Talk:John Frush Knox

Help Needed: Third Reference

There's something funny about the third reference ("ucp2"). I believe I have formatted it correctly as [webpage title] but the brackets and the URL are visible. If you can fix it, please do. ubiquity 13:09, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Fixed it myself using {{cite web}} which is what I should have used in the first place. Never mind. ubiquity 05:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Sources

I realize that the sources for this article are all on-line book reviews of Knox's book, and that they are all probably repeating information that is in the book. So what I really need to do is read his book, and then collapse all the sources. Anyone who wants to do that is welcome to do so. Unfortunately, I won't have time for a while. ubiquity 12:11, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

You certainly should read the book, especially after all the time you've put into this article - it's a fascinating book, but flows smoothly and won't take you too long to read. Regards, Newyorkbrad 15:34, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

The Only Law Clerk's Memoir?

Although appearing today in "Did you know?" on the main page, the statement that Knox wrote the only memoir by a Supreme Court law clerk is not accurate. The first such memoir published was by James_Harvie_Wilkinson_III (see the last paragraph of that article), and more recently there is Closed Chambers by Edward Lazarus. Regards, Newyorkbrad 15:34, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

It's certainly the earliest, though.--Varkman (talk) 22:31, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

It's the earliest that's in print at the moment that I can think of, but I know there are earlier contemporaneous diaries of clerkships out there (a couple of Justice Holmes's clerks). Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:49, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Parents

Shouldn't his parents' names be mentioned? Also, shouldn't the number of siblings be listed? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.55.227.78 (talk) 18:01, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

Sure, if you know them, feel free to add them. --ubiquity 19:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll add them. Better late than never!--Varkman (talk) 06:55, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Some research

I've been doing some research on John Frush Knox - he's a descendant of Hans George Froschauer, whose descendants I've been tracking. (John's a 6th Generation descendant through Hans's son George, I'm 9th generation, through Hans's son Wendle.) The "Frush" in John's name is his mother Elizabeth's maiden name, which changed from the original "Froschauer".

John seems to have been buried in Iowa, which makes sense because his mother was from there. However Cook County, Illinois documents say he was buried there, but nothing comes up on Find a Grave. There is a John Knox buried there in Iowa with birth and death dates closely matching John's (Find a Grave Link here), and nearby is a Samuel Knox with dates nearly matching John's fathers (Find a Grave Link here) Samuel was John's father's middle name, and John's father was James Samuel Knox, Jr, so he may have preferred the middle name.

It seems John's mother died in 1910, according to what most people have on ancestry.com. This would have made John three years old. I cannot find a burial site for her. John's father must have remarried somewhere along the way, because John speaks of his "parents" in his memoir. His brother's birthyear according to the people on Ancestry.com is 1910, I wonder if she died in childbirth.--Varkman (talk) 02:17, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

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