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Harvey KNIGHT

Harvey KNIGHT

Male 1892 - 1970  (77 years)


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  • Name Harvey KNIGHT
    Census 1900, 10, 20, 30, 40  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Birth 14 Aug 1892  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation 1910  [7] 
    oil field worker 
    Occupation 1940  [8] 
    road construction worker (WPA) 
    Residence Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Death 8 May 1970  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 10] 
    Burial Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Person ID I20466  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2014

    Father Sylvanus KNIGHT,   b. 8 Jan 1865, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1946, Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Almira (Alice) "Allie" HALL,   b. 20 Aug 1872, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1936, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F1424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jessie Beatrice NUTTER,   b. 6 Dec 1890, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1979, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [13]
    Marriage 25 May 1911  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 4 1940:
      Harvey Knight, 48, general laborer with WPA road construction; wife Jessie D. (sic), 49; dau Opal B, 24, single; son Cecil E, 23, single, farm laborer; son Ray Jr, 18, single; granddau Dortha J. Shaffer, 8; grandson Haward A. Chipps, 7.
    Children 
    +1. Opal Beatrice KNIGHT,   b. 8 Jun 1913, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1994 (Age 80 years)
    +2. Garnet Ruby Bernice KNIGHT,   b. 17 Jan 1915, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 2008, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    +3. Cecil Edison "Bud" KNIGHT,   b. 4 Oct 1916, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1993 (Age 76 years)
    +4. Pearl B. KNIGHT,   b. 24 Dec 1918, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 2006 (Age 87 years)
    >5. Junior Ray KNIGHT,   b. 19 Feb 1922, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1996 (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F7532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2049] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    2. [S2076] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    3. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    7. [S2110] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    8. [S2645] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    9. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    10. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    11. [S2544] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    12. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    13. [S1588] Death record of wife.