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David Knauss

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David Knauss

Birth
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
6 Dec 1920 (aged 77)
Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Lyons, Rice County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Married to Priscilla Fehnel, April 14, 1865, Bath, PA

Enlisted in the Army of the Potomac at 16 and fought at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Lost his backpack, including his German Bible at Chancellorsville. Found by a Confederate soldier, his family turned it over to a Lutheran minister who managed to track him down an return it when he was 74 years old.
Married to Priscilla Fehnel, April 14, 1865, Bath, PA

Enlisted in the Army of the Potomac at 16 and fought at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Lost his backpack, including his German Bible at Chancellorsville. Found by a Confederate soldier, his family turned it over to a Lutheran minister who managed to track him down an return it when he was 74 years old.


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