H. Owen McKnight and Margaret Welch

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Husband H. Owen McKnight ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 29 Sep 1822 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 5
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         Father: Joseph McKnight (1774-1872/1873) 1 5
         Mother: Sarah Anderson (      -1850) 1 5

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   Other Spouse: Martha E. "Mattie" Paxton (      -1884) 3 6 - 1 Oct 1873 7

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Wife Margaret Welch ^{4 5}

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           Born: 7 Jan 1828 4
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           Died: 10 Jun 1871 5
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         Father: Robert Welch (1786-      ) 8 9 10
         Mother: Elizabeth Dawson (1787-      ) 5 10

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Children

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1 F Sarah Anderson "Sadie" McKnight ^{5 11}

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         Spouse: Andrew Thompson Cowden (1855-1899) 11 12
           Marr: 20 Dec 1880 13

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2 M Joseph Addison McKnight ⁵

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            AKA: Owen McKnight 14
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         Spouse: Elizabeth J. "Lizzie" Welch (      -      ) 5 14

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3 F Florence Emma McKnight ^{7 15}

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           Died: Dec 1889 7
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         Spouse: A. Clark Smith (      -      ) 7 15

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4 F Ella Margaret Welch McKnight ^{7 15}

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General Notes: Husband - H. Owen McKnight

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Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA

He settled on the homestead of his father and grandfather. In November, 1879, he introduced Hereford cattle into Washington County for the first time. He purchased five head from a herd in Beecher, Illinois, and thereafter added to his herd by other purchases.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 712.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 734, 1207.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1226.

4 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 169.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1207.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 734, 1208.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1208.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 601, 921, 1207.

9 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 562.

10 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 168.

11 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 101, 170.

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372, 1207.

13 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 101.

14 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 167.

15 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 170.