Knowles, Marvel

1807 - 1883  (76 years)

• Name	Knowles, Marvel
  Birth	1807	Georgia
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	KNOW.M009
  _FGRAVE	105981646
  Death	30 Jul 1883
  Burial	Knowles Cemetery, Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana
  Person ID	I52911	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Knoles, David,   b. 5 Jun 1777, Sussex County, Delaware d. 5 Jun 1832, Gibson County, Indiana (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Piper, Nancy
  Family ID	F14316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Knowles, Elizabeth Ann,   b. 1805   d. 1880 (Age 75 years)
  Children	1. Knowles, Riley,   b. 1830   d. 1890 (Age 60 years)   2. Knowles, Prettyman,   b. 1832   d. 1899 (Age 67 years)   3. Knowles, Nancy S.,   b. 1837   d. 1854 (Age 17 years)   4. Knowles, John Warrick,   b. 1839   d. 1870 (Age 31 years)   5. Knowles, Patsy,   b. 1841   d. 1873 (Age 32 years)   6. Knowles, Andrew J.,   b. 1845   d. 1881 (Age 36 years)   7. Knowles, Verrelia T,   b. 1853   d. 1853 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F19189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1807 - Georgia Burial - - Knowles Cemetery, Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Marvel Knowles is the son of David Knowles and Nancy Piper. Nancy Piper Knowles grave is unknown at this time. Born in Georgia, his family traveled en masse to southern Indiana with several other families, including the Marvels, Knowles, Wilson, and Montgomery families. He married his cousin, Elizabeth Ann Knowles, daughter of Prettyman Marvel Knowles and Patsy Greer, on 26 Jan 1828. They had 8 children: Riley, Hiram, Prettyman, Nancy S, John Warrick, Patsey, Andrew Jackson, and Verrelia T Knowles. Elizabeth died in 1880. Marvel then married Rebecca Boyd on 30 Jan 1882.