Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Henry W. Knight    
                Born: Jan- 2-1842          in Chesterfield, Cheshire Co, NH  1,2,3
                Died: Nov-  -1914           1
              Buried:                      in Pleasant View Cemetery, Chester, Windsor Co, VT  4
              Census: 1880                 in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
            Military: Sep- 1-1862 - Aug-10-1863 Pvt, Co E, 16th Vermont Infantry, Civil War  5,1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Susan Mariah Skinner   6  
         Census name: Maria S. 
             Married:                      in Athens, Windham Co, VT  7
                Born: ca 1848              in Amherst, Hampshire Co, MA  3,2 (see note 1)
              Census: 1880                 in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Ada Adella Knight      
       Also known as: Adella Knight 8
                Born: Jan-26-1870          in Grafton, Windham Co, VT  7,9,10 (see note 2)
                Died: Jan-17-1955          in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  9,11
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  9
             Resided:                      in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1925                 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  12
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
             Husband: Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Richards  b. Jun-21-1851  d. Aug-30-1925  
       Also known as: Frank Richards 13,14
             Married: Jan-20-1886          in Ritchie Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Birth record of daughter. 
(3) 1880 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) American Civil War Soldiers [database online], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Death record of daughter. 
(7) Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1351200&Type=Death. 
(10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(11) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(12) Death record of husband. 
(13) Obituary of son. 
(14) Death record of son. 
(15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Benjamin F. Richards Jr., widowed, 31, of Ritchie Co; and Ada Knight, 17, b. Vermont, res. Ritchie Co.  Married Jan 20 
1886. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Athens, Windham Co, Vermont, while the
1880 Census shows it as Massachusetts.  In both cases, her stated age puts her
birth date in about 1848.  Her birthplace is given in daughter Ada's birth
record as Amherst, Massachusetts.  Findagrave reports her birth as 1842 in
Amherst, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts.  There is no photo of her gravestone.
Note (2) Birthplace given in death record as Chester, Vermont, but her birth record
shows it as Grafton, Vermont.  Both are located in Windham County.







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