#5347 Oliver Knepper ( Simon Knepper • Johann Knepper • Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper◊ • Clemens Knepper◊ • Hans Peter Knepper◊ • Tilmann Knepper◊ )
Oliver was born 5 Jun 1837 in Berlin, Brothersvalley Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He died 28 Jan 1899. He was buried in Union Cemetery, Somerset Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania.
In 1860, he was a carpenter in Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. With them lived Lucinda Knepper. Oliver enlisted in the Civil War on 6 Sep 1864 and served as an Orderly Sergeant in Capt M. V. Harding's Co. H, 211 Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was discharged as a sergeant on 2 Jun 1865 in Alexandria, Virginia. In 1870, Oliver was a carpenter in Somerset Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. His real estate was valued at $500 and personal at $800. Oliver was sheriff of Somerset Co. Oliver was killed in the battle of New Musket in the Spanish American War. So far, I have found no references to a battle of that name.
∞ Oliver married #6789 Mary Pugh.
Marriage notes |
They married 5 Aug 1858. |
Mary was born 10 Oct 1836. She died 1917. She was buried in Union Cemetery, Somerset Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania.
In 1900, Mary was Head of Household in Somerset with her three daughters, Laura Bausch, Edith Linton and Florence, and four grandchildren. In 1910, Mary's brother, James L. Pugh lived with her and her daughter, Laura and four grandchildren.
Children of this relationship:
| #6790 | F | i | Laura Belle Knepper | (5 May 1860–26 Nov 1932) |
| #6791 | M | ii | Chester M. Knepper | (10 Dec 1861–1924) |
| #6793 | F | iii | Ada Knepper | (20 Aug 1863–10 Feb 1924) |
| #6792 | F | iv | Cora Knepper | (20 Aug 1863–21 Nov 1946) |
| #6794 | F | v | Edith May Knepper | (5 May 1867–) |
| #6795 | M | vi | Orlo Smith Knepper | (16 Jun 1875–1 Apr 1940) |
| #6796 | F | vii | Florence Agatha Knepper | (10 Jan 1878–) |
Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997). Ref. as [Wig].
Stanley Knepper, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 10 May 1997.
Line Generation: 7
Relationship: Second Cousins Four Times Removed through Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper◊