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[S106] Tricia J. McCall, Genealogy: The Cress and McCall Family Page, (Name: FamilyTreeMaker Online; Location: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com;), Ancestors of Lovetta Irene Knauff, Generation No. 5, Entry 16 and 17.
From "The History of Mercer County", 1888:
Adam Knauff, farmer, post-office Balm, was born on June 3, 1824, in Germany, to Nicholas and Anna (Vining)(sic) Knauff, natives of the same country, who came to America in 1831. Michael, the grandfather of Adam, started on the same vessel but died on the way and was buried in the ocean. The parents settled first in the woods of Butler County. There the father died in 1855 and the mother in 1834.
They had five children: Nicholas, Michael, John, Michael (2), Adam, and Margaret, who married Michael Senkan. The parents were members of the German Lutheran Church. Adam Knauff was educated in the German schools of his native country and in Butler County. He learned the tailor's trade with his brother Michael, and followed it for some time. He was married April 7, 1846 to Elizabeth Ifft, daughter of Peter and Anna (Ginter) (sic) Ifft, natives of the same country, and who came on the same vessel with the Knauff family. Her parents settled in Beaver County, PA. They had six children: Peter, Jacob, John, Eliza, Barbara, and Gertrude. Our subject has had ten children, seven of whom are living; Adam, married Susannah Uber and has Anna, Maggie, Ida, Joseph, Clara, Rosa, and Mary; John, married Helen Reeher, and has Freddie, Harry, Mable, and Dennis; Herman, married America Harman and has Willis and Lestie; Jacob, married Magdalena Blumenshine, and has Clarence and Hattie (Sic); Anna, married Martin Bortz, and has Walter and Freddie; Mary and Charles are at home. Mr. Knauff came to the present farm of 126 acres in 1866. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church of Balm, and he is a Democrat.