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* WILLIAM COLUMBUS "LUM" KNOX 1842–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16, October,1842

Birth Location: Sulphur Springs, Lauderdale, Co., Mississippi

Death Date: 21, May,1917

Death Location: Hodge, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States of America

Father: William Knox

Mother: Jane Billings

Spouse(s): Delilah Townsend

Children(s): Elizabeth Knox

The story of * WILLIAM COLUMBUS "LUM" KNOX began in 1842 in Sulphur Springs, Lauderdale, Co., Mississippi. * WILLIAM COLUMBUS "LUM" KNOX married Delilah Jane Townsend, and had children including Elizabeth Jane Lizzie Knox. * WILLIAM COLUMBUS "LUM" KNOX passed away in 1917 in Hodge, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of * WILLIAM COLUMBUS "LUM" KNOX began in 1842 in Sulphur Springs, Lauderdale, Co., Mississippi.
  • * WILLIAM COLUMBUS "LUM" KNOX married Delilah Jane Townsend, and had children including Elizabeth Jane Lizzie Knox.
  • * WILLIAM COLUMBUS "LUM" KNOX passed away in 1917 in Hodge, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Knox
1814–1862
Birth Location: Mississippi, United States of America
WK
Jane Billings
1823–1913
Birth Location: Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, United States of America
JB

Spouses(s)

Delilah Townsend
1849–1925
Birth Location: Copiah, Co., Mississippi
DT

Children(s)

Elizabeth Knox
1880–1977
Birth Location: Louisiana
EK

* KNOX's Ancestors

Self
* KNOX
1842–1917
Birth Place: Sulphur Springs, Lauderdale, Co., Mississippi
Parents
William Knox
1814–1862
Mississippi, United States of America
Jane Billings
1823–1913
Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, United States of America
Grandparents
* (WILLIAM) BILLINGS
1795–1860
Chester, Co., South Carolina
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

* KNOX's Descendants

1.
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* (WILLIAM COLUMBUS "LUM") KNOX (16, October,1842–21, May,1917) m. Delilah (Jane) Townsend (December,1849–11, September,1925)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Jane "Lizzie") Knox 1880–1977 m. Charles McCall 1893–1936
    1. 1. Walter (Newell) McCall 1921–2017 m. Sue (M.) Walsworth 1922–2007

* KNOX's Timeline

2 Records

1842
16, October,1842
Birth of * WILLIAM COLUMBUS "LUM" KNOX in Sulphur Springs, Lauderdale, Co., Mississippi
Sulphur Springs, Lauderdale, Co., Mississippi
1917
21, May,1917
Age 75
Death of * WILLIAM COLUMBUS "LUM" KNOX in Jackson, Parish, Louisiana
Jackson, Parish, Louisiana

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16, October,1842
    Event Place: Sulphur Springs, Lauderdale, Co., Mississippi
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21, May,1917
    Event Place: Jackson, Parish, Louisiana
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hodge, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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