CHARLESTON SC...KNICKMEYER/REILLY - Charles B. Stanley
Subject: CHARLESTON SC...KNICKMEYER/REILLY
From: Charles B. Stanley
Date: February 26, 1999

Hi Fellow Genealogiest,

 > Is anyone working on any of these names from Charleston,SC?  The
> > Knickmeyer and Reilly marriage is my childrens line.  Was in Charleston
> > a couple of weeks ago and went to Betheny and St Lawrence Cem. but could
> > not find there graves.  There was no one in the office to help.  Since I
> > live in Virginia it will be a while before I can get back.  If anyone
> > lives in Charlestown and goes to either Cem. I would love to have the
> > info. from the tomestones.  William Reilly was the son of Mary Jane
> > Denham Reilly(husband William Reilly) Murphy (husband Thomas Murphy) and
> > she is buried at St Lawrence Cem. in N Charleston.
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Hope Stanley in Virginia
> >
> > Descendants of FREDERICK WILLIAM RUDOLPH KNICKMEYER
> >
> >         1       FREDERICK WILLIAM RUDOLPH KNICKMEYER    b: 1827 in MAINZ,GERMANY                d:
> > Unknown in CHARLESTON,SC
> > .               +FRANCEZKA ANTOINETTE MULLER    b: Abt. 1830 in MAINZ,GERMANY   m: 1847 d:
> > in CHARLESTON,SC
> > ..      2       ALBERT T KNICKMEYER     b: Abt. 1848            d: 1903 in CHARLESTON,SC
> > ......          +ADELINE CRAPPS b: Abt. 1850 in MISSISSIPPI     m: Abt. 1870
> > ..      2       THEODORE E KNICKMEYER   b: Abt. 1849 in CHARLESTON,SC           d: 1904
> > ......          +REBECCA Y O'NEIL       b: Abt. 1855    m: Abt. 1880
> > ..      2       WILHELMINA A KNICKMEYER b: Abt. 1850            d: 1903 in CHARLESTON,SC
> > ......          +W AUGUST PULFRICK      b: Abt. 1845    m: Abt. 1870    d: December 01,
> > 1890 in CHARLESTON,SC
> > ..      2       WM RUDOLPH JR KNICKMEYER        b: Abt. 1851            d: 1893
> > ......          +FRANCES        b: Abt. 1855
> > ..      2       CECELIA ANTOINETTE KNICKMEYER   b: November 11, 1853 in
> > CHARLESTON,SC           d: April 10, 1913 in CHARLESTON,SC BURIED IN BETHANY CEM.
> > ......          +WILLIAM FRANCIS REILLY b: 1851 in ENGLAND      m: 1871 in
> > CHARLESTON,SC   d: October 1899 in CHARLESTON,SC  BURIED IN BETHANY CEM.
> >
> > THEODORE WAS A CARPENTER, A FIRE INSPECTOR AND CITY FIREMAN.  THEODORE
> > AND HIS FAMILY LIVED ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF A HOUSE A 152 CHURCH STREET,
> > CHARLESTON,SC.  BECAUSE OF PROWLERS HE HAD NAILED SHUT THE DOOR TO THE
> > THIRD STORY PORCH.  WHILE HE WAS AT WORK AT NIGHT AT THE FIRE STATION, A
> > FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AND BLOCKED OFF THE
> > STAIR WELL.  UNABLE TO ESCAPE TO THE PORCH,  ALL ON THE THIRD FLOOR
> > PERISHED, HIS WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN AND TWO OF HIS WIFE'S YOUNGER
> > BROTHERS.  ALL NINE VICTIMS WERE BURIED IN A SINGLE GRAVE IN THE
> > KNICKMEYER LOT IN BETHANY CEMETERY.  THEODORE NEVER REMARRIED BUT LIVED
> > ALONE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1904.

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