Husband: Sylvanus Knight
Born: Jan- 8-1865 in Taylor Co, WV 1,2,3,4
Died: Oct-17-1946 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 5,3
Buried: in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV 6
Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30, 40 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 7,5,8
Father: John F. Knight ( - 1875)
Mother: Nancy Finley (1833 - )
Wife: Almira (Alice) Hall
Also known as: Alice Hall 9
Married: Jun-25-1891 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
Born: Aug-20-1872 in Iowa 11,3,4 (see note 1)
Died: Apr-29-1936 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 11,3
Buried: in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV 11,6
Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2)
Resided: 1891 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Father: Orrin P. Hall
Mother: Helen M. Tuttle
M Child 1: Harvey Knight Born: Aug-14-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,12,3,13 Died: May- 8-1970 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5,12,3 Buried: in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV 14,6 Resided: in Salem, WV 15 Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30, 40 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 16,17 Occupation: 1940 road construction worker (WPA) 8 Occupation: 1910 oil field worker 7 Wife: Jessie Beatrice Nutter b. Dec- 6-1890 d. Nov- 4-1979 Married: May-25-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (5) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) Findagrave.com. (7) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (8) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (9) Death record of son. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Sylvanus Knight, 26, b. Taylor Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Almira M. Hall, 18, b. in Iowa, res. Doddridge Co. Married Jun 25 1891 in Doddridge County at the residence of the presiding minister, L. H. (Lemuel Hall) Zinn. Informants for marriage license: Sylvanus Knight & W. A. Ridgeway. (Note: This was husband's second marriage, according to the 1910 Census.), MR p. 116 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792807&Type=Marriage. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (14) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (16) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). (17) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1873. Note (2) Father born in West Virginia, mother born in Iowa.