Husband: Henry Knight
Born: Jan- 5-1834 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2 (see note 1)
Died: May-16-1908 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,1
Buried: in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 4
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 5,6
Father: Benjamin Knight (1803 - 1852)
Mother: Mary Tucker (1798 - 1877)
Other spouse 1
Wife: Malvina Weekley Census name: Melvina Married: May-12-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Born: Jun- -1840 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 8,2 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1897 in Tyler Co, WV 2 Census: 1870, 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Father: Levi M. Weekley Mother: Sarah ___ Other spouse 1 Other spouse 2 Notes
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Henry Knight, white male, farmer, married; died May 1908 in Doddridge County, age 74, cause of death cardiac failure. DR p. 84 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5044538&Type=Death. (4) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. (5) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (6) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Henry Knight, 63, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Malvina Underwood, 56, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married May 12 1897 "at Ben Knight's residence." Informant for marriage license: B. V. Knight. MR p. 308 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793356&Type=Marriage. (8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1835, but date on headstone is Jan 5 1834. Birthplace reported in "History of Doddridge County," p. 185, as England, but 1870 Census shows it at Virginia, the 1880 & 1900 Censuses as West Virginia, and his 1897 marriage record as Doddridge County. His father's birthplace given in 1900 Census as Pennsylvania, mother's as West Virginia.