Family of Ormsby.
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liam McKnight, b. Pittsburgh, 10 February, 1818; d. 28 September, 1881; son of William McKnight, originally of Delaware near the Brandywine, later of Pittsburgh, by his wife Catherine McClurg; director Bank of Pittsburgh. Issue: | |||||
| 1. Catherine McKnight, m. Pittsburgh, 22 September, 1870, to the Hon. Joseph Kay McCammon, b. Philadelphia, 13 October, 1845; son of David Chambers McCammon by his wife Josephine Kay Drummond; grad. Princeton college, class of 1865; admitted to the bar in December term, 1868, at Philadelphia; candidate for the legislature in 1869; appointed United States register in bankruptcy in 1870; appointed special counsel for the government before the court of claims in Washington in 1871; appointed assistant attorney general of the United States in 1880; also appointed commissioner of railroads in October, 1881, holding the two offices at the same time. Issue, all b. Washington, D. C.: | |||||
| 1. Ormsby McCammon, b. 23 July, 1872; student Princeton college. | |||||
| 2. Joseph Kay McCammon, b. 23 March, 1874; d. 2 March, 1883. | |||||
| 3. Abbie Bristow McCammon. | |||||
| 4. Edith Nassau McCammon. | |||||
| 2. William McKnight, b. 10 August, 1847; d. 22 October, 1876; ed. Kenwood school, Pa. | |||||
| 3. Robert Ormsby McKnight, b. 24 July, 1849; d. 5 April, 1853. | |||||
| 4. Wharton McKnight, b. 25 February, | |||||
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