Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William A. McKnight and Nannie L. Bailey




Husband William A. McKnight 1

           Born: 26 Nov 1859 - Wisconsin 1
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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Father: Jonas Fell McKnight (1831-Aft 1909) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Jane Ferguson (1835-      ) 1 2


       Marriage: 28 Dec 1887 3



Wife Nannie L. Bailey 3 4

           Born: 29 Jun 1865 - Mercer Co, PA 4
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         Father: William Bailey (      -Aft 1909) 3
         Mother: 




Children
1 M William Floyd McKnight 4

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General Notes: Husband - William A. McKnight


He was born in 1858. [HMC 1909, 593]
He grew up in Clarksville, PA, and was educated in the public schools of Mercer county. In 1880 he entered the drug store of Dr. B. Love, in Sharon, and learned the druggist's profession. In October, 1885, Mr. McKnight purchased the drug store of W. V. Byard, one of the oldest drug houses of Sharon. He was a Democrat, a member of the E. A. U. and N. U.

He grew to manhood in Mercer County, PA. He received his education at the Clarksburg public schools, and worked at the carpenter’s trade with his father. In 1881 he commenced to learn the drug business, in Sharon, and in 1885 engaged in that line of business for himself. He was connected with the fraternal society known as the Protected Home Circle. In his political views he was a Democrat.


Notes: Marriage

The were married in 1880. [HMC 1909, 584]

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 742.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 583.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 743.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 584.


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