Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

1867 - 1954 (87 years)

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Name	Luther KNIGHT
Born	29 Apr 1867	Taylor Co, WV [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender	Male
Census	1870, 1880	New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Residence	1895	Doddridge Co, WV [4]
Census	1900	Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Residence	1905	Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV [5]
Census	1910	Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation	1910 [6]
Occupation	farmer
Occupation	1920 [7]
Occupation	laborer
Census	1920, 1930, 1940	Salem, Harrison Co, WV
Residence	Salem, Harrison Co, WV [1]
Died	12 Jun 1954	Weston, Lewis Co, WV [1, 3]
Died	Cause: arteriosclerotic heart disease
Buried	New Johnstown Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV [1, 8]
Person ID	I96690	Doddridge County Roots
Last Modified	14 Feb 2021

Father	John F. KNIGHT, b. 24 Sep 1827, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 8 Oct 1867, Taylor Co, WV (Age 40 years)
Mother	Nancy FINLEY, b. 24 May 1831, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 12 Aug 1913, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 82 years)
Family ID	F20794	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Charity "Chattie" HICKMAN, b. 13 May 1875, Clark District, Harrison Co, WV , d. 18 Oct 1898, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 23 years) [9]

Married 10 Nov 1895 Doddridge Co, WV [10]

Children

+	1. Blanche KNIGHT, b. 10 Sep 1898, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV , d. Aug 1981 (Age 82 years)

Documents

Family ID F1450 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Maggie J. WILLIAMS, b. 26 Aug 1871, Harrison Co, WV , d. 9 Mar 1952, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 80 years)
Married	30 Mar 1905	Rockford (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, WV [5]
Family ID	F57251	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

[S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1355994&Type=Death.
[S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).
[S638] Headstone (year only).
[S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792633&Type=Marriage.
[S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=17482&Type=Marriage.
[S2110] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).
[S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.
[S934] Findagrave.com.
[S1583] Marriage record of daughter.
[S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792633&Type=Marriage.
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."