Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Valentine Knight    
                Born: Mar-  -1819           1
              Census: 1870, 1900           in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Maria V. Holden   2  
         Census name: Mariah 
                Born: ca 1832               1
                Died: bef 1900              
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Melissa Ann Knight      
                Born: Jun- 6-1856          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  3,4,5
                Died: Dec-31-1932          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3,4
              Buried:                      in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1920                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
             Husband: Perry Hood Matheny  b. 1852  d. 1918  
             Married: Oct-25-1877          in Harrison Co, WV  5
           M Child 2: Jerome Rufus Knight      
                Born: Jul-20-1858          in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV  6,7
                Died: Sep-28-1938          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  8
             Resided:                      at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  8,9
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1881                 in Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  8,6
                Wife: Rachel Florence Jones  b. Jun-15-1861  d. Aug-25-1929  
             Married: Apr- 3-1881          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
           M Child 3: Jefferson Valentine Knight      
                Born: May- 6-1862           10
                Died: Apr- 3-1932          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  11,10
              Buried:                      in Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  3

Sources:
(1) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(2) Death record of son. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Headstone (year only) 
(5) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(9) Death record of wife. 
(10) Headstone. 
(11) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 







Name Index