Roscoe Cragin KNOX^[1]

1883 - 1933  (49 years)

• Name	Roscoe Cragin KNOX
  Birth	7 Jul 1883	Mississippi   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1918, 1920, 1930	Water Valley, Yalobusha Co, MS   [3, 4, 5]
  	Roscoe's 1918 World War I draft registration card and the 1920 census note that he made his living as a "jeweler" in a retail store. By 1930, he was the owner of a jewelry store.
  Death	15 May 1933  [6]
  	Roscoe died on 15 May 1933. He was 49 years old.
  Burial	Water Valley, Yalobusha Co, MS   [7]
  	His remains were interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley, Mississippi.
  Person ID	I64715	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Calvin KNOX,   b. 5 Jun 1840, Milan, Gibson Co, TN
  Mother	Henrietta Clay CRAGIN,   b. 27 Sep 1845, Mississippi
  Marriage	23 Jan 1866	Bynum Creek, Panola Co, MS   [1]
  	The couple was married at Bynum Creek, Mississippi on 23 January 1866.
  Notes	The 1900 census notes that Henrie had given birth to 13 children, of whom 8 were living on 5 June 1900.
  Family ID	F7842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mattie Lee JOHNSON,   b. 29 Oct 1890, Arkansas d. 24 Mar 1976 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1916	Arkansas   [8]
  	The couple was married in Arkansas later the same day.
  Children	1. Henry Calvin KNOX,   b. 8 Jan 1917, Water Valley, Yalobusha Co, MS d. 5 May 2002, Hot Springs, Garland Co, AR (Age 85 years)   2. Richard C. KNOX,   b. 20 May 1918, Mississippi d. 14 Apr 2001 (Age 82 years)   3. William Francis KNOX,   b. 5 Nov 1923, Mississippi d. 9 Aug 2009 (Age 85 years)   4. Samuel Roscoe KNOX,   b. 4 Jan 1926, Mississippi d. 13 Jul 2003 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F7854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: June 1900, Panola Co, MS [S5309] Resided: January 1920, Water Valley, Yalobusha Co, MS [S5324] Resided: April 1930, Water Valley, Yalobusha Co, MS [S5325]

  
  

• Sources

  [S5306] Dunbar Rowland, compiler, Rowland, The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1904, ((Nashville, TN, Brandon Printing Co, 1904)). p. 557: Nicholas Calvin Knox biography. [S5309] 1900 US Census / Knox, Nicholas C. [S5323] Rosco Cragin Knox. WWI draft registration card (1918). . [S5324] 1920 US Census / Knox, Roscoe. [S5325] 1930 US Census / Knox, Roscoe. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Roscoe C. Knox gravestone inscription, Oak Hill Cemetery, Water Valley, MS; downloaded 28 November 2014. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Roscoe C. Knox interment, Oak Hill Cemetery, Water Valley, MS; downloaded 28 November 2014. [S2775] Arkansas, County Marriage Index, 1837 - 1957. FHL film no. 983118: Jefferson County, R.C. Knox -Mattie Lee Johnson entry.