William Henry Harrison Knowlton
William Henry Harrison Knowlton was born on January 9, 1808, in Northwood, New Hampshire, to Nathan Knowlton and Abigail Dame. His father worked as a farmer. He married Eleanor R. Norris in Deerfield, New Hampshire, on February 1, 1831, and they had three children: Blake, born on June 29, 1831; Martha, born on February 25, 1833; and Susan, born on January 23, 1836. The family lived in Northwood, and Knowlton worked as a shoemaker and farmer. In 1870, he owned $3,500 of real estate and $700 of personal property. Eleanor died on January 2, 1891, and he passed away of “heart disease + old age” in Northwood on November 29, 1897.
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(607)Knowlton, William Henry Harrison1808-01-091897-11-29
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (1441) [recipient] ~ Joseph Durgin to William H. H. Knowlton, 31 January 1862
  • (1443) [recipient] ~ Joseph Durgin to William H. H. Knowlton, 1862

Places - Records: 1

  • (413) [birth, death] ~ Northwood, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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SOURCES

1850 and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947, available from Ancestry.com; Leonard Allison Morrison, Lineage and Biographies of the Norris Family in America from 1640-1892 (Boston, MA: Damrell & Upham, 1892).