Joseph McKnight and Sarah Anderson

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Husband Joseph McKnight ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1774 - Cecil Co, MD 2
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           Died: 4 May 1872 or 1873 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Hugh McKnight (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary Nesbit (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 1818 2

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   Other Spouse: Margaret McEwen (Abt 1800-1892) 2 - 1856 2

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Wife Sarah Anderson ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: 1850 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: Abraham Anderson (      -Bef 1850) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Chestnut (      -Bef 1850) 2

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Children

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1 F Eliza Mary McKnight ⁴

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            AKA: Elizabeth McKnight 1
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         Spouse: Alexander McConnell (1816-      ) 5
           Marr: 8 Dec 1853 6

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2 M H. O. McKnight ^{1 7 8}

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           Born: 29 Sep 1822 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Margaret Welch (      -1871) 2

         Spouse: Martha E. "Mattie" Paxton (      -1884) 8 9
           Marr: 1 Oct 1873 10

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph McKnight

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He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was at Erie with Commodore Perry, at the time the fleet was building in 1813. He was an active poli-tician of the Whig party, and afterward became a Republican. In religion he was a member and ruling elder of the Seceder Church at Hickory, Washington County. He died on the home farm nearly in his hundredth year; he had lost his sight some years before.

He adhered to the old customs and wore a cue to the end of his days.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Anderson

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She was born in Ireland and came with her parents in 1781 to eastern Pennsylvania, and later settled in Chartiers township, Washington County, in 1800.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 712.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1207.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1207, 1335.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1207, 1247.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1207, 1246.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1247.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 734, 1207.

8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1226.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 734, 1208.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1208.