The Knox family; a genealogical and biographical sketch of the descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, and other Knoxes . I 4 LAWRENCE VVORMER B/\RR AND FAMlLV- Absalom Knox axd Descendants. 169 home was with the First Presbyterian congregation. More thana usual mothers care devolved upon her when she was left awidow with four fatherless children to look after and train forlife. But with her devotion for her family, both as wife andmother, she was ready for the emergency, and her children weremost tenderly and carefully nurtured. The lives of those chil-dren have shown both h
The Knox family; a genealogical and biographical sketch of the descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, and other Knoxes . I 4 LAWRENCE VVORMER B/\RR AND FAMlLV- Absalom Knox axd Descendants. 169 home was with the First Presbyterian congregation. More thana usual mothers care devolved upon her when she was left awidow with four fatherless children to look after and train forlife. But with her devotion for her family, both as wife andmother, she was ready for the emergency, and her children weremost tenderly and carefully nurtured. The lives of those chil-dren have shown both how well qualified she was for the respon-sibility and how lovingly she has discharged that duty. Oldfriends and neighbors, contemporaries of her earlier years, spokewith appreciation and esteem of the tireless energy and hos-pitable spirit of the ministers wife. Her later years were filledwith the peace and the serenity which comes to a Christian lifewhose work has been well done. There was a charm of beautythrough her whole life manifested in a quickness of thought anda brightness of disposition. She passed away from this life atSpr
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