William Christopher Kanatzar, 18481930 (aged 82 years)

Name
William Christopher /Kanatzar/
Given names
William Christopher
Surname
Kanatzar
Nickname
Bill
Birth
Citation details: Memorial# 17178074. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Occupation
farmer and a post-and-railer
Citation details: Memorial# 17178074. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Note: "For cash money, he would hand hewn railroad ties with a broad axe and take them to the railhead in Sturgeon and sell them for a nickle each."
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850
Birth of a sister
Citation details: Memorial# 17178282. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace.
14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
March 4, 1853
Birth of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 17178072. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace.
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857
Burial of a paternal grandmother
Cemetery: William Kanatzar Cemetery
Address: This cemetery is located on Maple Grove Rd across from the Newby Store. It is on the left side of the large house in a pig lot. There are two known perfect markers. They have been removed from their bases and laid flat inorder to keep them in one piece. The neighbors say that there are more graves in this cemetery
Citation details: Memorial# 48432168. Added 21 FEB 2010 by Ronald Kanatzar.
Death of a paternal grandmother
Citation details: Memorial# 48432168. Added 21 FEB 2010 by Ronald Kanatzar.
Note: Mortality schedule, age 82
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861
Death of a brother
Address: in the Union Military Prison in Lexington, KY. A confederate soldier, CSA.
Citation details: Memorial# 2964062. Added 4 MAR 2000 by US Veterans Affairs Office. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Lexington National Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 38.05776, Longitude: -84.51078. Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 2964062. Added 4 MAR 2000 by US Veterans Affairs Office. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Note: tombstone inscription: Columbus G. Knatzar; Born; Madison Co., Ky; Aug. 6, 1843; Died; [Mar. 3, 1863 - partially buried]
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Number of children
known - 7 daughters, 3 sons
Citation details: Memorial# 17178075. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Marriage of a parent
Birth of a half-brother
Citation details: Memorial# 44104617. Added 8 NOV 2009 by Genealogy Girl.
Marriage
Citation details: Memorial# 17178075. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Death of a mother
Citation details: Memorial# 48438152. Added 21 FEB 2010 by Ronald Kanatzar.
Burial of a mother
Cemetery: John Ham Burial Ground
Address: John Ham's will showed 1/4 acre of land on Silver Creek for the family's burial ground.
Citation details: Memorial# 48438152. Added 21 FEB 2010 by Ronald Kanatzar.
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
Birth of a half-brother
Citation details: Memorial# 47936792. Added 10 FEB 2010 by Genealogy Girl.
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881
Death of a father
Citation details: Memorial# 48438028. Added 21 FEB 2010 by Ronald Kanatzar.
Burial of a father
Cemetery: Beech Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 38.50734, Longitude: -84.79385. Owen County, Kentucky, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 48438028. Added 21 FEB 2010 by Ronald Kanatzar.
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Marriage of a half-brother
Citation details: Memorial# 44104724. Added 8 NOV 2009 by Genealogy Girl.
Marriage of a half-brother
Citation details: Memorial# 30994696. Added 30 OCT 2008 by J. L. Cobb.
Note: at the age of 12
Death of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 17178072. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace.
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 39.17163, Longitude: -92.34552. Riggs, Boone County, Missouri, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 17178072. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace.
Note: Spelled with double N on the headstone
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
Marriage of a half-brother
Citation details: Memorial# 30994696. Added 30 OCT 2008 by J. L. Cobb.
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Death of a half-brother
Cause: James Allen Knatzer was murdered by a stab wound to the artery; he died instantly.
Citation details: Memorial# 47936792. Added 10 FEB 2010 by Genealogy Girl.
Burial of a half-brother
Cemetery: Owenton IOOF Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 38.54700, Longitude: -84.84090. Owenton, Owen County, Kentucky, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 47936792. Added 10 FEB 2010 by Genealogy Girl.
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Death of a sister
Citation details: Memorial# 17178282. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace.
Burial of a sister
Cemetery: Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 39.17163, Longitude: -92.34552. Riggs, Boone County, Missouri, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 17178282. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace.
Note: tombstone inscription: WILLIS; Augustus Willis; Oct. 3, 1848; Aug. 17, 1924; Lucinda, His Wife; Feb. 8, 1853; April 20, 1920.
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
Death
Citation details: Memorial# 17178074. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Burial
Cemetery: Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 39.17163, Longitude: -92.34552. Riggs, Boone County, Missouri, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 17178074. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Note: tombstone inscription: KANATZAR; William; 1848-1930; Mary Ann; 1850-1936.
Family with parents
father
18161882
Birth: 1816 41 38 Madison, Kentucky, USA
Death: 1882Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, USA
mother
18241876
Birth: September 1824Madison, Kentucky, USA
Death: 1876Kentucky, USA
Marriage MarriageNovember 26, 1840Madison, Kentucky, USA
3 years
elder brother
18431863
Birth: August 6, 1843 27 18 Madison, Kentucky, USA
Death: March 3, 1863Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
5 years
himself
18481930
Birth: January 6, 1848 32 23 Madison, Kentucky, USA
Death: June 26, 1930Sturgeon, Boone, Missouri, USA
5 years
younger sister
18531920
Birth: February 8, 1853 37 28
Death: April 20, 1920
2 years
younger brother
18551900
Birth: June 20, 1855 39 30
Death: February 15, 1900
Father’s family with Sarah Catherine Jump
father
18161882
Birth: 1816 41 38 Madison, Kentucky, USA
Death: 1882Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, USA
stepmother
18481925
Birth: September 1848Owen, Kentucky, USA
Death: March 14, 1925Owen, Kentucky, USA
Marriage Marriageabout 1872
15 months
half-brother
18731962
Birth: March 27, 1873 57 24 Owen, Kentucky, USA
Death: April 10, 1962Dry Ridge, Grant, Kentucky, USA
8 years
half-brother
18801912
Birth: August 15, 1880 64 31 Owen, Kentucky, USA
Death: August 3, 1912Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, USA
Family with Mary Anne Brakebill
himself
18481930
Birth: January 6, 1848 32 23 Madison, Kentucky, USA
Death: June 26, 1930Sturgeon, Boone, Missouri, USA
wife
18501936
Birth: October 13, 1850Smiths Grove, Warren, Kentucky, USA
Death: February 12, 1936Sturgeon, Boone, Missouri, USA
Marriage MarriageNovember 15, 1876Owen, Kentucky, USA
Birth
Citation details: Memorial# 17178074. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Marriage
Citation details: Memorial# 17178075. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Occupation
Citation details: Memorial# 17178074. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Number of children
Citation details: Memorial# 17178075. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Death
Citation details: Memorial# 17178074. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Burial
Citation details: Memorial# 17178074. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Note
Citation details: Memorial# 17178074. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
Occupation

"For cash money, he would hand hewn railroad ties with a broad axe and take them to the railhead in Sturgeon and sell them for a nickle each."

Burial

tombstone inscription: KANATZAR; William; 1848-1930; Mary Ann; 1850-1936.

Note

"Obit in the Thursday July 3, 1930 Sturgeon Missouri Leader. Transcribed as written.

"--William Kanatzar Dead-- William Kanatzar was born in Madison Co, KY on Jan 6, 1848. Died at his home in Sturgeon on Thursday evening, June 26, 1930, aged 82 years, 5 months and 20 days. He united with the Christian church at Ariel in 1901. He was married on Nov. 15, 1876 to Miss Mary Ann Brakebill and to this union were born 10 children. Two having died in 1900. Those surviving are: His aged companion and the following children: Mrs. George Kanatzar, Mrs. Sam Barnes, Mrs. Elmer Palmer, of Sturgeon; Mrs. R. W. Greeno, W. C. Kanatzar, of Mexico; Mrs. Ed Myers, of Hallsville; and Mrs. C. B. Rutter, of Columbia; and 18 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, one brother, Isom Kanatzar of Sturgeon and one sister Mrs. Fannie Dunsmore of Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Kanatzar lost his eyesight several years ago, and has been in poor health for some time. Funeral services was conducted at Union Church southwest of Sturgeon on Friday afternoon by Rev. Egan Herndren and burial in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Kanatzar was a good Christian man and a kind husband and father and will be sadly missed in his home by his wife, sons and daughters.

" "God touched him with His finger, and he slept, so may we say of this dear life--but not until a beautiful life was lived, a noble example of patience fidelity to truth were given. So it ever is, when a life that our departed friend and neighbor is nobly and divinely lived."

"--Attended Funeral of W. Kanatzar--The out of town visitors attending the funeral of William Kanatzar were: Rev. Loyd Sapp, Mr and Mrs Bennie Rutter, Judge and Mrs Arthur Bruton, W. W. Woods, Mrs Charles Winn and son Paul, P. S. Woods. Mrs Gullie Trimble, Mrs. Frank Lyon, Mrs Roy Rutter, Mrs Emma Boothe, Andrew Kanatzar and family of Columbia. Mr and Mrs Robert Greeno and family, Mr and Mrs William Kanatzar, Mr and Mrs Carl Greeno and son of Mexico. Mr and Mrs Luther Powell, Mrs Davis, Mrs Powell of Centralia. Rev. Zeke Harris, Mr and Mrs J. T. Rutter of Moberly. Mrs Frank Roberts, Mis Ada Kanatzar, Mrs. Sidney Martin of Clark. Charles Kanatzar and family of Harrisburg."

Citation details: Memorial# 17178074. Added 27 DEC 2006 by Albert C. Pace. Maintained by Ronald Kanatzar.
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