John Knox Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted By Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: John Knox: boot and shoe dealer, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, December 25th, 1815. Came to Holliday's Cove in 1837, and engaged in the boot and shoe business. Married Miss Mary J. Smith, September 1839. His wife died in 1844. Was married to Elizabeth Purdy, in 1845. He is the father of six children.