Sarah <I>Campbell</I> Knittle

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Sarah Campbell Knittle

Birth
Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 Jan 1890 (aged 63)
Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Montour County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Front row right side of main walking area
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Sarah Campbell, daughter of Obadiah Campbell Jr.(1779-1866) and Elizabeth Shipman (1787-1866), wife of Aaron Shultz Knittle (1824-1892). Mother of 8 children who lived to adult hood:
1. Daniel F. (1851-1927).
2. Joseph C. (1854-1913).
3. Mary Elizabeth (1857-1917) married to Franklin P. Mourer.
4. John Mayberry Knittle(1859-1935) who went out west with his sister Emma Johanna first to Illinois, then Kansas then to New Mexico then onto Turlock, Stanislaus Co. Calif where he died.
5. Sophia Jennie, known as Aunt Jennie to family (1861-1954) she married John Raker Frederick.
6. Emma Johanna (1863-1906) who married William E. Blakely and went out west first to Illinois with brother John Mayberry Knittle then on to Gray Co. Kansas where she and William Blakely married Feb. 9, 1888. Later they went on to Oklahoma and then to New Mexico where she died.
7. Laura Elva (1865-1936) married to Cyrus O.Evert.
8. Dallas Knittle, (1867-1956) died in Shamokin State Hospital, known as Uncle Dal, who did not marry.

Sarah and Aaron S. Knittle were incorrectly noted in the History of Columbia and Montour County and The Knittle Family Genealogy as being the parents of another daughter, Mary Emma Knittle ( 1856-1879) who was the daughter of Aaron's brother, Jacob and Angelina Derr Knittle and who died from Diphtheria and is buried with her parents at Union Cemetery in Catawissa. The Campbell family were one of the founding members of the Elysburg Presbyterian Church and were noted for their fine singing voices as quoted in the History of Northumberland Co. Pa..
Sarah Campbell, daughter of Obadiah Campbell Jr.(1779-1866) and Elizabeth Shipman (1787-1866), wife of Aaron Shultz Knittle (1824-1892). Mother of 8 children who lived to adult hood:
1. Daniel F. (1851-1927).
2. Joseph C. (1854-1913).
3. Mary Elizabeth (1857-1917) married to Franklin P. Mourer.
4. John Mayberry Knittle(1859-1935) who went out west with his sister Emma Johanna first to Illinois, then Kansas then to New Mexico then onto Turlock, Stanislaus Co. Calif where he died.
5. Sophia Jennie, known as Aunt Jennie to family (1861-1954) she married John Raker Frederick.
6. Emma Johanna (1863-1906) who married William E. Blakely and went out west first to Illinois with brother John Mayberry Knittle then on to Gray Co. Kansas where she and William Blakely married Feb. 9, 1888. Later they went on to Oklahoma and then to New Mexico where she died.
7. Laura Elva (1865-1936) married to Cyrus O.Evert.
8. Dallas Knittle, (1867-1956) died in Shamokin State Hospital, known as Uncle Dal, who did not marry.

Sarah and Aaron S. Knittle were incorrectly noted in the History of Columbia and Montour County and The Knittle Family Genealogy as being the parents of another daughter, Mary Emma Knittle ( 1856-1879) who was the daughter of Aaron's brother, Jacob and Angelina Derr Knittle and who died from Diphtheria and is buried with her parents at Union Cemetery in Catawissa. The Campbell family were one of the founding members of the Elysburg Presbyterian Church and were noted for their fine singing voices as quoted in the History of Northumberland Co. Pa..

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What dear one's voice is smothered here in dust. Till waked to join the chorus of the just. Honored. Loved.



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