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Jasper Marion Knox

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Jasper Marion Knox

Birth
Death
5 Jul 1920 (aged 12–13)
Gilchrist, Mercer County, Illinois, USA
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Mercer County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Jasper Knox, 13-year-old son of Asa Knox, a carpenter in Gilchrist, died suddenly yesterday afternoon. The boy was playing with his companions celebrating of Independence day, when he was stricken with a form of paralysis. Death came at 5 o'clock, about three hours after the attack. Jasper has been carrier for The Argus in Gilchrist for the past two years. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.

(The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union - July 6, 1920)
Jasper Knox, 13-year-old son of Asa Knox, a carpenter in Gilchrist, died suddenly yesterday afternoon. The boy was playing with his companions celebrating of Independence day, when he was stricken with a form of paralysis. Death came at 5 o'clock, about three hours after the attack. Jasper has been carrier for The Argus in Gilchrist for the past two years. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.

(The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union - July 6, 1920)


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