| Francis "Frank" (Franz) Knecht(1889) (6) was born on 11 May 1836 in Neunkirchen, Kr. Siegburg, Koeln, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany. He was baptized on 16 May 1836 in Neunkirchen, Kr. Siegburg, Koeln, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany. (date of birth according to the La Salle Co. civil records). He emigrated about 1857 from Prussia. He was a Farmer about 1880 in Tonica, La Salle Co., Illinois. (1890) Verbatim: Knecht, Frank Farmer; Sec 12, P.O. Tonica; Born in Prussia on May 11, 1837; came to this Co. in 1857; Democrat; Catholic; owns 100 acres of land, valued at $700; first wife Mary A Frank, born in Germany; second wife, Katie Haw, born in Germany, five children by first wife, three boys and two girls, Katie, Mary, Peter, William, John. [Has] been School Director. He died on 6 Jun 1896 in Wilsman, La Salle Co., Illinois. He was killed by a train. Place of death: Eagle Township. He was buried on 7 Jul 1896 in Richland Twp, La Salle Co., Illinois.(1891) We are as of yet unable to find his grave site |
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