Editing Philander C. Knox (section)

==Early life, education, and marriage==
[[File:Philander Knox House.jpg|thumb|left|Knox's house in Brownsville]]
Philander Chase Knox was born in [[Brownsville, Pennsylvania]], one of nine children of Rebecca (née Page) and David S. Knox, a banker.<ref>Demmler, Ralph H (1977). "Knox & Reed; Reed, Smith, Shaw & Beal; Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay", p. 7<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> He was named after the Episcopal Bishop [[Philander Chase]]. He attended public school in Brownsville, graduating at the age of 15.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dodds|first=A. John|date=Mar–Jun 1950|title=Philander C. Knox – Legal Adviser to Pittsburgh Business|url=https://journals.psu.edu/wph/issue/view/261|journal=The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine|volume=33|pages=11–20}}</ref> He attended [[West Virginia University]] for a time, and then [[Mount Union College]], where he graduated in 1872 with a bachelor of arts degree. While there, he formed a lifelong friendship with [[William McKinley]], the future U.S. president, who at the time was a local district attorney. Knox then returned to Brownsville, and was occupied for a short while as a printer at the local newspaper, then as a clerk at the bank where his recently deceased father had worked. Soon he left for Pittsburgh, and studied law while working at the law offices of H. R. Swope & David Reed in Pittsburgh.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Beveridge|first=Albert J.|date=1923|title=Philander Chase Knox, American Lawyer, Patriot, Statesman|journal=The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography|volume=47|issue=2|pages=89–114|jstor=20086501}}</ref>

===Marriage and family===
[[File:KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF U.S., 1901-1904; SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA, 1904-1909, 1917-1921; SECRETARY OF STATE, 1909-1913. WITH MRS. KNOX LCCN2016863353.jpg|thumb|200px|Philander Knox and his wife in 1911]]
In 1880, Knox married Lillian "Lillie" Smith, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Darsie Smith. Her father was a partner in a steel company known as Smith, Sutton and Co. The company eventually became a part of Crucible Steel. Knox and his wife had several children, including [[Hugh Knox]]. His extended relatives include a nephew, [[William F. Knox|"Billy" Knox]]. {{citation needed|date=October 2014}}