John Knowles (cont.)

Listed below are some discrepancies between the 1969 article from the Sparta Expositor, and two primary sources on John Knowles: The Other Bunch by Sharon B. Almas Swindell, and the non-published but well documented work by Harold R. Wallace (now deceased) called The Descendants of John Knowles.

If you can provide any information or documentation on the issues below, please contact Jane Hembree Crowley, who is researching these discrepancies.

The areas needing documentation are:

1. Spouse of Mary "Polly" Knowles. Wallace's documented work says the spouse was Stephen K. Charles and lists descendants. The article and the Swindell book say her spouse was a Badger but that info is not documented. Was Mary married to both men? Or is one incorrect?

2. Documentation is needed for the son Joseph, not listed in the article.

3. Documentation is needed for the son Isaac listed in the article.

4. William Knowles married # 1. Swindell and #2 Denton, not a Womack as listed in the article?

5. John II married Mahala Hardin not Hutson? Hardin not listed in either source but appears in LDS records. Both book sources above only list her given name.

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