#5435 Charles Ogle Knepper ( Jonathan KnepperJohann KnepperJohann Gottfried "Gottfried" KnepperClemens KnepperHans Peter KnepperTilmann Knepper )

Charles was born 20 Oct 1836 in Brothersvalley Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He died 27 Feb 1899.

Charles graduated from Heidelburg College, Tiffin, Ohio and the Theological Seminary at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. He was a minister among soldiers in the Civil War. He went to Waterloo, Iowa and was Superintendent of Schools. In 1873, he returned to Heidelburg as Professor of Belles Lettres for 19 years. In 1880, he was a teacher in Tiffin, Clinton Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio. He was later editor of newspapers in California and Idaho.

Charles married #6649 Susan Grace Dunnell.

Marriage notes

They married 24 Jun 1868 in Waterloo, Iowa.

 

Susan was born 29 Jan 1842 in Massachusetts. She died 29 Jan 1933.

She is the daughter of David & Lurilla (Barber) Dunnell.

Children of this relationship:

#6650FiMabel Grace Knepper(15 Oct 1869–)
#6651MiiEdmund Elnathan Knepper(4 Feb 1870–)
#6652FiiiFlorence Winifred Knepper(23 Aug 1877–)

Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997). Ref. as [Wig].


Line Generation: 7

Relationship: Second Cousins Four Times Removed through Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper