Oliver Percy Knox^{[1, 2]}

1813 - 1867  (53 years)

• Name	Oliver Percy Knox
  Born	25 May 1813	Woodford, Bennington, Vermont, USA   [3, 4]
  Christened	8 Jul 1849	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Plasterer
  Residence	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-34649
  Died	19 Mar 1867	near, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States   [5]
  Person ID	I34649	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	James Knox,   b. Abt 1780, Of, Vermont ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Hepzibah Perry,   b. Abt 1780, Of, Vermont ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F9213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Content,   b. 1810, of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Dec 1840  (Age 30 years)
  Children	1. Jane C. Knox,   b. 1837, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F9212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza Rosebrough,   b. 1825, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Sep 1885, , California, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1842	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. George W. Knox,   b. 17 Feb 1843, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. James P. Knox,   b. 1 Jan 1847, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jun 1872, Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States  (Age 25 years)   3. Thomas Rosebrough Knox,   b. 3 Jul 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F39882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Oliver was one of the founders of the Galt Mechanics Institute in 1853. ______________________________ James Knox and Hepzibah Perry had two children, Oliver Perry Knox and Jane A. Knox. Oliver Perry Knox, born at Woodford, Vt.. May 25, 1813, married Eliza Roseborough at Dunffries, Canada, January 9, 1842. Died March 19, 1867; his wife died Sept. 8, 1885. Their three children are : George W. Knox, born February 17, 1843 ; married November 15, 1882, Lucy A. Porter, at Dixon, Calif. They have one child, Geo. Harold Knox, born at Los Angeles, November 8, 1885, who is an automobile machinist at San Francisco. Geo. W. Knox is now a practising attorney at Los Angeles, Calif. Jas. P. Knox, born January 1, 1847, was married to Lavinnia Houghton, August, 1870 : died January 28, 1872 ; his wife died March 22, 1901, then Mrs. Hargis having married Harry Hargis, of Chicago. Thomas R. Knox, born July 3, 1851, married Isadore Stevens, of Alexanders, Va., 1876 ; died June 3, 1898, at San Francisco. They had one child, Bena A. Knox, born 1878 ; the mother and daughter now reside at Los Angeles Calif. Bartow A. Ulrich, The Von Reisenkampff-Ulnch FAMILY HISTORY EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES , The University Printing Co., Publishers, Chicago 1907

  
  

• Sources

  [S287] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Limerick-Cornell CC#5417 Internet Link. Erected / to the memory of / Content / wife of Oliver P. Knox / who departed this life / Dec 20 [1840?] / aged 29 years / [verse] [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 16 Nov 1858. At Chatfield, Minnesota, on Wednesday the 3d instant, Alexander Murray, Esq. Of Drumbo, Township of Blenheim, C.W. to Miss Jane C. Knox, daughter of Mr. Oliver Knox, formerly of Galt. [S101] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register - transcript of cards, Kitchener Public Library, Vol 1 Pg 297. KNOX Oliver Percy b. Vermont 25 May 1813 chr. 08 Jul 1849 Dumfries Vol. 1 Pg. 297 son of James Knox and Hepsibah theier residence Dumfries [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.41. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 3 Apr 1867. Knox, Oliver P. died 20 Mar 1867 Near Atlanta, Georgia. A builder, formerly of Galt. [Long obituary in the newspaper.]

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 May 1813 - Woodford, Bennington, Vermont, USA Married - 9 Jan 1842 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 8 Jul 1849 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Plasterer - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Mar 1867 - near, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States  = Link to Google Earth