Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Michael Knight    
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Barbara Shuereishman   1  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Benjamin Knight      
                Born: ca 1803              in Pennsylvania  2
                Died: ca 1852               
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer, Methodist preacher  3
                Wife: Mary Tucker  b. ca 1798  d. Aug- 2-1877  
           M Child 2: John W. Knight      
                Born: Feb-27-1804          in Lancaster Co, PA  1
                Died: Jul- 4-1877          in Tama Co, IA  4,1
              Buried:                      in Garwin Union Cemetery, Garwin, Tama Co, IA  1
                Wife: Mary "Polly" Davis  b. Feb- 1-1806  d. Sep- 7-1893  
             Married: Mar-27-1828          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
           M Child 3: Samuel Knight      
                Born: ca 1809              in Pennsylvania  5 (see note 1)
             Resided:                      near Camp Mistake, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  6
                Wife: Mary "Polly" Tucker  d. Jul-  -1850  
       Also known as: Polly Tucker 7
                Wife: Permelia "Milly" Harrow  b. ca 1816  
         Census name: Milly Knight 
             Married: 1854                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(3) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) 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. 361. 
(6) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(7) Marriage record of son. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in son's death record as Alsace Lorraine.







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