Knox Family of Buffalo - Table of Contents
Family Photos at the Knox Farm State Park
East Aurora, NY
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Woolworth & Knox store |
Woolworth & Knox postcard |
Woolworth & Knox store |
Opening day in Cincinnati, Oct. 12, 1895 |
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A new corporation: F. W. Woolworth and Co. |
Grace Millard Knox |
Hubbrd and Knox |
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Seymour Knox II and III |
1953 |
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1932 America team |
Norty Knox (left) scoring against Argentina in 1966 |
Seymour Knox II with his sons |
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Seymour Knox III, II, and IV |
Seymour III and Jean with their four children |
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Stores
The Reading, Pa. store opened Sept. 20th, 1884 [and] was a success from the beginning, where opening day sales totalled $209.20. So successful, in fact, that the inventory was valued at $1,531, and the end of the first week total sales were $1,517.
Newark was a disaster for the two cousins [Knox and Woolworth]. When they partnered in their next launch in Erie, it was also successful and helped them buy out of the lease they had in Newark.
In a bid to branch out on his own, away from cousin Frank Woolworth, he [Knox] had opened at store on Sept. 17th 1887 in Lockport along with his partner (and cousin) Edwin McBrier. In his travels back and forth he was intrigued by Buffalo's potential and partnered with Frank Woolworth in the first Buffalo store, opened at 409 Main St., on October 13th, 1888. The second Buffalo store was opened at 549 William St. on June 20th, 1891. These two stores would be moved to other addresses on the same streets, but the dates above were the original openings.
- Ross Brewitt
See also: Daniel Good (merged his stores with Seymour Knox's)
