Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia

PUBLICATIONS OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Vol. VII. MARCH, 1919. No. 2. MEMORIALS OP THE KNEASS FAMILY OF PHILADELPHIA.* CONTRIBUTED BY MISS ANNA J. MAGEE. JOHAN CHRISTIAN 1 KNEASS, t the first of his name in Penn¬ sylvania, doubtless a native of the Palatinate, arrived at Phila¬ delphia, on the ship Richard and Mary from Rotterdam, John Moore Commander, about 17 September, 1753,J on which day he took the required oath of allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain and the Province of Pennsylvania. He settled in Philadelphia and was a resident of Mulberry Ward until his death in 1801. In signing his name he invariably omitted the “Johan,” which is believed to have been the Christian name of his father. His wife Christina, who died or was buried, 30 July, 1803,|| joined him, as early as 1785, in sundry conveyances of land, and both were members of St. Michael and Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, where their children were baptized. She * Compiled by .T. Granville Leacli. •fr Name indifferently written Kniess, Kneass, Niess. £ Pcnna. Archives, second series, vol. xvii, p. 390. || Buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Publications of The Genealogical Society, vol. 1, p. 239. 108 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. was the sister of one of the wives of William Englefried who also came to Philadelphia in the Richard and John in 1758, and whose will * of 3 December, 1781, left legacies to three of his children then living near Carlsruh in Baden, Durlach, Ger¬ many, and to ‘‘late wife ’s sister, Christine Kneass. ’’ Children, born in Philadelphia : i. WILHELM, 2 b. 1 Mar., bpt. 10 Mar., 1754; bu, St. Michael’s and Zion’s ground, 26 Feb., 1759. 2. ii. CHRISTOPHER, b. 18 Jan., bpt. 1 Feb., 1756; d. 1793. iii. CATHARINE, b. 10 June, bpt. 2 July, 1758; m., Old Swedes’ Church, Phila., 19 Mar., 1775, John Specht. iv. CHRISTINA BARBARA, b. 6 Feb., bapt. 17 Feb., 1760; d. y. v. DOROTHEA, m. circa 1784, Jacob Ettwein, b. Bethlehem, Penna., 9 Aug., 1760; d. Philadelphia, 28 Sept., 1798, of yellow fever, son of the Moravian Bishop, John Ettwein.f His will of 1 Sept., 1798, named wife Dorothea, children John Godfrey, John Jacob, Maria Magdalena, and Daniel Kliest and made i 1 wife Dorothea, brother-in-law Daniel Kliest and his wife my sister Maria Magdalena,” executors. vi. WILHELMINA, b. 3 Nov., bpt. 9 Dec., 176’4; d. unmarried, 17 Dec., 1813. vii. CHRISTINA, b. 26 Feb., bpt. 6 Mar., 1766; m. (1) 7 Dec., 1783,J John Henry Horn of Germantown, by whom she had, Hon. Henry Horn, member of Congress, 1831-1833. viii. CHRISTIAN, b. 16 Dec., bpt. 30 Dec., 1770. 2. CHRISTOPHER2 KNEASS ( Johan Christian1), was bom at Philadelphia, 18 January, 1756, and died there in 1793. On 30 June, 1777, he took the oath of allegiance to Pennsyl¬ vania, thus manifesting his sympathy with the cause of the colonies in the Revolutionary struggle. He removed to Lan¬ caster, Pennsylvania, about the time of the occupation of Philadelphia by the British || and there remained until 1785 or 1786, when he returned to Philadelphia. * Philadelphia County Probate Records, Abstracts of, 1682-1825, in Col¬ lections of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. •j* John Ettwein, a distinguished clergyman of the American Moravian Church, born Freudenstadt, Wurtemberg, Germany, 29 June, 1721 ; descended from Protestant Refugees of Savoy ; united with the Moravians 1739 ; was consecrated Bishop in 1784, and stood at the head of his Church in Penn¬ sylvania until his death, at Bethlehem, in 1802. His wife, Joannetta Maria Symbol, was born at Hiackenburg, Nassau, Germany in 1725, married in 1746, came 'to Pennsylvania 1754 ; died at Bethlehem, 1789. Pennsylvania Maga¬ zine of History and Biography, vol. ii, p. 156, and other writings of John W. Jordan, LL.D., on the Moravians. J St. Michael’s Evangel ioal Lutheran Church, Germantown. Copy of, in the Collections of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. || September 19 [1777] At one o’clock this morning mews came to town — — — Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. 109 He married at Lancaster in 1779, Anna Justina Feltman, bom at Lancaster, 16 July, 1764; died at Philadelphia, 10 January, 1843, daughter of John Feltman, Esq * by his wife Anna Margaret. Their three eldest children were bom at Lancaster, and baptized in its Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church; the three youngest were born at Philadelphia. Children : 3. i. WILLIAM, a b. 25 Sept., 1780; d. 27 Aug., 1840. 4. ii. JOHN, b. 4 Jan., 1783; d. 15 Aug., 1849. iii. MICHAEL, b. 20 April, 1784; m. ANNA LOUISA FINTHER. Issue: 1. Stewart .4 2. Mars. 3. Charles. 4. Ann. 5. Nelson, composer of the music of the well-known song, “Ben Bolt. T 1 6. Alonzo. 7. Martha. 5. iv. CHRISTIAN, b. 16 Dec., 1787 ; d. 15 Jan., 1845. v. JACOB. vi. FREDERICK FELTMAN, died unmarried. . 3. WILLIAM 3 KNEASS ( Christopher ,2 Johan Christian 1), bom at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 25 September, 1780; died at Philadelphia, 27 August, 1840. Educated at Philadelphia, he became a copper and steel-plate engraver and an artist of much repute and merit. On 24 October, 1824, he was ap¬ pointed engraver and die-sinker of the United States Mint, and while in this position superintended changes in the coinage, notably the gold coins of 1834 and 1838, and the silver coins of 1836-7-8, and 1840. Prior to this he, at one time, was a member of the firm of Kneass & Dellaker and at another of Kneass, Young & Company, and his engraving office on Fourth Street above Chestnut, was a meeting place / that General Howe's army was crossing the Schuylkill at Swedes’ Ford, which set many people moving. Congress and other public bodies left before day¬ light. Diary of Jacob Hiltsheimer. Sept. 26. Well ! here are ye English in earnest ; about 2 or 3000 came in through Second street, without opposition or interruption no plundering on ye one side or ye other. Journal of Elizabeth Drinker * John Feltman was a prominent citizen of Lancaster where he held the office of Burgess from 1764 until his death in April, 1777. Hi® son, Lieu¬ tenant William Feltman, was an officer of distinction in the Continental Army ; was commissioned ensign in Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment, 4 Dec., 1776, and was promoted first lieutenant, 7 Nov., 1777. Under the re¬ arrangement of the Line in 1781 he was transferred to the First Pennsylvania Regiment, and, with his command, participated in the Southern campaign, which included the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis. His Journal, covering his service from 26 May, 1781 to 25 Apr., 1782, was pub¬ lished by The Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1853. It contains several mentions of letters to and from “ sister Nancy Kneass ” and “ brother Kneass.” — — . — 110 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. for the leading wits and men of letters of that day. During the War of 1812, he was one of the volunteer association of field engineers, who constructed fortifications on the western front of Philadelphia to ward off attacks, and, in 1815, at the February meeting of the American Philosophical Society, Colonel Jonathan Williams placed on deposit “A very large and elegant Military Map of the Vicinity of Phila., made from actual survey for the Committee of Defence of the City, by Messrs. Strickland, Brooke and Kneass.” In 1813 he ex¬ hibited at the Academy, a fine aquatint of Strickland’s sketch, l A View of Quebec.” From that time to 1824 he engraved several pictures, and did good work on illustrated books.” He was one of the first members of the Franklin Institute, indeed it was from his suggestion that the Institute had its origin.! He was also an early member of the Academy of Natural Sciences,$ the Musical Fund and Artists Fund Societies, and a member of the famous ‘‘Beef Steak Club, ’’ || which numbered among its devotees Judge John K. Kane, William Strickland,§ John Struthers, Titian Peale and other equally known co¬ temporaries. Several of his verses, composed for special oc¬ casions and sung by the author, testified to his keen sense of humor and good-fellowship. At the exhibition of the Artists Fund Society in 1841, a portrait of Mr. Kneass, by Sully, was exhibited by his son, Samuel H. Kneass. A good en¬ graving of him, hangs in the Assayers’ office, United States I Mint.** * Seharf and Westcott’s History of Philadelphia, p. 1057. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Organization of the Franltlin Institute, 1824| 1874, p. 13 et seq. J Admitted May, 1814. Foundation of Society, 21 March, 1812. || That the members of this ancient organization did not confine their menu to beef steak is evidenced by the diarist William Black of Virginia, who, during his stay in Philadelphia, in 1744, makes mention under date of Satur¬ day, June 2d., of his visit “ to the Tuun Tavern to Bine, having an Invitation the day before from the Governor who Is a Member of the Clubb or certain Number of Gentlemen that Meet at this house every Saturday to Eat BeefSteakes, and from that is Call’d the Beef-Stake Clubb ; but when Dinner came there was more than twenty Dishes besides that of Stakes.” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. i, p. 409. § WILLIAM STIMCKLAND, 1789-1854, an architect without any superior in his own time in Philadelphia. With him was associated John Struthers, who came to Philadelphia, in 1816 from Glasgow*, Scotland, where he and his father had been prominent architects and builders. ** History of United States Mint (1893), pp. 126-7. — Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. Ill He married 1st, 23 June, 1804, Mary Turner, daughter of William Honeyman,* by his wife Jane Davison, bom 15 March, 1785; died 9 May, 1826. Ilis second wife, Jane Kramer, died 3 October, 1854. Children, by first marriage, all born at Philadelphia : FULLERTON TULLYJ b. 14 March, 1805; admitted United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., 1820. 6. ii. SAMUEL HONE YUAN, b. 5 Nov., 1806; d. 15 Feb., 1858. iii. ANNA, b. 21 Jan., 1809; d. 3 April, 1811. iv. JANE HONEYMAN, twin of Anna, m. 24 Oct., 1835, JOHN L. MCMULLIN, JR., of Philadelphia, and had issue. v. JOHN FELTMAN, b. 22 Dec., 1811; d. 17 April, 1831. 7. vi. STRICKLAND, b. 29 July, 1821; d. 14 Jan., 1884. i. 4. JOHN 8 KNEASS ( Christopher,2 Johan Christian1), born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 4 January, 1783; died at Phila¬ delphia, 15 August, 1849. He was a prominent copper-plate printer and printed the notes of the United States Bank. Some years before his decease he retired from business, and is styled “gentleman” in the City Directories. He married in 1804, Margaret, daughter of Major John Polhemus by his wife Susanna Hart, and granddaughter of the Hon. John Hart, a Signer of the Declaration of Inde¬ pendence. Mrs. Kneass was born at Hopewell, New Jersey, 9 February, 1783, and died at Philadelphia, April 21, 1854. Children, bom at Philadelphia: i. CAREY FELTMAN,* b. 5 Dec., 1804; d. Nov., 1852; m. (1) MARY ANN PROCTOR of Petersburg, Va., who died circa 1840; m. (2) 27 May, 1841, Emma McMichael. At the time of his decease Mr. Kneass was Inspector of Customs at Philadelphia. Issue: 1. Margaret ,» b. 28 Dec., 1828; m. (1) Lafayette McDonald; m. (2) Samuel Goforth Page; had issue by both marriages. 2. Lela Vultee, b. 11 Aug., 1831; m. 12 June, 1852, William Wilson; had issue. 3. Mary, b. 23 Apr., 1837; d. 7 Aug., 1879; m. William Gal- * William Honeyman, son of William Honeyman by his second wife Mary Wilson, horn at Phila., 3 June, 1759 ; died there, 25 June, 1783. Commis¬ sioned 5 Feb., 1777, second lieutenant In the Second Pennsylvania Continental Line, commanded by Colonel John Philip De Haas, he was wounded at the battle of Iron Hill. In consequence of being disqualified for duty in the field he was transferred to the Invalid Corps, under Colonel Lewis Nicola, where he remained until 15 Dec., 1784. lie married, 9 Nov., 1780, Jane Davison or Davisson. He left but two children, a son, Samuel Davison Honey¬ man, and a daughter, Mary Turner Honeyman, both of whom are named in his will, the latter becoming the wife of William Kneass, as named in the text The elder William Honeyman, horn in England, 2 Dec., 1711, died at Phila., 14 March, 1777 ; his children were baptized at Christ Church. 112 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. braith; no issue. 4. Alexander, b. 1842; 5. Edmmd Rich¬ ardson, b. 23 June, 1845; married and had issue. 6. Susan Moody, b. 11 Sept., 1851; m. William H. Horton, and had issue. ii. EDWARD POLHEMUS, b. 8 Aug., 1806; d. y. iii. SUSAN MOODY, b. 26 Aug., 1808 ; d. y. iv. EDWIN, b. 27 Feb., 1810; d. y. , v. WILLIAM STRICKLAND, b. 8 Jan., 1812 ; m. ANN WALKER. Issue : 1. JosepliA 2. Anne. 3. Catharine. 4. William. 5. Mary. vi. HANSON ALEXANDER, b. 6 March, 1713; married twice and had issue. vii. BOBERT WATERLOO, b. 2 Nov., 1815; m. KATE CLARE. Issue: James Thomas,s b. 22 Jan., 1858; m. 16 Apr., 1880, Mary Caroline Charlton, a great-great-granddaughter of Hon. John Hart, the “Signer.” viii. DALLAS ALEXANDER, b. 26 Sept., 1817 ; m. (1) 10 Sept., 1840, BEBICCCA WRAY HART, a great-granddaughter of Hon. John Hart, the Signer. ’ Mr. Kneass resided in Colorado in ‘‘ ’ 1876. ix. JAMES AKIN, b. 9 Nov., 1819; m. SARAH JANE JONES, who died at Philadelphia, 1 Nov., 1874. Issue: 1. Lela Vultee,* b. 21 Feb., 1852 ; d. 8 Apr., 1853. 2. Mary Emma, b. 25 May, 1854; d. 24 Feb., 1855. 3. Mary Edna, b. 6 Sept., 1856; d. 26 June, 1860. 4. Grace Matilda, b. 4 June, 1859; m. 6 June, 1882, David Even Lamp. 5. Ida Dunlap, b. 28 Oct., 1860; m. 3 Feb., 1881, William Lewis Both, and had issue. 6. Napoleon Bonaparte, t>. 2 Feb., 1863. x. CHRISTIAN, b. 20 Dee., 1821; died without1 issue. xi. JOHN HART, b. 17 June, 1823; d. s. p. 1 April, 1846. xii. ALFRED WEAVER, b. 25 May, 1826; m. 24 June, 1848, MAR¬ GARET CUNNINGHAM, dau. of William Cunningham. Issue : 1. Amanda,s b. 7 May, 1849; d. 1875; m. John Scully, and had issue: 2. Virginia, b. 1851; d. 1880; m. Joseph- Hall; had issue. 3. John. 4. Dallas A. 5. Sarah, d. 1 June, 1862, ‘ aged 15 mos., 29 days. ‘ 5. CHRISTIAN 3 KNEASS ( Christopher Johan Christian1), bom at Philadelphia, 36 December, 1787 ; died there, 15 Janu¬ ary, 1845. His life was spent in his native city, where lie was a prosperous merchant and manufacturer of saddlery hard¬ ware, his partner in business being his cousin, the Hon. Henry Horn, member of Congress in 1831-1833. During the War of 1812 lie was in service in the Second Troop, Philadelphia Cavalry, commanded by Captain William Rawle, Jr. ; * and in 1830 and 1831 he was a Common Councilman of Philadelphia, and an incorporator of the Girard National Bank in 1832. He was active in the counsels of the Democratic party, and the personal, friend of President Jackson. It was upon his suggestion, it is said, that the first ‘‘Hickory Club ’ ’ was formed to promote the election of that gentleman to the Presidency. * Pennsylvania Archives , 2nd. sei\, vol. xii, p. 386. i ) Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. 113 In 1844 Mr. Kneass was a Presidential Elector on the Demo¬ cratic ticket. He married, at Philadelphia, 14 May, 1810, Sarah Axford,* bom at Trenton, New Jersey, 7 June, 1790; died at her resi¬ dence on Arch Street above Thirteenth, 11 December, 1865. Mrs. Kneass was a granddaughter of Major John Polhemus t of the New Jersey Line in the Revolution, and a legatee named in his will, proved at Philadelphia, 5 June, 1834, of which Mr. Kneass was an executor, and a great-granddaughter of Hon. John Hart, of New Jersey, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Children, all born in Philadelphia : S. i. CAROLINE AXFORD, b. 18 Sept., 1810; d. 8 Sept., 1886. 9. ii. HORN RILEY, b. 10 Apr., 1813; d. 12 Dec., 1861. iii. CHARLES AXFORD, b. >1 Oct., 1814; d. 24 July, 1815. iv. SUSANNA POLHEMUS, b. 9 May, 1816 ; d. 14 April, 1817. 10. v. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, b. 17 April, 1818; d. 16 March, 1888. vi. CORA MOODY, b. 21 Jan., 1820; d. 10 March, 1833. vii. FREDERICK FELTMAN, b. 21 Jan., 1822; d. 21 Oct., 1854. viii. FELTMAN HORACE EDWARD, b. 7 June, 1824; d. at New Or¬ leans, 19 June, 1852; m. LEOCADIE GRASS of New Orleans. ix. SARAH AXFORD, b. 10 June, 1826; d. 26 Jan., 1889; m. 3 Nov., 1853, SAMUEL SPARH'AWK, b. Philadelphia, 25 Dec., 1823; d. there, 22 May, 1883. Issue: 1. Helen Sparhawk ,5 b. 17 Oct., 1854; d. 17 Sept., 1886. 2. Samuel Sparhawk, b. 16 Mar., 1856; d. 26 Dec., 1907; m. 9 Jan., 1894, Grace Emily Rafsnvder. 3. Richard Dale Sparhawk, b. 25 June, 1861; d. 21 Sept., 1913; m. 3 Nov., 1891, Mary E., dau. Robert Hume or Phila., who survived him; he was, for thirtyeight years preceding his decease, connected with the Mu¬ tual Life Insurance Company of New York; was a vicepresident of the Philadelphia Association of Life Under¬ writers, a warden of the Church of the Atonement, and held membership in the Pennsylvania Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America and in the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution. 4. Horace Kneass Spar¬ hawk, b. 22 Dee., 1864; d. 6 July, 1866'. 5. Catharine Passmore Sparhawk, b. 25 Sept., 1866. 6. Edward Magee Sparhawk, b. 10 Sept., 1868; m. Sept., 1898, Mary Howard of Denver, Colorado, and has issue. 7. Louise Everly Sparhawk, b. 21 June, 1870. x. JACKSON CHRISTIAN, b. 30 June, 1828; d. 23 Oct., 1829. xi. VIRGINIA SUSAN, b. 10 Oct., 1830. xii. CORA MOODY, b. 3 Sept., 1833 ; d. 1909 ; m. 18 May, 1863, JOHN FREDERICK MAYO of New York. Issue: 1. James Magee 5 Mayo, b. 30 July, 1864; d. 17 June, 1865. 2. Cora Evangeline Mayo, b. 10 Mar., 1866. 3. Lillian L. Mayo, b. 20 Dec., * Records of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Copy of, in Collections of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. j Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, vol. i, p. 634. Il4 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. 1867. 4. Carrie Madeleine Mayo, b. 29 Sept., 1869 ; d. 1917. 5. Jeannetta Olivia Mayo, b. 11 Nov., 1871; d. 13 Feb., 1873. Helen Sparhawk Mayo, b. 25 Aug., 1873; d. 31 Aug., 1873. 7. Marceleine Virginia Mayo, b. 22 Aug., 1874; m. 27 June, 1894, Louis Clarence Bennett, of Brooklyn, New York. 6. SAMUEL.4 HONEYMAN KNEASS (William,3 Christopher,Johan Christian1), was bom at Philadelphia, 5 November, 1806, and died there 15 February, 1858. At an early age he began the study of engineering in the offices of "William Strick¬ land, the most noted native architect of his time, who had turned some of his attention to construction of railroads. In 1825 he went to England as assistant to Mr. Strickland, who was commissioned, by the Pennsylvania Society for the Pro¬ motion of Internal Improvements, to examine into the canal and railway system there, with a view to recommend methods of construction for the proposed steam road from Philadelphia to Columbia. Shortly after his return Mr. Kneass was ap¬ pointed chief engineer of the North Western Railroad, and in July, 1835, in conjunction with Mr. Strickland, he surveyed and located a route for the Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad, which crossed the Schuylkill at or near Penrose, or the old “Rope,” Ferry. In April, 1836, he was appointed chief engineer, and altered the road’s approach to the city by means of the present site of Gray ’s Ferry Bridge. In this year the name of the road was changed to the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. He was also engaged in the construction of the important waterways of the State, principally that of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal. In 1839 he again went to England on railroad business. On 26 April, 1849, he was appointed Principal City Surveyor, and served as such until 9 May, 1853. He married 14 March, 1837, Anna Arndt Lombaert of Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Her portrait, by Sully, was painted in 1839. Children, bom in Philadelphia : i. CHARLES LOMBAERT, S b. 14 Dec., 1837 ; educated at Thomas D. James’ School, Phila., he entered the scientific depart¬ ment of Brown University in 1858, and engaged in the iron business at Philadelphia the following year. At the out¬ break of the Civil War he enlisted in April, 1861, as cor¬ poral in the "Washington Grays," and was commissioned 14 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. 115 May, 1861, first lieutenant of the Eighteenth United States Infantry; joined his regiment at Columbus, Ohio, where he was made post-adjutant. In 1862, he was, for meri¬ torious service, advanced to a captaincy and was killed at the head of his company at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 31 December, 1862. Buried where he fell, his body was after¬ wards removed to Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, and his name is inscribed on the monument, later erected in Washington Square, to the memory of the “Washington Grays/' He was unmarried. ii. WILLIAM HARRIS, b. 18 June, *839; d. Boerne, Texas, 1 June, 1882; entered the scientific department of Brown Uni¬ versity with his brother Charles in the Class of 1858; and afterward entered the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., but left to engage in civil engineering. He m. 15 July, 1863, AMELIA PRAIA, STRYKER, b. 23 Aug., 1839; d. Vevey, Switzerland, 10 Apr., 1878, daughter of Samuel Davis Stryker, by his wife Eliza Carr. Issue: Samuel Stryker,* b. Germantown, 16' Jan., 1865; was graduated Univ. of Penna., A. B. 1886; M. D. 1889; studied at Universities of Goettingen, Vienna and Paris, 1891-1892; is Associate, William Pepper Laboratory and Clinical Medicines, Univ. of Penna., member of University, Racquet, Union League and Pine Valley Golf clube. 2. Charles Lombaert, d. y. 3. Daivid, d. y. iii. MARY HONEYMAN, b. 18 Jan., 1841; d. 18 Jan., 1900; m. 24 July, 1866, EDWARD RANDOLPH WOOD, ESQ., of Philadelphia. Mr. Wood was graduated, Haverford Coll. 1856; A, M. 1859; LL.B. Univ. of Penna., 1861; became identified with the business house of R. D. Wood & Co., and other large enterprises, but now, 1919, retired; many years vice-presi¬ dent of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, he was also chairman of the Correspondence Committee of the National Board of Trade, and, in 1912, was a delegate to the Re¬ publican National Convention of that year; he is a mem¬ ber of the Philadelphia and Art clube, and was sometime president of the Penn Club. Issue : 1. Juliana * Wood, 2d., 2. Marian H. Wood. 3. Charles Randolph Wood, m. Mar¬ garet 8. Voorhees, and has issue. 4. Edward Randolph Wood, Jr. Captain, U. S. A. iv. SAMUEL HONEYMAN, b. 1844. v. PRANK LIN. 7. STRICKLAND4 KNEASS (William,3 Christopher,2 Johan Christian1), born at Philadelphia, 29 July, 1821; died there, 14 January, 1884. Educated chiefly at James P. Espy’s Classical Academy of Philadelphia, he later entered the Rens¬ selaer Institute at Troy, New York, from which he was gradu¬ ated, civil engineer, in 1839, taking the highest honors. Soon after he was made assistant engineer and topographer on the State Survey for a railroad between Harrisburg and Pitts¬ burgh. Subsequently he was employed by the British Com¬ mission in preparing the maps of the northeast boundary be- 116 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. tween the United States and the Provinces, and, by the Federal government, on the general map of the boundary-survey. In 1847 he was appointed by the Pennsylvania Railroad prin¬ cipal assistant engineer for the construction of its road across the Alleghenies, and, in connection with Mr. J. Edgar Thomp¬ son, laid out the well known “ Horse-Shoe Curve,” one of the most difficult engineering feats of the day. In 1855 he ac¬ cepted the position of chief engineer and surveyor of the newly consolidated City of Philadelphia, to which he was re-elected three times, each for a term of five years. During his tenure of office, and under his direction, the Department of Surveys and Registry Bureau was organized and developed, and, un¬ der his surveys, an entire drainage system was provided for the city. Of the various bridges which during this period, came to span the Schuylkill River, those .at Chestnut Street and at Callowhill Street were built from his designs.* He resigned this position, in 1872, to accept that of assistant to the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which he continued to fill until his death, at which time he was president of ten railroads associated with the Pennsylvania system, and was a director in forty-four companies. In the Civil War he took a strong stand for the support of the Union; served as assistant engineer, with the rank of captain, in laying out fortifications in southern Pennsylvania, and was made chief engineer and major in the Home Guard. He also assisted in the preparation of topographical maps of the surroundings of Philadelphia with a view to the location of forts and other devices to protect the city from invasion. One of the early members of the Union League he was, for many years, a director thereof, also a member of the American Philosophical Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, the Franklin Institute, the Engineers Club of Philadelphia, of which latter organization he was president in 1881, and an active member of the Old Seventh Presbyterian Church, and president of its Board of Trustees from 1872 until 1884. He married, 17 August, 1853, Margaretta Sybilla Bryan, born 29 December, 1823, daughter of Hon. George Bryan, Auditor-General of Pennsylvania under Governors McKean, * Schorf and Westeott’S History of Philadelphia, vol. Hi, p. 1749. Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. 117 Snyder and Finley, and granddaughter of the Hon. George Bryan, president of the Supreme Executive Council of Penn¬ sylvania in 1778. Children, bom at Philadelphia ANNA,s b. 4 Oct., 1854; d. 6 Feb., 1855. MARY BRYAN, b. 2 Nov., 1855; m. 30 Mar., 1880, ISAAC C. OGDEN; had issue. iii. MARGIE BRYAN, b. 4 Dec., 1859; m. 20 Apr., 1882, J. RALSTON » GRANT of Philadelphia; had issue. iv. STRICKLAND LANDIS, b. 7 .Tan., 1861; educated at Rugby Aca¬ i. ii. v. vi. demy, Philadelphia, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., from which latter he was graduated civil en¬ gineer in 1880; has been connected with William Sellers & Company, Philadelphia, since 1883, and manager of in¬ jector department since 1895; awarded the John Scott Medal and premium by the Franklin Institute in 1900, for meritorious inventions; * contributor to engineering jour¬ nals, and author of Practice and Theory of the Injector, a work which received commendation from the technical world; member of Franklin Institute, American Mechanical Engineers, American Railroad Master Mechanics’ Assn., the University, Engineers, Philobiblon and Merion Cricket clubs, and the Penna. Socy. Sons of the Revolution. He m. 24 Oct., 1888, MARY STEWART EDWARDS, b. 15 May, 1864, dau. of Isaac C. and Charlotte (Brown) Edwards of Red Bank, N. J. Issue : 1. Strickland 8 Kneass, b. 10 July, 1889; Renss. Inst, ’ll; Lieutenant, U. S. A.; m. Martha Owsley. 2. Edwards Kneass, b. 7 Apr., 1891; Renss. Inst., ’13; Lieutenant U. S. N. 3. George Bryan Kneass, b. 25 Oct., 1897; Univ. Pa., ’18; Ensign U. S. N. SAMUEL BRYAN, b. 15 Oct., 1862; m. 10 April, 1892, ANNIE WATSON BROWNLIE. HENRIETTA LOGAN, b. 3 Mar., 1869; m. 20 May, 1891, REV. STANLEY WHITE of Orange, N. J., b. 2 May, 1862; had issue. 8. CAROLINE4 AXFORD KNEASS (Christian, 3 Esq., Christo¬ pher,2 Johan Christian 1), was born at Philadelphia, 18 Sep¬ tember, 1810 and died at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 8 Sep¬ tember, 1886. She was married, by the Rev. James Mont¬ gomery, D. D., rector of St. Stephen’s Church, Philadelphia, 4 July, 1830, to James Magee, born at Philadelphia, 5 Decem¬ ber, 1802 ; died there 3 November, 1878, eldest son of Michael f and Francis (McAdoo) Magee. * Who’s Who in America, 1917-8. j- MICHAEL MAGEE, founder of the Magee family of Philadelphia, descended from sturdy Scotch covenanters who left Scotland for Ireland during the reign of the Stuarts. His Immediate forebears were established at Rathmullen, in the extreme northern part of County Donegal, sometime before the middle of the eighteenth century, and here Michael Magee was born. In 1785 he was taarried, by the Rev. William Gamble, pastor of 'the Reformed : 118 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. James Magee’s first schooling was in the dames school of Mrs. Knox,* which he left to enter Dr. Walton’s school for boys. At an early age he entered the pottery establishment of James Ronaidson and shortly afterward obtained a better position in the type-foundry of Messrs Binny and Ronaldson,t going later into the employ of Peter Dickson & Company, manufacturers of saddlery-hardware, etc. at Market and Decatur streets, Philadelphia, where he obtained a thorough Church of Betterkenny, to Frances McAdoo of Rathmelton, in the same county. He came to Philadelphia in 1792 and immediately became book¬ keeper in -the offices of Leedom & Lawrence, the well known iron founders, hia wife and two children following prior to 1796. He died at Philadelphia, 31 Dec., 1804, his widow surviving until Dec., 1823. Their children were : Frances, Lydia, Elisabeth, James and Michael. MICHAEL MAGEE, the youngest child, was born at Phlla., 27 Feb., 1805 ; and died there 8 Oct., 1884. His business association as a member of the firm of James Magee & Co. began in 1830 and continued until 1 July, 1847 when a new firm was formed by Michael Magee and Napoleon B. Kneass, under the firm name of M. Magee & Co. in Philadelphia and Magee & Kneass in New Orleans, -this partnership lasting until Jan. 1, I860, when the firm was succeeded by Kneass & Mayo. In 1829 the Philadelphia office removed from No. 9, to 31 South Fourth street, remaining there until 1839, when it became established at 18 Decatur, now 24 to 26 Marshall street, and, at this location, Michael Magee continued until 1865, when he withdrew from active business life. During the Rebellion, the New Orleans house of Magee & Kneass occasioned Mr. Magee grave anxiety and much of his business and land in¬ terests in the Southern States were confiscated by the Confederate government. Deeply attached to farm life he was, at various times, the owner of several fine fawns, the last was near Villa Nova, Montgomery county, on the old Gulph Road. He was a life member of the Penn. State Agricultural Society, the Penna. Horticultural Society and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He married 31 March, 1831, Catharine, (laughter of George and Catharine (Wise) Horter of Gwynedd township, Montgomery county, Penna., whose ancestors had been prominently identified with the affairs of Germantown, before the middle of the eighteenth century. Their children were: 1. George W., m. 28 Feb., 1855, Kate Widdowfield, and had issue. 2. James Francis, m. 1 Dec., 1859, Cynthia A. Jardin, and had issue. 3. Michael S., d. y. 4. Michael Horter, d. 5 July, 1878. 5. William Stewart, m, 13 Nov., 1879, Eveline C. Prickle. For further particulars of this branch of the family, see Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, vol. i, p. 5-78 et scq. A highly educated Irish lady and member of D<r. Wylie’s Presbyterian church, who taught both boys and girls. •J* Type founding was commenced in Philadelphia in 1796, by Andrew Binny and James Ronaldsom, natives of Edinburgh in Scotland, where Binny had carried on the same business. After the retirement of Binny and Ronaldson, Richard Ron aid son continued the business and was in turn suc¬ ceeded by Daw renee Johnson and George F. Smith. James Ronaldson was the first president of the Franklin Institute, 1824-1841 ; vice-president of the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia, 1829-30, and> owned and laid out, in 1827, what is known os Ronaldson’ » Philadelphia Cemetery, as a burial place “ for the interment of his friends and deceased human ,1beings other than people of color.” For portrait and -sketch of, see Historical Catalogue of St. Andrew's Society. • — i Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. H9 knowledge of this business. In 1824 he and a boyhood friend, George Taber, purchased the southern branch of Dickson & Company’s trade at New Orleans, and organized the firm of Magee & Taber, with a manufacturing establishment at Fourth street near Market. So excellent were the products of the young firm that, within the first year of its operation, the at¬ tention of the Franklin Institute was attracted thereto and it received the first medal ever awarded for that branch of manufacture. At New Orleans, in 1824, there was but one firm in the saddlery-hardware business and this had the monopoly of the South-west trade, but the quality and style of the goods put forth by the new Philadelphia firm and shipped to New Orleans for sale, in its branch-house near Magazine and Canal streets, in that city, soon claimed recogni¬ tion. Though remotely situated from the base of supplies and operated on a system of barter and long credits, the business grew rapidly and the profits were enormous to 1839 when com¬ petition decreased them. Meanwhile, Michael Magee, younger brother of the senior partner, entered the firm, which, in 1830, became James Magee & Co. in New Orleans and Magee, Taber & Co. in Philadelphia. So successful did the southern trade become that the brothers were led to invest largely in lands in the southern states, purchasing in 1841 over three thousand acres in Scott County, Mississippi,f and in, or about, 1846, over four thousand acres in Wilburger county, Texas, t On July 1, 1.847, James Magee and George Taber retired from the business and a new firm was formed. Shortly before 1845, Mr. Magee had become interested in the projection of the Pennsylvania Railroad and used much effort to persuade Gov¬ ernor Shunk to sign the bill creating the charter of the cor¬ poration against the opposition of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Indeed, so large was his vision and influence in the final attainment of the road that, he has been called “the father of the Pennsylvania Railroad.” One of the incor» During the Civil War this land was confiscated by the Confederate gov¬ ernment, but after 1866, the Federal government returned it to the right¬ ful owners. f In 1836 Texas revolted from Mexico and established a republic, Magee & Co., received large orders for saddles, etc. from the Lone Star State, and for part payment had land-claims in that State. 120 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. porators named in its charter, he was in its first directorate, and continued therein many years; he was also a director of the Harrisburg, Lancaster, Portsmouth and Mt. Joy Rail¬ road, known as the Harrisburg Railroad; the founder of the Westmoreland Coal Company, its first president and member of its Board of Directors in continuous service from 1856 until his decease. In politics, he was first a Whig and subsequently a Republican and deeply deplored the course of his southern friends before and during the Civil War. After the war he gave much timely aid to Dr. Emanuel of Vicksburg, Mississipi, president of the Vicksburg & Meridan Railroad, in the rehabilitation of that company. He was a vestryman of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church from 1861 until his death in 1878. His portrait and that of his wife, by Sully, are in the posses¬ sion of his only surviving daughter. Children, all bom in Philadelphia : FANNIE SARAH B MAGEE, b. 11 July, 1832; d. at Atlantic City, X. J., 11 Aug., 1916; was the first president of the Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Stephen’s Church, a member of the Penn¬ sylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America, the Phila¬ delphia Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sedgeley Club, the Associate Committee of Women to the Board of Trustees of the School of Industrial Art, the Academy of Fine Arts and other civic and social organi¬ zations, and was the author of an article on Major John Polhemus, in the American Monthly Magazine, September, 1896. ii. CAROLINE LYDIA MAGEE, b. 20 Mar., 1836; d. 26 June, 1861. iii. ELIZA. JANE MAGEE, b. 10 Sept., 1837; d. 20 Apr., 1906; was a member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America and the Philadelphia Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. iv. JAMES RONALDSOX MAGEE, b. 18 Mar., 1839; d. unmarried, 3 Nov., 1914. His business life was centered in his father’s large interests in the coal and iron industries of the State, particularly the Westmoreland Coal Company. He held membership in The Historical and Genealogical Societies of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Country and Union League clubs. With his sisters he united in establishing a me¬ morial fund, in honor of their brother, Horace Magee, which should defray the expense attendant upon the Annual Church Service of the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution, in commemoration of General Washington’s army going into, winter quarters at Valley Forge, and insure the continuance of the service in the same style and beauty observed during their brother ’s life. Together with his brother and sisters he conferred many notable bene¬ factions on St. Stephen’s Church, and his last act of public benevolence was the endowment of the Library of the Philadelphia College of Physicians. i. Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. 121 v. ANNA JUSTINA MAGEE, b. 21 Jan*, 1843; is a member of the Acorn Club, the Pennsylvania Society Colonial Dames of America; the Philadelphia Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri¬ can Revolution ; the Associate Committee of Women to the Board of Trustees of the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art, The Historical and Genealogical Societies of Penn¬ sylvania and many civic and religious organizations. In 1917 she added to the memorials already bestowed by her family upon St. Stephen ’s Church, the present chancel with its reredos and furniture in memory of her eldest sister, and in 1918 she completed her first gift by an- entire reno¬ vation of the church interior in keeping with the unique character of the chancel, thus making of the whole a filial tribute to her father. vi. HORACE MAGEE, b. 29 Nov., 1845; d. unmarried, 4 Jan., 1912; was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in the Class of 1865; studied law and was admitted to the Phila¬ delphia bar, October 17, 1868, but never took up active practice, the large business interests of his father, as well as his own, engaging his attention. His principal energies were devoted to the organization and management of coal, iron and trolley systems. He was the organizer of Jeanette, Pennsylvania, which has grown to a town of more than ten thousand inhabitants; a director of the Kittanning Coal Company, the oldest director in point of service of the West¬ moreland Coal Company, and a member of The Historical, Genealogical and Colonial societies of Pennsylvania, the Art, Philadelphia and Germantown Cricket clubs, and one of the most serviceable members of the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution, in which organization he was deeply interested. He was zealous in the advancement of St. Stephen ’s Church, and a co-contributor to such of the Magee memorials in this church as antedated his decease. vii. FRANK HAMILTON MAGEE, b. 29 Sept., 1854; d. unmarried, 2 Aug., 1904. 9. HORN RILEY4 KNEASS ( Christian,3 Esq., Christopher,2 Johan Christian 1 ) , born at Philadelphia, 10 April, 1813 ; died there 12 December, 1861 ; was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in the Class of 1830; studied law under Hon. George Mifflin Dallas, afterwards vice-president of the United States, and was admitted to the Bar, 14 September, 1833. He was the Solicitor for the District of Moyamensing from 1839 until 1842; for Philadelphia County in 1847 and 1848, and for the district of Penn Township from 1848 until 1850. During the latter year, the consolidation of the city of Phila¬ delphia was perfected, and the office of District Attorney for the county created. He was nominated for this office by the Democratic party, and at the fall election of that year was returned as elected, and entered on the duties of the 122 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia, office, in which he was the first to serve. His election, how¬ ever, was contested by his Whig opponent, William B. Reed, Esq., and resulted in the latter securing the place after Mr. Kneass has been in office about one year. An eminent member of the Order of Odd Fellows, he held the position of Grand Master of the Order in Pennsylvania, and on 21 September, 1847, was installed Grand-Sire of the Grand Lodge of the United States. He was also a prominent member of the Masonic Order and Master of Washington Lodge, No. 59, F. & A. M., in 1843, and one of the founders of the Glenwood Cemetery Company. The day following Mr. Kneass’ death, a meeting of the Philadelphia bar was held, at which the Hon. George Sharswood presided, and these resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That the Bar has heard with unfeigned regret of the death of their much esteemed brother, Horn R. Kneass, Esq. Resolved, That the death of Mr. Kneass has removed from our midst one whose courtesy and kindness of manner, integrity and liberality of character, both professional and private, had won for him the sincere regard of all his brethren and the warm affection of those who knew him intimately. He married, 10 December, 1839, Sarah Emerson Williamson, bom at Wilmington, Delaware, 4 November, 1819; died at Baltimore, Maryland, 18 July, 1898 ; daughter of Hon. Nicholas Gilpin Williamson # of Wilmington, by his wife Sarah Emer¬ son Loockerman.f * Mr. Williamson (1777-1843) was postmaster of Wilmington, Delaware, under Presidents Monroe, John, Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren and Tyler, and was the second Mayor of Wilmington. Ills great-great-grand¬ 1727), believed to have been a native of father, Daniel Williamson ( county Chester, England, came to Pennsylvania, in 1682, and settled in Chester County. Elected a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1708, he was five times re-elected. In 1685 he married, at Chester Meeting of Friends, Mary Smith by whom he had nine children., and died in 1727. •j* Sarah Emerson Doockerman, daughter of Vincent Doockerman, Jr., by his second wife Mary Chew Knight, and grand-daughter of Hon. Vincent Loockerman (1722-1785), who served many years In the Assembly of the “Three Ix>wer Counties,’’ now Delaware, from 1752, and in 1784-88 was a member of the Council of Delaware. She was also a descendant of Col. Samuel Chew (163ÿ-1677), a member of the Provincial Council of Maryland from 1669 until his death ; Justice of the Provincial Courts, 1669 ; Keeper of the Great Seal, 1670 ; Secretary of the Province and Chancellor in 1675 ; Colonel, 1675. - Memorials of the Krnass Family of Philadelphia. 123 Children, all born at Philadelphia : i. NICHOLAS WILLIAMSON, C b. 21 Sept., 1840; d. Baltimore, Md., 26 Nov., 1896; was commissioned, 18 Sept., 1861, adjutant in Eighth Penna. Cavalry, promoted first lieutenant 12 Feb., 1862, and captain 15 Oct., 1862. After participation in many battles of the Civil War, he retired from the army to study medicine, in which he was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia. Soon afterward he located in Baltimore where he continued in active practice until his death; was a frequent contributor to the current literature of his profession, and a member of the faculty of the Southern Homeopathic Medical College of Baltimore. He m. 7 Apr., 1874, LAURA PUNDERSON daughter of Ellsworth M. and Laura A. Punderson, of Baltimore. Issue, born at Baltimore: 1. Harriet Punderson,« b. 5 Dec., 1877. 2. Govert LoocJcerman, b. 3 Feb., 1882; d. 17 Apr., 1882. 3. Sallie Emerson, b. 12 Aug., 1883. 4. Nicholas Robert, b. 25 Jan., 1894. ii. CHRISTIAN, b. 4 Mar., 1842; d. 1 June, 1891; educated largely at Muhlenberg College, he studied law in the office of his father and was so engaged, when, 19 Sept., 1861, he was commissioned second lieutenant in Company G, Eighth Penna. Cavalry, and was in active service at the front until 17 March, 1862, when, by reason of impaired health, he resigned his commission, returned to his law studies, and was admitted to the bar, 4 March, 1863. Possessed of rare oratorical powers, he directed his attention to criminal law and made choice of the Court of Quarter Sessions as the field for his professional career ; was First Assistant District Attorney of Philadelphia, under Col. William B. Mann. Upon his death a meeting of the bar was held, with Judge F. Amedee Bregy presiding. Prominent in public affairs, he was chairman of the Republican Executive Committee of Philadelphia, 1872-1877 ; a delegate to the convention that nominated James A. Garfield for the Presidency, and was, in 1881, a member of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, serving on Judiciary general committee and as chairman of the Committee on Cities. By appointment of Governor Hartranft, in 1877, he was a member of the Municipal Commission to devise a plan for the government of Penn¬ sylvania cities. The report of this Commission is the basis of the present charter of Philadelphia, known as the “Bullitt Bill. M He was a member of Meade Post, No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic; of the Masonic Order and of the Union League. He m. 6 Feb., 1867, MART PERRINE ALLISON, b. Philadelphia, 25 Feb., 1844, daughter and eld¬ est child of Hon. Joseph Allison, LL.D. Issue: 1. Joseph Allison b. 29 Oct., 1868; member of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania and other organizations. It was due to his interest and co-operation that much of the data for this article was collected. 2. William Perrine, b. 22 Oct., 1869. iii. HORN RILEY, b. 10 Feb., 1845; admitted to the Philadelphia bar, 11 Dec., 1869; served nine years as school director of the Eighth Ward, and as a member of the Board of Health for the city and county of Philadelphia; member of Com¬ mon Council 1873, 1874, 1899, and of the Union League. 124 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. iv. v. vi. He married MRS. CAMILLA E. WHIPPLE, granddaughter of the noted sculptor, Guiseppe Franzoni, who came to America in 1806, to adorn the new Capitol building at Washington, and a grand-niece of the late Cardinal Franzoni, who lost the papal throne through the veto of Austria. ROBERT KNIOHTT, b. 28 Apr., 1847, engaged in the practice of medicine in Baltimore; married, and is now deceased. JULIETTE BRADFORD, m. 1 June, 1876, Louis CONRAD MASSEY, ESQ., b. Phila., 23 Aug., 1852, son of Lambert R. and Elizabeth (Conrad) Massey. He was graduated at the Univ. of Penna., Class ’71, and admitted to the Philadel¬ phia bar, 5 Dec., 1874; settled in the practice of law at Orlando, Florida, 1885 ; was appointed eounty commissioner, Orange County, Florida, 1887 ; commissioner to revise statutes of Florida 1889-92 ; commissioner on uniformity of state legislation since 1895; State Senator Nineteenth Dis¬ trict, 1904-19; counsel for State Railroad Commission 190711; Grand Master of Masons, Florida, 1909-10; Chancellor, Episcopal Church, Southern Florida, since 1903; member Seminole Club, Jacksonville. SARAH WILLIAMSON, d. y. 10. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE4 KNEASS ( Christian,3 Esq., Chris¬ topher,2 Johan Christian1), born at Philadelphia, 17 April, 1818 ; died at Philadelphia, 16 March, 1888. He was appointed cadet at large to West Point Military Academy in 1832, by President Jackson, but left the Academy in 1835 to embark in mercantile pursuits at New Orleans, Louisiana. On 1 July, 1847, he entered into partnership in that city with Michael Magee, under the firm name of Magee, Kneass & Co. at New Orleans and M. Magee & Co. at Philadelphia, to trade as manufacturers and importers of saddlery and saddlery hard¬ ware, the New Orleans warehouse being at the Sign of the Golden Horsehead, No. 6 Magazine street, and the Philadel¬ phia factory, 18 Decatur street. This connection continued until 1 January, 1865, when the New Orleans house, confiscated by the Confederate government during the Civil War, and re¬ stored in part after the war by the Federal government, was discontinued and the Philadelphia business reorganized as Kneass & Co. At New Orleans, in 1845, he took an active part in the formation of the First Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers, the first strictly American regiment in that city, its leading pur¬ pose, aside from military duty, being to break up the custom of military parades on Sunday. He served as lieutenant, adjutant and captain in this regiment and assisted in raising Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. 125 troops to fill the Louisiana regiments called out for the Mexican War. A prominent member of the Odd Fellows, he held the position of Grand High Priest. From 1850 he served some years as school director in Phila¬ delphia, and, at the outbreak of the Civil War, organized in the Tenth Ward, three companies of Home Guard, many mem¬ bers of which later enlisted in volunteer regiments. When the various Home Guard companies were formed into a brigade, under General Pleasanton, he was tendered the com¬ mand of one of the regiments, which he declined, but ac¬ cepted that of major of the Gray Reserves, and later the lieutenant-colonelcy of that command. In 1862, when Penn¬ sylvania was invaded by the Confederate Army, his regiment tendered its services for active duty, and went into the field as the Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, with Mr. Kneass as colonel, and while in service he commanded for a short time the brigade of which his regiment was a part. Shortly after the regiment returned to Philadelphia he re¬ signed his command owing to ill-health. The Gray Reserves later became the First Regiment, National Guard of Penn¬ sylvania. A portrait of Colonel Kneass is in the First Regi¬ ment Armory. He married, at New York City, 11 August, 1840, Caroline Amelia von Vultee, bom at New York City, 4 September, 1821; died at Ridley Park, Pa., 24 July, 1900, daughter of Baron Frederick Louis von Vultee of Baden, by his wife Gertrude Wertheim of Hesse Cassel. Children, the two eldest and seven youngest bora at Phila¬ delphia : SARAH GERTRUDE, S b. 1 July, 1841; d. Jan., 1902; m. 20 Oot., 1864, JOHN SEXTON MILES, d. Jan., 1888. Issue: John Kneass 15 Miles m. 12 May, 1888, Virginia A dele Corson, dan. of Stillwell F. Corson, and had issue. ii. CAROLINE PAMELA, b. 6 Aug., 1842; d. Dec. 9, 1918; m. 17 . Apr., 1865, John Head Brooks; d. July 16, 1904. Issue: 1. Caroline Amelia « Brooks, b. 11 Feb., 1866. 2. Napoleon Bonaparte Kneass Brooks, b. 9 Feb., 1868; m. 28 Nov., 1893, Maude, dau. John Waters. 3. Eleanor D. Brooks, b. 23 Apr., 1871; d. 9 Jan., 1876. iii. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, b. New Orleans, 26 Dec., 1843; d. Phila.., 3 Feb., 1898. Losing his sight from the effects of sun stroke at the age of seven, he nevertheless became eminent for his inventions, printing and authorship, in i. , 126 Memorials of the Kneass Family of Philadelphia. connection with the blind. In 1867 he established Kneass 1 Philadelphia Magazine for the Blind, and for several years issued from his press more than was issued from the com¬ bined presses for the blind in the country. The author of several pieces of music, secular and sacred, he received pre¬ miums for his works from Franklin Institute, the Paris and the United States Centennial Expositions. iv. JAMES MAGEE, b. New Orleans, 29 Apr., 1846; d. there, 7 Feb., 1849. v. FLORENCE ADELE, b. New Orleans, 8 Jan., 1849; d. there, 31 March, 1850. vi. PAULINE, b. 22 Sept., 1851. vii. BLANCHE, b. 7 Feb., 1854; d. Phila., 17 June, 1855. viii. Louis, b. 30 June, 1855; cl. Phila., 1 July, 1855. ix. PERCY VULTEE, b. 12 Sept., 1856; d. Phila., 17 Feb., 1892; m. 1 Sept., 1886, ELIZABETH M. SLOCUM, dau. of Alfred Marshall Slocum, M. D. Issue: 1. Horace,« b. Phila., 20 July, 1889; d. 29 July, 1889. 2. Ethel Percy , b. 10 July, 1891. x. ELOISE, b. 20 Oct., 1858; d. y. xi. CARL MAGEE, b. 22 Nov., 1860; m. (1) 25 Bee., 1888, MARY MOUNTFORT, dau. of Joseph Mountfort, Esq., of Denver Colorado; died Aug., 1904; m. (2) 1 June, 1910, Louise Lindauer, dau. of John Lindauer of Phila. For twentytwo years, 1892-1914, Mr. Kneass was Associate Editor of The Ladies Home Journalf and is now, 1919, a stock broker; is secretary of The Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; member of the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution and one of its Color Guard; also member of the Manufacturers ’ Club of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Country Club. In 1915 he was the compiler, with Wilfred Jordan, of a u CATALOGUE OF THE PORTRAITS AND OTHER WORKS OF ART IN INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA. WITH A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BUILDINGS COMPRISING THE STATE HOUSE ROW. This publication was issued by The Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. xii. LELA FREDERICKA VULTEE, b. 15 June, 1862; d. Phila., 9 Aug., 1871. ”