w/o David L. Knox
Inscription: Leaving 13 Children to mourn their Loss. A devoted Wife, Affectionate Mother & a Kind Mistress. 30 years She lived in smooth Communion with the Presbyterian Church & finally died in full Triumph of Christian Faith. Blessed are the dead which died in the Lord. They do rest from their Labors & their Works do follow them.

The Athens Post (Athens, Tennessee), Friday, February 11, 1859, p. 3.

Mrs. ELIZABETH KNOX, relict of the late Capt. David L. Knox. Died at her residence, in Bradley county, on the 7th of February.

Mrs. Knox had been afflicted for about fourteen years with that fearful and fatal malady, consumption! For the last twelve months she had been gradually declining, and on Monday, the 7th inst., at 12 o'clock, she gently and peacefully fell asleep in the arms of her Savior! For two days previous to her death, she expected every hour to be her last. She retained her senses perfectly, and spoke freely and fully of her spiritual condition. Not a doubt disturbed her mind — not a shadow overcast her path — all was bright and glorious! She called her weeping children, friends and neighbors around her, gave each one appropriate counsel, bid them a final farewell, and exhorted them all to meet her in heaven.

Mrs. Knox possessed a very kind and amiable disposition, scarcely ever spoke a hard word against any of her neighbors, and perhaps never struck one of her children or servants in anger. She was beloved, esteemed and respected by all who knew her, and her pious walk and Godly conversation should be a bright example to be followed by her bereaved children, servants and neighbors. She raised a family of fourteen children, and lived to see them all grown. One of her daughters, the wife of Col. James Parks, died last summer, one son in the West, and the other twelve children were present, and witnessed her triumphant departure from time to eternity, in the fifty-ninth year of her age....

Obit provided by Sheron Smith-Savage