Anna Louise Bell, a daughter of Hannah (née Finch) and John Bell, senior, was born 8 April 1807 in Belmont County, Ohio. Anna moved with her family in fall 1817 to Bellville, Richland County, Ohio, a village founded by her grandfather Robert Bell. Anna's father purchased 260 acres in Richland County's Blooming Grove Township the following spring, and settled his family there. ("John Bell, of Belmont county, Ohio," had also received the patent for 160 acres in that township in 1815.)
Anna Bell and John Knott were married about 1827 in Richland County, Ohio. The couple lived at first in Richland, or in neighboring Huron County, and moved in the mid-1830s to Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
Anna Knott passed away in 1843 at her residence in Angola, Steuben County (about 8 miles south of Jamestown). John Knott remarried the following year, and passed away in 1849.
Children of Anna and John Knott:
• Robert B. Knott (b. 17 Jun 1828; m. Sophronia Ketcham, 2 Oct 1852; d. 14 Oct 1870, Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan).
• Hannah Bertha Knott (b. Nov 1833, Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio; m. Dr. Clark Sherwood Kellogg (1817-1869), 1 Jan 1857, Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio; d. 18 Oct 1902, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan).
• Thomas Knott (identity unconfirmed ).
• Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Knott (b. 31 Dec 1842); adopted by maternal uncle Enoch M. Bell; m1. Gilbert McWhirk (1840-1876), 30 Jan 1865, Delaware Co., Ohio; m2. Dubois St. John, 1882; d. 3 Feb 1893).
Notes
Middle name, Louisa, from unconfirmed secondary sources.
Volume 2 of Richland County, Ohio, marriage records (about 1825 through 1833) is no longer extant. A record of the Bell-Knott marriage about 1827 is not found in neighboring counties. An obituary, below, in a Methodist Episcopal publication provides Anna Knott's dates of birth and death, parents, and husband.
"KNOTT, Anna, died 6-26-1843 at her residence, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana; born 4-28-1807, Belmont County, O., daughter of John and Hannah Bell; united with the Methodist Church at a camp-meeting held in Richland County, Ohio, Aug. 1832; married John Knott." (Nellie Riley Raber, Western Christian Advocate Death Notices from Volume Ten, April 21, 1843 - April 1, 1844 (Lakewood, Ohio: n.p., 1900), n.p. [page 61/118 in .pdf].)
"John Bell, eldest son of Robert Bell, was born in November, 1781, in New Jersey. In 1803 he married Hannah Finch, who was born in Rhode Island in 1785, and came to Belmont county [Ohio] with her parents. To her marriage with Mr. Bell seven children were born in Belmont county, namely: [...third ] Anna, who married John Knott, and died at Angola, Steuben county, Ind [...]" (Bio. of David S. Bell in: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1894), p. 402.)
1830 U.S. Census, Blooming Grove Twp., Richland Co., Ohio; p. 42 (printed), p. 3d (written).
[23.] John Knott. Household consisted of 4 persons: 1 male under 5, 1 male 20 through 29, 1 male 30 through 39; 1 female 20 through 29.
1840 U.S. Census, James[town] Twp., Steuben Co., Indiana; p. 111 (printed), p. 210 (written).
[27.] John Knott. Household consisted of 5 persons: 1 male 5 through 9, 1 male 10 through 14, 1 male 40 through 49; 1 female 5 through 9, 1 female 30 through 39.
Old Angola Cemetery inscriptions in: "City of the Dead," Steuben Republican, Angola, Indiana, 31 May 1893, p. 1. (Months and days of age at death omitted.)
"John Knott, died Sept. 1, 1849, aged 50 years [sic, 56 years]."
"Anna, wife of John Knott, died June 26, 1843, aged 36."
Excerpts from: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with [...] Biographies of Representative Citizens (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1885).
• Thomas Knott was appointed first Crooked Creek postmaster on 5 May 1837 He was succeeded first by John Nichols on 1 August 1837; next by John Knott on 26 July 1838. (p. 467) Crooked Creek was later called Jamestown.
• "Jane E. Bending [...] arrived in Jamestown village with her parents Sept. 8, 1836. At that time there were but three white families in the village, their heads being John Knott, Thomas Knott and John Bell.
"In the winter of that year John Knott built a saw-mill on the creek or outlet of Lake George, and shortly thereafter he built a grist mill at the same point. He also brought a small stock of goods. Mr. Knott, in company with a Mr. Bell, thought to lay out a town, and selected a location to the southward of the present site of the village. This they proceeded to survey and lay out into town lots, naming the place Waynesburg. This place was, however, abandoned. A man by the name of Johnson bought out Knott's interest in the mills and the 'burg.'
"It is thought by some, that Mr. Knott was the first Postmaster in this vicinity [...]" (p. 521)
• "In 1835 Messrs. Knott & Bell built the first tannery." (p. 522) Probably Thomas Knott and John Bell.
Reviewed 7 January 2021.
Anna Bell and John Knott were married about 1827 in Richland County, Ohio. The couple lived at first in Richland, or in neighboring Huron County, and moved in the mid-1830s to Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
Anna Knott passed away in 1843 at her residence in Angola, Steuben County (about 8 miles south of Jamestown). John Knott remarried the following year, and passed away in 1849.
Children of Anna and John Knott:
• Robert B. Knott (b. 17 Jun 1828; m. Sophronia Ketcham, 2 Oct 1852; d. 14 Oct 1870, Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan).
• Hannah Bertha Knott (b. Nov 1833, Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio; m. Dr. Clark Sherwood Kellogg (1817-1869), 1 Jan 1857, Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio; d. 18 Oct 1902, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan).
• Thomas Knott (identity unconfirmed ).
• Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Knott (b. 31 Dec 1842); adopted by maternal uncle Enoch M. Bell; m1. Gilbert McWhirk (1840-1876), 30 Jan 1865, Delaware Co., Ohio; m2. Dubois St. John, 1882; d. 3 Feb 1893).
Notes
Middle name, Louisa, from unconfirmed secondary sources.
Volume 2 of Richland County, Ohio, marriage records (about 1825 through 1833) is no longer extant. A record of the Bell-Knott marriage about 1827 is not found in neighboring counties. An obituary, below, in a Methodist Episcopal publication provides Anna Knott's dates of birth and death, parents, and husband.
"KNOTT, Anna, died 6-26-1843 at her residence, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana; born 4-28-1807, Belmont County, O., daughter of John and Hannah Bell; united with the Methodist Church at a camp-meeting held in Richland County, Ohio, Aug. 1832; married John Knott." (Nellie Riley Raber, Western Christian Advocate Death Notices from Volume Ten, April 21, 1843 - April 1, 1844 (Lakewood, Ohio: n.p., 1900), n.p. [page 61/118 in .pdf].)
"John Bell, eldest son of Robert Bell, was born in November, 1781, in New Jersey. In 1803 he married Hannah Finch, who was born in Rhode Island in 1785, and came to Belmont county [Ohio] with her parents. To her marriage with Mr. Bell seven children were born in Belmont county, namely: [...third ] Anna, who married John Knott, and died at Angola, Steuben county, Ind [...]" (Bio. of David S. Bell in: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1894), p. 402.)
1830 U.S. Census, Blooming Grove Twp., Richland Co., Ohio; p. 42 (printed), p. 3d (written).
[23.] John Knott. Household consisted of 4 persons: 1 male under 5, 1 male 20 through 29, 1 male 30 through 39; 1 female 20 through 29.
1840 U.S. Census, James[town] Twp., Steuben Co., Indiana; p. 111 (printed), p. 210 (written).
[27.] John Knott. Household consisted of 5 persons: 1 male 5 through 9, 1 male 10 through 14, 1 male 40 through 49; 1 female 5 through 9, 1 female 30 through 39.
Old Angola Cemetery inscriptions in: "City of the Dead," Steuben Republican, Angola, Indiana, 31 May 1893, p. 1. (Months and days of age at death omitted.)
"John Knott, died Sept. 1, 1849, aged 50 years [sic, 56 years]."
"Anna, wife of John Knott, died June 26, 1843, aged 36."
Excerpts from: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with [...] Biographies of Representative Citizens (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1885).
• Thomas Knott was appointed first Crooked Creek postmaster on 5 May 1837 He was succeeded first by John Nichols on 1 August 1837; next by John Knott on 26 July 1838. (p. 467) Crooked Creek was later called Jamestown.
• "Jane E. Bending [...] arrived in Jamestown village with her parents Sept. 8, 1836. At that time there were but three white families in the village, their heads being John Knott, Thomas Knott and John Bell.
"In the winter of that year John Knott built a saw-mill on the creek or outlet of Lake George, and shortly thereafter he built a grist mill at the same point. He also brought a small stock of goods. Mr. Knott, in company with a Mr. Bell, thought to lay out a town, and selected a location to the southward of the present site of the village. This they proceeded to survey and lay out into town lots, naming the place Waynesburg. This place was, however, abandoned. A man by the name of Johnson bought out Knott's interest in the mills and the 'burg.'
"It is thought by some, that Mr. Knott was the first Postmaster in this vicinity [...]" (p. 521)
• "In 1835 Messrs. Knott & Bell built the first tannery." (p. 522) Probably Thomas Knott and John Bell.
Reviewed 7 January 2021.
Anna Louise Bell, a daughter of Hannah (née Finch) and John Bell, senior, was born 8 April 1807 in Belmont County, Ohio. Anna moved with her family in fall 1817 to Bellville, Richland County, Ohio, a village founded by her grandfather Robert Bell. Anna's father purchased 260 acres in Richland County's Blooming Grove Township the following spring, and settled his family there. ("John Bell, of Belmont county, Ohio," had also received the patent for 160 acres in that township in 1815.)
Anna Bell and John Knott were married about 1827 in Richland County, Ohio. The couple lived at first in Richland, or in neighboring Huron County, and moved in the mid-1830s to Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
Anna Knott passed away in 1843 at her residence in Angola, Steuben County (about 8 miles south of Jamestown). John Knott remarried the following year, and passed away in 1849.
Children of Anna and John Knott:
• Robert B. Knott (b. 17 Jun 1828; m. Sophronia Ketcham, 2 Oct 1852; d. 14 Oct 1870, Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan).
• Hannah Bertha Knott (b. Nov 1833, Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio; m. Dr. Clark Sherwood Kellogg (1817-1869), 1 Jan 1857, Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio; d. 18 Oct 1902, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan).
• Thomas Knott (identity unconfirmed ).
• Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Knott (b. 31 Dec 1842); adopted by maternal uncle Enoch M. Bell; m1. Gilbert McWhirk (1840-1876), 30 Jan 1865, Delaware Co., Ohio; m2. Dubois St. John, 1882; d. 3 Feb 1893).
Notes
Middle name, Louisa, from unconfirmed secondary sources.
Volume 2 of Richland County, Ohio, marriage records (about 1825 through 1833) is no longer extant. A record of the Bell-Knott marriage about 1827 is not found in neighboring counties. An obituary, below, in a Methodist Episcopal publication provides Anna Knott's dates of birth and death, parents, and husband.
"KNOTT, Anna, died 6-26-1843 at her residence, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana; born 4-28-1807, Belmont County, O., daughter of John and Hannah Bell; united with the Methodist Church at a camp-meeting held in Richland County, Ohio, Aug. 1832; married John Knott." (Nellie Riley Raber, Western Christian Advocate Death Notices from Volume Ten, April 21, 1843 - April 1, 1844 (Lakewood, Ohio: n.p., 1900), n.p. [page 61/118 in .pdf].)
"John Bell, eldest son of Robert Bell, was born in November, 1781, in New Jersey. In 1803 he married Hannah Finch, who was born in Rhode Island in 1785, and came to Belmont county [Ohio] with her parents. To her marriage with Mr. Bell seven children were born in Belmont county, namely: [...third ] Anna, who married John Knott, and died at Angola, Steuben county, Ind [...]" (Bio. of David S. Bell in: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1894), p. 402.)
1830 U.S. Census, Blooming Grove Twp., Richland Co., Ohio; p. 42 (printed), p. 3d (written).
[23.] John Knott. Household consisted of 4 persons: 1 male under 5, 1 male 20 through 29, 1 male 30 through 39; 1 female 20 through 29.
1840 U.S. Census, James[town] Twp., Steuben Co., Indiana; p. 111 (printed), p. 210 (written).
[27.] John Knott. Household consisted of 5 persons: 1 male 5 through 9, 1 male 10 through 14, 1 male 40 through 49; 1 female 5 through 9, 1 female 30 through 39.
Old Angola Cemetery inscriptions in: "City of the Dead," Steuben Republican, Angola, Indiana, 31 May 1893, p. 1. (Months and days of age at death omitted.)
"John Knott, died Sept. 1, 1849, aged 50 years [sic, 56 years]."
"Anna, wife of John Knott, died June 26, 1843, aged 36."
Excerpts from: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with [...] Biographies of Representative Citizens (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1885).
• Thomas Knott was appointed first Crooked Creek postmaster on 5 May 1837 He was succeeded first by John Nichols on 1 August 1837; next by John Knott on 26 July 1838. (p. 467) Crooked Creek was later called Jamestown.
• "Jane E. Bending [...] arrived in Jamestown village with her parents Sept. 8, 1836. At that time there were but three white families in the village, their heads being John Knott, Thomas Knott and John Bell.
"In the winter of that year John Knott built a saw-mill on the creek or outlet of Lake George, and shortly thereafter he built a grist mill at the same point. He also brought a small stock of goods. Mr. Knott, in company with a Mr. Bell, thought to lay out a town, and selected a location to the southward of the present site of the village. This they proceeded to survey and lay out into town lots, naming the place Waynesburg. This place was, however, abandoned. A man by the name of Johnson bought out Knott's interest in the mills and the 'burg.'
"It is thought by some, that Mr. Knott was the first Postmaster in this vicinity [...]" (p. 521)
• "In 1835 Messrs. Knott & Bell built the first tannery." (p. 522) Probably Thomas Knott and John Bell.
Reviewed 7 January 2021.
Anna Bell and John Knott were married about 1827 in Richland County, Ohio. The couple lived at first in Richland, or in neighboring Huron County, and moved in the mid-1830s to Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
Anna Knott passed away in 1843 at her residence in Angola, Steuben County (about 8 miles south of Jamestown). John Knott remarried the following year, and passed away in 1849.
Children of Anna and John Knott:
• Robert B. Knott (b. 17 Jun 1828; m. Sophronia Ketcham, 2 Oct 1852; d. 14 Oct 1870, Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan).
• Hannah Bertha Knott (b. Nov 1833, Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio; m. Dr. Clark Sherwood Kellogg (1817-1869), 1 Jan 1857, Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio; d. 18 Oct 1902, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan).
• Thomas Knott (identity unconfirmed ).
• Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Knott (b. 31 Dec 1842); adopted by maternal uncle Enoch M. Bell; m1. Gilbert McWhirk (1840-1876), 30 Jan 1865, Delaware Co., Ohio; m2. Dubois St. John, 1882; d. 3 Feb 1893).
Notes
Middle name, Louisa, from unconfirmed secondary sources.
Volume 2 of Richland County, Ohio, marriage records (about 1825 through 1833) is no longer extant. A record of the Bell-Knott marriage about 1827 is not found in neighboring counties. An obituary, below, in a Methodist Episcopal publication provides Anna Knott's dates of birth and death, parents, and husband.
"KNOTT, Anna, died 6-26-1843 at her residence, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana; born 4-28-1807, Belmont County, O., daughter of John and Hannah Bell; united with the Methodist Church at a camp-meeting held in Richland County, Ohio, Aug. 1832; married John Knott." (Nellie Riley Raber, Western Christian Advocate Death Notices from Volume Ten, April 21, 1843 - April 1, 1844 (Lakewood, Ohio: n.p., 1900), n.p. [page 61/118 in .pdf].)
"John Bell, eldest son of Robert Bell, was born in November, 1781, in New Jersey. In 1803 he married Hannah Finch, who was born in Rhode Island in 1785, and came to Belmont county [Ohio] with her parents. To her marriage with Mr. Bell seven children were born in Belmont county, namely: [...third ] Anna, who married John Knott, and died at Angola, Steuben county, Ind [...]" (Bio. of David S. Bell in: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1894), p. 402.)
1830 U.S. Census, Blooming Grove Twp., Richland Co., Ohio; p. 42 (printed), p. 3d (written).
[23.] John Knott. Household consisted of 4 persons: 1 male under 5, 1 male 20 through 29, 1 male 30 through 39; 1 female 20 through 29.
1840 U.S. Census, James[town] Twp., Steuben Co., Indiana; p. 111 (printed), p. 210 (written).
[27.] John Knott. Household consisted of 5 persons: 1 male 5 through 9, 1 male 10 through 14, 1 male 40 through 49; 1 female 5 through 9, 1 female 30 through 39.
Old Angola Cemetery inscriptions in: "City of the Dead," Steuben Republican, Angola, Indiana, 31 May 1893, p. 1. (Months and days of age at death omitted.)
"John Knott, died Sept. 1, 1849, aged 50 years [sic, 56 years]."
"Anna, wife of John Knott, died June 26, 1843, aged 36."
Excerpts from: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with [...] Biographies of Representative Citizens (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1885).
• Thomas Knott was appointed first Crooked Creek postmaster on 5 May 1837 He was succeeded first by John Nichols on 1 August 1837; next by John Knott on 26 July 1838. (p. 467) Crooked Creek was later called Jamestown.
• "Jane E. Bending [...] arrived in Jamestown village with her parents Sept. 8, 1836. At that time there were but three white families in the village, their heads being John Knott, Thomas Knott and John Bell.
"In the winter of that year John Knott built a saw-mill on the creek or outlet of Lake George, and shortly thereafter he built a grist mill at the same point. He also brought a small stock of goods. Mr. Knott, in company with a Mr. Bell, thought to lay out a town, and selected a location to the southward of the present site of the village. This they proceeded to survey and lay out into town lots, naming the place Waynesburg. This place was, however, abandoned. A man by the name of Johnson bought out Knott's interest in the mills and the 'burg.'
"It is thought by some, that Mr. Knott was the first Postmaster in this vicinity [...]" (p. 521)
• "In 1835 Messrs. Knott & Bell built the first tannery." (p. 522) Probably Thomas Knott and John Bell.
Reviewed 7 January 2021.
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