Jul-28-2018
Husband: Michael Knight
Born: ca 1826 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Sep-28-1902 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 1 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 2,3 Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 4 Father: Mother:
Wife: Margaret Williams 5 Married: Mar- 5-1845 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 6 Marriage Bond: Mar- 3-1845 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 7
Born: ca 1823 8 Died: Jan-10-1890 1 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Elias Williams (1788 - 1845) Mother: Honora Trenary (1791 - )
M Child 1: Hamilton Sears Knight Born: Jul-31-1846 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1,9 Died: Jan-23-1921 1 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 4 Wife: Emily Jane Gaskins b. May- -1849 Married: Dec-24-1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
M Child 2: William Benjamin B. Knight Also known as: W. B. B. Knight 10 Born: Aug-21-1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11,10 Died: May-25-1919 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 12,11 Buried: in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: merchant 12 Occupation: 1880 farmer 13 Wife: Misry Jane Davis b. Feb- 7-1847 d. Apr-23-1932 Also known as: Jane Davis 14,15,10 Married: Dec-28-1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
M Child 3: John W. Knight Born: Jul-16-1854 16,17 (see note 1) Died: Sep-16-1929 17 Buried: in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 16,11 Census: 1900, 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1916 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 18 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 19 Wife: Angeline McKinney b. Sep- 2-1859 d. Apr-21-1954 Married: Mar-22-1876 20
M Child 4: Henry H. Knight Born: Feb-26-1857 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 14 Died: Sep-26-1928 in Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV 14 Buried: in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 14 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: shoemaker 14 Wife: Annie M. ___
M Child 5: James F. "Frank" Knight Also known as: Frank Knight 21 Born: Feb-22-1861 in Poverty Run, Doddridge Co, WV 22 Resided: 1929 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 21 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (2) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) (3) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (4) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers /doddridgecountyhistory.html. (5) Marriage record of son. (6) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12016149&Type=Marriage. (7) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12049970&Type=Marriage. (8) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 360. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (11) Headstone. (12) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (13) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (14) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (15) Death record of daughter. (16) Obituary. (17) Headstone (year only) (18) Marriage record of daughter. (19) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (20) Obituary of husband. (21) Obituary of brother. (22) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 20, Line 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2604889&Type=Birth. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as July 1853, but date on headstone is 1854, and obituary states Jul 16 1854.Name Index