Category Archives: Knox County

Nathan Frank Knipe

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Nathan Frank Knipe
b. 15 September 1804, Wythe County, Virginia, to Lanselot and Elizabeth (Jackson) Knipe
d. 14 May 1848, Carroll, Vermilion County, Illinois

m. 20 November 1825, Wythe County, Virginia
Mary Jane Rodgers
b. 18 October 1806, Wythe County, Virginia
d. 1851, Carroll, Vermilion County, Illinois

Children with Mary Jane Rodgers:

  • John Frank (1826–1909) married Mary Ann Smith
  • Elizabeth Jane (1829–1872) married John Mosier
  • Sarah (1831–1908) married James Merchant Keeble
  • William A. (b. 1832)
  • Mary (b. 1834) married John Arnold
  • Nathan J. (1836–1849)
  • Lanty (1838–1877) married Emma Ernest
  • Alexander (1841–1878) married Martha O. Rogers
  • Nancy Catherine (1844–1848)
  • Joshua (1847–1911) married Ameila Mirah Keeble

Nathan emigrated from Palmyra, Knox County, Indiana, to Carroll, Vermilion County, Illinois,
about 1835.

Submitted by:
Johanna Nigra
Georgetown IL

John Frank Knipe

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John Frank Knipe
b. 15 October 1826, Wythe County, Virginia, to Nathan and Mary Jane (Rodgers) Knipe
d. 20 April 1909, Carroll, Vermilion County, Illinois

m. 9 December 1853, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana
Mary Ann Smith
b. 14 February 1836, Knox County, Indiana, to Charles and Susanna (Mize) Smith

Children with Mary Ann Smith:

  • Frank Elliot
  • William A.
  • Annabelle
  • Kate M.
  • Capilola “Capa”
  • Charles
  • Mabel

John immigrated to Indiana in 1828 from Wythe County, Virginia. He resided in Knox County, Indiana. He emigrated between 1829 and 1835 to Vermilion County, Illinois.

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Johanna Nigra
Georgetown IL

George Washington Hill

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George Washington Hill
b. 2 July 1816, Orange County, Indiana, to John and Mary Ann (Clark) Hill
d. 9 August 1892, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois

m/1. 24 August 1852, Knox County, Indiana
Indiana Piety
b. 8 December 1831, Knox County, Indiana, to Samuel Duncan and Eliza Ann (Hodgen) Piety
d. 4 September 1863, Knox County, Indiana

m/2.
Elizabeth (Newlin) McDowell, widow of George McDowell

Children:

  • John Riley
  • Eliza Jane married [–?–] Sartor
  • Mary L. married [–?–] Prigmore
  • Samuel
  • Cora Candas married [–?–] Wilson

George Hill rafted corn grown on his farm in Knox County, Indiana, down the Wabash River to New Orleans and returned by foot and stagecoach. After his first wife died in 1863 and his mother died in 1866, he followed his sister Rebecca and her husband, Ferdinand Hollingsworth, to Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, in 1872. George served as a justice of the peace and constable in Knox County, Indiana, and Jasper County, Missouri. He moved to Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois, in 1882.

Submitted by:
Christie Hill Russell
Paris IL

Henry Adkins and Minnie Susannah DeHaven

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Henry Adkins
b. 22 May 1858, Knox County, Indiana, to John and Barbary Ann (Piety) Adkins
d. 30 December 1941, Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri
m. 2 February 1890, Jasper County, Missouri

Minnie Susannah DeHaven
b. 29 November 1869, Bristol, Elkhart County, Indiana
d. 15 January 1948, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Children with Minnie Susannah DeHaven:

  • Mable (1890-1966) married Jefferson Swingle
  • Blanche (1892-1980) married Harry Samson
  • Bonnie (1894-1978) married (1) Stanley Scott, (2) John S. Suman
  • Edison (1897-1946) married Inez White
  • Minnie (1899-1942) married Grover Cleveland Cherry
  • Horace (1900-1904)
  • Kate (1902-1916)
  • Anna Sarah (1905-1913)
  • Infant (1907-1907)
  • Paul Henry (b. 1910) married Jenny May Gorsuch

Submitted by:
Mary L. Courtney
Aldrich MO

John M Adkins and Barbary Ann Piety

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John M. Adkins
b. 1 January 1826, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Russel and Elizabeth Adkins
d. 20 February 1888, Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri
m. 16 November 1853, Knox County, Indiana

Barbary Ann Piety
b. 13 March 1828, Knox County, Indiana, to Thomas and Nancy (Faught) Piety
d. 13 December 1874, Texas

Children with Barbary Ann Piety:

  • Charles (1855-1930)
  • James J. (b. 1857)
  • Henry (1858-1941) married Minnie Susannah DeHaven
  • John (1860-1864)
  • William C. (b. 1866)
  • Benjamin Franklin (b. 1869)
  • Elmer
  • Mary E. (b. 1867)

John moved to Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri, by 1890. He died while on a land rush.

Submitted by:
Mary L. Courtney
Aldrich, MO