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Knabenshue family of West Virginia and Ohio

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  Samuel S. Knabenshue (b. 1845) — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, November 1, 1845. Republican. School teacher; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Belfast, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1909-14. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Nathaniel Knabenshue and Nancy (Prentice) Knabenshue; married, November 28, 1871, to Salome Matlack; father of Paul Knabenshue; first cousin once removed of Edward Hanson Knabenshue; third cousin twice removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor and Solomon Taintor; third cousin thrice removed of George Champlin; fourth cousin once removed of John Adams Taintor, Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, Edwin Denison Morgan and Henry G. Taintor.
  Political family: Knabenshue family of West Virginia and Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
E. H. Knabenshue Edward Hanson Knabenshue (1869-1960) — also known as E. H. Knabenshue — of Buckhannon, Upshur County, W.Va. Born in Elk City, Barbour County, W.Va., April 14, 1869. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1927-28. Died, in Maples Rest Home, Weston, Lewis County, W.Va., March 4, 1960 (age 90 years, 325 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John William Knabenshue and Hannah Elizabeth (Paugh) Knabenshue; married, June 25, 1895, to Clara Edna Coburn; first cousin once removed of Samuel S. Knabenshue; second cousin of Paul Knabenshue.
  Political family: Knabenshue family of West Virginia and Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929
Paul Knabenshue Paul Knabenshue (1883-1942) — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, October 31, 1883. U.S. Vice Consul in Belfast, 1906-11; Cairo, as of 1916-17; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Belfast, 1911; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1911-14; U.S. Consul in Beirut, as of 1919-27; U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem, as of 1929-32; U.S. Minister to Iraq, 1932-42, died in office 1942. Died in Iraq, February 1, 1942 (age 58 years, 93 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel S. Knabenshue and Salome (Matlack) Knabenshue; second cousin of Edward Hanson Knabenshue; third cousin thrice removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor and Solomon Taintor.
  Political family: Knabenshue family of West Virginia and Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1919)
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