#9010 Joseph Knepper ( Godfrey KnepperJohann Gottfried "Gottfried" KnepperClemens KnepperHans Peter KnepperTilmann Knepper )

Joseph was born 7 Jan 1800 in Pennsylvania. He died 20 Jun 1876. He was buried in Sidman Cemetery, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania.

In 1850 Joseph was a farmer in Summerhill Twp., Cambria Co., Pennsylvania. His real estate was valued at $2000. In 1860 and 1870 he is in Croyle, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania. The family is with him in 1860 but, in 1870, he has a housekeeper, N. Ema (age 17), and a border, Hanna Wright (age 34), living with him.

Joseph married #9011 Susan Fye.

Susan was born 8 Aug 1815 in Richland Twp., Cambria Co., Pennsylvania. She died 28 Mar 1868.

She is the daughter of Conrad & Elizabeth (Strayer) Fye, and brother to Jacob Fye who married Anna Knepper.

Children of this relationship:

#9012FiElizabeth A. Knepper(6 Mar 1843–26 Nov 1866)
#9013MiiJohn Knepper(24 Jun 1845–25 Dec 1847)
#9014FiiiEmily M. "Emma" Knepper(5 Jun 1853–22 Mar 1871)

1850 U.S. Census, Summerhill, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009, Roll: M432_761; Page: 92A; Image: 189.

1860 U.S. Census, Croyle, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009, Roll: M653_1088; Page: 279; Family History Library Film: 805088.

1870 U.S. Census, Croyle, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009, Roll: M593_1318; Page: 270A; Family History Library Film: 552817.

Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997).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


Line Generation: 6

Relationship: Great-Great-Great-Grand-Uncle