This page is dedicated to my Great Grand Father George Knowles
by Lee Helle
Most pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them
This picture taken abut 1910-1915
George and his son in law Harry McCluen-husband of Mary (Knowles)
Left George Knowles, his son and his son (Devain) Devain's daughter and her baby. Picture would have been about 1940-1950
George at his home in Wyoming, IL.
George and his wife, taken about 1955
Mrs Knowles and two of her children
George and his dog. He was known for always having a small dog which he would teach many tricks.
This lady was the mother of my grandfather McCluen, about the only thing my mother could remember about this lady was that she came to the United States as a young indentured housekeeper, and at least in her later years did like to take a nip or two.
Nothing is known of her husband (great grandfather to Lee Helle) except that he was a member of a outlaw gang known as the Black Irish and that he had a price on his head and escaped to the United States as a young man.
If traits are passed down from one generation to the other perhaps this is were my lack of respect for authority comes from?
