David Knepley was a farmer, carpenter and building mover. He married Elizabeth German and they had seven children: William never married; Sarah never married; Oscar died while in the service during World War I; Amanda Butler had one daughter (1. Katherine Servoss and daughter a. Marsha); Paul married Sadie Patterson and had two stepsons (1. Everette Patterson and 2. Robert Patterson); Elnora married Carl Harms. One child died in infancy; Ida married Alfred Fruth and had three children (1. Marjorie Kaufman and two children - a. Lawrence Felton and four daughters, Becky, Sherry, Kathy Sue and Laura, and b. Jeff Felton), (2. Mrs. James (Mary Ellen) Callaway and three children -a. Casey, b. Kelly, and c. Cathy), (3. Robert married Wilma Plassman and had four children - a. Terrance married with daughter Angela and son Andrew, b. Randy married with two daughters, Amy and Susan, c. James, and d. Karen).