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Charles Lee Knox

Male 1867 - 1933  (66 years)


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  • Name Charles Lee Knox 
    Born 7 Jan 1867  Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Mar 1933  Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3594  MyTree
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2009 

    Father Joseph Knox,   b. Jun 1805,   d. 20 Jun 1868, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Cynthia T. LNU (Knox),   b. 24 Feb 1828, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1884, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married Abt 1851  prob Yorktown, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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.