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Floyd Neely KNIGHT

Floyd Neely KNIGHT

Male 1896 - 1965  (69 years)

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  • Name Floyd Neely KNIGHT 
    Born 25 Sep 1896  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1916  [6] 
    mail carrier 
    Census 1930  Knights Fork (Little Flint), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 1 Nov 1965  [1, 4, 8] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Aug 3 1916, in its entirety:
      "Saturday morning a horse driven by Floyd Knight, carrier on route No. 2, took fright at an automobile and ran into a fence. The harness was torn on the horse, but no great injury resulted. His mother, Mrs. Nora Knight, was in the rig with him, and it is fortunate that neither was injured."
    Person ID I53926  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Aug 2016 

    Father Flaveus J. "Flave" KNIGHT,   b. 14 Jan 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1964, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Mother Nora Bell WILLIAMS,   b. 24 Dec 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1944, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F20452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Melinda Alice "Sal" COSTILOW,   b. 26 Dec 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1971, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1916  Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Lyndall Cloma KNIGHT,   b. 20 Feb 1917, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 2000  (Age 82 years)
    +2. Stella Mae KNIGHT,   b. 19 Jan 1919,   d. Mar 1983  (Age 64 years)
    +3. Violet Elizabeth KNIGHT,   b. CA 1921, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Ellen O. KNIGHT,   b. CA 1923
    +5. Forest Leroy KNIGHT,   b. 12 Feb 1924, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 2003, Portage Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Samuel Austin KNIGHT,   b. Feb 1926, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1990  (Age ~ 64 years)
     7. James E. KNIGHT,   b. 2 Feb 1930,   d. 3 Nov 1972  (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F22288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 225.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    6. [S1897] West Union Record, 8/3/1916.

    7. [S2041] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    8. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    9. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).