Rev. William Knox and Nancy Smith

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Husband Rev. William Knox ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Jan 1767 - Stony Falls, Straburn, County Tyrone, Ireland 2
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           Died: 16 Jun 1851 - Cadiz, Harrison Co, OH 1
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         Father: William Knox (1720-      ) 2
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   Other Spouse: Margaret MacCollum (      -      ) 2

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   Other Spouse: Esther Tingley (      -      ) 2

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Wife Nancy Smith ²

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           Born:  - Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA
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Children

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1 M David Smith Knox ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 19 May 1805 - Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA 4
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           Died: 1867 or 17 Oct 1872 4 5
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         Spouse: Sarah B. Franciss (1829-      ) 1 4

         Spouse: Rebecca Page (      -Aft 1882) 3

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2 F Nancy Knox ⁴

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         Spouse: [Unk] White (      -      ) 4

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3 F Jane Knox ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. William Knox

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He was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1797. He was received into the Baltimore conference in 1800, and, settling in Ohio, was successively a member of the Baltimore, Ohio and Pittsburgh conferences.

From his early youth he was a devoted student of theology, and at the early age of seventeen years was a regularly licensed preacher. He began ministerial work as a local preacher in his native country, but desiring a wider field, came to the United States in 1797, accompanied by his wife and her family. The English and French were at war at that time, and tradition has it that a warship of one of these nations compelled their vessel to lie-to while the passengers were searched, and everything of value taken from them, the cargo also confiscated. The only articles of value saved were some jewelry and moneys which William Knox had wrapped about him. He joined the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1800, but subsequently became a member of the Pittsburgh Conference. He had the record of having preached in every city and town of western Pennsylvania, and also in many in Ohio. While preaching in Connellsville, he married his second wife. [GPHWP, 583]

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 425.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 583.

3 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 399.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 584.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 426.