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KNOX COUNTY
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Hello,
I have in my possession three old photograph albums which contain about
150 photographs, about half taken in Mt. Vernon. The vast majority are
identified, often with only a first name, in pencil or black ink. I
have "dated" them as ranging from about 1855 to about 1890, by the
following evidence:
One of the photographs taken in Knox County was of Cynthia Smith
Tulloss. Cynthia and her husband William homesteaded in Kansas, leaving
Ohio in 1857. Cynthia died in Kansas in 1859, and there is no evidence
that she ever returned for a visit prior to her death. Therefore, I
believe that the earliest photographs were from about 1857 or so.
The next to last photograph in what appears to be the newest album is of
my grandmother and her sister, who were born in 1885 and 1887
respectively. They appear to be maybe four and two years old.
I have been experimenting taking these photographs to Kinko's and
digitizing them as JPEGs. It works pretty well. I am attaching a
couple of them for your review. One is of my grandmother and her
sister, and one is of Elizabeth Tulloss Stevens, (1817-1908), who lived
all her life in Knox County, and is buried in Owl Creek Cemetery.
Would you be interested in an annotated "Photo Gallery" in the Knox CO.
site, featuring old photographs of Knox County residents, pre-1900? If
you think this is something of sufficient interest, I would gladly
digitize the photographs without charge, and make them available to
you. There would be quite a few of various Tulloss family members, and
some of various friends and neighbors as well. We can discuss details
later, if you think this would be worthwhile.
A second item which may be of interest, and may not, are some diaries
that I am transcribing. These were kept by Morna Stevens - the same as
in the photograph attached. She kept these diaries from 1908 into 1939,
when she became too ill with tuberculosis to keep them any more. While
a good deal of the entries are tedious, there are some real gems for the
genealogist. It is my intention to index them, so that if one wanted to
look up a specific person on could do so without wading through the
weather, so to speak. Would this be of any interest? She tells of the
annual meetings of the Owl Creek Cemetery committee, visits to Knox
County friends and relatives, and so forth. She also notes birthdates
of friends and famly, and of family visits. I have read through 1929,
and have already transcribed the first three years. I anticipate that
this project will take me at least six more months. When these diaries
were written, Morna lived with her parents in Newark. However, the
family had lived in Utica briefly, and before that, on the old family
farm north of Utica.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Margaret Frazier Bowman
25 Rocky Knob Road
Fairview, NC 28730
mbowman@beeline-software.com
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