Margaret Corrine (Biddle) Knight (1922 - 2017)

Born 15 Apr 1922 in Cumberland Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Kenneth Wayne Knight — married 15 Jun 1946 (to 16 Aug 1978) in Greene, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Aug 2017 at age 95 in Carmichaels, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Margaret Corrine 'Peg' Biddle was born April 15, 1922 and is the daughter of Carl Biddle and Mary Hoge. Peg grew up in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania^[1][2] along with four siblings; Katherine Belle Biddle, Estelle Louise Biddle, Arthur Hoge Biddle and Priscilla McCaw Biddle.

Peg married Kenneth Wayne Knight June 15, 1946^[3][4] and they made their home in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania until his death August 16, 1978. Together they raised two children, Karen Elizabeth Knight and William Robert Knight. Margaret made her living as a school teacher. She died August 14, 2017 and is buried in Greene County Memorial Park, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.^[5]

Obituary

Margaret Biddle Knight, 95, of Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, died at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, August 14, 2017 at her home. She was born April 15, 1922 in Cumberland Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Carl Milton and Mary (Hoge) Biddle.

Mrs. Knight was a graduate of Cumberland Township High School and received her bachelors degree from Waynesburg College. She taught in various grade schools and high schools in Washington, Greene and Fayette Counties.

Mrs. Knight resided in Cumberland Township most of her life and was a longtime member of both the Greene Valley Presbyterian Church and the Carmichaels Women's Civic Club. She served the Lord through serving others. In her church, Mrs. Knight was a member of the Women in the Church and served as a deaconess and Sunday school teacher for many years. She also delivered Meals on Wheels and volunteered at the Flenniken Memorial Library.

On June 15, 1946, she married Kenneth Wayne Knight, who died August 16, 1978.

Surviving are a son, Robert Knight and his wife, Karen, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, a daughter, Karen Sarver and her husband, Alan, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, four grandchildren, Stephanie Sarver, Bryan Sarver and his wife, Samantha, Megan Erfley and her husband, David, and Katie Knight; three great grandchildren, Bruce Allen, Claire Allen and Kendall Sarver; a sister, Priscilla McCaw-Jack of York, Pennsylvania and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased are a brother and his wife, Arthur and Marcia Biddle and two sisters and their husbands, Katherine and Kyle Nolf and Estelle and Howard Brandtonies.

There will be no public viewing and private interment will take place at Greene County Memorial Park.

Family and friends are welcome to attend a celebration of Margaret's life at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at the Greene Valley Presbyterian Church, 104 East Greene Street, Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. The Rev. P. Keith Larson will officiate.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Greene Valley Presbyterian Church, P. O. Box 363, Carmichaels, Pennsylvania 15320 or to the Children's Bible Ministry, 381 Willis Road, Jefferson, Pennsylvania 15344 or to the Flenniken Memorial Library,102 East George Street, Carmichaels, Pennsylvania 15320.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH3C-5RP : accessed 16 April 2020), Margaret Biddle in household of Carl Biddle, Cumberland, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 22B, line 59, family 373, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2043; FHL microfilm 2,341,777.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQQT-K4D : 28 July 2019), Margaret Biddle in household of Carl Biddle, Cumberland Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-5, sheet 5B, line 79, family 99, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3512.
3. ↑ "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WN-B98R : 6 February 2020), Kenneth Wayne Knight, 1946.
4. ↑ "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WN-YVL3 : 6 February 2020), Margaret Corinne Biddle in entry for Kenneth Wayne Knight:, 1946.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #182381506 Margaret Biddle Knight, 2017; Burial, Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Greene County Memorial Park
6. ↑ Unknown source from FindAGrave

See also:

• Nieman Clan History compiled by Helen Marie (Newcomer) Maust. Aunt Helen attended most all the Nieman Family Reunions and the Frankhouser Family Reunions. She gathered information from family members who attended the Reunions over the years sharing information about family lore and updated information about each branch. Around 1980 she put information together by typewriter and created a very large document that included all of the information about the Nieman and Frankhouser clans. Both branches intertwined in various ways and trace back to the common ancestors of John Blosser who emigrated from Switzerland and was of German origin. In the following years, she provided updates after the reunions were over and she could add the new information gathered at the reunions to the document. That document has been scanned as a PDF file.
• Margaret Corrine 'Peg' Biddle FamilySearch