#5458 Germanus Knepper ( Henry Knepper • Johann Knepper • Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper◊ • Clemens Knepper◊ • Hans Peter Knepper◊ • Tilmann Knepper◊ )

Germanus was born 30 Jul 1838 in Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He died 1910.

In 1845, he moved with his family to Maryland and then to Virginia. In 1860, he moved to Dixon, Illinois and studied dentistry. He enlisted in Civil War in Co. H, 69th Illinois Volunteer Infanty for three months service and then Battery F, Light Artillery. He was in Sherman's March to the Sea and many other battles. He was wounded at New Hope Church, Georgia. In 1866, he moved to Marshalltown, Iowa and was there in 1880. In 1886, he moved to California. In 1900, he lived in Los Angeles, California. He practiced dentistry in Los Angeles until his death.

∞ Germanus married #6950 Jennie P. Haymaker.

Jennie was born Sep 1841 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

Children of this relationship:

Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997).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