Hon. William C. McKnight and Mary Bell Patton

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Husband Hon. William C. McKnight ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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            AKA: W. H. McKnight 6
           Born: 17 Jan 1819 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Sep 1892 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: Alexander McKnight, Jr. (1786-1821) 1 2 3 4 5
         Mother: Susannah Cummins (      -1836) 1 2 3 4 5

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       Marriage: 5 Apr 1859 4

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   Other Spouse: Louisa H. Davison (      -1854) 4 6 - 16 Dec 1845 4

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Wife Mary Bell Patton ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1892
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. William C. McKnight

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He was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature from Indiana County for the years 1846-47, and in 1852 moved to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged extensively in real estate dealing and farming, becoming wealthy. He lived in retirement for fifteen or twenty years before his death.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 446.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 613.

3 Kate M. Scott, History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 711.

4 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 41.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1106.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 313.