Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County. J. KNIPPENBERG, farmer; P.O. Meredosia, Morgan Co.; was born in 1837, in the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, where he received a common school education. He came to the United States in the fall of 1860; landed at New York city, thence by rail to Beardstown, this county. He worked on a farm by the month for ten years. In 1870, he was married to Mrs. Mary Schroeder, widow of Henry Schroeder; she was born in Germany, in 1837; came to this country in 1846; from this union three children have been born, viz.: John H., born in September, 1869; John Ernst, born April 7, 1871; Harmon, born in 1874, died in September, 1876. By her fist marriage Mrs. Knippenberg has three children: Annie M., married; W.H., and Emma. Mr. Knippenberg owns ninety acres of land valued at $30 per acre. He is a Republican, and has served three terms as School Director of his district. A.J. Knippenberg, father of our subject, was a native of Hanover, Germany, where he spent his life, and died at a very advanced age. Knippenberg Schroeder = Germany Morgan-IL NY