The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 328 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. ^yyi^:;^ KNOX, George William, expressman, wasbom at Belgrade, Me., July 4, 1829, of a familywhose ancestors on both sides had been noted formany gener
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 328 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. ^yyi^:;^ KNOX, George William, expressman, wasbom at Belgrade, Me., July 4, 1829, of a familywhose ancestors on both sides had been noted formany generations, and which after-ward gave over forty soldiers tothe civil war. At seventeen yearsof age he left home to seek hisfortune, and for eighteen years wasengaged in ventures in all parts ofthe country with varying 1864 he started at Washingtona small express, with a modest teamworth $350. Since that time hisbusiness developed enormously,until he employed hundreds ofmen and horses. He was for twentyyears U. S. mail contractor, andwas employed to do a large amountof for the govern-ment, including the material usedin the construction of the Washing-ton Monument, in the state and warbuildings, and the congressional li-brary building. Knoxs expresswas during his lifetime the largest express in thecountry controlled and operated by an Knox was a director of and large contributor tomost of the local c
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