Knoxville, 1883
The Daily Commonwealth, May 23, 1883 . Deism explained at Wikipedia.
Knoxville Church and I.O.O.F. Hall (Wikipedia)
From a Facebook post by Mark Allen Black
From a tintype of one of Unity Christian Church in Knoxville
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, August 9, 1908
The Cincinnati News, April 12, 1883
“Knoxville, Ky., December 26 - A petition in bankruptcy was filed in the United States Court here to-day by Melvin E. Thompson and his brother, who were formerly in business here. The liabilities are $198,000; assets, $128,000. Melvin E. Thompson was twice mayor of Knoxville.” Indianapolis News, December 26, 1900 |
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Knoxville was incorporated as an official city by the Kentucky Legislature on May 12, 1884. | |
“Dr. Newton passed 27 rebels near Knoxville, [Pendleton County] Ky., at 8 o'clock this morning. A force of 400 rebels under Major Van Hook, of Morgan's staff were following them. They crossed the turnpike at Tucker, six miles north of Williamstown, at 6:30 P. M. yesterday. They said their destination was Owen county , where they expect to be largely reinforced. Dr. Newton saw a good many more en route to join this force.” The Weekly Vincennes Western Sun, June 18, 1864 | |
There was a Knoxville Methodist Church, which, after it dissolved, found some Ludlow guys trying to steal it. The whole building. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. | “Samuel Bowman attempted to beat his wife at Knoxville, Ky., with a broom because his breakfast was not ready in time. She seized a knife, and stabbed him seven times, inflicting fatal wounds.” Bloomington (Ind.) Telephone, September 6, 1884 |
“In 1877 the western border area around Knoxville in Pendleton County wanted to join Grant County on the pretense that most of its inhabitants worked in Williamstown, but Pendletonians resisted the attempt because too much territory would be lost (thirty-five square miles) they also claimed that the maneuver was simply a Republican gerrymander. In the end the effort failed.” from Robert Ireland's Little Kingdoms: The Counties of Kentucky |
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The news from Knoxville, here, and here. | There's also a town in Boyle County Kentucky that is/was known as Knoxville. |
“The hall at Knoxville, erected by a joint stock company, and in which the Odd Fellows, Masons, Grangers, and Good Templars held their regular meetings, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night last. Loss, $3,000; no insurance” from The Ticket, a Covington newspaper, January 22, 1876 |