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David Wilson KNIGHT

David Wilson KNIGHT

Male 1844 - 1933  (89 years)


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  • Name David Wilson KNIGHT
    Birth 22 Jan 1844  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • David Wilson Knight's mother was incorrectly entered in his death record as Mary Lowe, who was his father's mother. David's mother was actually Mary Shuttlesworth, his father's first wife, and his stepmother was Mary Modisette, his father's second wife.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 6 Mar 1933  Arnoldsburg, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5] 
    Burial Bethlehem Cemetery, Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I29290  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2025

    Father Joshua L. KNIGHT,   b. 1804, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1856, Calhoun Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    Mother Mary Ann SHUTTLESWORTH,   b. 1806   d. 1845 (Age 39 years)
    Family ID F11182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine BARR,   b. 21 Sep 1848   d. 1917 (Age 68 years)
    Marriage 17 Oct 1867  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 8.DAVID WILSON KNIGHT 6.JOSHUA L. KNIGHT 3.THOMAS KNIGHT
      JR. 1.THOMAS KNIGHT

      David Wilson Knight, a son of Joshua L. and Mary (Shuttlesworth)
      Knight, was born in What is now Calhoun County WV January 22, 1844 and
      died there March 6, 1933. He married Catherine Barr. Catherine, a
      daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Weaver) Barr, was born September 22,
      1846 and died in 1917.

      Children of David Wilson and Catharine (Barr) Knight.

      31. (1). Anna b.Nov 27 1868 d.Jan 13 1872

      32. (2). Ona b.Mar 11 1871 d. 1937
      m.Frank Roberts Sep 25 1893

      33. (3). Etta b.Feb 20 1875
      m.Fred Sturm

      34. (4). India b.May 12 1879 d.Nov 15 1953
      m.Ernest Ray Sturm

      35. (5). Emma Gay b.Nov 18 1889 d.Feb 5 1934
      m.Thomas Rhodes
      m.Nathan Howell

      SOURCE: Descendants of Thomas Knight, by Don Norman
      https://hackerscreek.org/don-norman/
    Family ID F11181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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    David Wilson Knight's mother was incorrectly entered in his death record as Mary Lowe, who was his father's mother. David's mother was actually Mary Shuttlesworth, his father's first wife, and his stepmother was Mary Modisette, his father's second wife.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1785] Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989)).

    4. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
      Identified as David Wilson Knight, widowed, b. Jan 22 1844 in Gilmer Co, d. Mar 6 1933 at Arnoldsburg, son of Joshaway Knight & Marry Lowe.

    5. [S385] Don Norman, Gilmer County, WV and Elyria, OH (1930-2021), Descendants of Thomas Knight, (https://hackerscreek.org/don-norman/).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1785] Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989)).
      Identified as David W. Knight, 23, b. Gilmer Co, res. Calhoun Co, son of Joshua L. & Mary; and Catharine Barr, 19, b. Gilmer Co, res. Calhoun Co, dau of Samuel & Rachael. Married Oct 17 1867.