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| subject_name =William Hyer Knowles | | subject_name =William Hyer Knowles | ||
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| date_of_birth =[[December 27]], [[1857]] | | date_of_birth =[[December 27]], [[1857]] | ||
− | | place_of_birth =Pensacola | + | | place_of_birth =near Pensacola |
| date_of_death =[[1939]] | | date_of_death =[[1939]] | ||
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| children =[[Ellis Knowles]]<br/>[[Josephine Knowles Seligman]]<br/>[[Jeannie Knowles Fay]]<br/>[[Peter Knowles]]<br/>[[William Hyer Knowles, Jr.]] | | children =[[Ellis Knowles]]<br/>[[Josephine Knowles Seligman]]<br/>[[Jeannie Knowles Fay]]<br/>[[Peter Knowles]]<br/>[[William Hyer Knowles, Jr.]] | ||
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'''William Hyer Knowles''' was a prominent Pensacolian businessman. | '''William Hyer Knowles''' was a prominent Pensacolian businessman. | ||
William was born to Peter H. and Josephine Hyer Knowles near Pensacola on [[December 27]], [[1857]]. He was educated in private schools in Pensacola, and later briefly attended the [[Wikipedia:Sewanee: The University of the South|University of the South]] in Tennessee, but did not earn a degree. In [[1876]] he entered the banking firm of [[Knowles and Brent]], in which his brother [[L. P. Knowles]] was already engaged with [[Francis Celestino Brent]]. The firm was at some point renamed [[F. C. Brent and Company]] and was later merged into the [[First National Bank]]. | William was born to Peter H. and Josephine Hyer Knowles near Pensacola on [[December 27]], [[1857]]. He was educated in private schools in Pensacola, and later briefly attended the [[Wikipedia:Sewanee: The University of the South|University of the South]] in Tennessee, but did not earn a degree. In [[1876]] he entered the banking firm of [[Knowles and Brent]], in which his brother [[L. P. Knowles]] was already engaged with [[Francis Celestino Brent]]. The firm was at some point renamed [[F. C. Brent and Company]] and was later merged into the [[First National Bank]]. | ||
− | Knowles was married on [[November 25]], [[1885]] in | + | Knowles was married on [[November 25]], [[1885]] in Newbern, North Carolina to [[Mary Knowles|Mary Davis Ellis]], whose father served as the governor of North Carolina in [[1861]]. |
[[Knowles Avenue]] in [[East Pensacola Heights]] is named in honour of the Knowles family. | [[Knowles Avenue]] in [[East Pensacola Heights]] is named in honour of the Knowles family. | ||
− | [[Category:Bankers|Knowles, William Hyer]] [[Category:Episcopalians|Knowles, William Hyer]] [[Category:People buried in St. John's Cemetery|Knowles, William Hyer]] | + | [[Category:Deceased persons|Knowles, William Hyer]] [[Category:Bankers|Knowles, William Hyer]] [[Category:Episcopalians|Knowles, William Hyer]] [[Category:People buried in St. John's Cemetery|Knowles, William Hyer]] |