McKnight family.
Name Entries
family
McKnight family.
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
McKnight family.
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Pittsburgh banker and industrialist Charles McKnight (1863-1926) married Eliza Cochran Wilson (1860-1926) in 1888. Eliza Cochran Wilson McKnight was the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, Samuel Jennings Wilson (1828-1883) and granddaughter of Allegheny merchant Robert Hudman Davis (1814-1881), who was the son of Judge Hugh Davis (1777-1862), one of the earliest settlers in Allegheny County., Charles McKnight was associated with the First National Bank of Sewickley and Western National Bank and president of the Carbon Steel Company. Eliza Cochran Wilson McKnight was active in civic organizations, principally the Woman's Club of Sewickley Valley, and charities, including thte Protestant Orphan Asylum of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church of Sewickley, Pa. Their eldest daughter, Rachel Lowrie McKnight Simmons (18809-1979) attended Smith College and Columbia University and trained as a nurse.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Presbyterian Church
World War, 1914-1918
Women missionaries
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
China
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Sewickley (Pa.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
England
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Mexico
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
India
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Cuba
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace