Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jeremiah "Jerry" Knight Also known as: Jerry Knight 1,2
Born: ca 1834 in Harrison Co, VA (now Marion Co, WV) 3,4 Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Resided: 1915 in Freed, Calhoun Co, WV 5 Resided: 1915 in Roane Co, WV 6 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA (see note 2) Military: Civil War Father: Samuel Knight (1809 - ) Mother: Mary "Polly" Tucker ( - 1850) Notes
Wife: Alcinda Ashburn Married: Nov- 3-1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Born: Apr-10-1837 in Greene Co, PA 8,9 Died: Jun- 3-1896 at Israel's Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Buried: in Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: William Ashburn (1803 - 1869) Mother: Ann Longstreth (1796 - 1874) Other spouse 1
M Child 1: Sherman Knight Born: Oct-29-1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
M Child 2: Flaveus J. Knight Census name: Flave J. Knight 11 Born: Jan-14-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 12 Died: Jun- 7-1967 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,12 Resided: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Resided: 1887 in Calhoun Co, WV 4 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Nora Bell Williams b. Dec-24-1868 d. Aug-20-1944 Married: Mar-13-1887 in Doddridge Co, WV 14,12
M Child 3: Silas Delbert Knight Also known as: Delbert Knight Born: Sep- 9-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 15,16 (see note 3) Died: Sep-30-1934 near Beverly, Randolph Co, WV 16 Buried: in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, near Beverly, Randolph Co, WV 16 Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 16,17 Wife: Virginia "Jennie" Dillon b. Jan-18-1880 d. Jul-26-1942 Also known as: Jennie Dillon 16,18 Married: Sep-15-1918 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 19
Sources: (1) Death record of son. (2) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (3) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (5) Doddridge County Republican, 10/28/1915. (6) Doddridge County Republican, 9/23/1915. (7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Jeremiah Knight, 30, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Samuel & Mary; and Alcinda Davis, divorced, 27, b. Greene Co PA, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William & Nancy Ashburn. Married Nov 3 1863. (8) 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. 97. (9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (10) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p.24, Line 35 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2604961&Type=Birth. (11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (12) 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. 225. (13) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Flaveus J. Knight, 20, b. Doddridge Co, res. Calhoun Co; and Nora B. Williams, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 13 1887 "at the residence of Israel Williams." Informants for marriage license: Jeremiah & F. J. Knight, and Israel & J. Williams. MR p. 168. (15) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (17) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (18) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (19) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. Event Notes Note (1) In household of son Silas. Note (2) Not with family in 1860 Census. Note (3) Age in 1918 marriage record would put birth in about 1872.Name Index