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Contributor: Larry Knarr, LXKNARR@aol.com

Descendants of Johann Nikolaus Knerr
Auglaize County, Ohio

Coordinator’s Note: Numbering sequences in this chart are preserved as submitted in the original document. Gaps in numbering may reflect individuals outside this direct line and have not been altered.

Generation No. 1
1. Johann Nikolaus Knerr (Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born February 2, 1785 in Walshausen, and died after 1833. He married (1) Maria Margaretha Freyer, May 30, 1811, in Gross-Steinhausen. He married (2) Susanna Margaretha Freyer, ca. 1821, in Bottenbach.
Children of Johann Knerr and Maria Freyer:
• i. Johann Adam Knerr, born March 15, 1812 in Hornbach; died ca. 1855 in Auglaize County, Ohio.
• ii. Johann Nikolaus Knerr, born 1819 in Hornbach; died after 1848.
Children of Johann Knerr and Susanna Freyer:
• i. Louisa Knerr, born January 7, 1823.
• ii. Georg Jacob Knerr, born May 19, 1825 in Bottenbach; died after 1857.
• iii. Elisabetha Knerr, born September 29, 1827.
• iv. Johann Paul Knerr, born September 22, 1831 in Bottenbach; died after 1867.

Generation No. 2
2. Johann Adam Knerr (Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born March 15, 1812 in Hornbach, and died ca. 1855 in Auglaize County, Ohio. He married Wilhelmina Albront, August 1, 1837, in Allen County, Ohio.
Johann Adam Knerr emigrated to Ohio before 1837 and settled in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.
Children of Johann Knerr and Wilhelmina Albront:
• i. Adam Knarr, born September 21, 1838 in Ohio; died February 9, 1922 in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
• ii. Jonathan F. Knarr, born 1840 in Ohio; died 1893.
• iii. Philip Knarr, born December 1842 in Ohio; died April 12, 1933 in Fryburg, Ohio.
• iv. Henry Knarr, born May 6, 1845 in Fryburg, Ohio; died January 3, 1929 in Fryburg, Ohio.
• v. Jacob Knarr, born October 1847 in Ohio; died July 18, 1929 in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
• vi. Wilhelmina D. Knarr, born 1849.

3. Johann Nikolaus Knerr (Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born 1819 in Hornbach, and died after 1848. He married (1) Elisabetha Knerr, ca. 1837. He married (2) Anna Dorothea Hofmann, March 24, 1838, in Allen County, Ohio.
Nikolaus Knerr came to Ohio with his brother Adam around 1836.
Children of Johann Knerr and Anna Hofmann:
• i. Elisabetha Knerr, born 1843.
• ii. Lucinda Knerr, born 1846.
• iii. Catherine Knerr, born 1848.

5. Georg Jacob Knerr (Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born May 19, 1825 in Bottenbach, and died after 1857. He married Elisabetha Schmidt, May 19, 1849.
Children of Georg Knerr and Elisabetha Schmidt:
• i. Karolina Knerr, born January 18, 1857 in Bottenbach.
• ii. Ludwig Knerr, born July 31, 1859 in Bottenbach.
• iii. Christian Knerr, born November 21, 1867 in Bottenbach.

7. Johann Paul Knerr (Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born September 22, 1831 in Bottenbach, and died after 1867. He married Friederica Philippina Gross, December 23, 1857, in Bottenbach.
Children of Johann Knerr and Friederica Gross:
• i. Friederika Knerr, born August 1, 1858.
• ii. Ludwig Knerr, born November 15, 1859 in Bottenbach.
• iii. Jacob Knerr, born March 6, 1863 in Bottenbach.
• iv. Heinrich Knerr, born April 24, 1864 in Bottenbach.
• v. Louisa Knerr, born March 21, 1865.
• vi. Paul Knerr, born March 25, 1867 in Bottenbach.
• vii. Johann Nikolaus Knerr, born July 31, 1871 in Bottenbach.
• viii. Adam Knerr, born January 1, 1874 in Bottenbach.

Generation No. 3
8. Adam Knarr (Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born September 21, 1838 in Ohio, and died February 9, 1922 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He married (1) Addie Henriette Geyer, ca. 1858, daughter of Henry Geyer. He married (2) Mary Ann Busch, August 29, 1859, in Auglaize County, Ohio.
Child of Adam Knarr and Mary Busch:
• i. Henry Cicero Knarr, born August 20, 1879; died July 5, 1924.

9. Jonathan F. Knarr (Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born 1840 in Ohio, and died 1893. He married Sarah Rosetta Gray, August 17, 1863.
Children of Jonathan Knarr and Sarah Gray:
• i. Charles Knerr, born June 1864 in Fryburg, Ohio; died January 16, 1940 in Lima, Ohio.
• ii. Mary Knerr, born 1866.
• iii. John William Knarr, born May 28, 1868; died September 14, 1914 in Lima, Ohio.

10. Philip Knarr (Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born December 1842 in Ohio, and died April 12, 1933 in Fryburg, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Helmilinger, December 6, 1868, daughter of Louis Helmilinger and Christina Muench.
Children of Philip Knarr and Elizabeth Helmilinger:
• i. Ludwig Ferdinand Knerr, born April 16, 1871; died March 10, 1960 in Findlay, Ohio.
• ii. Philip Adam Knerr, born November 15, 1873 in Clay Township, Auglaize County, Ohio; died January 26, 1931 in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
• iii. Samuel Henry Knerr, born March 6, 1876; died January 20, 1945.
• iv. Albert M. Knerr, born 1882; died 1888.
• v. Gilbert Edwin Knerr, born April 2, 1893; died July 26, 1894.

11. Henry Knarr (Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born May 6, 1845 in Fryburg, Ohio, and died January 3, 1929 in Fryburg, Ohio. He married (1) Catherine E. Sammetinger, January 31, 1875. He married (2) Catherine Hollobacher, April 7, 1890, daughter of John Hollobacher and Kunegunde Meier.
Children of Henry Knarr and Catherine Sammetinger:
• i. George Lorenz Knarr, born December 21, 1875 in Fryburg, Ohio; died February 3, 1953.
• ii. August Philip Knarr, born August 14, 1877; died May 5, 1962. Married Rosa M. Kaeck, January 1935.
• iii. Caroline Rosalinde Knarr, born February 17, 1881 in Fryburg, Ohio; died April 26, 1951.
• iv. Christian Knarr, born January 18, 1885 in Fryburg, Ohio.
• v. Wilhelmina Knerr, born January 18, 1885 in Fryburg, Ohio; died 1972 in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
• vi. Philip Adam Knarr, born 1887.
Child of Henry Knarr and Catherine Hollobacher:
• i. Malinda Hilda Knerr, born May 3, 1893; died June 5, 1980 in Cridersville, Ohio.

12. Jacob Knarr (Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born October 1847 in Ohio, and died July 18, 1929 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He married Erimma Heddish, June 16, 1872.
Child of Jacob Knarr and Erimma Heddish:
• i. Minnie Knarr, born October 10, 1877.
21. Ludwig Knerr (Johann Paul, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born November 15, 1859 in Bottenbach.
Child of Ludwig Knerr:
• i. Ludwig Knerr, born April 1, 1887 in Bottenbach; died July 4, 1960 in Pirmasens.

Generation No. 4
28. Henry Cicero Knarr (Adam, Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born August 20, 1879, and died July 5, 1924. He married Della Moneysmith, ca. 1904, daughter of William Moneysmith and Sarah Blackley.
Children of Henry Knarr and Della Moneysmith:
• i. Margaret Marie Knarr, born May 9, 1905; died March 20, 1991 in Sidney, Ohio.
• ii. William Henry Adam Knarr, born August 1, 1906 in Wapakoneta, Ohio; died October 13, 1973 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Married (1) Elda Moorman, ca. 1930. Married (2) Thelma Marie Covert, May 28, 1965.
• iii. Eugene Knarr, born August 13, 1912 in Wapakoneta, Ohio; died June 13, 1963 in Wapakoneta, Ohio.

29. Charles Knerr (Jonathan F. Knarr, Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born June 1864 in Fryburg, Ohio, and died January 16, 1940 in Lima, Ohio. He married Eliza Louise Kaeck, ca. 1893, daughter of George Kaeck and Sophia Siebold.
Children of Charles Knerr and Eliza Kaeck:
• i. Franklin George Knerr, born June 20, 1894 in Lima, Ohio; died September 28, 1955 in Lima, Ohio.
• ii. Carl Philip Knerr, born February 1896 in Lima, Ohio; died August 10, 1973.
• iii. Edwin Louis Knerr, born February 11, 1898; died December 16, 1961.
• iv. Rosetta Anna Knerr, born February 9, 1901 in Lima, Ohio; died September 12, 1973.
• v. Edna Amelia Knerr, born May 10, 1903 in Lima, Ohio; died February 1974.
• vi. Alvina Margaret Knerr, born May 16, 1905 in Lima, Ohio; died October 16, 1991 in Lima, Ohio.

30. Mary Knerr (Jonathan F. Knarr, Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born 1866. She married Frank Xavier Sieber, ca. 1887, son of Frank Sieber and Caroline Elsass.
Children of Mary Knerr and Frank Sieber:
• i. Carrie Sieber, born ca. 1888.
• ii. Rose Sieber, born ca. 1890. Married (1) Unknown Scanland, ca. 1911. Married (2) Roy Sealtz, ca. 1920.
• iii. Emma Sieber, born ca. 1892; married Unknown Conroy.
• iv. Charlotte Sieber, born ca. 1894; married Kenneth Kerr.
• v. John Xavier Sieber, born ca. 1896; married Evelyn Unknown.
• vi. Eleanor Sieber, born ca. 1898.
• vii. Minnie Sieber, born ca. 1900.

32. Ludwig Ferdinand Knerr (Philip Knarr, Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born April 16, 1871, and died March 10, 1960 in Findlay, Ohio. He married Veronica Katherine (Fran) Kaeck, ca. 1894, daughter of George Kaeck and Sophia Siebold.
Children of Ludwig Knerr and Veronica Kaeck:
• i. Raymond Carl Lawrence Knerr, born March 4, 1895 in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
• ii. Earl George Knerr, born September 18, 1899; died May 24, 1981.
• iii. Elmer Adam Knerr, born June 12, 1902 in Wapakoneta, Ohio; died June 26, 1964 in Lima, Ohio. Married Irene Rita Sodders, November 13, 1926.
• iv. Marion Samuel Knerr, born May 8, 1905 in Wapakoneta, Ohio; married Ada Roth.

33. Philip Adam Knerr (Philip Knarr, Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born November 15, 1873 in Clay Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, and died January 26, 1931 in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He married Rosa M. Kaeck, ca. 1899.
Children of Philip Knerr and Rosa Kaeck:
• i. Irvin Elmer Knerr, born September 9, 1900 in Fryburg, Ohio; died May 2, 1962 in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
• ii. Wilbur Henry Knerr, born June 27, 1910 in Fryburg, Ohio.
• iii. Leona Sophia Knerr, born June 3, 1905; died August 30, 1984 in Lima, Ohio.

34. Samuel Henry Knerr (Philip Knarr, Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born March 6, 1876, and died January 20, 1945. He married Caroline Elsass, February 12, 1903, daughter of George Elsass and Mary Hansel.
Children of Samuel Knerr and Caroline Elsass:
• i. Ivena Knerr, born December 15, 1903; died August 25, 1969.
• ii. Oscar E. Knerr, born October 19, 1908 in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio; died May 22, 1950 in Lima, Ohio. Married Mabel Elizabeth Briggs.

37. George Lorenz Knarr (Henry, Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born December 21, 1875 in Fryburg, Ohio, and died February 3, 1953. He married Lucinda Klopfenstein, November 6, 1924, daughter of Michael Klopfenstein and Elizabeth Uphouse.
Children of George Knarr and Lucinda Klopfenstein:
• i. George Henry Knarr, born 1927; died 1927.
• ii. Infant Knarr, born 1927.
• iii. Elsie Knarr, born 1930; died 1930.

39. Caroline Rosalinde Knarr (Henry, Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born February 17, 1881 in Fryburg, Ohio, and died April 26, 1951. She married William M. Lunz, February 15, 1900.
Children of Caroline Knarr and William Lunz:
• i. Walter Heinrich Lunz, born January 9, 1902 in Fryburg, Ohio.
• ii. Theodore Karl Lunz, born December 13, 1903 in Fryburg, Ohio; died December 25, 1993 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Married Viola Ruck, April 25, 1927.
• iii. Elmer August Lunz, born December 14, 1907 in Fryburg, Ohio; died July 24, 1973 in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
• iv. Frieda Wilhelmina Lunz, born November 14, 1910 in Fryburg, Ohio.
• v. Delbert Eldon Lunz, born April 17, 1919 in Fryburg, Ohio.

41. Wilhelmina Knerr (Henry Knarr, Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born January 18, 1885 in Fryburg, Ohio, and died 1972 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. She married Richard F. Gohlke, August 19, 1909, in Auglaize County, Ohio.
Children of Wilhelmina Knerr and Richard Gohlke:
• i. Erma Gohlke, born ca. 1911; married Fred Arend.
• ii. Henry R. Gohlke, born December 28, 1914 in Lima, Ohio; died August 8, 1985 in Xenia, Ohio.

43. Malinda Hilda Knerr (Henry Knarr, Johann Adam Knerr, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born May 3, 1893, and died June 5, 1980 in Cridersville, Ohio. She married William S. Helmilinger, April 10, 1917.
Children of Malinda Knerr and William Helmilinger:
• i. Florence Catherine Magdaline Helmilinger, born April 23, 1918 in Auglaize County, Ohio.
• ii. Henry Helmilinger, born September 21, 1919 in Auglaize County, Ohio; died September 20, 1920 in Auglaize County, Ohio.
• iii. Homer William Helmilinger, born January 3, 1922 in Auglaize County, Ohio.
• iv. Howard James Helmilinger, born June 20, 1925.
• v. Doris Mae Helmilinger, born January 12, 1935 in Auglaize County, Ohio.

45. Ludwig Knerr (Ludwig, Johann Paul, Johann Nikolaus, Johann Friedrich, Johann Jacob, Johann Friedrich, Johann Nikolaus, Theodor) was born April 1, 1887 in Bottenbach, and died July 4, 1960 in Pirmasens. He married Julie Hofmann.
Children of Ludwig Knerr and Julie Hofmann:
• i. Johannes Knerr, born 1922; died 1986.
• ii. Gertrud Knerr, born October 13, 1923; died June 22, 1981.

Contributor: Linda Dietz

William M. Linn

Biography of William M. Linn, Page 316 – 1892
Portrait & Biographical Record of Auglaize, Logan & Shelby Co., Ohio

The Democratic Times, published in Wapakoneta, is a journal well known in Auglaize County and the adjoining country as a medium of information regarding the news of the day, affairs in which the people of the locality are especially interested and various matters which pertain to the good of all humanity. Of this sheet Mr. Linn is proprietor and editor-in-chief, and in its control he is adding to an already established reputation as a newspaperman. Although quite a young man, he has had some years’ experience in the fields of journalism and knows well how to handle the enterprise he has in hand.

Our subject was born in Greenfield, Highland County, this state, August 5, 1857, and is the son of William S. and Mary Linn. His educational advantages were very limited, he never having entered a schoolhouse for the purpose of studying since twelve years of age. By careful observation, however, and strict attention to business, he has acquired a good practical education, which has made him a successful businessman.

In 1870, Mr. Linn, in company with his parents, moved to Indiana, where he served as “printer’s devil” in the office of the Union City Eagle. In 1877, in partnership with Cal Bidlack, he established the Versailles Policy, which they published for a short time. In 1883, Mr. Linn left that city and going to Greenville, this State, started the Greenville Advocate, which he sold out five years later, and locating in Wapakoneta, began the publication of the Democratic Times. It is one of the leading papers in the county, and has a large circulation, finding its way into the homes of the best people in this section, and is well deserving of the patronage which it receives. Mr. Linn is a self-made man in the true acceptance of that term, as he started out in life with no capital whatever, and is now at the head of a growing business.

While residing in Versailles, Mr. Linn, September 29, 1878, was united in marriage with Miss Isabella, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Radabaugh, and to them have been born four sons, namely, Willie J., Ernest Lee, George Ward, and Edward R. Our subject is a genial, quick-witted man, whose keen observation and habits of thought afford him much pleasure as well as form a lever to advance his financial interests. He is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, and votes the straight Democratic ticket, having cast his first Presidential vote for Winfield S. Hancock.