#5344 Benjamin F. Knepper ( Johann Knepper • Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper◊ • Clemens Knepper◊ • Hans Peter Knepper◊ • Tilmann Knepper◊ )

Benjamin was born 10 Sep 1816 in Brothersvalley Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptised 24 Nov 1816 in Berlin Evangelical Church, Brothersvalley Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He died 3 Oct 1905 in Connellsville, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. He was buried in Berlin Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

Benjamin was an ordained Reformed minister from 1846-1901 in Wellersburg, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. In 1850, he lived in Southampton Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania; no occupation was given. He studied theology under Reverend William Conrad in Hagerstown, Maryland. In 1860 and 1870, he was a minister in Wellersburg, Somerset Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. His real estate was valued at $400 and personal estate at $2000. For many years he was the only pastor in Somerset Co. and travelled far in Somerset and Bedford Cos. In 1900, they lived in Wellsburg.

∞ Benjamin married #5464 Catherine Hay.

Catherine was born 6 Oct 1818 in Pennsylvania. She died 24 Feb 1907.

She is the daughter of Valentine Hay.

Children of this relationship:

Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997).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◊