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Franklin Pierce Knowles 1874–1948 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: August 8, 1874

Birth Location: Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: July 21, 1948

Death Location: Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA

Father: John Knowles

Mother: Nancy Taylor

Spouse(s): Lou Young

Children(s): Vella Knowles

Franklin Pierce Knowles was born in 1874 in Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA, the child of John Henry Knowles And Nancy Catherine Taylor. Franklin Pierce Knowles married Lou Ann Young, and had children including Vella Elizabeth Knowles. Franklin Pierce Knowles passed away in 1948 in Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Franklin Pierce Knowles was born in 1874 in Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA, the child of John Henry Knowles And Nancy Catherine Taylor.
  • Franklin Pierce Knowles married Lou Ann Young, and had children including Vella Elizabeth Knowles.
  • Franklin Pierce Knowles passed away in 1948 in Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Knowles
1847–1919
Birth Location: Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA
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Nancy Taylor
1854–1924
Birth Location: Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA
NT

Spouses(s)

Lou Young
1873–1946
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Vella Knowles
1904–1982
Birth Location: Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA
VK

Franklin Knowles's Ancestors

Self
Franklin Knowles
1874–1948
Birth Place: Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA
Parents
John Henry Knowles
1847–1919
Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA
Nancy (Catherine) Taylor
1854–1924
Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
John (Wesley) Knowles
1816–1894
Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA
Anna (Eliza) Rascoe
1824–1904
Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Knowles
1784–1864
Mahala Hardin
1784–1875
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Knowles
1749–1838

Franklin Knowles's Descendants

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Franklin (Pierce) Knowles (August 8, 1874–July 21, 1948) m. Lou (Ann) Young (August 18, 1873–February 5, 1946)
  1. 1. Vella (Elizabeth) Knowles 1904–1982 m. John (Frank) Young 1897–1972
    1. 1. Ronald (Hoyt "Ronnie") Young 1936–2020 m. Ola (Mae) Roberts 1935–2015 m. Wilma (Sue) Oakes 1931–2013
    2. 2. Frank (Alfred) Young 1929–1989
    3. 3. Peggy (Joyce) Young 1939–2024 m. James (Elgin) Hardemon 1924–2014

Franklin Knowles's Timeline

2 Records

1874
August 8, 1874
Birth of Franklin Pierce Knowles in Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA
Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA
1948
July 21, 1948
Age 74
Death of Franklin Pierce Knowles in Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA
Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: August 8, 1874
    Event Place: Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: July 21, 1948
    Event Place: Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, USA
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