Re: Amanda Jane Doughty Knox
DOUGHTY, KNOX
Posted By: Mary Stout (email) In Response To: Amanda Jane Doughty Knox (Hedy Broz)
Date: 6/16/2005 at 17:01:15
Abingdon/Bogus/Aaronsville
"ABINGDON. Secs. 32 & 33, Polk Township. Laid out and platted Aug., 30, 1849 by Col. Thos. McCulloch, Even Fleenor, Marquis D. Lafayette Spurlock and William Spurlock, and named by Col. McCulloch for his old home, Abingdon, Virginia. Plat, p. 19, 1909 Atlas. P. O. established 31 Dec 1850 with Shelton Morris as first postmaster; W. W. Knox and Ben Purris were long time postmasters and the office was discontinued 31 Dec. 1924 during W. C. Cambell's incumbency. Not a vanished village, but it has declined. ("Forty years Ago in Abingdon" · Ledger Mar 28 - Apr 5, 1933.) See also Bogus,"Jefferson County On Line
1892 Farm Directory
Of Jefferson County, Iowa
Knox W.W. Abingdon
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KNOX Washington W. 442Am willing to share. Mary
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