History of Blue Mountain Lake, (Hamilton County) New York United States of America

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William Eaton Knox Biographical Sketch

William Eaton Knox, clergyman, was born in Knoxboro, N.Y., Oct. 16, 1820; son of Gen. John Jay and Sarah (Curtiss) Knox. He was graduated at Hamilton college in 1840, and at the Auburn Theological seminary, 1843. He was installed at Watertown, N.Y., Feb. 14, 1844, and was pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, Watertown, N.Y., 1844-48; of the Presbyterian church, Rome, N.Y., 1848-70, and of the First Presbyterian church, Elmira, N.Y., 1870-83. He was married, June 4, 1844, to Mary Ann Chandler, of Avon, N.Y., and secondly, Oct. I3, 1846, to Alice Woodward Jenks of Toledo, Ohio. He was a trustee of Hamilton college, 1876-83, and received the degree of D.D. from there in 1865. He died at Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y., Sept. 17, 1883.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor