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- Lee ran the Knox ferry that went across the river into where Gaston
Co. and York Co. came together.
It is not known where Lee lived after the purchase of his property in
the 1920s. He didn't die until 1933. Both are buried at Pleasant Hill
Presbyterian showing R. William Knox, b. August 29, 1861, d. March 22,
1904 and Charles Lee Knox, b. January 7, 1867, d. March 5, 1933.
An obituary for Charles Lee Knox states he died at a Charlotte
hospital and the funeral was held at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church
by DR. R. A. Young (minister at Pleasant Hill) and Rev. J. M. Walker,
pastor of Steel Creek Presbyterian. (March 1933). He had served
several years as deacon of the Pleasant Hill church of which he was a
lifelong member. The following great-nephews of Mr. Knox served as
pallbears, William and John Boyd, Robert and Leon Glenn, Dale and John
Thompson. Mr. Knox is is also survived by the following nieces and
nephews. Mrs. S. S. Glenn of York Co., Mrs. E. D. Thompson, Misses
Fannie and Violet Boyd and W. M. Boyd of Steele Creek.
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