Sarah Knox-Goodrich

Sarah Knox-Goldrich
Born	Sarah Louise Browning (1825-02-14)February 14, 1825 Culpepper County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	October 30, 1903(1903-10-30) (aged 76–77) San Jose, California, U.S.
Occupation	Suffragist and women's rights activist

Sarah L. Knox-Goodrich was a women's rights activist who worked for women's suffrage in California in the late nineteenth century. Her first husband, William Knox, was a business man, banker, and state politician. Her second husband, Levi Knox, was an architect in Southern California. Knox-Goodrich used her wealth and her social position to push for equal employment, school suffrage, and voting rights.

Sarah Louise Browning was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, U.S., on February 14, 1825, the daughter of William Winston Browning and Sarah Smith Farrow. When Sarah was 11, her family moved to a farm in Lincoln County, Missouri.

William James Knox was born October 20, 1820, near Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, and moved at an early age to Lincoln County, Missouri. He attended the Louisville Medical Institute in Louisville, Kentucky, and earned his M.D. degree in 1847.

Sarah Browning and William Knox were married on April 1, 1846. On April 12, 1850, they left Missouri, together with Sarah's sister, and traveled by wagon train to Nevada City, California. Knox and four partners built the South Yuba Canal, and made a fortune selling water to gold miners during the California gold rush. In 1954, Knox was elected to the California Assembly.

In 1862, the Knox's moved to San Francisco and then to San Jose in 1864. Knox and his brother-in-law, E. Ellard Beans, opened Santa Clara County's first bank in 1866; it was called Knox & Beans, then re-named Bank of San Jose. Knox served as the bank's first president.