Husband: Cyrus Tucker Knight
Also known as: Sayers Knight 1,2
Born: Sep- -1827 3,4,5 (see note 1)
Died: Jun-20-1903 6
Buried: in Robinson Cemetery, PortoRico/MaxwellRidge Rd, near Market, Doddridge Co, WV 7
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 8
Father: Benjamin Knight (1803 - 1852)
Mother: Mary Tucker (1798 - 1877)
Other spouse 1
Wife: Emma May Shepherd
Married: Aug-20-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
Born: Mar- -1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,5
Died: bef Apr 1952 2
Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father:
Mother:
Other spouse 2
Notes
F Child 1: Okley Olive Knight Born: May- 1-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,11,3 Died: Jan-15-1964 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11,12 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 11 Census: 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Arlington O. "Arley" Davis b. Dec- 9-1891 d. Jan-12-1978 Also known as: Arley Davis 13,14,15,16,17 Married: Aug-14-1962 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV 18
M Child 2: Carl B. Knight Born: ca 1902 19 Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) (2) Marriage record of daughter. (3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (4) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (6) Headstone. (7) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (8) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Cyrus Knight, 66, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Emma May Shepherd, 16, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Aug 29 1896 at the residence of A. A. Doak, the presiding minister. MR p. 219. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (11) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (12) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 164. (13) Birth record of son. (14) Marriage record of son. (15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (16) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). (17) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Arlington O. Davis, 71, b. Dec 9 1891 in Doddridge Co, res. Salem Route 1, son of James & Nancy (McCloy) Davis (both deceased); and Oakley Olive Knight, 64, b. May 1 1898 in Doddridge Co, res. West Union Star Route, dau of Alec & Emma McCloy (both deceased). Married Aug 14 1962 at Long Run, Doddridge County. A handwritten notation on the typed marriage record reads essentially as follows: "Her parents: Cyrus Knight - Father. Emma Seders or Davis if she was adopted - Mother. Alex McCloy - Stepfather. No proof, as her birth is not recorded.", MR p. 72. (19) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Tyler County, West Virginia, but 1900 Census shows it as Ohio. Note (2) In 1920, listed as Okley Knight, 21, single, daughter, in household of Granville Lipscomb, 71, widower. In 1930, listed as Okley Knight, 31, single, niece, in household of Granville's son Samuel. Also listed as niece and nephew were Augustia Knight, 5, and Clarence Knight, 2 yr 8 mo. Note (3) working as a farmer at the County Infirmary (poor farm)