John Lorah and Sophia Knappenberger

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Husband John Lorah ¹

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           Born: 17 Jan 1823 - Berks Co, PA 1
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         Father: Peter Lorah (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah Ritts (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 31 Dec 1846 2

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Wife Sophia Knappenberger ²

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         Father: Daniel Knappenberger (1799-1882) 3 4 5
         Mother: Lydia Berlin (1803-1872) 3 4

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John Lorah

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He came to Clarion County, PA, with his parents, in 1835. He was a farmer, and owned seventy-one acres. He held the office of justice of the peace for about twenty-eight years.

1 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg xxxiii.

2 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg xxxiv.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 611.

4 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg xxx.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 774.