Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1918 — PVT. JOHN KNOX DIES IN FRANCE [ARTICLE]

PVT. JOHN KNOX DIES IN FRANCE

RENSSELAER SOLDIER VICTIM OF INFLUENZA IN FRANCE. Thomas Knox received a telegram Wednesday evening from the Adjutant General’s office in Washington informing him of the death of his son, Private John Knox, of lobar pneumonia, in France on December 5. Private Knox volunteered his services to his country on Dec. 15,1917, and was sent to Jacksonville, Florida, and was located at Camp Johnston until June 5, when he was sent overseas with the Quartermaster’s Supply Co. No. 312. The last letter received from him was written on Oct. 20, and was received early in November. At that time he was ail right and was pleased with army life. Private Knox was about 27 years of age He was graduated from the Rensselaer high school and at the time of his enlistment was a travelign salesman for a Chicago drug louse. He is survived by his father, his mother having died March 7, 1910. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Pierce. Besides his lather I le leaves three sisters, Mrs. Frank L. Hoover, Mrs. C. A. Huntington and Miss Lucile Knox, also two brothers, Rufus and William, of Chicago. Mr. Knox and his children have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in this, their sad bereavement.