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Andrew Springs Knox
late 1850s
Son of John and Mary B. Knox;
b. January 15, 1834 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; d. November 18, 1861 in Mecklenburg Co, NC,
from wounds received in the Civil War;
buried a Bethel Presbyterian, Cornelius, NC. Never married.
Enlisted in Company B, 2nd Cavalry Regiment North Carolina.
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John R. Knox
late 1850s
Son of John and Mary B. Knox;
b. March 18, 1830 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; d. January 4, 1863 in Mecklenburg Co, NC,
from wounds received in the Civil War;
buried a Bethel Presbyterian, Cornelius, NC. Never married.
Enlisted in Company C, 37th Infantry Regiment North Carolina.
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William Andrew Knox
late 1890s
Son of Robert J. Wilson Knox and Martha Nantz Jetton;
b. October 16, 1851, Mecklenburg Co, NC; d. May 12, 1916 in Caldwell Station, Mecklenburg Co, NC;
buried at Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cornelius, Meckleburg Co, NC with both wives.
m. (1) September 30, 1886, in Mallard Creek Township, Mecklenburg Co, NC to Frances Catharine Thomasson,
daughter of John Barnett Thomasson and Mary Ann Sims.
m. (2) January 18, 1900, Lemley's Township, Mecklenburg Co, NC to Carrie Leonard Beard,
daughter of James Francis Marion Beard and Katherine Curtilda Alexander.
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Joseph V. Knox
about 1910
Son of Robert J. Wilson Knox and Martha Nantz Jetton;
b. February 16, 1862, Mecklenburg Co, NC; d. April 8, 1932 in Mecklenburg Co, NC;
buried at Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cornelius, Meckleburg Co, NC with his wife, Emma Gordon McConnell.
The V. initial is for either Vandon, found in family tradition, or Vanburen, which appears on his death certificate.
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John Alexander Knox
about 1900
Son of Robert J. Wilson Knox and Martha Nantz Jetton;
b. May 29, 1846, Mecklenburg Co, NC; d. November 1, 1920 in Mecklenburg Co, NC;
buried at Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cornelius, Meckleburg Co, NC with his wife, Sarah Jane Blythe.
Shown here with unknown grandchild.
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Thomas Brevard Knox
late 1920s
Son of Robert J. Wilson Knox and Martha Nantz Jetton;
b. November 24, 1853, Mecklenburg Co, NC; d. January 9, 1927 in Mecklenburg Co, NC;
buried at Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cornelius, Meckleburg Co, NC with both wives.
m. (1) January 23, 1905, in Deweese Township, Mecklenburg Co, NC by Rev. J. M. Grier to Daisy Rozzell,
m. (2) September 17, 1906 in Lemley Township, Mecklenburg County, NC by Rev. Alfred T. Graham to Mary Caldwell,
daughter of John S. Caldwell.
Father of fourteen children. First born died at birth.
Last born only three weeks old at the time of his death. All but last born are shown in this photo.
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James Chalmers Knox, Sr
about 1895
Son of William Andrew Knox and Frances Catharine Thomasson
b. April 27, 1892 in Caldwell Station, Mecklenburg Co, NC; d. October 31, 1962 in Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC;
buried a Guilford Memorial Park, Guilford Co, NC with his wife, Ina Rush.
m. October 1, 1913, in Mecklenburg Co, NC by Rev. Jno. E. Wool to Ina Ruth Rush,
daughter of Joseph Hoover Rush and Mary Ellen Downs.
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Children of William Andrew Knox
Photo taken June 1959 at Bethel Presbyterian Church
Left to right: Boyce Knox, Frances Knox Crawford, Mary "May" Knox Washam, Chal Knox,
Brice Knox, Moffatt Knox, Kate Knox Cashion
First wife, Frances Catherine Thomasson, was the mother of
John Boyce Knox, Mary Knox Washam, James Chalmers Knox, Robert Brice Knox, and William Moffatt Knox.
Second wife, Carrie Leonard Beard, was the mother of
Frances Knox Crawford and Kate Knox Cashion.
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John Boyce Knox
abt 1970s
Son of William Andrew Knox and Frances Catharine Thomasson;
b. October 12, 1894 in Caldwell Station, Mecklenburg Co, NC;
d. November 26, 1966 in Davidson, Mecklenburg County, NC;
buried at Bethel Presbyterian, Cornelius, NC with his wife, Lola McConnell.
Pictured in this newspaper photo with Boyce Knox, is his sister-in-law Mrs. Tom McConnell.
Photos provided by Peggy Reece Bruckner