BIO: George E. KNOX, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 127.
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REV. GEORGE H. KNOX
Cassville, Huntingdon County, Pa.

Methodist Episcopal Minister:  Was born at York, Pa., April 1, 1866.  A son 
of John and Annie E. (Hibener) Knox, deceased, York County, Pa.  Rev. George 
H. Knox, after a preliminary education at York, Pa., attended Temple 
College, Philadelphia, Pa., followed by Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.; 
also at the Bible School, Home Study, at Newton Hamilton, Pa., formerly held 
at Eagles Mere, Pa.  He has held various pastorates.  He was at Munson, 
Clearfield County, Pa., for three years; Blain, Perry County, Pa., three 
years; Osceola Mills, Pa., three years; also York, Pa., Marrysville 
[Marysville], Pa., and Philadelphia, Pa.  At present he is the pastor at 
Tough Creek Valley; resides at Cassville.  During World War he was at the 
Blain, Pa., charge.  He is a member of the P.O.S. of A. of New Germantown, 
Perry County, Pa.  A Republican.  One brother deceased; also one sister, 
Della, deceased.  He was married to Mary E. Kauffman, a daughter of Amos and 
Susan Kauffman.  They have two sons:  Paul, a World War veteran, married to 
Pearl Shull, New Cumberland, Pa.; John R., at home; Stanley is deceased; was 
in World War; Wilbur is deceased; died in 1921, at the age of twelve years.  
Two daughters:  Bessie, conducts a beauty parlor, Harrisburg, Pa., married 
to Albert Seilheimer; Ruth, married to Warren Shumaker, an accountant at 
Washington, D.C., in government service.