Interest 1 Roy Otis Knowles. Where did he
go? Last known contact was a card he sent to Roy C Knowles for his 50th birthday
(Dec 1963). The postmark was from Pennsylvania. The card was signed upside down, but the
signature was easily identified. Was the card placed in front of him by a nurse?
Someone must know something. No hits from Social Security Death
Register nor from "Find a Grave". The 1950
Census becomes available in April 2021. Perhaps Roy Otis is listed
there!
Interest 2 (FOUND)
All of the following is true, but there is more to the story (new info in
red). Ephraim H Knowles (father of
Roy Otis Knowles and son of James Knowles)
decided to attend law school after his wife Sarah passed away as a result of
child birth problems giving birth to their second son. He attended Illinois
Wesleyan University (Law School) and graduated with high honors in May of
1891. Ephraim was, however, a bit of a ladies man and had promised to marry
Ida Absher after he had graduated from law school. Ida gave birth to a
son, Beverly Knowles, in 1891 but Ephraim chose to marry Dora Solinger
instead. That created a bit of a scandal and Ida had him arrested for
bastardry. Ephraim tried to talk his way out of it but the judge was
having nothing of it, so Ephraim settled for a $550 lump sum child support
payment, It was largely due to this scandal that Ephraim left town and
went to Chariton, Iowa. Even though his morals were questionable, he
was an extremely bright young man and joined with another attorney in
Chariton who backed him to become the county attorney. He was
nominated for a second term, but his ethical antics had once again caught up
with him requiring him to leave town once again. So, he left for Chicago
where he could go into private practice. One problem... Ephraim had
contracted Tuberculosis in Iowa and his health was starting to decline.
He left Chicago to go to Kansas City in 1906 seeking better health.
His health did not improve and by 1910, his doctors told him there was
nothing more that could be done and he should go home to the family farm in
Illinois to live out the remaining days of his life. Ephraim passed away on
10 Sep 1910 on his father's farm in Bellmont, Wabash county, Illinois with
his wife Dora and one daughter by his side. Ephraim was interred at
the Bethel cemetery in Bellmont. Meanwhile, his son Beverly, of whom
we never knew, was a bright young man who took to teaching in the public
schools of Decatur, Illinois, but like his father, he contracted
Tuberculosis. Sadly, Beverly passed away in 1913 in Wabash County and is
also interred at the Bethel Cemetery in Bellmont. Ephraim lived in Chicago in
1900, according to the US Census, and was
an attorney. He lived in Chariton, Iowa (Lucas County) from
1894 to at least 1898. There he was county attorney.
Ephraim moved to Kansas City about 1906. The 1907
City Directory lists him as E. Harry Knowles rather than Ephraim H.
Knowles. This is the first indication as to the "H" in his
name and may be a clue to indexes that do not list Ephriam. The 1911
City Directory lists his 2nd wife Dora as "Widow". 2nd wife
Dora, passed away in 1923 as the result of a diabetic coma...she is
interred at Elmwood Cemetary which is a massive 36,000 plot cemetery just
East of downtown Kansas City.
Interest 3 (NEW INFO)Ephraim Knowles married Sarah
Crackle from Edwards County Illinois which lies just west of Mt Carmel. I now have information on the Crackles for
seven generations. They origins of the family lie in Lincolnshire,
England. While on an
investigation hunt in Mt Carmel, I noticed an old calendar hanging on the back of the
library research room door. Several etchings were pictured around the calendar, one
being a sketch of the Crackle residence (looks like a mansion).
Sarah
died young in 1888 in Mt Carmel, Illinois (actually Bellmont, a tiny
suburb just west of the city). She is in either an unmarked grave in the
Bethel Cemetery in Bellmont, or one of the several very eroded limestone
headstones that have become unreadable. What we had not known previously is
that just passed away as a result of childbirth giving birth to her second
son who did not survive birth.
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A miss is as good as a mile....
Close relations to Famous People.
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George
Joseph Alden,
b. 27 Jan 1573 in Southhampton, Hampshire, England, d. 1620 in
same place, married Jane
Fowlk, b. 1575 in Southhampton, Hampshire, England, d. 10
Mar 1664, Plymouth, MA. They
had 5 children: John, Elizabeth, Betty, Catherine, and Barbara.
| John
Alden and Priscilla Mullins of Mayflower fame |
| John
Alden,
b. 15 Sep 1599 in Harwich, Essex, England, d. 12 Sep 1687,
married Priscilla Mullins.
We
are NOT descended from him. |
John's
sister, Elizabeth Alden,
b. abt 1591 in Bocking, Essex, England, d. 1641, Duxbury,
Plymouth, MA, married Edmund
Chandler, b. abt 1580 in Stoke Newington, London, England,
d. May 1662, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA.
It is from Elizabeth Alden
that we are descended - Twice.
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Their
daughter, Lydia Chandler,
married Richard Higgins
Their
son, Benjamin Higgins,
married Lydia Bangs
Their
son, Samuel Higgins,
married his second cousin, Hannah Cole (m.
4 Nov 1703)
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Their daughter Ruth
Chandler married Daniel Cole
Their son, Israel Cole, married Mary Paine
(of Mayflower descent) (m.
24 Apr 1679)
Their daughter, Hannah Cole, married her
second cousin, Samuel
Higgins (m. 4 Nov 1703) |
Their
son, Israel Higgins, Sr,
married Ruth Brown
(an interesting note: Ruth Brown is descended from
another Knowles line - found throughout New England - see insert
below) (m. 2 Nov
1727)
Richard Knowles of
Lancashire, England, married Ruth Bower.
Their daug. Mehitable Knowles married George Brown.
Their son, James Brown, married Ruth Snow (of
Mayflower descent).
Their daughter, Ruth Brown, is listed above. |
Their
son, Israel Higgins,
married Elizabeth Aiken
(m. 15 Feb 1753)
Their
son, George W Higgins,
married Prentice Mapes
(m. 27 Sep 1777)
Their
daughter, Cynthia Lucy
Higgins, married Levi
Couch (m. 1804)
Their
daughter, Elizabeth Couch,
married Joshua Wood
(m. 27 Sep 1836)
Their
daughter, Sarah Wood,
married Oliver B. Green
(m. 9 Apr 1867)
Their
daughter, Alma Etta Green,
married Clifton Lewis
Canedy (m. 24 Dec 1890)
Their
daughter, Sarah Leora
Canedy, married Roy
Otis Knowles (22 Feb 1913)
They
had 4 children: Roy
(b. 8 Dec 1913), William
(b. 8 Apr 1916), Rex
(b. 10 Jan 1918), and Alma
(b. 2 Oct 1920)
20
cousins sprouted from these 4.
Download
this fun sheet |
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Related to Witches...Accused
of Witchcraft at the infamous Salem Witch Trials
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| Joanna Blessing and William Towne
were married 25 April 1620 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk,
England. They emigrated to North America and settled in
Essex County, MA (which includes Salem). Joanna was
accused of being a witch but exonerated. They had 8 children:
Rebecca, John, Susanna, Edmund, Jacob, and Mary were all born in
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; Joseph and Sarah were born in
Salem, Massachusetts..
Rebecca Towne married Francis Nurse. Rebecca Nurse
was accused of being a witch during the Salem Witch Trials and
hanged on 19 July 1692. She and others are the key
characters in the play "The Crucible". Her
sister Mary married Isaac Etsey. Mary Etsey was hanged on
22 July 1692. Her sister Sarah married Edmund Bridges. Sarah
Bridges was tried and convicted of being a witch but escaped
the jail before being executed.
Rebecca's brother, Joseph Towne (b. 3 Sep 1639), married Phoebe
Perkins in 1665 and it is from he that
we are descended.
Their daughter, Joanna Towne (22 Jan 1668), married Thomas
Nichols (m. 12 Dec 1694)
Their daughter, Elizabeth Nichols (b. Jun 1711), married William
Stockwell (m. 4 Dec 1733)
Their son, Jonathan Stockwell (b.abt 1735), married Mary Sibley
(of Mayflower descent) (m.
5 Dec 1758)
Their son, Jonathan Stockwell (b. 16 Apr 1768), married Polly Smith (m.
28 Aug 1788)
Their son, Willard Sibley Stockwell (b. 15 Dec 1789), married Nancy
Jackson (m. 25 Jan 1810)
Their daughter, Elizabeth Stockwell (b. 8 Mar 1820), married Aden
Canedy (m. 25 May 1834)
Their son, Lewis Gilbert Canedy (b. 3 Apr 1837), married Catherine
Wigton (m. 14 Sep 1858)
Their son, Clifton Lewis Canedy (b. 14 Mar 1869), married Alma Etta
Green (m. 24
Dec 1890)
Their
daughter, Sarah Leora
Canedy
(b. 21 Aug 1894), married Roy
Otis Knowles (22 Feb 1913)
They
had 4 children: Roy
(b. 8 Dec 1913), William
(b. 8 Apr 1916), Rex
(b. 10 Jan 1918), and Alma
(b. 2 Oct 1920)
20
cousins sprouted from these 4.
Download
this fun sheet |
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Several Mayflower links...
Stephen Hopkins and daughter Constance were Mayflower
passengers.
Constance Hopkins married Nicholas Snow in Plymouth
Their daughter, Mary Snow, married Thomas
Paine.
| Their daughter Mary Paine,
married Israel Cole as seen in the panel to the
far left. |
Their son, Joseph Paine, married Patience
Sparrow.
Their daughter, Mary Paine, married Joseph
Sibley.
Their daughter, Mary Sibley, married Jonathan
Stockwell, as seen in the 'Witches' panel |
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Their son, Joseph Snow,
married Mary Higgins.
Their daughter, Ruth Snow, married James Brown.
Their daughter, Ruth Brown, married Israel Higgins as
seen in the panel at the far left. |
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