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Mrs. Isabella (Knox) Bachman was born June 15, 1829, in Bart township, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Ann (Rockey) and granddaughter of George and Catherine (Baker) Rockey, who were natives of Bart township, Lancaster county, and Northumberlan county, respectively; both died in Bart township. Her great-grandfather, Henry Rockey, a native of Switzerland, came to America in an early day making his permanent home in Bart township. He served in the Revolution. Mrs. Bachman's father, Matthew Knox, was born in Ireland, and came to America in 1825, making his home in Bart township. He was a shoemaker by occupation. To his marriage with Elizabeth Ann Rockey, a native of Bart township, were born four children, all now deceased except Mrs. Bachman--George; Mary who married John Q. Taggart; Isabella, Mrs. Bachman; and Catherine, who died young. The mother passed away in 1834, at the early age of twenty-eight, and the father survived until 1838, dying at the age of fifty.
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