Sidney Algernon Knowlton

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Relationship: Maternal uncle to Ephraim Knowlton Hanks
Association: Joined with the main body of the Saints in Nauvoo

1 Vitals
- 1.1 Spouse
- 1.2 Parents
2 Sketch
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Vitals

Born: 24 May 1792 (Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA)
Died: (20 Apr 1863) (Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA)
Buried: ( ) (Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA))

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Spouse

Harriet Burnham m. (30 Jun 1816) (, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA)

Children:

Ruhamah Burnham Knowlton b. (6 Dec 1817) (Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA)
Harriet Virginia Knowlton b. (30 Mar 1820) (Susquehanna, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA)
Martha Jane Knowlton b. (3 Jun 1822) (Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, USA)
Julia Ann Knowlton b. (17 Aug 1824) (Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, USA)
Ephraim Knowlton b. (22 Mar 1827) (Cumminsville, Hamilton, Ohio, USA)
Mary Ann Knowlton b. (11 Sep 1829) (Cumminsville, Hamilton, Ohio, USA)
George Washington Knowlton b. (4 Jul 1832) (Carthage, Hamilton, Ohio, USA)
John Quiney Knowlton b. (9 Jul 1835) (Cincinatti, Hamilton, Ohio, USA)
Benjamin Franklin Knowlton b. (30 Jan 1838) (Bear Creek, Hancock, Illinois, USA)
Marcia Eliza Knowlton b. (19 Dec 1841) (Bear Creek, Hancock, Illinois, USA)

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Parents

Ephraim Knowlton b. (3 Oct 1773) (Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA)
Jemima Farnham b. (1 Jul 1773) (Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA)

Siblings:

Sidney Algernon Knowlton b. (24 May 1793) (Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA)
Martha Knowlton b. (16 Oct 1794) (Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA)
Lydia Knowlton b. (1790/1800) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
Catherine Spring Knowlton b. (cal 1796) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
Marcia Knowlton b. (1800/1810) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
Ephraim Knowlton b. (1 Jun 1803) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)

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Sketch

Sidney and Harriet Burnham Knowlton, the representatives of two vigorous Puritan families, destined to accept an unpopular religion and to endure the presecutions and hardships resulting therefrom. Their descendants by the hundreds honor their memory and are devoted to the cause for which they rendered in extreme sacrifice.

The move of Sidney, Harriet and their family from Cumminsville, Ohio to Hancock County, Illinois, proved to be of fateful consequence for it was here they were converted to Mormonism. Deed records at Hancock include many entries covering Sidney's buying and selling transactions beginning August 19, 1836, and ending April 19, 1846. Most of these relate to the land knnown as the Bear Creek area of that county. The last two sales to Nelson and James Ball and to his brother, Ephraim, were, no doubt, the closing out of what Sidney could dispose of before being driven from Hancock County. Inasmuch as Sidney was able to take with him sustantial numbers of livestock on his westward journey, it is pretty safe assumption that Ephraim, his brother, still residing at Cumminsville, might have been able to protect Sidney from at least some of the indignities perpetrated upon the Mormons while being driven by mobs from Hancock County.

The conversion of Sidney's family to Mormonism was not attended by the deperate soul-stirring stresses and strains which so often resulted when only parts of well-knit families took this fateful step.

"We learn verbably from Elder John E. Page, that wihtin a few weeks past, he has baptized nine in the lower part of this county, about 8 miles south west from Carthage, and twenty from this place. Among those who embraced the gospel in that place is Mr. Sidney Knowlton and family, who have for several years been zealous members of the Campbellite society, and are personally acquainted with all the principles of that doctrine; they are of the opinion that if Messrs. Campbell, Scott, and others, had been attentive hearers to the lectures which had been delivered in their place, they would have become Mormons also. Br. Knowlton is one of the first citizens of Hancock Co. and ranks with the first class of scientific farmers. Elder Page, by the voice of that branch of the church, ordained John J. DeGraw to the office of an Elder."

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