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John P Knell
JOHN P. KNELL, a resident of Burrell township who has been engaged as
engineer by the Philadelphia Gas Company for thirteen years and also has a
farm in the township, was born there Feb. 2, 1878, and is a son of John and
Sophia Ellen (Woodside) Knell.John Knell, the father, was born Nov. 13, 1848, in Hesse-Darmstadt,
Germany, son of Jacob and Catherine (Poffinberger) Knell, who brought him to
America when he was seven years old. His mother had relatives in Baltimore,
Md. The family located in the city of Allegheny, Pa., later moving to
Birmingham (south side), Allegheny Co., Pa., and Jacob Knell was among the
earliest glass workers at that place. In time he moved his family to Moon
township, Allegheny county, and from there to Ross township, that county,
being engaged in farming near Hulton, on White Oak Levels, for a time, and
later for many years at Cochran Mills, in Armstrong county, remaining there
until he sold out, when he settled at Leechburg, Armstrong county. He has made
his home there since 1910.On July 15, 1875, Mr. Knell married Sophia Ellen Woodside, who was born
Aug. 7, 1858, in Jefferson county, Pa., where her father, Nathan Woodside, was
a farmer and lumberman. Her mother, whose maiden name was Rebecca Sheasley,
was born in western Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Knell have had the following
children: Ann Catherine is married to Jesse P. Remaley, of Burrell township;
John P. is mentioned below; Louis George married Mary (Molly) Rupert, who died
leaving four children, three sons and one daughter; Nathan Emanuel married
Edna Herron, of Bethel township, and they have two children, both boys; Pearl
married Lee Hancock, of Bethel township, and has four children, three sons and
one daughter; Daniel R. married Jessie Woodward, of Burrell township, and they
have three children, all daughters; Winfield Clair lives with his parents at
Leechburg. Three of the sons are employed on the electric line, one is in the
employ of the Philadelphia Gas Company, and one in the employ of the Ford City
Gas Company.John P. Knell, son of John and Sophia Ellen (Woodside) Knell, was reared in
Burrell township, and there received his education, and he has been interested
in farming there for a number of years, owning a farm of thirty acres. For
thirteen years he has been in the employ of the Philadelphia Gas Company, in
the capacity of engineer. He is an industrious and much respected man in his
neighborhood, and is considered one of the reliable citizens of the community.On Jan. 27, 1898, Mr. Knell was married to Maud Wareham, of Bethel
township, this county, daughter of Smith and Estella (Robb) Wareham, of that
township, where her father is a prominent farmer, owning a valuable tract of
seventy-five acres. Mr. and Mrs. Knell have had several children, born as
follows: Laverne J., March 10, 1899; Althea, Feb. 13, 1901; Paul, Jan. 17,
1903; Lester, May 13, 1905; Matilda, Sept. 26, 1907, Laurine, Nov. 26, 1909;
and Robert T., March 2, 1912. Mr. Knell and his family attend the Bethel
Lutheran Church.Source: Pages 691-692. Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J. H. Beers Co., 1914.
Transcribed September 1998 by Carl Waltenbaugh for the Armstrong County Beers
Project.
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