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WHEREAS,
The members of the
Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize the J.P. "Cotton"
4 Knox family of
Sangamon County
,
Illinois
; and
5 WHEREAS, The J.P. Knox family began with the birth of
6 J.P. "Cotton" Knox on November 16, 1880 in
Sangamon
County
,
7
Illinois
; in 1907 he married Esther Loretta Dickerson, also
8 of
Sangamon County
,
Illinois
; together they lived on and
9 maintained a small farm west of Curran; and
10 WHEREAS, J.P. and Esther Knox began their family with the
11 birth of Thomas Dickerson on July 8, 1908; next came James
12 Donald on November 24, 1909; he was followed by Kathryn
13 Loretta on May 9, 1912, John Louis on July 23, 1914, Charles
14 Carroll on November 21, 1916, Lawrence William on January 26,
15 1919, Howard Eugene on March 29, 1921, Paul Edward on January
16 18, 1923, and Joseph Patrick on February 10, 1925; and
17 WHEREAS, World War II saw many changes come to the Knox
18 family; Thomas was working as CEO of Doyle Freight Lines in
19
Saginaw
,
Michigan
when the Governor of that state appointed
20 him the coordinator of transporting supplies to military
21 bases in several
Midwest
states; and
22 WHEREAS, Thomas' brothers all enlisted in the military;
23 three brothers served in the United States Navy, three in the
24 United States Army, and one in the United States Marines; all
25 seven returned home safely with honorable discharges after
26 the war was over; and
27 WHEREAS, In 1951 the patriarch of the family, J.P.
28 "Cotton" Knox, passed away; he received eulogies from the
29 editor of the Springfield State Register and the
Illinois
30 State Journal; today five of the children remain to carry on
31 the name of this proud
Illinois
family; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS
, that
3 we thank the Knox family for bringing pride to the State of
4
Illinois
through their history of togetherness and
5 patriotism; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
7 presented to this outstanding
Illinois
family.
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