Show BIRTHDAY celebrated in 1852 becoming homesick pir knecht returned i to hia fabb erland ad but ut was a gain again obliged to flee he took passage on board the isaac wept the vessel and ml all on board with the exception of wi knecht and six six or seven others went down at holly head inthis ship wreck was lost a valuable library and all other souvenirs of home he served our country as a volunteer in the civil war but remained a german citizen until 1891 mr knecht comes of a long lived race his grandfather died at the age of years since 1908 behas be he has been ia a resident of bennett Ut jafs many friends join in wishing hi him m may happy returns of june ath on june ath hugo knecht sr celebrated eleb rated his ninetieth birthday he was born in 1826 in an old castle in dusseldorf germany on the rhine his father wm win knecht was one of the proprietors of the knecht weapon manufacturing company of solingen his mother franziska was of the huse of von der ebach prof kinkle fv who 0 later became the lader of the of 48 was his trusted historical instructor it was wai from him and his close companion and friend the late carl shultz of new york that he imbibed his socialistic ideas and when the revolution broke out he linked his fortune with theirs and with many other germans became a refugee geeald and sought a home in the land of the free |