Yale Obituaries
Contributed by Cheryl Cartwright
Reuben Knox, B.A. 1873.
Born April 28, 1850, in St Louis, Mo
Died March 12, 1930, in North Plainfield, N J
Father, Samuel Knox (B A. Williams 1836); studied in Harvard Law School a year; a lawyer in St. Louis; city counsellor; member Missouri House of Representatives and member of Congress, son of Alanson Knox (honorary M.A. Williams 1818), who was commissioned in the Massachusetts Militia in 1808 and served as Lieutenant Colonel of 4th Regiment, 4th Division, in War of 1812, and was later commissioned Major General commanding 4th Division, and Lucinda (Knox) Knox, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Mother, Mary (Kerr) Knox; daughter of Matthew and Hannah (Skinner) Kerr, of St. Louis.
Philhps-Andover. Entered Yale with Class of 1870, but withdrew during Freshman year; studied law at Harvard 1869-1870; joined Yale Class of 1873 in second term of Junior year; member Linonia and Delta Kappa. Studied m Yale Divinity School 1873-74; private tutor in Litchfield, Conn-, and in New York City for a year and a half, at the same time continuing study of law privately; studied again at Harvard Law School 1875-76 and then became a clerk in his father's law office in St. Louis; admitted to St Louis Bar January 3, 1877; spent next two years in travel in Texas, Arkansas, and Kansas, in ranching in Colorado for six months, and in practice of law in St. Louis; in 1879 moved to New York and entered law office of his cousin, Henry E. Knox, and during the next year was associate member of the firm of Fullerton & Knox; practiced law in Minneapolis, Minn., 1880-83, being admitted to Minnesota Bar January 7,1881; then withdrew from practice temporarily because of ill health and traveled abroad and in this country and engaged in literary work until 1904; resided at various times in Brooklyn, N. Y., Mornstown, Plamfield, and Lawrenceville, N. J , and St Louis; practiced law in Plamfield from May, 1904, until his retirement from active practice in November, 1917; admitted to the New Jersey Bar as attorney in February, 1904, and as counsellor in June, 1909; author: Law of Married Women in New Jersey (1912), The Law of Chattel Mortgages in New Jersey, including Conditional Saks Act (1918), The Law of Real Property Mortgages in New Jersey (1918), and Mortgages in New Jersey (1918); contributed exposition of Sunday School lessons to the church paper of First Baptist Church in Mornstown and wrote articles for Indiana Baptist; deacon in First Baptist Church, Mornstown, 1891-94 and in First Baptist Church, Plainfield, 1896-1918; vice-president of Hydewood Golf Club, North Plainfield, 1907 and 1908.
Married (1) June 17,1884, in Minneapolis, Addie, daughter of George E. and Mary A. (Wetherbee) Shumway. One son, Kerro (B.A Williams 1906). Mrs. Knox died November 16, 1885.
Married (2) December 25, 1889, in Salem, N. J , Emma Ellen, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Reeve Hackett and Emeline (Wible) Hackett No children by second marriage.
Death due to cerebral apoplexy-
Buried m First Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodstown, N J.
Survived by wife, son, three grandsons, a sister, Mrs Hannah S. Knox Luscomb, of Allston, Mass., and a brother, Henry Knox, of Mornstown.
Contributed by Cheryl Cartwright
Reuben Knox, B.A. 1873.
Born April 28, 1850, in St Louis, Mo
Died March 12, 1930, in North Plainfield, N J
Father, Samuel Knox (B A. Williams 1836); studied in Harvard Law School a year; a lawyer in St. Louis; city counsellor; member Missouri House of Representatives and member of Congress, son of Alanson Knox (honorary M.A. Williams 1818), who was commissioned in the Massachusetts Militia in 1808 and served as Lieutenant Colonel of 4th Regiment, 4th Division, in War of 1812, and was later commissioned Major General commanding 4th Division, and Lucinda (Knox) Knox, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Mother, Mary (Kerr) Knox; daughter of Matthew and Hannah (Skinner) Kerr, of St. Louis.
Philhps-Andover. Entered Yale with Class of 1870, but withdrew during Freshman year; studied law at Harvard 1869-1870; joined Yale Class of 1873 in second term of Junior year; member Linonia and Delta Kappa. Studied m Yale Divinity School 1873-74; private tutor in Litchfield, Conn-, and in New York City for a year and a half, at the same time continuing study of law privately; studied again at Harvard Law School 1875-76 and then became a clerk in his father's law office in St. Louis; admitted to St Louis Bar January 3, 1877; spent next two years in travel in Texas, Arkansas, and Kansas, in ranching in Colorado for six months, and in practice of law in St. Louis; in 1879 moved to New York and entered law office of his cousin, Henry E. Knox, and during the next year was associate member of the firm of Fullerton & Knox; practiced law in Minneapolis, Minn., 1880-83, being admitted to Minnesota Bar January 7,1881; then withdrew from practice temporarily because of ill health and traveled abroad and in this country and engaged in literary work until 1904; resided at various times in Brooklyn, N. Y., Mornstown, Plamfield, and Lawrenceville, N. J , and St Louis; practiced law in Plamfield from May, 1904, until his retirement from active practice in November, 1917; admitted to the New Jersey Bar as attorney in February, 1904, and as counsellor in June, 1909; author: Law of Married Women in New Jersey (1912), The Law of Chattel Mortgages in New Jersey, including Conditional Saks Act (1918), The Law of Real Property Mortgages in New Jersey (1918), and Mortgages in New Jersey (1918); contributed exposition of Sunday School lessons to the church paper of First Baptist Church in Mornstown and wrote articles for Indiana Baptist; deacon in First Baptist Church, Mornstown, 1891-94 and in First Baptist Church, Plainfield, 1896-1918; vice-president of Hydewood Golf Club, North Plainfield, 1907 and 1908.
Married (1) June 17,1884, in Minneapolis, Addie, daughter of George E. and Mary A. (Wetherbee) Shumway. One son, Kerro (B.A Williams 1906). Mrs. Knox died November 16, 1885.
Married (2) December 25, 1889, in Salem, N. J , Emma Ellen, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Reeve Hackett and Emeline (Wible) Hackett No children by second marriage.
Death due to cerebral apoplexy-
Buried m First Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodstown, N J.
Survived by wife, son, three grandsons, a sister, Mrs Hannah S. Knox Luscomb, of Allston, Mass., and a brother, Henry Knox, of Mornstown.
Yale Obituaries
Contributed by Cheryl Cartwright
Reuben Knox, B.A. 1873.
Born April 28, 1850, in St Louis, Mo
Died March 12, 1930, in North Plainfield, N J
Father, Samuel Knox (B A. Williams 1836); studied in Harvard Law School a year; a lawyer in St. Louis; city counsellor; member Missouri House of Representatives and member of Congress, son of Alanson Knox (honorary M.A. Williams 1818), who was commissioned in the Massachusetts Militia in 1808 and served as Lieutenant Colonel of 4th Regiment, 4th Division, in War of 1812, and was later commissioned Major General commanding 4th Division, and Lucinda (Knox) Knox, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Mother, Mary (Kerr) Knox; daughter of Matthew and Hannah (Skinner) Kerr, of St. Louis.
Philhps-Andover. Entered Yale with Class of 1870, but withdrew during Freshman year; studied law at Harvard 1869-1870; joined Yale Class of 1873 in second term of Junior year; member Linonia and Delta Kappa. Studied m Yale Divinity School 1873-74; private tutor in Litchfield, Conn-, and in New York City for a year and a half, at the same time continuing study of law privately; studied again at Harvard Law School 1875-76 and then became a clerk in his father's law office in St. Louis; admitted to St Louis Bar January 3, 1877; spent next two years in travel in Texas, Arkansas, and Kansas, in ranching in Colorado for six months, and in practice of law in St. Louis; in 1879 moved to New York and entered law office of his cousin, Henry E. Knox, and during the next year was associate member of the firm of Fullerton & Knox; practiced law in Minneapolis, Minn., 1880-83, being admitted to Minnesota Bar January 7,1881; then withdrew from practice temporarily because of ill health and traveled abroad and in this country and engaged in literary work until 1904; resided at various times in Brooklyn, N. Y., Mornstown, Plamfield, and Lawrenceville, N. J , and St Louis; practiced law in Plamfield from May, 1904, until his retirement from active practice in November, 1917; admitted to the New Jersey Bar as attorney in February, 1904, and as counsellor in June, 1909; author: Law of Married Women in New Jersey (1912), The Law of Chattel Mortgages in New Jersey, including Conditional Saks Act (1918), The Law of Real Property Mortgages in New Jersey (1918), and Mortgages in New Jersey (1918); contributed exposition of Sunday School lessons to the church paper of First Baptist Church in Mornstown and wrote articles for Indiana Baptist; deacon in First Baptist Church, Mornstown, 1891-94 and in First Baptist Church, Plainfield, 1896-1918; vice-president of Hydewood Golf Club, North Plainfield, 1907 and 1908.
Married (1) June 17,1884, in Minneapolis, Addie, daughter of George E. and Mary A. (Wetherbee) Shumway. One son, Kerro (B.A Williams 1906). Mrs. Knox died November 16, 1885.
Married (2) December 25, 1889, in Salem, N. J , Emma Ellen, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Reeve Hackett and Emeline (Wible) Hackett No children by second marriage.
Death due to cerebral apoplexy-
Buried m First Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodstown, N J.
Survived by wife, son, three grandsons, a sister, Mrs Hannah S. Knox Luscomb, of Allston, Mass., and a brother, Henry Knox, of Mornstown.
Contributed by Cheryl Cartwright
Reuben Knox, B.A. 1873.
Born April 28, 1850, in St Louis, Mo
Died March 12, 1930, in North Plainfield, N J
Father, Samuel Knox (B A. Williams 1836); studied in Harvard Law School a year; a lawyer in St. Louis; city counsellor; member Missouri House of Representatives and member of Congress, son of Alanson Knox (honorary M.A. Williams 1818), who was commissioned in the Massachusetts Militia in 1808 and served as Lieutenant Colonel of 4th Regiment, 4th Division, in War of 1812, and was later commissioned Major General commanding 4th Division, and Lucinda (Knox) Knox, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Mother, Mary (Kerr) Knox; daughter of Matthew and Hannah (Skinner) Kerr, of St. Louis.
Philhps-Andover. Entered Yale with Class of 1870, but withdrew during Freshman year; studied law at Harvard 1869-1870; joined Yale Class of 1873 in second term of Junior year; member Linonia and Delta Kappa. Studied m Yale Divinity School 1873-74; private tutor in Litchfield, Conn-, and in New York City for a year and a half, at the same time continuing study of law privately; studied again at Harvard Law School 1875-76 and then became a clerk in his father's law office in St. Louis; admitted to St Louis Bar January 3, 1877; spent next two years in travel in Texas, Arkansas, and Kansas, in ranching in Colorado for six months, and in practice of law in St. Louis; in 1879 moved to New York and entered law office of his cousin, Henry E. Knox, and during the next year was associate member of the firm of Fullerton & Knox; practiced law in Minneapolis, Minn., 1880-83, being admitted to Minnesota Bar January 7,1881; then withdrew from practice temporarily because of ill health and traveled abroad and in this country and engaged in literary work until 1904; resided at various times in Brooklyn, N. Y., Mornstown, Plamfield, and Lawrenceville, N. J , and St Louis; practiced law in Plamfield from May, 1904, until his retirement from active practice in November, 1917; admitted to the New Jersey Bar as attorney in February, 1904, and as counsellor in June, 1909; author: Law of Married Women in New Jersey (1912), The Law of Chattel Mortgages in New Jersey, including Conditional Saks Act (1918), The Law of Real Property Mortgages in New Jersey (1918), and Mortgages in New Jersey (1918); contributed exposition of Sunday School lessons to the church paper of First Baptist Church in Mornstown and wrote articles for Indiana Baptist; deacon in First Baptist Church, Mornstown, 1891-94 and in First Baptist Church, Plainfield, 1896-1918; vice-president of Hydewood Golf Club, North Plainfield, 1907 and 1908.
Married (1) June 17,1884, in Minneapolis, Addie, daughter of George E. and Mary A. (Wetherbee) Shumway. One son, Kerro (B.A Williams 1906). Mrs. Knox died November 16, 1885.
Married (2) December 25, 1889, in Salem, N. J , Emma Ellen, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Reeve Hackett and Emeline (Wible) Hackett No children by second marriage.
Death due to cerebral apoplexy-
Buried m First Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodstown, N J.
Survived by wife, son, three grandsons, a sister, Mrs Hannah S. Knox Luscomb, of Allston, Mass., and a brother, Henry Knox, of Mornstown.
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