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John Beaver KNIGHT

John Beaver KNIGHT

Male 1864 -

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  • Name John Beaver KNIGHT 
    Census 1870, 80, 1900, 10  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born May 1864  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1910  [1, 3] 
    merchant (general store) 
    Residence 1915  Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1920  Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    salesman of matches 
    Person ID I78757  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2018 

    Father Henry KNIGHT,   b. 5 Jan 1834, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1908, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Jane Bell SANDY,   b. 22 Jan 1829,   d. 7 Feb 1897  (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F26871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alvoida Virginia PRATT,   b. 18 Jan 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1925  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1888  Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:
      John B. Knight, 36, b. May 1864, general merchant, married 12 yrs; wife Alvarda, 32, b. Jan 1868, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Etta L, 10, b. Jul 1889; dau Jennie B, 8, b. Feb 1892; son Cecil H, 5, b. Mar 1895.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on May 6 1910:
      John B. Knight, 45, merchant at general store, married 21 yrs; wife Alvoida, 41, mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Etta L, 20, student at normal school; dau Jennie B, 18, student at normal school; son Cecil H, 15; dau Pearl, 4.

      1920 Census, Denver, Colorado:
      John B. Knight, 54, salesman of matches; wife Alvoida, 49; dau Alice P, 14, single; son-in-law Robert K. Inlow, 38, married (sic), salesman of matches, married; nephew Robert D. Inlow, 7; niece Dorothy M. Inlow, 4 yr 4 mo. All born in West Virginia.
      (Note: Son-in-law Robert's surname is clearly shown as Enlow in his marriage record. His marital status was actually widowed, as his wife Jennie had died in 1918.) [7]
    Children 
    +1. Etta Lee KNIGHT,   b. 26 Jul 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1957, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +2. Jennie Belle KNIGHT,   b. Feb 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1918, Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years)
    +3. Cecil Howard KNIGHT,   b. 31 Mar 1895, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1988, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     4. Ruthie E. KNIGHT,   b. 1901,   d. 1901  (Age 0 years)
     5. Alice Pearl KNIGHT,   b. 20 Apr 1905, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1975  (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F33698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

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

    3. [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 12/16/1915.

    5. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 318 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790105&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John B. Knight, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Alvoida (or Alvirda) Pratt, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 1 1888 at Camp, Doddridge County, W.Va. Informants for marriage license: J. B. Knight & W. W. Pratt.

    7. [S1599] Birth record of son.