#51700 James Sanks Knepper ( Jacob Knepper • Solomon Knepper • Peter Knepper • Wilhelmus Knepper • Hans Peter Knepper◊ • Tilmann Knepper◊ )
James was born 1829 in Washington Co., Maryland. He died 15 Jan 1870 in Hendricks Co., Indiana. He was buried in Ayers Cemetery, Hendricks Co., Indiana.
The 1850 Census lists him as a shoemaker living with Wiley Lloyd Bates in Indianapolis.
He was a 4' 11" tall with a light complexion and hazel eyes.
He enlisted in the Union Army as Pvt., Co. A., 148th Indiana Infantry, serving from 5 Feb 1865 to 5 Sep 1865. The unit organized on 25 Feb at Indianapolis and, on 18 Feb, it left for Nashville, Tennessee for immediate duty. Until muster out, the regiment was kept employed in guard duty in the interior of Tennessee.
∞ James married #51702 Sarah Jane "Jane" Bates.
Marriage notes |
They married 5 Oct 1854 in Center Twp., Marion Co., Indiana. |
Jane was born 18 Jan 1835 in Indiana. She died 23 May 1914 in Craig, Nebraska. She was buried in Craig, Nebraska.
In the 1870 Census she is living in Henricks Co., Indiana with her children and brother, Frank.
In 1871 she and her children were received into the Society of Friends in Bridgeport.
In the 1890 Census of Civil War Veterans & Widows she is living in Craig, Burt Co., Nebraska under the name of Sarah Jane Franssar.
Children of this relationship:
| #51703 | M | i | Edgar Frantz Knepper | (4 Mar 1856–9 Jan 1920) |
| #51704 | M | ii | John Thomas Knepper | (10 Jun 1858–Feb 1932) |
| #51709 | F | iii | Bettie Knepper | (1 May 1861–) |
| #51705 | F | iv | Eva Alice Knepper | (8 May 1864–30 Sep 1864) |
| #51706 | M | v | Charles Wesely Knepper | (29 Aug 1866–7 Sep 1888) |
| #51707 | F | vi | Elizabeth Ann Knepper | (30 Nov 1867–23 Jul 1871) |
| #51708 | F | vii | Mattie Ann Knepper | (29 Nov 1869–1 Apr 1870) |
Bill Terrill, Descendants of Tilman Knepper and Christina Boegel, (unpublished, 30 Jun 2009). Ref. as [Terrill].
Line Generation: 7
Relationship: Fourth Cousins Four Times Removed through Hans Peter Knepper◊