Knadler, George W. (Kneedler)

Born: 1820-XX-XX Berkley County, Virginia

Died: 1892-09-29 Clinton, Illinois

Flourished: Clinton, Illinois

Alternate name: Kneedler/Kneadler

George W. Knadler, a carpenter and mechanic, was born in Virginia but spent most of his life in Clinton, Illinois. He married Emily Niles in February 1845 in Champaign County, Ohio, and the couple had three children. In May 1853, Knadler was a member of the jury that found Moses Loe, a client of Abraham Lincoln, guilty of manslaughter in the stabbing death of James Gray. In 1860, Knadler owned real estate valued at $3,000 and had a personal estate value of $800.

The Clinton Public (IL), 7 October 1892, 5:3; People v. Loe, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=135583; History of DeWitt County, Illinois (Philadelphia: W. R. Brink, 1882), 86; Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 11 February 1845, Champaign County (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016); U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Clinton, DeWitt County, IL, 81; U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010); Gravestone, Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, IL.