Washington County IA Archives Obituaries.....Knauss, Prudence Catherine December 1943
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Washington Evening Journal,  13 Dec 1943
Mrs. Prudence Catherine Knauss, 94 years old, one of the few widows of Civil 
war soldiers in the county, died Saturday afternoon at her home. She had lived 
89 years in Washington county. She was boorn Nov. 16, 1849, at Marion, Ill., 
and came to Washington county by covered wagon and by train when she was five 
years old, in 1854. She was the daughter of Dr. J.W. Phillips and wife. She 
was married in June, 1865. to A.J. Knauss who died in January, 1926. Surviving 
children are Mrs. J. F. Burnham of Chicago, Jrs. M.O. Butcher of West Libery, 
Mrs. Ida Cain of Knoxville, Ill., Mrs. E.E. Boarts of Council Bluffs, and Guy 
Knauss of Washington.

Additional Comments:
There is more in the obituary. Also, the persons giving dates seemed to have 
been about 5-6 years early on all of them. All censuses show her to have been 
born in 1855 or 1856. Per her father's obituary, he was married in 1852 which 
substantiates the later birth year. Also, the Washington County marriage 
records show Prudence was married 10 June 1871 to Andrew Jackson Knauss.

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