Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Knox, Grace (Millard) August 1936
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Ionia sentinel Standard-Sept. 1, 1936

GRACE MILLARD KNOX
A leader in the social life of Buffalo for more than 40 years Mrs. Grace Millard
Knox, wife of the late Seymour H. Knox, one of the founders of the Woolworth chain of stores and a

chairman of the Marine National bank at the time of his death in 1915, died at her
home in Buffalo. She had been ill for some time. Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs.
Edmund P. Rogers of New York, and Mrs. J. Hazard Campbell of Buffalo, and one son Seymour H. 
Knox, Jr., noted polo player. funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the
home.

Mrs. Knox loved to travel and has visited many European and Oriental countries. She
attended the international polo matches in England last year when her son captained
the Aurora polo team. She was active in charitable work in Buffalo and institutions
benefiting from her gifts were the university of Buffalo, Buffalo museum of science. Albright
art gallery, Goodyear convalescent home, Home for the Friendless, Millard Fillmore
hospital, and joint charities.

Mrs. Grace Millard Knox was the daughter of Charles A. and Sarah Avery Millard with
whom she came to Ionia as a girl. Mr. Millard was a partner in a saw mill, known as the
Bishop and Millard mill located on Long Lake, and later came to Ionia where he conducted a 
photograph gallery. Their home was the present home of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Yates on
East Washington street. He went with his family from Ionia to Detroit where he had a
photograph establishment on Woodward avenue until his death. Grace Millard was married to Mr.
Knox June 11, 1890 in Detroit.

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