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HARRISON KNOX, was the fourteenth child of William Knox and he was born on the present farm of his sons, March 25, 1830, and died March 4, 1907, being buried in the Amsterdam cemetery. He grew up on the home farm and while older members of the family gradually established homes of their own in other sections, he remained to assist his father and subsequently became the owner of the homestead. He lived on another farm in Springfield Township for three years after his marriage and then moved back to the old place and most of the substantial buildings now standing were erected during his lifetime. On December 9, 1862, Harrison Knox was married to Louisa Moore, a daughter of John M. and Nancy (Kidwell) Moore. John M. Moore came from ireland to America when small, in charge of an uncle, who settled in Virginia. He grew to manhood and then married Nancy Kidwell and they had the following children: James, who resides in Iowa; Mary, who married Huston Ladd, and resides in Athens County, Ohio; Elizabeth, who died in early womanhood; Alletha, who married Daniel Sherfick, of Indiana; Nancy, who married William Lowery, of Washington County, Ohio; John A., who is a physician, residing in Kansas; William, who also lives in Kansas; Louisa; and Margaret, who married Samuel Martin, resides in Washington County, Ohio. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Moore lived in Loudin COunty, Virginia, then moved to a farm in Carroll COunty, Ohio and from there to Washington COunty, where Mr. Moore lived to the unusual age of 104 years. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His widow died at the age of seventy years. They were members of the Presbyterian Church and their burial was in the Washington COunty Presbyterian Cemetery. To Harrison and Louisa (Moore) Knox the following children were born: Lena B., who is the wife of J. C. Elliott, resides at Amsterdam, Ohio, and they have two children--Jessie and Georgeia; Serilda May, who died when aged twenty-six years; Curtis C., who is the manager of the homestead estate; Etta E., who is the wife of Leroy Stine, of Amsterdam, and they have one daughter, Edith May; John H., who resides at home; and Cora Irene, who is the widow of Victor Harsh, and has one son, Galon Russell. The mother of the above family still survives and resides on the old homestead. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church as was her late husband, who was an elder in the same.  Return to Family Tales
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