#5340 Jonathan Knepper ( Johann Knepper • Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper◊ • Clemens Knepper◊ • Hans Peter Knepper◊ • Tilmann Knepper◊ )
Jonathan was born 20 Jul 1804 in Brothersvalley Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He died 20 Apr 1894.
In 1850, Jonathan was Justice of Peace in Brothers Valley Twp.. His real estate was valued at $250. Later he was High Sheriff of Somerset Co. and later Associate Judge. In 1861, he moved to Ashton, Illinois and, in 1862, to Dixon, Illinois and later Foreston, Illinois. Lastly, he moved to Wahoo, Nebraska where he lived with daughter Annie Lemaster.
∞ Jonathan (relationship status suppressed while one person possibly living) first #5431 Elizabeth Ferner.
(Information suppressed while possibly living)
∞ Jonathan married second #5433 Margaret Meese.
Margaret was born 4 Mar 1815 in Pennsylvania. She died 20 Sep 1877.
She is the daughter of George & Lydia (Penrod) Meese.
Children of this relationship:
| #5434 | F | i | Eleanora Knepper | (10 Sep 1834–20 Apr 1894) |
| #5435 | M | ii | Charles Ogle Knepper | (20 Oct 1836–27 Feb 1899) |
| #5436 | M | iii | John Henry Knepper | (28 May 1838–10 Mar 1917) |
| #5437 | F | iv | Anna Elizabeth Knepper | (27 Feb 1840–11 Oct 1916) |
| #5438 | M | v | George Knepper | (1 Dec 1841–Dec 1841) |
| #5439 | F | vi | Martha Jane Knepper | (23 May 1843–2 Feb 1862) |
| #5440 | M | vii | Jacob Alexander Knepper | (16 May 1846–26 Nov 1919) |
| #5441 | F | viii | Catharine Elizabeth Knepper | (25 Jul 1848–) |
| #5442 | M | ix | George Edward Knepper | (7 Aug 1849–7 Jan 1940) |
| #5443 | M | x | Samuel Huston Knepper | (13 Nov 1852–15 Jan 1932) |
| #5444 | F | xi | Emma Frances Adaline Knepper | (11 Dec 1857–) |
Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997). Ref. as [Wig].
Howard E. Blackburn & William H. Welfley, History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania, (New York/Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1906), 305-307. Ref. as [Blackburn/Welfley].
Line Generation: 6
Relationship: First Cousins Five Times Removed through Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper◊