Brief Life History of Joseph Patterson
When Joseph Patterson McKnight was born on 19 May 1853, in Piqua, Miami, Ohio, United States, his father, David M McKnight, was 34 and his mother, Harriet Finney, was 39. He married Nancy Ellen Lewallen on 1 July 1880, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Montebello Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 7 November 1922, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Quindaro Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States.
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- Joseph P Mc Knight in household of David Mc Knight, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jos P Mcknight, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- JOSEPH P McKNIGHT, "BillionGraves Index"
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1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1872
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Name Meaning
Irish: part translation of Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the horseman (Gaelic ridire)’, formerly Anglicized McRuddery.
Scottish (Dumfriesshire and Galloway) and Irish (Ulster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Neachtain, which is usually Anglicized as McNaughton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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