Husband Henry S. Knarr 1 2 3
AKA: Henry Knoerr 4
Born: 21 Feb 1853 - Luthersburg, Clearfield Co, PA 5 6
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Father: Henry Knarr (Abt 1813-1886) 1 3 7
Mother: Catharine Marshall (Abt 1822/1826-1898) 3 7 8
Marriage: 23 Jun 1879 or 1880 - Brady Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 3 9 10
• Family Photo: Knarr family.
Wife Mary A. Buckheite 9
AKA: Mary Bucheit,4 Mary A. Buchhide,10 Mary Buchide 11
Born: - Jefferson Co, PA
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Father: Frederick Buckheite ( - ) 3 9
Mother: Elizabeth Weber ( - ) 3 10
Children
1 M Silas P. Knarr 3 10 12
Born: 25 Mar 1880 3
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Spouse: Alice F. Neilson ( - ) 3
Marr: 1 Sep 1908 3
2 M Burt E. Knarr 3 9 10
AKA: Bert Knarr,11 Albert Knoerr 4
Born: 2 Mar 1882 - DuBois, Clearfield Co, PA 13
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Spouse: Louella London ( - ) 13
General Notes: Husband - Henry S. Knarr
He passed his boyhood in much the usual manner of farmer boys, on the old homestead in Brady township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, near Luthersburg, and obtained his education in the schools of the neighborhood. On leaving home he began learning the tailor's trade at Brookville, Jefferson County, with William Thompson, and having mastered the business, he worked for a time at Reynoldsville, but in July, 1876, he came to DuBois, which at that time was called Rumbarger. Here he also engaged in tailoring, beginning business where the bank building later stood, later carrying on operations on Long avenue and Brady street. He successfully followed merchant tailoring until 1882, and gave employment to sixteen men and women. On disposing of that business he turned his attention to real estate. In 1882 he platted an addition, known as Knarr's addition, to DuBois, and in 1890 platted a second addition. He sold houses and lots to eleven hundred people, and remained the owner of thirty-five dwelling houses, which he rented. He also owned three business blocks in DuBois, which he also rented.
In 1876 Mr. Knarr erected his first buildings in DuBois, a cigar factory and boarding house, and the following year added a hardware store, 20 x 140 feet, to which he made an addition in 1879, 20 x 50 feet, two stories in height. This was burned, however, in 1886, and he then built a brick block, costing $26,000, which was destroyed in the great fire of 1888 which swept the town. With characteristic energy, however, he, the same year, put up a handsome two-story block, also of brick, having a 66-foot frontage on Brady street. The lower floor was divided into three good store rooms, while the upper was used for offices and the Young Men's Christian Association rooms. In 1889 Mr. Knarr erected a brick block on Long avenue, with an eighty-foot frontage, which was made into four store rooms below and four dwellings above.
For three years he was a member of the city council; was elected tax collector in 1886, and in 1888 made the assessment after the fire, and divided the city into four wards. In politics he was a Democrat, and his popularity in DuBois was substantially evinced by his election, in the spring of 1897, to the office of burgess, by a majority of 450, although the city was strongly Republican.
He was a faithful member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
He spent his boyhood on the home farm and attended the country schools. He was a very active and adventurous lad and by accident lost one of his limbs. On this account his father was exceedingly anxious that he should have a college education to enable him to enter one of the professions, but the youth decided otherwise after a trial, and concluded to learn the tailor's trade.
General Notes: Wife - Mary A. Buckheite
from Jefferson Co, PA