Jul-28-2018
Husband: Milton Oris Knight
Born: Aug-29-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Aug- -1972 1
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1940 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1)
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 4,5
Father: James Edward Knight (1869 - )
Mother: Eliza Jane McKinney (1869 - 1947)
Wife: Oda Effie Freeman 6
Also known as: Ada Freeman 7,6
Married: May- 9-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Born: Dec- -1894 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,3
Census: 1940 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Charles Thomas Freeman (1863 - 1940)
Mother: Levaria Jane Ash (1867 - 1932)
F Child 1: Velva Berthena Knight
Born: Jun-25-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,1
Died: Dec- 4-1986 in Massillon, Stark Co, OH 10,1
Resided: in Akron, Summit Co, OH 11
Census: 1940 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1940 typist at WPA office 5
Husband: ___ Phelps
M Child 2: Ernest Gentsel Knight
Born: Aug- 1-1918 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 12,1
Died: Apr-19-2000 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,1
Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 12,13
Resided: at Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 12
Census: 1940 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: bank teller (West Union Bank, 12 yrs) 12
Education: West Union H.S. (1936) 12
Military: enlisted 12/13/1939 US Navy (6 yrs) in World War II, US Army in Korea (20 yrs total svc, retired as SFC) 14,15,16
Wife: Grace Elizabeth Williams b. Jun-20-1924 d. Nov-25-1990
Married: Dec-10-1944 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Wife: Lulu W. Dotson b. May-16-1920 d. Feb- 6-1997
M Child 3: Denzil Bayl Knight
Born: Jun- 8-1921 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9,1
Died: May-14-2004 1
Buried: Lumber City Cemetery in Curwensville, Clearfield Co, PA 15
Resided: in Houtzdale, Clearfield Co, PA 11
Resided: 1943 in Middle River, Baltimore Co, MD 17
Census: 1940 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1943 welder at Middle River plant of Glen L. Martin 17
Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1940) 18,17
Military: Aug-22-1944 - Aug-31-1967 U.S. Army, World War II, Korea, Vietnam 19,15,14
Wife: Mary Sue Kline
Married: Aug-28-1943 in Baltimore, MD 17
F Child 4: Vercha Cleora "Billie" Knight
Born: Sep-30-1924 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9,1
Died: Jan-27-2002 in Madison, Lake Co, OH 10,1
Resided: in Madison, Lake Co, OH 11
Resided: 2000 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH 20
Census: 1940 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Willie C. Curtis b. 1925
Married: 1946
F Child 5: Jean Elois Knight
Census name: Jean Knight
Born: ca 1928 4
Resided: 2000 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 20
Census: 1940 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Jack W. Brandsema b. May- 4-1922 d. Feb-25-2012
Married: Nov- -1987
M Child 6: Truman Guyal Knight
Born: Mar-23-1932 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Resided: 2000 in Lakeview, Logan Co, OH 20
Census: 1940 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Wife: Living
Sources:
(1) Social Security Death Index.
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District)
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(4) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(5) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(6) Birth record of son.
(7) Obituary of father.
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(10) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health.
(11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951.
(12) Obituary.
(13) Findagrave.com.
(14) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(15) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com)
(16) Obituary, He was serving aboard the battleship USS Nevada on Dec 7 1941 when it "was hit by one torpedo during the last
part of the Japanese torpedo planes' attack. This opened a large hole in the ship's port side below her two forward
turrets. Her anti-torpedo protection, of a type back-fitted to the Navy's older battleships, resisted the warhead's
explosion fairly well. However, serious leaks were started in the inmost bulkhead, allowing a considerable amount of
water into the ship.
The damaged Nevada got underway at 0840, about a half-hour after she was torpedoed, backed clear of her berth, and began
to steam down the channel toward the Navy Yard. The slowly moving battleship was an attractive target for Japanese dive
bombers, which hit and near-missed her repeatedly, opening up her forecastle deck, causing more leaks in her hull,
starting gasoline fires forward and other blazes in her superstructure and midships area. Now in serious trouble, Nevada
was run aground on the Navy Yard side of the channel, just south of Ford Island.
As her crew fought her many fires, the ship twisted around until she was facing back up the harbor. With the help of
tugs, Nevada then backed across the way and grounded, stern-first, on the other side of the channel. Her old,
much-modified structure proved itself to be anything but watertight, and water traveled inexorably throughout the ship.
By the following day, she had settled to the bottom, fortunately in fairly shallow water. There she was to remain for
over two months, the subject of one of the first of Pearl Harbor's many demanding salvage projects. Of USS Nevada's crew
of nearly 1500, fifty officers and men were killed in action during the Pearl Harbor
raid."
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(17) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 9/23/1943.
(18) Yearbook photo.
(19) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(20) Obituary of brother.
Event Notes
Note (1) In 1940, location specified as Rock Run.
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