Mrs. Elizabeth Knott, age 73, died this morning at her home on Ewing Street, following an illness of four months' duration. She was born in Ripley County, Indiana, but had been brought to this city as an infant and had spend her entire life since that time in this community.
She was married on February 20, 1877, to Patrick Knott, who died November 13, 1904.
Surviving children are: Mrs. Emma VonFange of Peru, Indiana; Edward, John, Thomas, Harry, Charles, and Henry Knott, of this county; and Joseph Knott of Marion County, Indiana; three brothers, William Bloom and Fred Bloom of Bartholomew County, Indiana; Ben Bloom of Seymour, Indiana; three sisters, Louise Dettmer and Dora Eddy of Columbus, Indiana; and Sophia Elkins, of Indianapolis, Indiana. Twenty-two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Knott was the daughter of William and Dora Tebby Weir, natives of Germany.
She was one of the best known residents of this vicinity, and leaves a large number of friends and relatives.
Funeral services will be conducted at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning from St. Ambrose Catholic Church. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery.
Mrs. Elizabeth Knott, age 73, died this morning at her home on Ewing Street, following an illness of four months' duration. She was born in Ripley County, Indiana, but had been brought to this city as an infant and had spend her entire life since that time in this community.
She was married on February 20, 1877, to Patrick Knott, who died November 13, 1904.
Surviving children are: Mrs. Emma VonFange of Peru, Indiana; Edward, John, Thomas, Harry, Charles, and Henry Knott, of this county; and Joseph Knott of Marion County, Indiana; three brothers, William Bloom and Fred Bloom of Bartholomew County, Indiana; Ben Bloom of Seymour, Indiana; three sisters, Louise Dettmer and Dora Eddy of Columbus, Indiana; and Sophia Elkins, of Indianapolis, Indiana. Twenty-two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Knott was the daughter of William and Dora Tebby Weir, natives of Germany.
She was one of the best known residents of this vicinity, and leaves a large number of friends and relatives.
Funeral services will be conducted at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning from St. Ambrose Catholic Church. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery.
Family Members
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Louisa Bloom Dettmer
1862–1934
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Caroline D. Bloom McKinney
1865–1897
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John Henry Blume
1866–1940
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Sophia Bloom Elkins
1868–1948
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Mary Bloom Repp
1869–1896
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Benjamin F. Bloom
1869–1957
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Frederick Henry Bloom
1874–1932
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Anna Bloom
1877–1897
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Louis Bloom
1878 – unknown
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Minnie Bloom
1880–1901
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Dora M. Bloom Eddy
1886–1970
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Emma Knott VonFange
1878–1967
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Carrie Knott
1880–1881
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Edward Wilbur Knott
1882–1942
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Thomas Henry "Tom" Knott
1884–1977
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John L Knott
1884–1979
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Harry Joseph Knott
1886–1966
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Mary Ida Knott
1889–1905
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Clara Knott
1891–1903
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Joseph Webster Knott
1894–1977
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Ella Knott
1897–1898
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Charles L "Carl" Knott
1899–1979
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Henry Elmer Knott
1902–1984
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