H. Owen McKnight and Martha E. "Mattie" Paxton

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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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       Marriage: 1 Oct 1873 6

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Welch (1828-1871) 4 5

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Wife Martha E. "Mattie" Paxton ^{3 7}

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            AKA: [Unk] Paxton 1
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           Died: 20 Apr 1884 6
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         Father: Thomas Paxton (1804-1887) 8 9 10
         Mother: Jane Mills (1811/1816-1896) 9 10 11

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Children

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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 1208.

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

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 231, 734.

9 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 844, 1226.

10 Editor, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 80.

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