Jul-28-2018
Husband: Harvey E. Knisely Also known as: Henry E. Knisely 1
Born: Jan- -1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,3,4 Census: 1910 at Horn Creek, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1889 in Gilmer Co, WV 4 Census: 1880 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Adam Knisely (1837 - 1919) Mother: Sarah J. Exline (1845 - )
Wife: Elizabeth Ida Bush 5,6 Also known as: Ida Bush 5 Married: May-18-1889 in Gilmer Co, WV 7
Born: Mar- -1868 in Gilmer Co, WV 2,4 Census: 1910 in Horn Creek, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1889 in Gilmer Co, WV 4 Father: Mother: Notes
M Child 1: Homer Judson Knisley Born: Aug- 7-1900 in Gilmer Co, WV 8,9 (see note 1) Died: Apr-15-1955 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10 Buried: in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 8,11 Resided: near Weston, Lewis Co, WV 8,12 Census: 1910 at Horn Creek, Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: C & A Gas Co. 8 Military: Jun-25-1918 - Oct- 1-1919 Pfc, Co E, 33rd Infantry, World War I 11 Wife: Melva Roxanna Law b. Feb- 6-1907 d. Mar-30-1995 Also known as: Roxana Law 13 Married: Dec-22-1951 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV 14
Sources: (1) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Probably a mistranscription. (2) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). (3) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (4) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. (5) Marriage record of son. (6) Death record of son. (7) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Henry E. Knisely, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Elizabeth I. Bush, 21, b. & res. in Gilmer Co. Married May 18 1889 in Gilmer County. NOTE: This marriage record is a typed ledger onto which select information from the original handwritten marriage records has been entered. The entry of husband's name as Henry is almost certainly a mistranscription of Harvey. MR p. 42, Line 36 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=9210&Type=Marriage. (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (9) Gilmer County Birth Records, Glenville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=9664&Type=Birth. (10) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (11) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration. (12) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (13) Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961) (14) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Homer Judson Knisley, 52, b. Aug 7 1899 in Gilmer Co, res. Weston, son of Harvey & Ida (Bush) Knisley; and Melva Roxanna Law, 44, b. Feb 6 1907 in Gilmer Co, res. Weston, dau of Levi Morris & Iris C. (Woodford) Law. Married Dec 22 1951 in Middlebourne (Tyler County), W.Va., officiated by Rev. French Boone, a Minister of the Gospel. NOTE: Marital status not indicated. Bride's name was entered three times as Melva Roxanna Law, and once as M. Roxanna Law. Although the ceremony was held in Tyler County, the license was issued and the marriage recorded in Lewis County, residence of the bride. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10294959&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Although Home Knisley's military headstone application, his marriage record and his birth record itself all specify his birth date as Aug 7 1899, census records cast serious doubt on that date. He was not with his family in the 1900 Census, in which his mother's entry indicates that the four children in that census were all that she had had to that point. Similarly, he was age 9 in the 1910 Census, in which his mother's entry indicates that she had had a total of five children. The dates of the census enumerations could allow for a birth date of either Aug 7 1900 or 1901.Name Index