Mary Landora KNIGHT

1878 - 1949  (70 years)

• Name	Mary Landora KNIGHT
  Birth	14 Apr 1878	Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1880	Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Residence	1894	Doddridge Co, WV   [3]
  Census	1900	Washington, Washington Co, PA
  Census	1910	Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV
  Occupation	1910  [4]
  	dressmaker
  Residence	1916	Columbus, Franklin Co, OH   [5]
  Census	1920	Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV
  Residence	1932	Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV   [6]
  Death	6 Feb 1949	Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV   [1]
  Burial	Coplin Church Cemetery, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV   [1]
  Person ID	I93534	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	William Benjamin Butler KNIGHT,   b. 21 Aug 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA d. 25 May 1919, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Misry Jane DAVIS,   b. 7 Feb 1847, Doddridge Co, (W)VA d. 23 Apr 1932, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F22582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Samuel James MCKAIN,   b. 28 Apr 1872, Venango Co, PA d. 28 Jan 1936, Paintsville, Johnson Co, KY (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1894	Doddridge Co, WV   [3]
  Notes	1900 Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania (North Washington Borough), enumerated on 6 June 1900: Mary L. McKain, 22, b. Apr 1878, married 6 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son James McKain, 4, b. Jun 1895 [sic]; son William David McKain, 1, b. Oct 1898. All born in West Virginia. Mary's husband Samuel was enumerated in this census in West Virginia: 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District), enumerated on 22 June 1900: Albert E. Davis, 50, b. Dec 1849, farmer, cannot read/write, widowed; dau Launa, 22, b. Jan 1878, married 2 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son-in-law Haris [sic], age illegible, b. Mar 1879 [sic], teamster, married 1 ys; grandson Rush, 1 b. Nov [sic] 1898; son Lewis E, 26, b. May 1874, teamster, single; son Ira C, 23, b. Feb 1877, teamster, single; son Iven E, 19, b. Jul 1880, farm laborer, single; boarder Samuel J. McKain, 28, b. Apr 1872 in Pennsylvania, oil driller, married; boarder James B. Still, 26, b. Feb 1874 in Pennsylvania, oil tool dresser, single. 1910 Census, Wood County, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated on 23 April 1910 at 1238 Swan Street: Mary L. McKain, 33, b. WVa, dressmaker, married, mother of 2 children (1 still living); son William D, 11, b. WVa. Samuel McKain has not been found in the 1910 Census. By the time of the 1920 Census, however, he had remarried (Lydia Myrtle Blanton Williams, widow of Ames Williams) and was living in Johnson County, Kentucky, where he remained till his death in 1936.
  Children	1. James MCKAIN,   b. 27 Jun 1896, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV d. Nov 1905, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA (Age 9 years)   2. William David MCKAIN,   b. 2 Oct 1898, Stringtown, Tyler Co, WV d. 17 Aug 1959, Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F46209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Robert H. VANCE,   b. 27 Oct 1862, Washington, Washington Co, PA d. 28 May 1931, Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F60800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S934] Findagrave.com. [S2108] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. [S2106] 1910 Census, Wood County, WV. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 11/30/1916. [S960] Obituary of mother.