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Richard Melvin KNOX

Male 1923 - 2002  (79 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Richard Melvin KNOX was born on 15 Mar 1923 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA (son of Charles Edward KNOX and Vivian Marguerite SLICTER); died on 26 Mar 2002 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 2104

    Notes:

    NOTE: Findagrave Obituary says "Survivors include his wife, Mary Jo; children, Mary Lynn Knox Carstens, Bettendorf, Richard Melvin "Rick" Knox Jr., and his wife, Janice Knox, Hampton, Ill., Kimie Marie Whitehead, and her husband, Christopher Whitehead, Overland Park, Kan., and Karie Louise Klepper, and her husband, Kent Klepper, Overland Park, Kan.; seven grandsons; a great-grandson; his cat companion, Sugar; a sister, Vivian Hull, Laguna Hills, Calif.; a brother and sister-in-law, Charles E. Knox Jr. and Erlene Knox, Dallas, Texas;... He was preceded in death by his parents and sisters, Audrey Knox and Lillian Yount."

    Died:
    Burial: Pine Hill Cemetery, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA. Plot: 270 3 Masonic. Findagrave Memorial# 68697065


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Edward KNOX was born on 9 Jun 1892 in Bruin, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Abraham Lincoln KNOX and Lucy WALSMITH); died on 28 Jan 1972 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1956
    • _MILT: 1917; WWI draft

    Notes:

    Died:
    Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA. Findagrave Memorial# 135401166

    Charles married Vivian Marguerite SLICTER in 1911 in Clinton, Illinois, USA. Vivian was born on 1 Nov 1893 in Illinois, USA; died on 13 Dec 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Vivian Marguerite SLICTER was born on 1 Nov 1893 in Illinois, USA; died on 13 Dec 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1965

    Notes:

    Died:
    Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA. Findagrave Memorial# 135401121

    Children:
    1. Vivian Viola KNOX was born on 20 Aug 1914 in Illinois, USA; died on 30 Apr 2004 in California, USA.
    2. Audrey Louise KNOX was born in 1912 in Illinois, USA; died on 21 Jul 1940 in Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA.
    3. Living
    4. Living
    5. 1. Richard Melvin KNOX was born on 15 Mar 1923 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA; died on 26 Mar 2002 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Abraham Lincoln KNOX was born on 14 Apr 1863 in Parker, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 29 Sep 1926 in Bruin, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1953

    Notes:

    Died:
    Burial: Bear Creek Cemetery, Petrolia, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA. Findagrave Memorial# 84901068

    Abraham married Lucy WALSMITH. Lucy (daughter of Conrad WALSMITH and Elizabeth NAYLER) was born on 20 Feb 1867 in Venango, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Apr 1955 in Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lucy WALSMITH was born on 20 Feb 1867 in Venango, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Conrad WALSMITH and Elizabeth NAYLER); died on 25 Apr 1955 in Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1713

    Notes:

    Died:
    Burial: Bear Creek Cemetery, Petrolia, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA, Plot: Section 1 (First area on right when entering cemetery). Findagrave Memorial# 91704999

    Children:
    1. James Montgomery KNOX was born on 15 Aug 1886 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1959.
    2. George Lincoln KNOX was born on 28 Jun 1889 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Mar 1937 in Oklahoma, USA.
    3. 2. Charles Edward KNOX was born on 9 Jun 1892 in Bruin, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Jan 1972 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA.
    4. Bessie Blanche KNOX was born on 1 Apr 1895 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 29 Jul 1964 in Augusta, Virginia, USA.
    5. Dewey Merle KNOX was born on 6 Feb 1898 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Jul 1978 in Graham, Young, Texas, USA.
    6. Hugh Clarence KNOX was born on 18 Sep 1900 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 13 Apr 1953 in Graford, Palo Pinto, Texas, USA.
    7. John Ross KNOX was born on 12 Jan 1904 in Bruin, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Jun 1988 in possibly Illinois, USA.
    8. Albert Lawrence KNOX was born on 3 Oct 1906 in Parker, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 15 Mar 1977 in Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Conrad WALSMITH was born in 1792 in Bayern, Germany; died in 1885 in Clintonville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1710

    Notes:

    Name:
    Surname is often spelled Walsmith.

    Died:
    Burial: Clintonville M. E. Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Findagrave Memorial #: 91066559

    Conrad married Elizabeth NAYLER about 1863 in Pennsylvania, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Georg Leonard NOGLER and Anna Barbara ZAPF) was born in 1833 in Germany; died in 1910 in Clarence, Shelby, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Elizabeth NAYLER was born in 1833 in Germany (daughter of Georg Leonard NOGLER and Anna Barbara ZAPF); died in 1910 in Clarence, Shelby, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1700

    Notes:

    Died:
    Burial: Maplewood Cemetery, Clarence, Shelby County, Missouri, USA. Findagrave Memorial #: 52496740

    Children:
    1. Adam WALSMITH was born on 8 Mar 1863 in Venango, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 5 Sep 1935 in Logan, Hocking, Ohio, USA.
    2. Joseph WALSMITH was born on 1 Jan 1865 in Venango, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1935 in Montpelier, Blackford, Indiana, USA.
    3. 5. Lucy WALSMITH was born on 20 Feb 1867 in Venango, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Apr 1955 in Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. George WALSMITH was born in 1866 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1932.
    5. Mary WALSMITH was born on 26 Jan 1871 in Venango, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 15 Dec 1950 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. Annie WALSMITH was born on 26 Jan 1871 in Clintonville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 27 May 1949 in Alice, Jim Wells, Texas, USA.
    7. John William WALSMITH was born in 1875 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1957 in Ohio, USA.


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