Obituary: Julia Ann (Dawson) Knighten; Medford, Jackson Co., Oregon

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KNIGHTEN, Julia Ann (Dawson), Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, 8
Mar 1922 -- Mrs. Julia Ann Knighton died at her home in Eagle
Point, Ore., March 8th, from a long illness, aged 76 years, 16 days.
Deceased was a native of Nodaway county, Missouri, coming with
her parents across the plains in 1847, settling in the Willamette
Valley near Forest Grove, Ore. The emigrant train was under the
command of Captain Joseph McGoon. She was married to William
G. Knighton at Forest Grove, Ore., Sept. 15, 1860, and moved to
Jackson county in 1873, settling at Eagle Point, having been a
resident of the valley for 48 years. She was a member of the Baptist
church and the Woman's Relief corps and leaves her husband,
William G., two sons and one daughter, Charles W. Knighton,
Flounce Rock, Eddie Knighton, Eagle Point, Ore., Mrs. Orville
Hunter, Talent, Ore. Funeral arrangements in charge of the Perl
Funeral Home and will be held at the residence at Eagle Point,
Saturday, at 10 a.m. Interment in Phoenix cemetery.