Henry Gribben McKnight and Julia Ann Campbell

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Husband Henry Gribben McKnight ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 May 1849 - Hayesville, Ashland Co, OH 1 2
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           Died: 3 Dec 1918 2
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         Father: James McKnight (Abt 1819-1877) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth Gribben (1822-1870) 1 3

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       Marriage: 30 Dec 1875 - Tionesta, Forest Co, PA 3

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Wife Julia Ann Campbell ^{1 3}

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           Born: 8 Mar 1858 - Butler Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: Aft 1919
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         Father: Samuel J. Campbell (1824-1906) 1 4
         Mother: Anna Wallace Russell (1828-1865) 4

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Children

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1 M George Campbell McKnight ^{1 3}

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           Born: 18 Dec 1876 3
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           Died: 13 Jan 1877 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M William Vinson McKnight ^{1 3}

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           Born: 18 Sep 1878 3
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3 M Samuel Clark McKnight ^{1 3}

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           Born: 23 Jan 1882 3
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         Spouse: Mazie Dukes (1883-1912) 3

         Spouse: Blanche Humphrey (1890-      ) 4
           Marr: Aft 1912

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4 F Kitty Frances McKnight ^{1 4}

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           Born: 21 Feb 1888 4
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         Spouse: Frederick H. Jack (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1911 - ? Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Gribben McKnight

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He was seven years old when his parents located in Mansfield, OH, and he received his early education there, later attending Vermillion Institute at Hayesville, OH. He served over three years as an apprentice to the printing trade in the establishment of the Mansfield Herald, a semi-weekly paper, and subsequently worked as a compositor on the Cincinnati Enquirer for two years, also working a year on the Commercial, a morning paper of Pittsburgh, PA, before coming to Oil City in 1871. His first association there was with the Oil City Derrick, as compositor, afterward foreman of the news room, and he was engaged on that paper until, in company with F. W. Bowen and B. F. Gates, he established the Oil City Blizzard, the first issue appearing May 22, 1882. Originally Mr. McKnight had charge of the mechanical department. After a few months Mr. Gates retired, the other two partners continuing the paper, which was a success from the start, occupying a unique position in the newspaper circles of that part of Pennsylvania and popular both as a news sheet and advertising medium. They were associated until the death of Mr. Bowen, April 19, 1915, when Mr. McKnight assumed full charge of the paper until he disposed of his interest, in January, 1916, to Messrs. Charles F. Halderman and Dr. H. A. Downes; Mr. Bowen’s widow also sold her interest.
Under the old government of Oil City Mr. McKnightrepresented the First ward on the school board for five years, having been nominated by the Republicans, indorsed by the Democrats and elected without opposition—a reliable index of the feeling of his fellow citizens toward him. As councilman under the present system, he was superintendent of streets and public improvements, for which duties his judgment had been well developed by the close knowledge of city affairs gained in his long experience in newspaper work. He maintained active affiliation with the Knights of the Maccabees in Oil City, was a member of the Oil City Lodge of Elks, and had held membership in the Knights of Honor and Typographical Union in earlier days. He was reared in the faith of the Methodist Church, with which the McKnight family had long been associated. [CAB, 737]

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General Notes: Wife - Julia Ann Campbell

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She was an active member of Trinity M. E. Church at Oil City, and vice president of the Home Missionary Society of that congregation. She was one of the founders of the Venango County Children’s Home and was a member of the Society for more than thirty years, serving as first vice president.

1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 860.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 736.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 737.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 738.