Jul-28-2018
Husband: Benjamin Knight
Born: ca 1803 in Pennsylvania 1 Died: ca 1852 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer, Methodist preacher 2 Father: Michael Knight Mother: Barbara Shuereishman
Wife: Mary Tucker
Born: ca 1798 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 2,3 Died: Aug- 2-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA (see note 1) Father: Henry Tucker (1744 - 1834) Mother: Mary Maury ( - 1848) Notes
M Child 1: John A. Knight Born: ca 1823 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 4 Died: Nov-22-1897 in Big Springs, Calhoun Co, WV 5 Buried: in Big Springs Cemetery, Calhoun Co, WV Census: 1880 in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV Resided: 1876 in Marion Co, WV 4 Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 2,6,7 Wife: Masa Davis b. ca 1828 d. bef Jun 1876 Census name: Mazzy Knight Marriage Bond: Jun-11-1849 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 8 Married: Jun-14-1849 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 9 Wife: Lucinda Carrie Keener b. Jun- -1850 d. Dec-23-1891 Also known as: Carrie Keener Married: Jun- 4-1876 in Marion Co, WV 4
F Child 2: Eleanor Knight Born: ca 1824 2 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 3: Cyrus Tucker Knight Also known as: Sayers Knight 10,11 Born: Sep- -1827 12,13,14 (see note 2) Died: Jun-20-1903 15 Buried: in Robinson Cemetery, PortoRico/MaxwellRidge Rd, near Market, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 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 2 Wife: Jemima Ellen Faust b. Nov-24-1823 d. Aug-25-1895 Wife: Emma May Shepherd b. Mar- -1882 d. bef Apr 1952 Married: Aug-20-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
M Child 4: Henry Knight Born: Jan- 5-1834 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 15,18 (see note 3) Died: May-16-1908 in Doddridge Co, WV 19,15 Buried: in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 20 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 21,6 Wife: Jane Bell Sandy b. Jan-22-1829 d. Feb- 7-1897 Also known as: Bell Sandy 22 Marriage Bond: Mar- 3-1851 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 23 Married: Mar- -1851 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 23 Wife: Malvina Weekley b. Jun- -1840 Census name: Melvina Married: May-12-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 24
F Child 5: Rebecca Knight Born: ca 1837 2 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Sources: (1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (2) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 28, Line 42 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5043523&Type=Death. (4) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, MR p. 63, Line 52 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12523489&Type=Marriage. (5) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (7) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (8) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12050055&Type=Marriage. (9) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12016486&Type=Marriage. (10) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) (11) Marriage record of daughter. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (13) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (15) Headstone. (16) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (17) 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. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (19) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Henry Knight, white male, farmer, married; died May 1908 in Doddridge County, age 74, cause of death cardiac failure. DR p. 84 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5044538&Type=Death. (20) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. (21) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (22) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 185. (23) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (24) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Henry Knight, 63, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Malvina Underwood, 56, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married May 12 1897 "at Ben Knight's residence." Informant for marriage license: B. V. Knight. MR p. 308 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793356&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) In 1860, along with daughter Eleanor, in household of son Henry. Note (2) Birthplace given in marriage record as Tyler County, West Virginia, but 1900 Census shows it as Ohio. Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1835, but date on headstone is Jan 5 1834. Birthplace reported in "History of Doddridge County," p. 185, as England, but 1870 Census shows it at Virginia, the 1880 & 1900 Censuses as West Virginia, and his 1897 marriage record as Doddridge County. His father's birthplace given in 1900 Census as Pennsylvania, mother's as West Virginia.Name Index