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Henry KNIGHT

Henry KNIGHT

Male 1834 - 1908  (74 years)


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  • Name Henry KNIGHT
    Birth 5 Jan 1834  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • 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.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 4] 
    Death 16 May 1908  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Burial Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I64419  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2017

    Father Benjamin KNIGHT,   b. CA 1803, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. CA 1852 (Age ~ 49 years)
    Mother Mary TUCKER,   b. CA 1798, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
    Family ID F40939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jane Bell SANDY,   b. 22 Jan 1829   d. 7 Feb 1897 (Age 68 years)  [7]
    Marriage Mar 1851  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Marriage Bond 3 Mar 1851  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 16 1860:
      H. Knight, 26, farmer, value of real estate $450, value of personal estate $200, cannot read/write; J. B. (female), 31; M. J. (female), 8; S. V. (female), 5; R. (female), 3; Mary, 61; E. (female), 39.
      NOTE: Mary Knight, age 61, was Henry Knight's mother. The 39-year-old female E. Knight was Henry's sister Eleanor. The next enumerated household was that of Henry's brother-in-law William Sandy.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant Twp), enumerated on Jul 5 1870:
      Henry Knight, 36, farmer; Jane B, 41; Sarah V, 15; Rebecca, 14; Benj V, 9; Malinda E, 8; John B, 5; Zebedee W, 3; Geo W, 2; Henry H, 3 months; Mary, 73; Ellenora, 49.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated in June 1880:
      Henry Knight, 46, farmer; wife Jane B, 30; dau Rebecca, 23; son Benjamin V, 19; dau Malindy E, 17; son John B, 16; son Zebidee W, 14; son George W, 11; son Henry H, 9; sister Eloner Knight, 62, single.
    Children 
    +1. Mary Jane KNIGHT,   b. Mar 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years)
    +2. Sarah Virginia KNIGHT,   b. 11 Jan 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1914, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    >3. Rebecca KNIGHT,   b. 20 May 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1944, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    +4. Benjamin Vinson KNIGHT,   b. 11 Jul 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1921, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +5. Malinda Eleanor KNIGHT,   b. 4 Apr 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1946, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +6. John Beaver KNIGHT,   b. May 1864, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Zebedee Warner KNIGHT,   b. 16 Jan 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1922, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +8. George Washington KNIGHT,   b. Dec 1867, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1919 (Age ~ 51 years)
    +9. Henry Harvey KNIGHT,   b. 19 Feb 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1922, Washington, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F26871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Malvina WEEKLEY,   b. Jun 1840, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 12 May 1897  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:
      Henry Knight, 65, b. Jan 1835, farmer, married 3 yrs; wife Melvina Knight, 60, b. Jun 1840, married 3 yrs, no children; sister Rheubecca Knight, 63, b. Nov 1836, single. All born in West Virginia.
    Family ID F33696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 84 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5044538&Type=Death.
      Identified as Henry Knight, white male, farmer, married; died May 1908 in Doddridge County, age 74, cause of death cardiac failure.

    6. [S2336] Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), (http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm).

    7. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 185.

    8. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 308 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793356&Type=Marriage.
      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.