Person:Moses Knappenberger (1)

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Name Moses Knappenberger
Gender Male
Birth? 7 Jan 1826 Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Catherine Anna Kistler
Death? 7 Apr 1898 Jeannette, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial? Brush Creek Cemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
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  1.   Moses Knappenberger, in Find A Grave.

    Greensburg Daily Tribune
    April 8, 1898
    MOSES KNAPPENBERGER
    While eating an apple at noon Thursday, Moses Knappenberger of near Jeannette, fell from his chair and expired. He was one of the wealthiest citizens of Westmoreland county, and formerly owned a greater part of the ground on which Jeannette now stands. When gas was struck in the Grapeville belt he succeeded in amassing a comfortable fortune by disposing of his farm. He was 72 years old and leaves a wife and four children, D.T., George W. and Henry of Jeannette and Mrs. Mary Cope of Allegheny. Funeral Saturday at 1 o'clock. Interment at Brush Creek.

    Family Members
    Spouse
    Martha Magdalene Croushore Knappenberger
    1829–1909

    Children
    Margaret Elizabeth Knappenberger
    1853–1869
    Mary C. Knappenberger Heaps
    1854–1926
    George Washington Knappenberger
    1856–1942
    Sarah Emma Knappenberger Allshouse
    1858–1885
    Henry John Knappenberger
    1860–1918
    William Knappenberger
    1865–1891
    James Gregg Knappenberger
    1866–1876