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Jacob Rueben "Jake" Knight 1839–1908 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: May 1839*

Birth Location: Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 21 March 1908

Death Location: Crawford, Arkansas, USA

Father: Jacob Sr

Mother: Nancy Knight

Spouse(s): Matilda Knight

Children(s): Merrit Knight

Jacob Rueben "Jake" Knight was born in 1839 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Jacob Knight Sr And Nancy Mitchell Knight. Jacob Rueben "Jake" Knight married Matilda Emaline Knight, and had children including Merrit Emry Knight. Jacob Rueben "Jake" Knight passed away in 1908 in Crawford, Arkansas, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Rueben "Jake" Knight was born in 1839 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Jacob Knight Sr And Nancy Mitchell Knight.
  • Jacob Rueben "Jake" Knight married Matilda Emaline Knight, and had children including Merrit Emry Knight.
  • Jacob Rueben "Jake" Knight passed away in 1908 in Crawford, Arkansas, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jacob Knight's Ancestors

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Jacob Knight
1839–1908
Birth Place: Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Jacob Knight Sr
1820–
Meigs, Tennessee, USA
Nancy (( Mitchell )) Knight
1822–1907
Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Lewis (Walton) KNIGHT
1809–1871
Granville, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Rebecca Wassum
1803–1880
Rhea County, Tennessee
John (Mitchell) 3ggf
1787–1855
Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Elizabeth Coppinger
1799–1855
Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jesse KNIGHT
1765–1816
Mary COBB
1765–1848
John Wassum
1765–1831
Hannah MDU
1770–1831
John Mitchell
1749–1796
Ann Wigginton
1756–1837
Higgins Coppinger
1738–1832
Ann Smith
–1832
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Knight
1721–1791
Mercy Gorton
1722–1809
Leonhart Wassum
1733–1790
Catharina Wasem
1735–1791
John Mitchell
1730–
Higgins II
1697–
Sally ROSS
1720–
Samuel Smith
1735–1811
Hannah Summers
1739–1818

Jacob Knight's Descendants

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Jacob (Rueben "Jake") Knight (May 1839*–21 March 1908) m. Matilda (Emaline) Knight (10 May 1850–15 Nov 1899)
  1. 1. Merrit (Emry) Knight 1895–1981 m. Charity (Ann) Claxton 1895–1930
    1. 1. PARALEE (FEREDA) KNIGHT 1925–1982 m. Claude (D) Boyd 1917–1991

Jacob Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1839
May 1839*
Birth of Jacob Rueben "Jake" Knight in Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
1908
21 March 1908
Age 69
Death of Jacob Rueben "Jake" Knight in Crawford, Arkansas, USA
Crawford, Arkansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: May 1839*
    Event Place: Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 March 1908
    Event Place: Crawford, Arkansas, USA

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