Shelby County Indiana
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Knowlton
Obituaries
Knowlton
The Shelbyville News
April 12, 1983
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Harry N. Knowlton, 86, Mt. Auburn, died at 5 a.m. Monday at W. S. Major Hospital. Failing health for several months.April 12, 1983
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Born Jan 18, 1897 in Jackson Township, s/o George and Jennie (Barnes) Knowlton.
Married Ruth F. Greene March 12, 1920. She died Aug 25, 1979.
Lived in Mount Auburn all his life.
Member and past master of the Norritown Farmers Masonic Lodge, member and past patron of the Flat Rock Chapter of the Order of the Easter Star; member of the York Rite Bodies of Shelbyville and past high priest of Shelby Chapter No 20 and member of the Mount Auburn Christian Church.
Survived by two daughters, a brother, C. B. Knowlton, 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
A brother preceded him in death.
Carmony Funeral Home, with the Rev. Marvin Isley officiating.
Burial: Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Contributed by Colleen Greene
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Monday, August 27, 1979
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Mrs. Ruth Knowlton of Mt. Auburn died in Johnson County August 25, 1979. Monday, August 27, 1979
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Born in Ripley county on March 12, 1900. D/o Albert E. and Minnie Olive (Franklin) Greene.
On March 12, 1920 in Shelby County, she was married to Harry N. Knowlton.
Survivors: husband; 2 children, Mrs. Glen (Jeanne) Losey, Shelbyville, and Mrs. Kenneth (Reba) Cochran, of R.R.1 Morristown; a brother Claude M. Green, Sr., Albany; 12 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and 2 step-great grandchildren.
Two brothers preceded.
Burial in the Mt. Auburn cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Mary Kelley and Colleen Greene
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Tuesday, 4 Nov 1952
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Aged County
Resident Dies
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Funeral for Alvin Knowlton
Will Be Conducted Friday
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Alvin Knowlton, 92-year-old retired Shelby township farmer, died at the Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis at 8:30 this morning. He had been in failing health for two years and in a critical condition for the last 10 days.Tuesday, 4 Nov 1952
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Aged County
Resident Dies
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Funeral for Alvin Knowlton
Will Be Conducted Friday
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MR. KNOWLTON was born in Shelby township on April 18, 1960, the son of James and Barbara (Good) Knowlton. He had spent the greater part of his life in Shelby township and recently had lived with a brother-in-law, Ernest Pope, southwest of this city. He was married to Elizabeth Pope whose death occurred in 1945.* The only survivors with the brother-in-law are a number of nieces and nephews.
FUNERAL SERVICES will be held at the Murphy Mortuary Friday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. C. M. Hager officiating. Interment will be in the Flat Rock cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 4:00 p.m. Thursday.
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*Submitter's Note: The photo of her stone pictured on finagrave.com and her obituary in the Shelbyville Republican on Tuesday April 13, 1943 give the death year as 1943.
Contributed by Phyllis Fleming and Betty Kitchen
The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday April 13, 1943
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FORMER COUNTY
WOMAN IS DEAD
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Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Lizzie Knowlton, age about seventy-five, wife of Alvin Knowlton, at her home in Garden City, south of Columbus, Sunday at 5:00 p.m.Tuesday April 13, 1943
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FORMER COUNTY
WOMAN IS DEAD
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She had been in failing health for some time and death was due to a complication of diseases. Mrs. Knowlton was born in Washington township, the daughter of David and Harriet Pope.
She is survived by the husband, a sister, Mrs. Samuel [Ida M.] Moore, two brothers, Ernest Pope and Alvin Pope, Shelbyville, and three others at Hope.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Hathway & Son funeral home, in Columbus, with burial in the Flat Rock cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff
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