Knox Cassette 1 Side 1
Media
Part of Interview: Knox, Brenda
Title
Knox Cassette 1 Side 1
Source
Brenda Knox interview
Date
1990-09-13
Description
Cassette 1
Side 1
00:15--Mrs. Knox's father was Dr. Bryant Sebastian Sharp. He was born on September 12, 1877 and died in January of 1956. Her mother was Geneva Catherine Sizemore Sharp. She was born on June 23, 1910.
1:04--Her paternal grandparents were Joseph and Evelyn Sharp. Her maternal grandparents were Bruce and Carrie Lemon Sizemore.
1:25--Mrs. Knox discusses the fact that she knew her maternal grandparents well, but didn't know her paternal grandparents at all. Her father was many years older than her mother (he was in his 70's, she in her early 40's), and therefore her grandparents had died well before she was born. She did know an aunt on her father's side who lived in Atlanta, Ga. that would occasionally visit as well as knowing older relatives on the Sizemore side of the family.
3:55--Her father grew up in Seneca on land owned by his father. Her mother was from the Pickens/Liberty area.
4:55--Mrs. Knox raises points of interest regarding her grandparents. Her paternal grandparents lived for some time near Fairplay, SC and eventually deeded some of this land in order that St. Paul's Baptist Church could be built on it. They also were missionaries and traveled to Liberia in Africa. They did not return safely, however. They either died while there or died on the voyage back to the United States. Her maternal grandparents were farmers who lived on land near Highway 123.
6:40--Mrs. Knox discusses some of the family homes and their locations.
8:24--Recollections of older people in her family didn't include slavery. Some family members have researched genealogies, and have had difficulty finding anyone who was a slave. It is a mystery to Mrs. Knox.
10:08--Burials/funerals--The Sharp's and Sizemore's are buried at Oak Grove Cemetery. Many family members, however, are buried in various parts of the country because they moved away from South Carolina during their lifetimes. She can remember her father's funeral because of its uniqueness, at least according to how things are carried out contemporarily. It was an old style funeral, where his body rested "in state" at the family home in order that friends and family could take part in the "wake."
19:49--Her father was a medical doctor who had his practice in the Seneca, SC area. He went to school at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC where he attended Leonard Medical School. Mrs. Knox discusses aspects of her father's practice, including his treatment of patients during the flu epidemic of 1917-1918. She also recalls her mother's work as a nurse and insurance agent before returning to medicine at Oconee Memorial hospital.
30:00--Mrs. Knox begins to relate what she knows of her paternal grandparents experiences while missionaries in Liberia.
31:29--Audio ends.
Side 1
00:15--Mrs. Knox's father was Dr. Bryant Sebastian Sharp. He was born on September 12, 1877 and died in January of 1956. Her mother was Geneva Catherine Sizemore Sharp. She was born on June 23, 1910.
1:04--Her paternal grandparents were Joseph and Evelyn Sharp. Her maternal grandparents were Bruce and Carrie Lemon Sizemore.
1:25--Mrs. Knox discusses the fact that she knew her maternal grandparents well, but didn't know her paternal grandparents at all. Her father was many years older than her mother (he was in his 70's, she in her early 40's), and therefore her grandparents had died well before she was born. She did know an aunt on her father's side who lived in Atlanta, Ga. that would occasionally visit as well as knowing older relatives on the Sizemore side of the family.
3:55--Her father grew up in Seneca on land owned by his father. Her mother was from the Pickens/Liberty area.
4:55--Mrs. Knox raises points of interest regarding her grandparents. Her paternal grandparents lived for some time near Fairplay, SC and eventually deeded some of this land in order that St. Paul's Baptist Church could be built on it. They also were missionaries and traveled to Liberia in Africa. They did not return safely, however. They either died while there or died on the voyage back to the United States. Her maternal grandparents were farmers who lived on land near Highway 123.
6:40--Mrs. Knox discusses some of the family homes and their locations.
8:24--Recollections of older people in her family didn't include slavery. Some family members have researched genealogies, and have had difficulty finding anyone who was a slave. It is a mystery to Mrs. Knox.
10:08--Burials/funerals--The Sharp's and Sizemore's are buried at Oak Grove Cemetery. Many family members, however, are buried in various parts of the country because they moved away from South Carolina during their lifetimes. She can remember her father's funeral because of its uniqueness, at least according to how things are carried out contemporarily. It was an old style funeral, where his body rested "in state" at the family home in order that friends and family could take part in the "wake."
19:49--Her father was a medical doctor who had his practice in the Seneca, SC area. He went to school at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC where he attended Leonard Medical School. Mrs. Knox discusses aspects of her father's practice, including his treatment of patients during the flu epidemic of 1917-1918. She also recalls her mother's work as a nurse and insurance agent before returning to medicine at Oconee Memorial hospital.
30:00--Mrs. Knox begins to relate what she knows of her paternal grandparents experiences while missionaries in Liberia.
31:29--Audio ends.
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