Cordelia L. Hornaday Knott (1890-1974)

Businesswoman, Restaurateur. She was the wife of Knott's Berry Farm founder Walter Knott, and is best remembered for her famous chicken dinner restaurant, which is still in operation today.

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Martha A. Lippincott Hornaday

1856–1901

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Walter Marvin Knott

1889–1981 (m. 1911)

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Maude E. Hornaday Pierson

1881–1906
Jessie Hornaday

1887–1889

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Virginia Maurine Knott Bender

1913–2003
Russell Hornaday Knott

1916–2002
Rachel Elizabeth "Toni" Knott Oliphant

1917–2003
Marion Genevieve Knott Montapert

1922–2014

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Russell Hornaday Knott

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Russell Hornaday Knott

Rachel Elizabeth "Toni" Knott Oliphant

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