P. F. Kribbs and Catharine Knight

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Husband P. F. Kribbs ¹

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           Born: Abt 1832
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         Father: Capt. George Kribbs (Abt 1805-1879) 1 2
         Mother: Susanna Sheffer (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1856 3

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Wife Catharine Knight ³

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         Father: Daniel Knight (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 F Florence A. Kribbs ^{3 5}

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            AKA: Florence Cribbs 4
           Born:  - Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA
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         Spouse: Augustine Snowden Karns (1857-Aft 1919) 6
           Marr: 26 Sep 1882 - Edenburg, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA 4 5

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2 M Benton A. Kribbs ^{1 7}

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           Born: 29 May 1859 - Eagle Furnace, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Annabel Hill (      -      ) 3 7
           Marr: 17 Jul 1888 - Edenburg, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA 3

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3 M E. E. Kribbs ³

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4 M W. W. Kribbs ³

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5 M C. C. Kribbs ³

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6 F Susie Kribbs ³

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7 F Mabel Kribbs ³

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General Notes: Husband - P. F. Kribbs

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He spent his boyhood on the old homestead at Beaver City, Clarion County, PA, and acquired his education in the common schools of the neighborhood. At the age of six­teen he went with the family to Eagle Furnace, where he entered a store as salesman, and later served as bookkeeper and manager of the busi­ness. While at that place he was married and two children were born in Richland Township. After coming to Edenburg, or Knox, in 1861, the family circle was increased by the birth of five other children. In 1859 he was elected justice of the peace, which position he filled for fifteen years, and, while engaged in merchandising at Knox, also served as postmaster from 1862 until 1874. He became largely inter­ested in real estate and also in the oil business, owning about one hundred and twenty oil wells which were in operation; but when the hard times set in in 1891, he was forced to make an assign­ment. However, by 1896 he had settled all claims, and in the language of one of the attor­neys of Clarion a large amount of property was redeeded. He was a stanch Democrat in politics, and was a member of the Lutheran Church.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1447.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 555.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1448.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 827.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 669.

6 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 76.

7 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 41.