KNOX, WALTER: 1863-1892.
Walter Knox , son of George P. and Mary Spotswood Knox, was born in Vevay, Ind., on Mar. 29, 1863. Before completing high school he became a "printer's devil" in the office of the VEVAY REVEILLE, and at eighteen years of age he founded and edited the VEVAY TIMES, a weekly. On Nov. 6, 1884, he married Mary Louise Simmons. Mr. Knox wrote poetry from an early age, and after his death, which occurred on Sept. 3, 1892, his wife had published a small volume of his poems.
Information from Mrs. Eloise Knox Niemeyer.
- Living Leaves. n.p., n.d.
