Ancestry of
Phil Knight

Co-Founder, Nike Inc.

Elizabeth Sahli

View famous kin of Elizabeth Sahli

• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Phil Knight — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 23 
  • Father:
  • John Sahli 
  • Mother:
  • Barbara -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Feb 1835 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
  •  
  • Christening Location:
  •  
  • Death Date:
  • 26 May 1899 
  • Death Location:
  •  
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Oak Hill Cemetery, Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Washington A. Travis
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1856 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa 
  • Children:
  
  

  Emma F. Travis

  Ida E. Travis (Ahnentafel No:11 )

  Charles J. Travis

• Sources for Elizabeth Sahli

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Allamakee County, 1880, Lansing, E.D. 9, p. 22, Image 22 of 39.
  • ² Federal Census, IA, Allamakee County, Lansing, p. 11, Image 6 of 30.
  • ³ Federal Census, IA, Allamakee County, Lansing, p. 37, Image 57 of 65.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/04/2020).
  • ⁵ Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, Marriage record for George F Kumpf and daughter Emma F Travis.

Phil Knight photo by Neon Tommy (CC BY-SA 1.0)