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PETER KNOLLENBURG
A pioneer settler of San Joaquin
County who had watched and aided the growth from a primitive condition to its
present state of prosperity, was Peter Knollenburg,
an esteemed veteran of the Civil War, and an honored citizen of his community
for the past half century. He was born
in Holland and came to this country when but sixteen years of age. On landing here he joined the 35th
Massachusetts Regiment and fought for the preservation of the Union. At the close of the war he came to California
and shortly after settled in Tracy. For
a number of years he was in the draying business, but of recent years lived a
retired life. He prized highly the
friendship of the old comrades and many times entertained them in his home in
Tracy. He always made a gala day of his
natal anniversaries and many times hired the Arlington and gave a free show to
all those who cared to attend. He
attended every session of the grand encampment of the state which was held in
Stockton in 1921, hiring a taxi to take him to and from that city. On Decoration Day he was one of the three old
Civil War veterans who attended the exercises.
Following a stroke of apoplexy, Mr. Knollenburg was removed to a Stockton hospital and on June
19, 1921, passed away at the age of seventy-eight, survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mary Passler Knollenburg,
now eighty-two years old, who resides in Tracy with her daughter, Mrs. J. O. McKeany, the older of her two surviving children, the
youngest being Mrs. Floyd Kuykendall of Oakland. Mr. Knollenburg was
a member of Rawlins Post of Stockton. An
estimable citizen, whose busy life was filled with interesting experiences, Mr.
Knollenburg stood high in the estimation of the
citizens of his community, and his passing away caused deep sorrow to his many
friends and acquaintances.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
438. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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