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Flossie Knight 1896–1945 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1896

Birth Location: North Carolina

Death Date: 20 Mar 1945

Death Location: Kingsport, Sullivan Co. TN

Father: Robert Knight

Mother: Lula Knight

Spouse(s): Cliffern Powell, Walter Lawson, Ulysses Potter

Children(s): Virginia Powell, Carl Powell, Eula Potter

Flossie Knight was born in 1896 in North Carolina, the child of Robert Roby Knight And Lula Knight. Flossie Knight married Cliffern Abbott Powell, Ulysses S Grant Potter, Walter Franklin Lawson, and had children including Carl Powell, Eula Ann Potter, Married Tackett Potter, Virginia Virgie Powell. Flossie Knight passed away in 1945 in Kingsport, Sullivan Co. TN.

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Biography

  • Flossie Knight was born in 1896 in North Carolina, the child of Robert Roby Knight And Lula Knight.
  • Flossie Knight married Cliffern Abbott Powell, Ulysses S Grant Potter, Walter Franklin Lawson, and had children including Carl Powell, Eula Ann Potter, Married Tackett Potter, Virginia Virgie Powell.
  • Flossie Knight passed away in 1945 in Kingsport, Sullivan Co. TN.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Knight
1877–1950
Birth Location: Ashe Co., N.C.
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Lula Knight
1876–1968
Birth Location: North Carolina
LK

Spouses(s)

Cliffern Powell
1892–1935
Birth Location: Johnson Co. TN
CP
Walter Lawson
1899–1965
Birth Location: Tazewell Co. VA
WL
Ulysses Potter
1898–1962
Birth Location: Mountain City, Johnson Co. TN
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Children(s)

Virginia Powell
1911–
Birth Location: Johnson Co. TN or Ashe Co. NC
VP
Carl Powell
1919–1993
Birth Location: Creston, Ashe Co. NC
CP
Eula Potter
1929–1946
Birth Location: Amigo, Raleigh Co. WV
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Flossie Knight's Ancestors

Self
Flossie Knight
1896–1945
Birth Place: North Carolina
Parents
Robert (Roby) Knight
1877–1950
Ashe Co., N.C.
Lula Knight
1876–1968
North Carolina
Grandparents
William (W) Knight
1832–1913
Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Rebecca Osborn
1833–1927
Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Osborne
1811–1880
Delilah Price
1810–1881
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert III
1784–1860
Lydia Cornett
1794–1864

Flossie Knight's Descendants

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Flossie Knight (abt 1896–20 Mar 1945) m. Cliffern (Abbott) Powell (25 May 1892–17 Feb 1935) m. Walter (Franklin) Lawson (Jul 1899–20 May 1965) m. Ulysses (S Grant) Potter (4 Dec 1898–21 Jul 1962)
  1. 1. Virginia ("Virgie") Powell 1911–
  2. 2. Carl Powell 1919–1993
  3. 3. Eula (Ann) Potter 1929–1946

Flossie Knight's Timeline

3 Records

1895
1 Jul 1895
Birth of Flossie Knight in Ashville, North Carolina, USA
Ashville, North Carolina, USA
1896
abt 1896
Birth of Flossie Knight in North Carolina
North Carolina
1945
20 Mar 1945
Age 49
Death of Flossie Knight in Kingsport, Sullivan Co. TN
Kingsport, Sullivan Co. TN

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jul 1895
    Event Place: Ashville, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1896
    Event Place: North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Mar 1945
    Event Place: Kingsport, Sullivan Co. TN
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