The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
Hrs. William Knox Ex-
pires.
DEATH ENDS LONG ILLNESS
Was Perhaps Best Known Woman
b Montgomery.
Was styies ths Most Aceomplishes
Literary woms. In the CITY,
seiss the Mi.tre-. Of
several Languages.

Mrs- william Knox, who has fre-
! Quently been called "the most accom-
piished literary woman Of Montgom-
cry" Is dead at her home on WASH
ington Avenue. at the age of IS years.
The end came yesterday afternoon,
after long and painful illness.
Mrs. Knox and her husband Mr.
Knox. were representatives Of two of
the oldest and best-known ante-bellum
families of Montgomery. Mrs. Knox
was q daughter Of Robert e. Coke,
who. for many years before the war,
was Q prominent druggist of the city.
He accumulated a large fortune ana
IN q period In which the prominent
citizens OF Montgomery We'd with each
other In hospitality, Mr.. Coxe's home
was center of hospitality and social
es1oyment In the same period. the
Knox family. into which Mr.. Coxe's
daughter married. occupied the magni-
ncent ante-bellum home on Perry
street. lately used by the Beauvoir
Club. The Knox nome has been one
q the show places In Montgomery for
the past fifty years.
Mr.. Coke. impressed with the bril-
hancy OF his daughters mind, sent
her ts Paris. where she was given the
best educational advantages OF the
world. She distinguished herself In
her studies. In her brief social career,
before her marriage. she was famed
as one OF the wittiest. brightest and,
most accomplished young ladies OF the
South.
She was mistress of several lam
guages, and her familiarity with the
best literature was one which a co.,
lege professor might envy.
Like all Southern people of the
planters class. Mr. and Mrs. Knox suf-
fered great financial loss by the war.
an which her husband took q credit
able part. Their fortune, however.
was not entirely swept, away. Mrs.
Knox, some years later. accepted the
responsible position of translator for
the state Department at Washington,
n position for which but few people
have been qualified. Her duties in this
responsible position Of translator for
In such a manner as toswin commenda-
ton from the Government offlcials.
After her service in this honorable
position she returned to Montgomery,
the city where she had been born and
among the people of which she had
spent her life. She occupied for many
years q handsome home on Washing
ton Street. and she Yves perhaps the
best-known woman In the city. She
was especially talented as a writer.
Mr. and Mrs. Knox had oae daugh-
ter. who married Lieutenant Perkins
of the United States Navy. She died
some years ago and left one daughter,
who. as Miss Anita Perkins, was a
popular young lady OF this city, hav-
ing, from childhood, made her home
with her grandmother. She was mar
ried to Judge Hall of Shreveport. La
She was at the bedside of her grand
mother when the end came.
Mrs. Knox Is survived by her hus-
band. who is one of the best known
Confederate Veterans OF Montgomery;
her granddaughter, and several half
brothers and sisters. who have been
living for a number of years In New
York. Mrs. Knox was a faithful mem
Der of ST. Peters Catholic Church.
The funeral will be held this after
noon at $3.50 o'clock from st. Peters
Catholic Church. Interment at Oak
wood Cemetery.
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