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- Nettie (Stolze) Knight
- Early resident of Mesa County. Wife of Harry Knight.
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- Nettie Florence (Ross) Harp
- She was born in Mountaindale, Pennsylvania to George W. Ross and Sarah A. (Miller) Ross. Her father was a carpenter and her mother a homemaker. The family moved to Iowa when she was at a young age, and she grew up in the Dutch community of Pella. After finishing school, she taught school and was a soprano in the church choir. She quit teaching when she married Thaddeus Harp, who owned a meat market. Together they moved to Meeker and then to Rifle, Colorado, where Thaddeus owned and operated a stagecoach operation with his brother. In Rifle, she was an active church and community member. She belonged to the Methodist Church. She also helped to start the Rifle Reading Club. She died in Colorado Springs.