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Hannah E.
Knox
b. Nov 1827 - d.
Hannah E. was the youngest daughter of John and Mary B. (Robison) Knox.
According to the Bethel Cemetery Transcription, her tombstone reads:
Hannah E.
Dagt of
John & Polly B. Knox
died
Aged 17 years, 9 mos.
*transcribed as 1815 in the 1997 Bethel Church Tombstone transcription, however, neither 1815 nor 1835 is the correct date. Hannah died in 1845 per tombstone inscription, therefore, she was born Nov 1827.
The correct transcription of her tombstone appears to be:
Hannah E.
Daut of
John & Polly B. Knox
died
Aged 17 y's 9 m's
This
date is only 20 days after the 9 August 1845 Marriage Bond for her older
brother, Robert J. Wilson Knox's marriage to Martha N. Jetton. Also, note
that the
timing of her death makes it very likely that she died in the 1845
The Alexander Family [begins on page 97, and netted here...]
John McKnitt Alexander, the Signer, b. 6 Jun 1733, PA near Maryland....m. Jean
or Jane Bane or Bain had five children, including William Bain Alexander b. 25
April 1764 d.23 Jan 1844, m. Violet Davidson, dau of Major John Davidson of
"Rural Hill" [also a Signer], had 7 boys and 7 girls. Their 13th child, and 6th
daughter was Mary Abigail Alexander:
[continued on page 102]
"Mary Abigail Alexander (Nov 9, 1813 - April 9, 1845) married March12, 1844,
Kerns Henderson Robinson [a.k.a. Dr. Carnes Henderson Robison], and lived three
miles east of Hopewell. Both perished in the erysipelas epidemic, 1845, when our
people were almost in panic with deaths so frequent it was difficult to secure
decent burials."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erysipelas
Erysipelas (Greek - red skin) is an acute streptococcusbacterial infection of
the dermis, resulting in inflammation and characteristically extending into
underlying fat tissue.
