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             Husband: John F. Knight    
                Died: bef Aug 1875          1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Nancy Finley   2  
       Also known as: Nancy Findley 3
                Born: ca 1833              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Father: William Finley 
              Mother: Sarah ___   (1794 -     ) 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Sylvanus Knight      
                Born: Jan- 8-1865          in Taylor Co, WV  5,6,7,4
                Died: Oct-17-1946          in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  8,7
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  9
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30, 40 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  10,8,11
                Wife: Almira (Alice) Hall  b. Aug-20-1872  d. Apr-29-1936  
       Also known as: Alice Hall 3
             Married: Jun-25-1891          in Doddridge Co, WV  12
           M Child 2: Luther Knight      
                Born: Apr-  -1867          in Taylor Co, WV  6,4
              Census: 1900                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Chattie Hickman  b. ca 1875  d. bef Jun 1900  
             Married: Nov-10-1895          in Doddridge Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) Record of wife's remarriage. 
(2) Birth record of son. 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Findagrave.com. 
(10) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(11) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(12) 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. 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Luther Knight, 27, b. Taylor Co, res. Doddridge Co; and 
Chattie Hickman, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co.  Married Nov 10 1895 "at Lewis Hickmans.", MR p. 119 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792633&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Able to read, but not write.







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