Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George W. Knight    
                Born: Dec-  -1867          in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: bef 1920              4
              Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10   in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1
              Father: Henry Knight   (1834 - 1908) 
              Mother: Jane Bell Sandy   (1829 - 1897) 
                Wife: Cora Catherine Smith   3  
             Married: Sep-23-1894          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Born: Apr-  -1872          at Alpha (Big Flint), Doddridge Co, WV  1,5,3
                Died: Sep-13-1948          in Doddridge Co, WV  6,5
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  7,8
              Census: 1880, 1910, 1920     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: John H. Smith   (1836 - 1889) 
              Mother: Martha Louise Bee   (1840 - 1908) 
           F Child 1: Delphia L. Knight      
                Born: Nov-  -1889           1
              Census: 1920, 1930           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Lafayette Elmer Smith  b. Mar- 7-1871  d. May-30-1950  
       Also known as: Elmer Lafayette Smith 9
             Married: Feb- 9-1912          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
           M Child 2: Everett M. Knight      
                Born: Aug-28-1896          in Doddridge Co, WV  10,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Jul-27-1967          in Akron, Summit Co, OH  11,10
             Resided:                      in Akron, Summit Co, OH  12,11
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Esta Lora Williams  b. Nov-19-1899  d. May-  -1987  
       Also known as: Lora Esta Williams 13
             Married: Jun- 2-1918          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
           M Child 3: Russell Blair Knight      
       Also known as: R. B. Knight 2
                Born: Dec-24-1898          in Doddridge Co, WV  14,10,1,2
                Died: Feb-  -1986           10
             Resided:                      in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  15,16
              Census: 1940                 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1920     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 barber (own barber shop)  17
          Occupation: 1930                 brakeman on steam railroad  18
                Wife: Olive Lillian Gatrell  b. Jan-20-1906  d. bef Feb 1997  
         Census name: Ollie Gatrell 
             Married: Apr-22-1924          in Doddridge Co, WV  19
           M Child 4: Gale Smith Knight      
                Born: Jan-26-1905          in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV  16,14,10,4
                Died: Dec-14-1994           10
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  10
              Census: 1940                 in New Cumberland, Hancock Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Oak Hill, Fayette Co, WV  
             Resided: 1928                 in Kanawha Co, WV  20
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      WV State Police (30 yrs), insurance agent (21 yrs)  16
                Wife: Frances L. "Frankie" Warner  b. Jun-17-1893  d. Jun-  -1973  
         Census name: Frankie Warner 21
             Married: Jan-26-1928          in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  22

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(3) Birth record of son. 
(4) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(6) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(7) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(8) Findagrave.com. 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(10) Social Security Death Index. 
(11) Death Record - Online. 
(12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. 
(13) Birth record of daughter. 
(14) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued thru Railroad Board. 
(16) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 185. 
(17) 1940 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(18) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(19) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as R. B. Knight, 24, of Doddridge Co; and Olive Gatrell, 19, of Doddridge Co.  Married Apr 22 
1924. 
(20) Kanawha County Marriage Records, Charleston, WV. 
(21) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(22) Kanawha County Marriage Records, Charleston, WV, Identified as Gale S. Knight, single, 28, b. Doddridge Co, res. Kanawha 
Co; and Franc Warner Smith, widowed, 30, b. Doddridge Co, res. Kanawha Co.  Married Jan 26 1928 in Charleston. MR p. 
113. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Listed in 1900 Census as Ebert M. Knight, born Aug 1895.







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