Published Articles of Martin Knowles

Notes for Martin Knowles:
From the History of Monroe County, Michigan, Talcott E. Wing, Editor, Munsell & Company, Publishers, New York, 1890.

MARTIN KNOWLES, formerly a farmer of Dundee township, died December 5, 1882. He was born in Ireland July 12, 1820. He came to America in 1840, and settled in Lenawee county, Mich., where he remained for two years, then came to Dundee township. He married October 6, 1844, Martha A. Vandeventer, who was born in Lockport, N.Y., April 3, 1827. They had nine children: James P., born November 4, 1845; Michael T., born August 27, 1847; John H., born January 6, 1850; Mary, born July 17, 1854, wife of Austin Dexter; Amy E., born October 26, 1857, wife of S. Huntler; Martha, born October 4, 1860; George B. born December 25, 1862; Daniel, born June 16, 1865; Frank, born April 2, 1867.