#6273 John Henry Knepper ( Solomon Knepper • John Knepper • Johann Knepper • Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper◊ • Clemens Knepper◊ • Hans Peter Knepper◊ • Tilmann Knepper◊ )
John was born 25 Oct 1849 in Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He died 13 Aug 1913 in Altoona, Blair Co., Pennsylvania.
He taught school several terms before he was eighteen years old. In 1870, John was a grocer and confectioner. He was also a photographer, railroad conductor and travelling salesman. He was ordained as a pastor in the First Brethren Church and served as a moderator at the church's General Conference of 1894, 1895, and 1900.
His obituary reads:
While on his knees in the attitude of prayer, at his home in Altoona, Rev. John H. Knepper until recently pastor of the First Progressive Brethren Church in that city was found dead, Friday morning by his daughter, Miss Edna Knepper. Although the minister had been in failing health for the past six months, the physician pronounced death due to leakage of the heart, and the end had probably come only a short time before the body was found. John Henry Knepper was at Berlin, Somerset County, Oct. 13, 1849, being past 65 years of age. He was the second son of Solomon and Eva Knepper. He secured his education in the public schools and for a time taught school. For a number of years he was employed on the railroad. It was not until he was about 30 years of age that he took up the ministry which began at Berlin, where he had charge of six churches in that vicinity. He was there eleven years. Mr. Knepper then took charge of the Meyersdale Progressive Church of the Brethren and a couple of other adjoining places. Later he preached at points in Illinois and Ohio. He went to Altoona in May 1911, to be pastor of the First Brethren Church, serving until ill health caused his resignation last April. He was held in high esteem by his ministerial brethren as well as by the laity. Early in life he was married to Emma Brubaker who preceded him to the grave in January 1912, after the family had moved to Altoona. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Edna, at home, who is just recovering from an operation, and Mrs. Clarence Summersgill, Homestead, and one son, Harry B. Knepper, of Johnstown, who with his wife was in Meyersdale when his father's death occurred.
∞ John married #6275 Emma J. Brubaker.
Marriage notes |
They married 1869. |
Emma was born 17 Sep 1852. She died 4 Jan 1913.
She is the daughter of Herman W. & Matilda Brubaker. Some sources list her death as 1912.
Children of this relationship:
| #6276 | F | i | Clara Pain Knepper | (1870–1928) |
| #6277 | M | ii | Harry B. Knepper | (11 Jun 1873–27 Jul 1928) |
| #7677 | M | iii | Doug Knepper | (Abt 1880–Bef 1915) |
| #6278 | F | iv | Tilly Eve Knepper | (–Child) |
| #6279 | F | v | Edna Grace Knepper | (Abt 1880–) |
| #6280 | F | vi | Mary Allen Knepper | (–Age 11) |
Brethren: The denominational website of The Brethren Church, www.brethrenchurch.org (2 Feb 2014).
Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997). Ref. as [Wig].
John H. Knepper, Meyersdale Commercial, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, 19 Aug 1915.
Line Generation: 8
Relationship: Third Cousins Three Times Removed through Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper◊