When Lafayette Columbus "Lafe" Knox was born in December 1850, in Mercer, Illinois, United States, his father, William John Knox, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Clark, was 29. He married Rebecca Jane "Dolly" Hiler on 19 January 1872, in Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cleveland Township, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Haddon Township, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. He died on 18 June 1918, in Dewey, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Union, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1867: Smith, Kansas, United States
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Scottish and English (Northumberland and Durham): from a genitive or plural form of Old English cnocc ‘round-topped hill’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on a hilltop, or a habitational name from any of the places in Scotland and northern England named with this element, now spelled Knock, in particular one in Renfrewshire.
Scottish: habitational name from any of the places in Scotland named with Gaelic cnoc ‘hill’, for example Knock in Renfrewshire. It is not possibly to disentangle this from the surname derived from the English etymon mentioned in 1 above.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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