Husband: Floyd Neely Knight
Born: Sep-25-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4,5 Died: Nov- 1-1965 1,6,4 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 7 Census: 1930 at Knights Fork (Little Flint), Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1916 mail carrier 9 Father: Flaveus J. Knight (1867 - 1967) Mother: Nora Bell Williams (1868 - 1944) Notes
Wife: Melinda Alice "Sal" Costilow Also known as: Alice Costilow 5,10 Married: Dec-30-1916 at Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: Dec-26-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,12,5 Died: Dec-20-1971 in Harrison Co, WV 13,4 Buried: in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 14 Census: 1940 in Little Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 at Knights Fork (Little Flint), Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: James Costilow (1872 - 1943) Mother: Matilda Elizabeth "Tillie" Carrico (1877 - 1963)
F Child 1: Lyndall Knight Birth name: Cloma Lyndall Knight 11 Born: Feb-20-1917 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 11,2,5 Died: Jan-10-2000 2 Resided: in Williamstown, Wood Co, WV 2 Resided: 1973 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1930 at Knights Fork (Little Flint), Doddridge Co, WV 8 (see note 1) Husband: Emery Prunty b. Mar-13-1909 d. Oct-28-2000 Married: Aug-29-1936 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Husband: Ezra Guy Swisher b. Mar-17-1890 d. Mar- -1973 Married: Jun- -1943 15 Husband: Ray G. Dotson b. May-24-1919 d. Feb-20-1977
F Child 2: Stella Mae Knight Born: Jan-19-1919 2,4 Died: Mar- -1983 2,4 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 7 Resided: in Salem, WV 6 Census: 1940 in Little Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 at Knights Fork (Little Flint), Doddridge Co, WV 8
F Child 3: Violet Elizabeth Knight Born: ca 1921 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,16,5 (see note 2) Census: 1940 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 at Knights Fork (Little Flint), Doddridge Co, WV 8 Husband: William Clair Donley b. Mar-13-1911 d. Jan- 3-1962 Census name: Clair Donley Married: May-18-1935 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
F Child 4: Ellen O. Knight Born: ca 1923 8 Census: 1930 at Knights Fork (Little Flint), Doddridge Co, WV 8
M Child 5: Forest Leroy Knight
Census name: Leroy Knight
Born: Feb-12-1924 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 17,2,18,8
Died: Dec- 5-2003 in Portage Co, OH 19,18,2
Buried: in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 20
Resided: in Windham, Portage Co, OH 6,21
Census: 1940 at Little Flint, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930 at Knights Fork (Little Flint), Doddridge Co, WV 8
Military: May-29-1943 - Apr-18-1946 Tec 5, US Army, World War II 18
Notes
M Child 6: Samuel Austin Knight Born: Feb- -1926 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,22 Died: Jul- -1990 22 Buried: in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 23 Census: 1940 at Little Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 at Knights Fork (Little Flint), Doddridge Co, WV 8 Military: Aug- 7-1944 - Jul- 1-1946 S/Sgt, US Army, World War II 24,25,18
M Child 7: James E. Knight Born: Feb- 2-1930 22 Died: Nov- 3-1972 22 Buried: in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 23 Census: 1940 at Little Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 at Knights Fork (Little Flint), Doddridge Co, WV 8 Military: Pfc, US Army 26
Sources: (1) 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. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (7) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (8) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (9) West Union Record, 8/3/1916. (10) Death record of mother. (11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (13) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: M. Alice Knight. (15) Obituary of husband. (16) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (17) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (18) Military Grave Marker. (19) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (20) Findagrave.com. (21) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (22) Headstone. (23) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. (24) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (25) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (26) Grave marker. Event Notes Note (1) In home of maternal grandparents. Note (2) Age 17 in 1935 marriage record would put birth in about 1918. But age 9 in 1930 Census and age 19 in 1940 Census puts it in about 1921.