Martha Almarine (Hightower) Knox (1846 - 1935)

Born 13 May 1846 in Randolph, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Nicholson Knox — married 4 Apr 1866 in Reid, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1935 at age 88 in West Point, Clay, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Martha Almarine Hightower was born on May 13, 1846, in Randolph, Alabama, to Keziah Monroe Armstead, age 29, and Thomas S Hightower, age 31. Her parents and grandmother moved to Chickasaw County shortly after her birth.

She married Isaac Nicholson Knox on April 4, 1866, in Calhoun, Mississippi. They had ten children in 22 years. In 1870 they were living on a farm near Pittsboro. ^[1] In 1889 they moved to Pontotoc and they lived in town and had a farm out of town. ^[2]

She died on January 22, 1935, in West Point, Mississippi, at the age of 88, and was buried in Pontotoc, Mississippi, in the Pontotoc City Cemetery. ^[3] Her obituary, printed in the Times Post, Houston, Mississippi dated January 31 1935, states "Mother Of Rush Knox Dies In West Point

Death Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock, claimed one of West Point's oldest and most loved citizens, Mrs. I N Knox, age 89 years, known to her many friends as "Mother Knox."

Mrs. Knox was born on May 13, 1846, in Chickasaw county, near Houston. Before her marriage she was Miss Martha Almarine Hightower. She was married to Isaac Nicholson Knox on April 5, 1866, living the first year after her marriage in Calhoun county and later moving t Pontotoc, where they made their home for many years until Mr. Knox's death in January, 1922.

The following March, Mrs. Knox moved to West Point to live with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Tyler.

Mr. and Mrs. I N Knox had ten children, eight boys, and two girls. Nine of these are survivors. In 1916 Mr. and Mrs. Knox celebrated their 50th anniversary of happy married life.

Mrs. Knox was a member of the First Baptist Church here, and although in latter years she was not active in church work, because of ill health, took a great deal of interest in it. She lived an upstanding and idealistic Christian life and all those who came in contact with her felt the influence of her fine personality and righteousness. All loved her.

When death came to Mrs. Knox all her children were present at her bedside. Also Mrs. Bruce Knox and Mrs. Ike Knox, daughters-in-law.

The children surviving Mrs. Knox are: O J Knox and J E Knox of Pontotoc; Bruce Knox and Mrs. John Tyler, of West Point; Mrs. John Brown and Rush Knox of Jackson; Dr. I C Knox of Vicksburg, and Baxter Knox of New Albany.

Mrs. Knox had four brothers, and three sisters. Two brothers, J M Hightower of Pine Bluff, Ark., and J C Hightower, of Siloam Springs, Ark., survive her. Other survivors are twenty-nine grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren, and a niece, Mrs. Manuel Matz, of West Point.

Funeral services for Mrs. Knox were held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Tyler, on East Main street, Dr. E F Wright, of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment followed in Pontotoc.—West Point Times-Leader.

Sources

1. ↑ 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Calhoun Co., Miss., p. 361, dwell./fam. Isaac N. Knox household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFS8-32G), accessed 21 May 2024.
   • Martha Knox, Age in 1870: 24, Birth Date: abt 1846, Birthplace: Alabama
   • Home in 1870: Township 13 Range 1 East, Calhoun, Mississippi, Post Office: Pittsboro
   • Isaac N Knox 26, head, husband
   • Children: Oscar Knox 3, Edgar Knox
2. ↑ " A History of Chickasaw County Mississippi, Volume II" The Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogy Society, Knox (Pioneer), F868,l by Martha Knox, p 552
3. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial ID 11787276 {https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11787276/martha-almarine-knox]

• 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Calhoun Co., Miss., ED 14, sheet 556C, dwell. 8, fam. 10, I. N. Knox household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G9-9M9), accessed 21 May 2024.