The Knifong Family Histories Section
v20  7/16/10

George Balthasar Neufang Martin Jesse Neufang
Martin Jesse Knifong, Jr John Jesse Knifong
George Washington Knifong Minnie Rogers Knifong (Harvey) Mary Doris Harvey (DeWitt)
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Georg Balthasar
Neufang / Neufong

(son of  Johann Martin Neufang and
Maria Barbara LaFerre)


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Children of Balthasar Neufang (with first wife)
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Balthasar Neufang 
(b. 31 Dec 1718 Steinbach, Germany  
d. abt. 12 Jan 1788 Schuylkill, Berks Co., PA)
(ref1)
and Anna Barbara Bushling
(b. 1725 in Oberalben, RheinPfalz, Germany
(ref2)
  d. 6 Mar 1756 in York, York County, PA,. murdered by Indians.**)
married Abt 1744 in Germany
From the Roster of the German Regiments. Enlisted 15 Jul., 1776 as a Private in Benjamin Weisers Company of the General Batt. of Continental troops commanded by Col Nicholas Haussegger, in barracks, Philidelphia, 3 Oct., 1776. Served under Anthony Wayne. Was at Trenton, Princeton and in May 1777 was in Debores Brigade of Sullivans division. (refSo that makes all his descendants, Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution!

Martin Jesse
M 1745 Berks Co, PA 1775 Rowan Co, NC Anna Maria Glatfelder / 
Clodfelter/
Kladfelter
1773
Rowan, NC
Sarah
Martin Jesse
  Knifong
*
Peter ** M 1747 Schuylkill, PA Abt 1774 ? Dorothea Clodfelter
(ref)
1773 ?
Anna Barbara F 13 Jul 1749 Berks Co. PA ? ? ? ? ?
John Jacob M 14 Jan 1750/51 ? 10 Sep 1800 ? ? ? ?
George
aka
John Jorg
(ref2)
M 1752-1753 Berks Co. PA
(ref2)
8 Mar 1797 Rowan Co, NC Susanna Glatfelder / 
Clodfelter/
Kladfelter
b. 20 Dec 1760
in York, PA
d. 28 Sep 1793
Rowan, NC
buried in Davidson Co, NC
(ref2)


(ref1)
1778
Rowan, NC
Susanna    
(Neufang
/Nifong)

George  (Neufang/Nifong)

Adam N

  (
Nifong)

Anna Mary
  (Nifong)
Magdalena
  (Nifong)
Jacob
  (Nifong)

(ref1)
For details about these children:
(ref2)
Note: Davidson Co, NC was Rowan Co., NC (ref2) Elizabeth
(ref2)
? -

Notes:

* Note that Martin Jesse, Jr., son of Martin Jesse Neufang used the Knifong name rather than Neufang.
** Peter was kidnapped on 6 Mar 1756 when Indians murdered his mother.  He was held for 3 years.

Details were made available by Mary Ned Fotis.

Children of Balthasar Neufang (with second wife)
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Balthasar Neufang  (b. 31 Dec 1718  d. abt. 12 Jan 1788)
and Elizabeth ? (b. ?  d. ?) (ref)
married 1758
Anna Catherine
F 12 Jun 1759
Schuylkill, PA 9 May 1839
Schuylkill, PA ? ? ?
Michael M Abt 1761 Schuylkill, PA ? ? ? ? ?
John M Abt 1763 Schuylkill, PA ? ? ? ? ?
Daniel M Abt 1764
? ? Rudolph, IL
? ? ?
Maria Magdalena
F 27 Apr 1766
Schuylkill, PA 14 Feb 1837
Schuylkill, PA William Koch
? ?
Elizabeth F Abt 1768
Schuylkill, PA ? ? ? ? ?


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Martin Jesse
Neufang

(son of Balthasar Neufang
and Anna Barbara Bushling)

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Parents
Children of Martin Jesse Neufang
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Martin Jesse Neufang  (b. 1745 in PA  d. 1775 in NC)  (ref)
and Anna Marie Glatfelder/Clodfelter (b. Bef 22 Jul 1753 in York PA  d. ?) (ref)
married Abt 1773 Rowan, NC
Sarah F 1770 VA ? Feb
1853
Rowan, NC John King
b. 1770
d. 1853

(ref)
22 Oct 1795
in Wythe Co, VA

Sarah Ann
John
Mary
Molly
Anne
Catherine
Eliza
Barbara
2 more (ref2)

Martin Jesse
M 1774 Rowan Co, NC 1841 in MO,
buried in Knifong Cemetery
Browning,
Sullivan Co, MO

He donated the land for the Knifong family cemetery and he was the first person to be buried there. (ref2)
Eva Wolfe
b. 1778 in PA
d. 1840 in MO
buried in Knifong Cemetery
Browning,
Sullivan Co, MO
1798-1799 Mary "Polly" (ref)
Martha (ref)
Sarah Ann (ref)
John Jesse (ref)
Ellen (ref)
Joseph W.
Felix C. (ref)
Didamcy (ref)
Caleb (ref)

Elizabeth W. (ref)

More information is available on each of these children.

Notes:
Most of these data come from: Myers Genealogy
Additional details were made available by Mary Ned Fotis.

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Martin Jesse
Knifong, Jr

(son of Martin Jesse Neufang and 
Anna Marie Glatfelder/Clodfelter)

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Parents
Children of Martin Jesse Knifong, Jr.
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Martin Jesse Knifong, Jr.  (b. 1774 NC  d. 1841 MO)  (ref) (FindAGrave)
and Eve Wolfe (b. 1778 PA d. 1840 MO) (ref) (ref2) (FindAGrave)
married 1798-1799
Mary 'Polly' (ref) F 17 Feb 1800 Russell Co. VA 29
Dec 1890
Sullivan Co, MO

(FindAGrave)
Patrick McQuown
b. 10 Apr 1803 in VA
d. 10 Apr 1879
Sullivan Co, MO

(ref)

(FindAGrave)
1820 in VA Elizabeth
b. 20 Mare 1825
     Russell, VA
d. 15 Jul 1863
    (FIndAGrave)
m. David M. Gilmer
     b. 1827
     d. 1866
     (FIndAGrave)

Robert Mason
b. 1827
     Russell, VA
d. 1877

John Gilmer
b. 13 Jul 1829
     Russell, VA
d. ?

Hannah Jane
b. Oct 1831
     Russell, VA
d. 30 Nov 1925 WA
m. John Martin Gose
     b. 22 Feb 1826 VA
     d. Mar 1919 WA


Martha Ann
b. 18 Dec 1834
     Russell, VA
d. 22 Jan 1916
    Toledo, Lincoln, OR
m. William C Martin
     b. 1834
     d. Aft 1910


Malinda S
b. 1836
     Russell, VA
d. 1877
m. Benjamin Flathers
     b. 1839 KY
     d. Aft 1910


Virginia
   Catherine
b. 10 Jun 1838
     Russell, VA
d. 10 Apr 1901
    Kansas City, MO

John Wesley
   Price
b. 31 Mar 1842
     Russell, VA
d.  24 Aug 1913
     (FindAGrave)
m. Julia Ester Davis
     b. 11 Dec 1853
     d. 2 May 1940
     (FindAGrave)

more info: (ref2)

Martha (ref)

martha
F 13 Nov 1801 Lee, VA
16 Feb 1887
Sullivan Co, MO William Gose, Sr.
b. 26 Jun 1798 
   Grayson, VA
d. 5 Jun 1865
  
Sullivan Co,
   MO

(ref)

parents:
Christopher Gose
1760 Ð 1817
 
Mary Elizabeth Litz
1772 Ð 1843

30 Jan 1823 in Lee, VA
Stephen Mathis
1824 Ð 1877
 
John Martin
1826 Ð 1919
 
Sarah Ann
1828 Ð 1896
 
Christopher Columbus
1830 Ð 1870
 
William M
1833 Ð 1928
 
Robert
1835 Ð
 
Felix B
1837 Ð 1923
 
Joseph M
1841 Ð
 
Mary Elizabeth
1844 Ð 1922
 
Eustace Enslow
1848 Ð
 
John M Gose
1853 Ð

more info: (ref2)

Sarah Ann (ref) F 17 Dec
1804
Russell Co. VA 5 Feb 1875 Browning,
Sullivan Co, MO
Uriah Harris
b. 1809 NC
d. 17 Nov 1879
Sullivan Co, MO
(ref)
1830 in VA
Charles
   Martin 
   'Mart'
b. 11 Feb 1831
d. 10 Jan 1920
    (FindAGrave)
m1. Elizabeth P.
      Franklin
     
b. ?
      d. Bef 1864
m2. Mary Josephine
      Harmon
     
b. 16 Oct 1847
      d. 28 Dec 1917


(His grandson
Henry Oscar Harris
married Bertha Knifong, dau. of Geo. W Knifong)

Philip
   McQuown
   'Mac'
b. 1834
d. ?
m. Malinda L
     McQuown


John J
b. 1839
d. ?
m.

Delema E
b. 1839
d. ?
m.

Sarah Ann
b. 1841
d. ?
m.

Harriet E
b. 1841
d. Bef 1880
m. Thaddeus Clay
     Hambrick


Mary Jane
b. 1847
d. ?
m.

Priscilla Eva
b. 31 May 1850
d. 10 Jan 1884
m. John Martin


more info: (ref2)

John Jesse (ref) M 5 Oct 1806 Russell Co. VA 28 Jan 1864 buried in
Knifong 
cemetery, 
near Browning,
Sullivan Co, MO

(FindAGrave)
Anna R. Lambert
b. 30 May 1810 in Russell Co., VA
d. 6 Sep 1882 in MO and buried in Knifong
Cemetery (ref)

(FindAGrave)

1831
in Russell Co., VA
Eliza Jane
Margaret
  Elizabeth
Catherine Eve
Mary M.
Missouri Ann
Virginia I.
  'Jennie'
James Knox Polk
George
  Washington

Joseph D.
Hester A

more info: (ref2)
Also scroll down
to section on John
Jesse Knifong.

Don DeWitt
is a descendant
of John and Anna.

Ellen (ref) F 1809 Russell Co. VA 1834 VA
Sterling Willis
(ref)

? Elizabeth
more info: (ref2)
Joseph Wampler
(Oregon Pioneer Biographies: ref)
wagon

They headed for Oregon on 20 Apr 1852 from Sullivan, Co. MO.

M 21 Apr 1811 Russell Co. VA 5 Nov 1880 buried in Willamina Cemetery,
Polk Co, OR
(website)

  (FindAGrave)

grave
Rhoda Ann Thurlo
b.
d. 2 Aug 1852 
(read the stories of the trip to Oregon #1.....
or ...#2)


(ref)
 1840
in Sullivan 
Co, MO
John Martin (ref)
  b. 6 Apr 1846 MO
  d. 21 Nov 1895
  (FindAGrave)

   m. L. J. (Jane) Sheldon
   divorced later
   m. Sarah Butt
        b.
        d. 4 May 1899
       m. on
           15 Sept 1880
    Tillamook Co, OR

Pasca H.
  b. Abt 1847 MO
  d.

Olive Elizabeth
  b. Abt 1851 MO
  d. 1936
   (FindAGrave)
    Burial:
    Deer Creek Cemetery
    Yamhill County
    Oregon, USA

  m. Christopher Hussey
     on 3 Oct 1867
      b.1844
      d. 1902
   (FindAGrave)

(Read her story.)

more info: (ref2)


Polly Owen
(aka Mary) White )
b. 13 Sep 1821
d. 29 Apr
    1897
OR *

   (FindAGrave)

* Burial in
Willamina Pioneer Cemetery
Yamhill Co, OR

(website)

(see interesting story: ref and
at FindAGrave above.)

(ref)



19 Feb 1854
Yamhill,
Polk Co, OR
Elizabeth F White
    dau of Polly from
    former marriage
  b. 12 Jun 1849 MO
  d. 19 Aug 1863 OR*
(ref)
   (FindAGrave)
   read also mother's
   FIndAGrave

children of Polly
and Joseph W Knifong

Mary
  b. 2 July 1854
  d. 25 Aug. 1863 OR*
   (FindAGrave)

Ella
  b. Aug. 1856
  d. Aug. 1863 OR *
   (FindAGrave)

Rhoda Ann
  b. Abt. 1857
  d. 26 Jan. 1882
   (FindAGrave)

  m. James H. Hunt
    on 3 July 1881

James
  b. Feb. 1858
  d. 1 day OR *
   (FindAGrave)

Stephen
 (twin)-
  b. Dec. 1859
  d. Prob. at birth OR *
   (FindAGrave)

Thomas
 (twin)-
  b. Dec. 1859
  d. Prob. at birth
OR *
   (FindAGrave)

Clara
  b. 19 June 1864-
  d. 18 May 1874
OR *
   (FindAGrave)

Luella
  (twin)
   b. Aug. 1864
   d. Prob. at birth
OR *
   (FindAGrave)
Leuvicy
  (twin)
   b. Aug. 1864
   d. Prob. at birth
OR *
   (FindAGrave)

(ref)
9 children
all died young except
Rhoda Ann
see ref

Felix C. (ref) M 1814 Russell, VA 1850 Browning, Sullivan Co., MO Lucy Hamilton
b. 1818
in VA
d, 19 Mar 1835
VA

(ref)

1833
Russell, VA
Harriett E
b. 19 Mar 1835
VA
d. 1919 in MO

more info: (ref2)

Esther C. Sturgill
b. 1821
in NC
d, 1888 in Baker, OR
(ref)
18 Feb 1847,  Sullivan Co, MO Luciann
b. 1848 in MO
John W
b. 1849 in MO
m. Sarah Smailes

more info: (ref2)

Didamcy (ref) F 1817 Russell, VA 6 Apr 1860
MO
Edmond Franklin
b. 1813
in KY
(ref)
22 Jul 1851, Sullivan, MO Jessie M
1851 Ð 1932
 
Joseph M
1854 Ð 1910
 
Benjamin C
1857 Ð


more info: (ref2)

Caleb (ref) (ref)

living in Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan Co, MO in 1870
M 23 Mar 1818
Russell, VA
9 Jul 1871

Knifong Cem.,
Browning, Sullivan Co., MO

(FindAGrave)
Grace Hoskins
b. 31 Mar 1825
in MO
d. 25 Nov 1897

(ref)

(FindAGrave)
1847 in MO
David Martin*
 
b. 1848 in MO
  d. 2 Apr 1900
   m. Malinda E. Petty
      
b. 1847
           in MO

       d. 23 Jun 1924
          (Death Cert)
   living with son
   Samuel Tilden
   (age 41) in
    1920
in
    Pleasant Hill
    Township,
    Sullivan Co,
    MO
    children:
      Caleb Lester
       b. 17 Oct 1882
       d. 9 Mar 1946
          (Death Cert)
      Edward V.
       b. ?
       d. 2 Oct 1946
          (Death Cert)

Robert Minchel
  b. 16 Jan 1850 in MO
 
d. 6 Apr 1889

Eliza A
  (aka Elizabeth A)
  b. 1852
in MO
 
d. Aft 1870

Alice E
  (aka Olive
   Alice)
  b. 1854
in MO
 
d. 1885 in MO

Susan Eva (ref)
  b. 2 Feb 1856
in MO
 
d. 26 Dec 1917 in TX
      LaPryor,
       Zavala TX
  m. Jerile (Jerial)
       Dodge
       Jessee  (ref2)
       in 1875
  children:
  Elver Victor
  Alva
  Byrd
  Ada
  Walter
  Zenas
  May
  Leona
  Paul

Videy (or
   Veda) Elvina
  b. 6 Jan 1857
in MO
  d. 13 Dec 1946

John T
  b. 23 Feb 1860 
in MO
 
d. 25 Oct 1871

Martha Jane (ref)
  b. 25 Jul 1863 
in MO
 
d. 8 May 1902
   in Browning, MO
   m. George Flemm
        Bausell
      children: (ref)

Mary Francis
(ref)
  b. 12 Jul 1864  in MO
 
d. 29 Aug 1926
   in Browning, MO
   m. Isaiah Fuller
        Bausell
      children: (ref)

Caleb Bradford
(ref)
    b. 30 Nov 1867
      in MO
   
d. 19 Apr 1953
      Milan
      Sullivan Co,
       MO
    (Death Cert)
   
(FindAGrave)

  m. Julia Jane Fields
       b. 14 Apr 1873
       d. 30 Jul 1938
    (Death Cert)
  children:
  Roy Caleb
    b. 7 Sep 1892
  Ester Perrry (son)
    b. 8 Oct 1893 **
  Ola Francis (dau)
    b. 17 May 1895 **
  William 'Bryan'
    b. 28 Feb 1898 **
    m Bessie Jones
  Orbra Bradford (son)
    b. 20 Oct 1900 **

Sarah A
b. 22 Mar 1869 
in MO
d. 22 Sep 1870

All info from 1870 census

* Not sure if he is son of Caleb but he is living next door in 1870 to Caleb and could be the oldeest child

** living next door
to Caleb in 1930
in Sullivan Co.

more info: (ref2)

Elizabeth W. (ref) F 11 Nov 1823 Russell Co, VA 13 Aug 1864
MO John Bradford Harmon
/ Harman
b. 19 Jan 1825 in Boyle, KY
d. 17 Apr 1882
in Sullivan
Co. MO
(ref)

son of
Jacob Harmon
and
Elizabeth
Pipes

John remarried Sarah Frances Bundridge
b. 1842
d. 1928

They had 8 more children.

24 Nov 1846
in Sullivan
Co. MO
by Joseph McAlister
from Sullivan Co Marriages
1845-1890
pg 6
Rhuann Eve
1849 Ð 1929
 
Margaret
1851 Ð 1932
 
Elizabeth
1856 Ð
 
John B
1857 Ð
 
Jacob
1859 Ð 1946
 
Nancy A
1860 Ð
 
Nora H
1863 Ð
 
Sarah
1864 Ð


more info: (ref2)
Notes:
All of these data come from: Myers Genealogy
(No longer functional as of 2010)
More information is available on each of these children by clicking on the (ref) after each name.



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John Jesse
Knifong

(son of  Martin Jesse Knifong, Jr
and Eve Wolfe)

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Parents
Children of John Jesse Knifong
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of John Jesse Knifong  (b. 5 Oct 1806 VA  d. 28 Jan 1864 MO)  (ref) (FindAGrave)
and Anna "Annie" R. Lambert (b. 30 May 1810 VA  d. 6 Sep 1882 MO) (ref) (FindAGrave)
married 1831 in Russell Co., VA (ref)
Eliza
Jane
F 11 Jan 1832 in Russell Co, VA
(ref2)
12 March 1857 Buried in
Knifong Cemetery
(FindAGrave)
James
M. or A. Pipes
(ref)
buried in Knifong 
Cemetery, 
Browning, MO

married Eliza's sister after Eliza's death (see Virginia below)
or click on his name

1 Jun 1854
in Sullivan Co., MO
Mollie 
  b: ABT 1854
    in Sullivan Co., MO

Elizabeth
Mary Ann
  b. 22 May 1855
    in Sullivan Co., MO
  d. 7 Jul 1939 in OK
  m Charles Hubbard

Jonathan
William 
  b. 12 Mar 1857
    in Sullivan Co., MO
  d. 7 Aug 1926
      Schulyer Co., MO
  m. Emma Louisa
        Curtis
        b. 16 Aug 1857
        d. 31 Jul 1897

     Children:
    - Downey
       b. ?
    - William
       b. 1879
    - Seaman Curtis
       b. 3 Sep 1888
           in Sullivan
          Co., MO

        d. ? Jan 1973
           Adair Co., MO
           (FindAGrave)
          m1. Mabel Belzer
          m2. Orpha Truitt
              (FindAGrave)
     -Auguissa
       b. 13 May 1892


Margaret Elizabeth F 1834 in Russell Co, VA
(ref2)
1868
Living with Christian
and children in 1860 next door to James Pipes and wife Virginia
and father John Knifong.

? Christian Wampler
b: 1826
d. ?
 (ref)
27 Aug 1856 (Wampler  ref) states:
Mary A.
  b. 1857
Martha J. 
  b. 1859
Floyd 
Louisa M. 
William J. 
Thomas Jefferson
  b. 22 Jun 1867
  d. 22 Mar 1916
    (FindAGrave)
  m. Josephine Sevier
      b.
      d. 23 Dec 1905
      children:
    -  Nellie V
       b. 1902
       d.
   -  Lyle J
       b. 1904
       d.



Catherine Eve F 5 Mar 1836 Russell Co., VA  25 Mar
1905
in Elgin,
Union, OR

(FindAGrave)
(also has Obit)
Jesse Sargent Darr (ref)
b: 1834 VA
d. 25 Dec 1930
in Union, OR

(FindAGrave)

(ref2)


They moved
to Oregon from Missouri
in 1881 via
covered wagon.
8 Feb 
1857
Sullivan Co, MO
Luella J. 
  b. 20 Nov 1857
      in MO
  d. 13 May 1942 OR

John Marcus 
  b. 5 Jun 1859
    in Enterprise,
    Linn Co., MO
  c. 23 Oct 1945 OR

Samuel C. 
  b. 14 Apr 1861
    in Sullivan Co.,
    MO

  d. 1 Jun 1936 OR

George O. 
  b. 27 Feb 1863
      in MO
  d. 30 Apr 1864 MO

Charles J. 
  b 27 Feb 1865
      in MO
  d. 31 Jul 1931 OR

Martha A.
"Matt"  (Farley)
  b. 27 Jun 1867
      in MO
  d. 19 Mar 1962 OR

Hester 'Emma'
(Patten) 
  b. 14 Oct 1870
      in MO
  d. 10 Jul 1954
   (FIndAGrave)

Alta B.  (George)
  b. 25 Aug 1872
  in Sullivan Co.,
  MO
  d. 7 Jun 1951 CA

William P.
"Bill"
  b: 2 Sep 1874
      in MO
  d. 10 Jan 1940 OR

Joseph D.
  b. ? Mar 1877
  in Sullivan Co.,
  MO
  d. 23 Jun 1934 OR

Mary M.  F 1839 Russell Co., VA  1879

Living with children in 1870 next door to James Pipes and wife Virginia
and father John Knifong
and brother George.

Knifong 
Cemetery, 
Browning, MO
Robert
Long (ref)
b: 1836
d. 1865?

Who is father
of Abbie and Joseph?
15 Jan 1857  
in MO
Annie E
  b: 1857
John J.
  b: 1860
George W.
  b: 1863
James Ed 
  b: 1864
Abbie
  b: 1866
Joseph
  b: 1868

Missouri Ann F 5 Mar 1841 in Sullivan Co, MO  29 Sep 1878  Knifong 
Cemetery, 
Browning, MO
Thomas Williams
(ref)
b: 28 Sep 1826
d. 5 Feb 1906
12 Nov 1863 Cora 
Meg
Susie 
Elizabeth
Molly
  b. 1867
  d. ?

Molly
  b. 1868
  d. ?

William Jesse 
  b: 24 Jan 1875 in
    Browning,
    Sullivan Co., MO
   d. 15 Dec 1959
        in NV




Virginia I.  'Jennie' F 3 May 1843 in Sullivan Co, MO
3 Oct 1927 Knifong 
Cemetery, 
Browning, MO

(FindAGrave)

1870 census
Pleasant Hill,
Sullivan Co., MO
living near
mother Annie
brothers Joseph D
and James K
sister Esther A

James M. or A. Pipes
(ref)

b.
28 Oct
    1835

d. 26 Mar
    1928


buried in Knifong 
Cemetery, 
Browning, MO

previously married Virginia's sister Eliza (see Eliza above)
(FindAGrave)

13 Apr 1859
in Sullivan Co., MO

as listed in
Marriage Records of
Sullivan Co, MO 1845-1859
pg 63
Bertie
Elizabeth
  b: 1860 in Cora,
    Sullivan Co., MO
  d. 7 May 1922 OK

Florence
Ann
  b: 13 Jun 1863
     in Cora,
     Sullivan Co., MO
  d. 9 Jan 1907 MO
     (FindAGrave)
  m. John W. Hollon

Mertie
  b: 1865 in
     Sullivan Co., MO


Edward
'Eddie'
Seymour
  b: 2 Feb 1869  in
     Sullivan Co., MO
   d. 13 Mar 1930 MO

     (FindAGrave)
m1. Nancy Bohanan
m2. Clella Knifong

Arminta
Marguerita
 b. 7 Apr 1867 MO
 d.  31 Dec 1947 MO
     (FindAGrave)
 m. Ephraim Hollon

James
Anderson
 b. 13 Aug 1871 MO
 d.  3 Mar 1937 MO
   (FindAGrave)
m1. Rebecca
       Brinkley
m2. Ivah Sayres


Clella
Clely May
 b. 1876 MO
 d. 13 Jan 1880 MO



Lillie
 b. 3 Nov 1878 MO
 d. 9 Jan 1932 MO
   (FindAGrave)
m. Thomas Bunch

Jesse
 b. 9 Mar 1880 MO
 d. 26 Jul 1930 MO

Kate Eldora
 b. 23 Oct 1882 MO
 d. 18 Jun 1955 

Charles Edgar
  b: 1 Jun 1885
    in Sullivan Co., MO
  d. 30 Oct 1955 MO

James Knox Polk


26 Jun 1900 census
Pleasant Hill,
Sullivan Co., MO
living with
wife Rebecca
Elsie A
Earnest L
Ivy P
M 1 Aug 1846 near Browning, Sullivan Co, MO 26 May 1925
(ref)

(Death Cert)

listed as James Polk Kinfong
Buried in Knifong Cem, Sullivan Co, MO

(FindAGrave)


Rebeca Jane
Becky
Bausell

(aka Boswell (ref)
(aka Bausell)
(ref)
or Bauswell
Death Certificate
states last name was Bauswell


  b. 5 Dec 1850
      in MO
  d. 16 Dec
       1912
    in Sullivan
     Co, MO
buried in Knifong Cem
Linn Co, MO
  (Death Cert)

(FindAGrave)

parents:
John Calvin  
  Bausell
Nancy Susan
  Fuller
(ref)


1880 census
Pleasant Hill,
Sullivan Co., MO
James age 33
Rebecca age 27
Alden age 7
Hermon age 6
Neva age 4
Anna age 2
(ref)

Tombstone has her name spelled Rebeca J.


10 Sep 1871
in Sullivan 
Co., MO
Alden
Liten (son)
  b: 30 Jul 1872
  near Browning, MO
  d. 20 Dec 1959
  (FindAGrave)
  m. Clarice Larell Hubler
       b. 3 Aug 1873
       d. 27 Feb 1973
        (FindAGrave)

James
Herman
  b. 8 Jan 1874 in MO
  d. 4 jan 1927 Adair, MO
    (Death Cert)
    mothers last name
    was Bausell

Neva
Rogers
  b. 20 Jun 1876  in MO
  d. 23 Dec 1957 MO


Elsie
Ann
  b: 30 Dec 1878 
      in MO
  d. 29 Aug 1967 WA

Ernest
Lee
  b: 22 Sep 1886
     in MO
  d. 8 Sep 1963 WA

Janet L.
  b: 1887 MO


Ivy Pearl
  b: 28 May 1888
       in MO
  d. 29 May 1956 MO

1870 census
Pleasant Hill,
Sullivan Co., MO
living with
mother Annie
brother Joseph D
sister Esther A

next to sister Virginia and her husband James Pipes

and brother George and wife Martha


George Washington
M 11 Dec 1848 MO


29 Jan 
1922
Browning, Linn Co, MO

buried in Knifong Cem, Linn Co, MO
(FindAGrave)
Martha Ann Pipes
b. 24 Feb 1849
d. 1 Oct 1930
(FindAGrave)

parents:

George Washington
Pipes

Mary Elizabeth
"Polly" Pipes


10 May 
1868
in Sullivan 
Co., MO
Mary Ann
  "Mollie"
John "Jessie"

Minnie Rogers

Bertha Ruth
Ada Lee
Effie Katherine
  "Kate"
George
   William "Will"
Ardie
Raymond D.

Don DeWitt
is a descendant
of George and
Martha.


Click on George
Washington
Knifong's name
at the left to
view more
details about
the family.


Joseph David M 25 Mar 1851 Browning, Sullivan Co., MO


(ref2)

7 Aug 1916
(FindAGrave)
Knifong Cemetery
Browning, MO
Linn Co, MO?
Mary Catherine Christy (ref)
b. 1855
d. 1881

1872 Ora Lewis
b. 23 Sep 1877
     Sullivan, MO
d. 2 Jan 1909
   Lander, Freemont, WY


Edward Everett
b. 1879 MO
d. 1908 MO


1870 census
Pleasant Hill,
Sullivan Co., MO
living with
mother Annie
brother James K
sister Esther A

next to sister Virginia and her husband James Pipes

Isabelle "Belle"
Bullock 
b. 6 Jan 1859
Ontario, Canada
d. 2 Jan 1946
(Death Cert)

(FindAGrave)
Knifong Cemetery
Browning, MO

Her first marriage
was to
William J Browning in 1875


1882 Clarence G.
b 11 May 1883  
    Browning,
    Sullivan, MO
d 18 May 1936
    Lander, Freemont, WY
m. on 27 Apr 1911
to
    Isabel Mae Heaton
     b 1886 WY
     d. ?

Hester A.
Esther A. in 1870 census
F 26 Jan 1854 MO

Owned a Livery Stable in Browning, MO

(ref2)

1870 census
Pleasant Hill,
Sullivan Co., MO
living with
mother Annie
brother James K
sister Esther A

next to sister Virginia and her husband James Pipes
13 Jul 1877

See will
below.
Knifong Cemetery
Browning,
Sullivan Co, MO

(FindAGrave)

Gravestone
has her name as
"Hestera. R
Knifong"

- - -
From Sullivan County, Missouri Wills, 1849-1880
OSPage: 205
Name: Hester A. Knifong
To my mother, Anna Knifong.....one promisary note from Jesse S. Darr for $80.
One note on George W. Knifong for $100.
One from G. W. Knifong for $50.
To my sister in law, Martha Knifong.....
To my brothers and sisters I bequeath one dollar to James K. Knifong, George W. Knifong, Joseph D. Knifong, Jane Pipes, Catharine Davis, Margaret Wampler, Mary Long, Missouri Williams, and Virginia Pipes, Patrick McQuown and Anna Knifong, adm.
Written 7 July 1877 Witnesses: Patrick McQuown and Charles C. Jesse
Recorded: 14 August 1877

Notes:
Most of these data come from: Myers Genealogy
(No longer functional as of 2010)

and for the spouse/children: the My Mom's Mini Roots by Richard Smith

In addition: The Neufang family, 1567-1992: A genealogy  by Richard K. Neufang
(and a 2002 digital update)

Annie Knifong (age 60 and widowed) and children James K, Joseph D and Esther A were living in Pleasant Hill Township
in Sullivan Co, MO in the 1870 census.  Nearby was son George (age 21) and his wife Martha A
(age 19)
and their daughter Mary A (age 1) (See 1870)

Complete names of George Washington's children were made available by Mary Ned Fotis.
More information is available on each of these children.

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George Washington
Knifong

(son of John Jesse Knifong and
Anna R. Lambert)

Album

ACTIVE
Parents
Children of George Washington Knifong
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of George Washington Knifong  (b. 11 Dec 1848  d. 29 Jan 1922)  (ref) (FindAGrave)
and Martha Ann Pipes (b. 24 Feb 1849  d. 1 Oct 1930) (ref) (PIPES GENEOLOGY) (FindAGrave)
married on 10 May 1868 in Sullivan Co., MO
Mary Ann 'Mollie'
(photo)
F 20 May 
1869
MO 18 Apr 1939 ? George Fletcher "Fletch" Foster
  b. May 1859
      in NC
  d. 
17 Apr 1949
8 Feb
1888
Floya (dau.)
 b . Dec 1888
      in MO

 d. Aft 1900
Opal C (dau.)
 b . Jun 1891
      in MO

 d. Aft 1910
George
  Lee
  (son)

 b . Apr 1893
      in MO

 d. Aft 1920
Edna A (dau.)
 b . Jan 1895
      in MO

 d. Aft 1920
Martha
 Eva (dau.)
 b . Feb 1897
      in MO

 d. Aft 1920
Bernice L (dau.)
 b . Jul 1899
      in MO

 d. Aft 1900
Jessie (son)
 b . Abt 1902
      in MO

 d. Aft 1920
Morris (son)
(aka Maurice)
 b . Abt 1905
      in MO
 d. Aft
1920
Lewis (ref)
(aka Louis)
 
(son)
 b. Abt 1912
     in MO
  d. Aft
1920
  (married
   Mabel ?)

John Jessie
(photo)

(more details)
M 12 Dec 1871

from
death cert

listed as
Kinjong
MO 20 Jan 1929

from
death cert

listed as
Kinjong
Browning, MO

buried in Jenkins Cem, in Linn Co, MO

located SE of
Browning, Mo.,
on the NE quarter
of section 20,
township 60,
range 20.

The first
interment
was in 1841,
and the body
was that of
Elvin F.
Jenkins.

Sarah Carters Gooch
b. 25 Oct1869
d. 7 Jul 1954

(more details)

buried in Jenkins Cem, in Linn Co, MO

(death cert.)
8 Mar
1890
Lola
  Frances 
married 
Sigmon Clay Lantz
(more details)

Georgia
  Ann

married 
Alfred Byron Whaley
(more details)

Minnie Rogers
F 14 Feb 
1873
MO 22 Jul 1938
at the home of her daughter Nevis Burnham in St. Louis
buried in Meadville Cemetery,
Meadville,
Linn Co., MO
as Minnie Warner
(See OBIT)
William Clayborn Harvey ? Nevis Flora
Mary Doris
John Wesley 'Bill' Cordray
b. 7 Oct 1867
d. 1 Dec 1950

living together in
1930 in Duncan Township, Sullivan Co, MO

Previously I had his name as William.

John's brother William T Cordray
was living with a Mollie and a daughter in Enterprise Township, Linn Co, MO on 7 Apr 1930

Bef
1930
-
William O. 
Warner
b. Abt 1872 in KY
d. 28 Jul 1938
died 1 wk after
Minnie
(See OBIT)
24 Dec 1934 -
Bertha Ruth *
(photo)

Birthy" in 1880
(photo)
living with parents at
age 5 in
Pleasant Hill Township,,
Sullivan Co., MO
on 5 Jun 1880



* Listed as Ruth Harris in 1910 census
living with family in Hobar, Kiowa Co, OK

F 17 Feb
1876
MO 23 Feb
1934
?
Henry Oscar
  Harris **
b. 9 May 1870
d. 9 Dec 1947
Georgeville, Ray Co, MO

parents:
Charles Martin
  Harris ***
   b. 11 Feb 1811
      Lee, VA
   d. 10 Jan 1920
      Browning MO
and

Mary Josephine
  Harmon
   b. 16 Oct 1847 MO
   d. 28 Dec 1917 MO
   m. 1886

Living with parents in 1880 in Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan Co, MO just down the road from the Knifongs and his 5 year old bride to be!  There were also some Harmons on that road.


**
Death cert says his wife was Lara A Harris so he may have remarried after death of Bertha.

*** Charles' grandfather
Uriah Harris married Sarah Ann Knifong, dau of Martin Jesse Knifong.


10 Feb 1894
in Sullivan Co. MO
(ref)
Carl
  b. Feb 1894
  d. Aft 1900

Genevieve
  b. 27 Mar 1896
  d. 9 Apr 1991  
     OK
  m. Emra Clifford Teape

Mattie J
  b. Oct 1898
  d. Aft 1900

Josephine
  b. 1900
  d. Aft 1920

Anna B
  b. Oct 1903
  d. Aft 1920



In 1900 the were living
in Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan Co, MO

In 1920 they were living in Hobart Township Kiowa Co, OK

I cant find them in 1930
Ada Lee
(photo)
F 10 Jul
1877
MO 25 Jan
1878
Buried in Knifong 
Cemetery, 
Browning, MO
- - -
George
William 'Will'
(photo)
M Mar 1879 MO Probably
Bef 1930
and for sure
Bef 1938
(because
not listed as surviving sister Minnie in her
OBIT)
? Sadie ?
b. 1872
d. Aft 1930


A widowed Sadie Knifong (age 58)  was living in Enterprise Township, Linn Co, MO in 1930
with her nephew
Aurthur Rhinefort ?

Down the road was Mollie and William Cordray with a daughter

? ?
Effie Katherine 'Kate' (photo) F 20 Dec 
1881
MO Aft 1938
(because
listed as surviving sister Minnie in her
OBIT)
? Roy M Calhoun
 b. Abt 1879
     in MO
 d. Aft 1920

Living in Browning, Dist 165, Sullivan Co, MO in 1920

Living near father
James A Calhoun (age 66) and mother Helen M (age 65) and sister Clair (age 32) in 1920.


Bef 1918 James A. (ref)
 
b. Abt 1918
      in MO
  d. Aft 1920

(married Alfa Alexander)
Ardie A.
(photo)
M 8 Feb 1888 MO

(death cert)
12 May 1950
Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO

(death cert)

He was widowed at the time of his death.



Ethel (Sarah?)
b. 1893 in MO
d. Aft 1930

living with Ardie as a lodger at
home of
Ralph Rhenicie
in Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO

An Ardie Knifong
(b abt 1888) is renting a home and living with a woman named Sarah (age 26) in 1920 in Duncan Township, Sullivan Co, MO
(Enum district 145 pg 6A)
the last name is hard to read and ancestry.com has it as Rinfing
He married a Calleen Stevens on 9 Jul 1912 in Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO no children
listed in 1920 or 1930
Raymond D.
(photo)
M 19 May
1892*
MO
2 Dec 
1899
*
MO - - -

Notes:

Complete names of George Washington's children were made available by Mary Ned Fotis
The son George W was discovered in the 1880 and 1900 censuses.  He is probably George William, and is therefore our Will Knifong.

The children Ada and Raymond were listed in the Myers geneology and died in their youth. 

* Raymond's dates determined from Rembrance Card which says he was 7yr 6 mo 15 da old when he died 2 Dec 1899.
Photos of the children may be seen by clicking on the Album above.

George (age 21) and his wife Martha A (age 19) and their daughter Mary A (age 1) lived in
Pleasant Hill Township in Sullivan Co, MO in the 1870 census.



Minnie Rogers Knifong
(Harvey)
(daughter of George Washington Knifong
and Matha Ann Pipes)

Album
picbook
ACTIVE
Parents
Children of Minnie Rogers Knifong
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of  Minnie Rogers Knifong (b. 14 Feb 1873  d. 22 Jul 1938) 
and William Clayborn Harvey  (b. 13 May 1868  d. 15 Apr 1946)
married 19 Feb 1891
Nevis Flora F 21 Feb 
1892
Browning,
Linn Co., MO
17 Dec 1968 d. Chillicothe, MO
buried in ? Cemetery
St Louis, MO
Henry Clark Burnham
b. 16 Nov 1890
d. 26 Aug 1984

25 Nov 1915 Doris Virginia
Mary Doris 
F 19 Oct 1895  Browning,
Linn Co., MO
5 Jan 
1978
d. Meadville,
buried in Meadville Cemetery,
Meadville,
Linn Co., MO
Joel Swanger DeWitt, Sr.
b. 8 Apr 1893
d. 2 Apr 1987
29 Aug
1913
PRIVATE
Children of  Minnie Rogers Knifong (b. 14 Feb 1873  d. 22 Jul 1938) and
J. Wesley 'Bill' Cordray  (b. abt 1869  d. aft 1930)
married bef 1930
none







Children of  Minnie Rogers Knifong (b. 14 Feb 1873  d. 22 Jul 1938) and 
W. O. Warner  (b. Abt 1872 in KY  d. ? Jul 1938)
married 24 Dec 1934
none                
Notes:
Minnie divorced William at some time, married another fellow by the name of William Cordray, divorced him and
married a man by the name of W. O. Warner on 24 Dec 1934 (taken from her obituary).  According to her obituary,
Mr. Warner died within a week of her death. Minnie is buried in Meadville Cemetery with Mr. W. O. Warner.


Mary Doris Harvey
(DeWitt)
(daughter of Minnie Knifong Harvey
and William Clayborn Harvey)

Album

ACTIVE
Parents
Children of Mary Doris Harvey DeWitt
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Mary Doris  Harvey (b. 19 Oct 1895  d. 5 Jan 1978) 
and Joel Swanger DeWitt, Sr. (b. 8 Apr 1893  d. 2 Apr 1987)
married 29 Aug 1913 in MO
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