Robert Welch Knox and Sarah A. Chaney

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Husband Robert Welch Knox ^{1 2}

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           Born: 31 Jan 1869 - Buffalo Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Knox (1827-1919) 2 3
         Mother: Wilhelmina Maloy (1840-1876) 1 2

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       Marriage: 30 Jun 1904 4

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Wife Sarah A. Chaney ⁴

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         Father: George W. Chaney (      -      ) 4
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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Knox ⁴

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         Spouse: H. D. Weir (      -      ) 4

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2 F Charlotte Knox ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Welch Knox

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He completed his early education in the county schools, and next enrolled at Washington and Jefferson College, where he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1893. He then studied at the University of Buffalo and received his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1895. He then became associated with the law firm of McCracken and McGiffin, as a registered law student, and in October, 1896, was admitted to the bar, after which he began his long legal career in Washington, Pennsylvania. He was eligible to practice in the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme courts, and in the United States District Court in Pittsburgh.
During the first World War he was a member of the local registration board.
He was an active member of the Second United Presbyterian Church, and for years served on the church board.
A prominent Democrat, he was county chairman from 1903 to 1905, and was a delegate to two Democratic National Conventions; at Denver, Colorado in 1908, and St. Louis, Missouri, in 1916. He was also a member of the Bassett Club.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 449.

2 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 200.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 449, 880.

4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 201.