HENRY KNOX

Knox, Henry (1750-1806) — Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 25, 1750. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Secretary of War, 1789-94. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. He brought 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester, Mass., leading the British forces to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776. Swallowed a small chicken bone that damaged his intestines, and died three days later of peritonitis, in Thomaston, Knox County, Maine, October 21, 1806. Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine. Knox counties in Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Mo., Neb., Ohio, Tenn. and Tex. are named for him.
Parents: William Knox, Mary Campbell
Spouse: Lucy Flucker
Born: abt 1750
Children Sex Birth
H W Knox M
George Washington Knox M
H Augusta Knox M
Elizabeth Knox F
Marcus Bingham Knox M
Marcus Camillus Knox M
Lucy Flucker Knox F 1776
Henry Jackson Knox M 24 May 1780 in Thomaston, Maine
Julia Wadsworth Knox F 1784
Caroline Flucker Knox F 1791

Sources:
Vital Records
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell