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Blanche KNIGHT

Blanche KNIGHT

Female 1898 - 1981  (82 years)

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  • Name Blanche KNIGHT 
    Born 10 Sep 1898  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900, 1920  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1935  Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1940  McWhorter, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Died Aug 1981  [3] 
    Person ID I96692  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2021 

    Father Luther KNIGHT,   b. 29 Apr 1867, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1954, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Charity "Chattie" HICKMAN,   b. 13 May 1875, Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years) 
    Family ID F1450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Don Cecil BENNETT,   b. 18 Jan 1900, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1945, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 20 Mar 1919  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930 in the town of Nutter Fort at 900 Ohio Avenue:
      Don Bennett, 30, shipping clerk for wholesale company; wife Blanche, 31; son Raymond, 10; son Kenneth, 8; dau Virginia, 6. All born in West Virginia.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 3 1940 in the community of McWhorter:
      Don C. Bennett, 40, grocery store merchant; wife Blanche, 41; son Raymond L, 19, single, occupation (blank); son Kenneth R, 17; dau Vivian Ann, 6. All indicated as residing in Big Isaac, Doddridge County, in 1935.
      NOTE: It is known from his death record and headstone and son Raymond Lee Bennett died in June 1939. His inclusion in this census enumeration is clearly incorrect.
    Children 
     1. Raymond Lee BENNETT,   b. 11 Jun 1920, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1939, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)
     2. Kenneth Richard BENNETT,   b. 7 Apr 1922, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 2016, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     3. Virginia Ruth BENNETT,   b. 28 Oct 1923, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1937, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
     4. Junior BENNETT,   b. 28 Jul 1925,   d. 14 Oct 1925  (Age 0 years)
     5. Vivian Ann BENNETT,   b. 24 Jul 1933, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1543  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harley Rufus TAYLOR,   b. 13 Feb 1897, Kerens, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1986  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1952  Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F57249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=64239&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

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

    6. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    7. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.