6 still living at that time.
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SPECIAL THANKS
Mark Buckwalter
Gail McTavish Perrone
Lois Ostrosky Minnick
for sharing their family history and family photos