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Matthew Jewell Knight 1802 – 1894 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1802

Birth Location: Kentucky

Death Date: 3 November 1894

Death Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA

Father: Sherwood Knight

Mother: Polly Walker

Spouse(s): Nancy Morrison

Children(s): Sarah Knight, Louisa Knight, Wayne Knight, Mary Knight, Andrew Knight, Alvln Knight

Matthew Jewell Knight was born in 1802 in Kentucky, the child of Sherwood Knight and Polly Walker. In 1850, Matthew Jewell Knight resided in District 10, Cabell, Virginia, USA. In 1860, Matthew Jewell Knight resided in Cabell C.H. P.O., Cabell County, WV. Matthew Jewell Knight married Nancy Morrison, and had children including Sarah Knight, Louisa Knight, Wayne W Knight, Mary Jane Knight, Andrew Jackson Knight, Alvln Scott Knight. Matthew Jewell Knight passed away in 1894 in Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Matthew Jewell Knight was born in 1802 in Kentucky, the child of Sherwood Knight and Polly Walker.
  • In 1850, Matthew Jewell Knight resided in District 10, Cabell, Virginia, USA.
  • In 1860, Matthew Jewell Knight resided in Cabell C.H. P.O., Cabell County, WV.
  • Matthew Jewell Knight married Nancy Morrison, and had children including Sarah Knight, Louisa Knight, Wayne W Knight, Mary Jane Knight, Andrew Jackson Knight, Alvln Scott Knight.
  • Matthew Jewell Knight passed away in 1894 in Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sherwood Knight
Birth Location: –
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Polly Walker
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Nancy Morrison
1804 – 1884
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Sarah Knight
1831 –
Birth Location: Virginia
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Louisa Knight
1836 –
Birth Location: Virginia
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Wayne Knight
1838 – 1925
Birth Location: Cabell Co WV, West Virginia, USA
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Mary Knight
1841 – 1908
Birth Location: West Virginia
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Andrew Knight
1843 – 1897
Birth Location: Greene County, Virginia, United States of America
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Alvln Knight
1850 – 1938
Birth Location: Huntington, West Virginia
AK

Matthew Knight's Ancestors

Self
Matthew Knight
1802 – 1894
Birth Place: Kentucky
Parents
Sherwood Knight
Polly Walker
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matthew Knight's Descendants

1.
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Matthew (Jewell) Knight (abt 1802 – 3 November 1894) m. Nancy Morrison (29 October 1804 – 1 April 1884)
  1. 1. Sarah Knight (abt 1831 – )
  2. 2. Louisa Knight (abt 1836 – )
  3. 3. Wayne (W) Knight (11 July 1838 – 27 April 1925) m. Elizabeth (Jane) Mays (29 May 1843 – 1 December 1925)
    1. 1. Nancy (Ann) Knight (15 March 1863 – 29 December 1888)
    2. 2. John (Thomas) Knight (7 May 1865 – March 29 1939) m. Estella (Mae) Chapman (10 June 1871 – 23 October 1934)
      1. 1. Ernest (D) Knight (22 Jul 1890 – 2 Jun 1978)
      2. 2. Laura Knight (19 Jan 1893 – )
      3. 3. George (Washington) Knight (13 June 1895 – 12 December 1956) m. Virgie Clark (1898 – 25 October 1977)
      4. 4. Lola (F) Knight (8 Nov 1896 – 18 Mar 1997) m. John Butcher (abt 1887 – )
        1. 1. Pearl Butcher (abt 1914 – )
        2. 2. Paul Butcher (abt 1915 – )
        3. 3. Stella Butcher (abt 1919 – )
        4. 4. Homer Butcher (abt 1921 – )
        5. 5. Arthur Butcher (abt 1926 – )
        6. 6. William Butcher (abt 1928 – )
      5. 5. Fannie Knight (17 Jan 1900 – 7 Jul 1970)
      6. 6. Sada (Ann) Knight (11 Nov 1904 – )
      7. 7. Myrtle (Clara) Knight (abt 1908 – 2 Nov 1979)
      8. 8. Russell (C) Knight (3 Apr 1910 – 10 Feb 1998)
      9. 9. Lucille Knight (9 Aug 1913 – 2 Aug 2003)
    3. 3. Catherine (Francis) Knight (18 Jul 1867 – July 1887)
    4. 4. Adalade Knight (15 April 1870 – 7 Dec 1960) m. John Dean (abt 1866 – )
      1. 1. Adelia Dean (1893 – )
      2. 2. Myrtle Dean (24 Jan 1895 – )
      3. 3. Bertha Dean (1897 – )
      4. 4. Martha (I) Dean (1901 – )
      5. 5. Katherine (L) Dean (1903 – )
      6. 6. John (R) Dean (1905 – )
      7. 7. Caldwell Dean (1908 – )
      8. 8. Lown (D) Dean (abt 1910 – )
      9. 9. Owen (Dewey) Dean (abt 1912 – )
    5. 5. Lafayette (Robert) Knight (4 May 1875 – 15 February 1953) m. Emmazetta Mays (22 March 1880 – 3 April 1943)
    6. 6. Abraham (Lincoln) Knight (Sep 1875 – 14 May 1942)
    7. 7. William (M) Knight (Abt 1877 – 3 June 1943) m. Ethel (E) Eades (24 Oct 1897 – 1968)
      1. 1. William (Arron) Knight (3 March 1918 – 12 May 1978) m. Mary (Ellen) Smith (abt 1915 – 21 May 2002) m. Dorothy (Delores) Corderman (1 Jun 1916 – 27 Feb 2004)
        1. 1. Shirley (Ann) Knight (5 Nov 1936 – 8 Dec 2003) m. Austin (Allen) Valentine ( – 1979) m. Clarence (Vernon) Eastes (Est 1934 – 14 Sep 1980)
        2. 2. Florence (Lee) Knight (20 Sep 1938 – 9 2002) m. Kenneth (Ray) Hamlin (30 Jan 1928 – 2 Dec 2001) m. Earl (H) Caslow (abt 1936 – )
        3. 3. William (Harvey) Knight (8 May 1941 – 9 Jun 2005)
        4. 4. Scott (L) Knight (10 Nov 1943 – )
        5. 5. Jack (Leon) Knight (26 January 1947 – 5 May 2008) m. Kathleen (India) Delair (28 July 1946 – 21 June 2014)
        6. 6. Donna (Mae) Knight (Oct 1948 – )
      2. 2. Frank (Earl) Knight (1 March 1919 – 25 May 1981) m. Hazel (Ruby) Baumgardner (abt 1917 – 10 December 2004)
        1. 1. Linda (Lou) Knight (abt 1942 – )
        2. 2. Donna (K) Knight (28 April 1944 – ) m. John (Robinson) Bowman (15 Jan 1931 – )
      3. 3. Beulah (Christeen) Knight (27 Nov 1922 – 14 May 1993) m. Floyd (E) Pike (abt 1918 – )
        1. 1. Scott (Lee) Pike (abt 1942 – )
      4. 4. Mable (Avis) Knight (10 Oct 1924 – 16 March 2019) m. Roger Jones (29 December 1925 – 17 January 2019)
      5. 5. Leonard (Leon) Knight (22 January 1927 – 12 February 2010) m. Shirley (J) Roe (abt 1932 – )
      6. 6. Margaret (E.) Knight (1930 – 22 May 1932)
    8. 8. Theadore Knight (Abt 1880 – )
    9. 9. Samuel (C) Knight (20 Sep 1882 – Jan 1975)
  4. 4. Mary (Jane) Knight (Abt. 1841 – 13 Feb 1908) m. Leander Bias (Sep 1860 – )
  5. 5. Andrew (Jackson) Knight (1843 – 1897) m. Martha (Jane) Turner (abt 1850 – 1 Jul 1932)
    1. 1. Anna (L) Knight (abt 1868 – )
    2. 2. Thomas (J.) Knight (Abt 1870 – )
    3. 3. Laura (Emma) Knight (Abt 1873 – )
    4. 4. Demosthenis Knight (Abt 1875 – )
    5. 5. Robert. (E.) Knight (Abt 1877 – )
    6. 6. Wiliam (. A.) Knight (Abt 1878 – )
    7. 7. Floyd (Yancey) Knight (4 Feb 1892 – )
  6. 6. Alvln (Scott) Knight (9 Jun 1850 – 21 Mar 1938) m. Emma Bias (9 February 1857 – 19 January 1948)
    1. 1. James (Thomas) Knight (1 Jun 1877 – 25 Mar 1959) m. Etta (Sue) Martin (26 Mar 1871 – 18 May 1959)
      1. 1. Buelah (May) Knight (17 November 1901 – April 1987) m. Lawrence (D) O'Neil (5 February 1900 – 17 April 1988)
        1. 1. Beverly (Jean) Oneil (20 Jul 1932 – 24 Feb 1984) m. Weldon (W) Curry (abt 1928 – )
      2. 2. Hazel (K) Knight (3 May 1904 – 8 Feb 1990)
    2. 2. Eliza Knight (Jan 1882 – )
    3. 3. Matthew (Alvin) Knight (29 Mar 1888 – )
    4. 4. Ethel (Mae) Knight (abt 1892 – 12 July 1960) m. Frank (Melvin) Wood (10 February 1880 – 31 July 1950)
      1. 1. Claude (V) Russell (abt 1916 – )
      2. 2. Patricia (L) Wood (abt 1926 – )
      3. 3. Frank (Melvin) Wood (27 February 1928 – 13 June 1993)
    5. 5. V. (H.) Irwin

Matthew Knight's Timeline

6 Records

1802
abt 1802
Birth of Matthew Jewell Knight in Kentucky
Kentucky
1850
1850
Age 48
Matthew Jewell Knight resided here in District 10, Cabell, Virginia, USA
District 10, Cabell, Virginia, USA
1860
1860
Age 58
Matthew Jewell Knight resided here in Cabell C.H. P.O., Cabell County, WV
Cabell C.H. P.O., Cabell County, WV
1870
1870
Age 68
Matthew Jewell Knight resided here in Barboursville, Cabell Court House, Cabell, West Virginia, USA
Barboursville, Cabell Court House, Cabell, West Virginia, USA
1880
1880
Age 78
Matthew Jewell Knight resided here in Barboursville, Cabell, West Virginia, USA
Barboursville, Cabell, West Virginia, USA
1894
3 November 1894
Age 92
Death of Matthew Jewell Knight in Cabell, West Virginia, USA
Cabell, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1802
    Event Place: Kentucky
    Record Source:
    [1] West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: District 10, Cabell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Cabell C.H. P.O., Cabell County, WV
    Record Source: West Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census Index, 1860-1890

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Barboursville, Cabell Court House, Cabell, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Barboursville, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 539B

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Barboursville, Cabell, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Barboursville, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: 1401; Page: 80C; Enumeration District: 011

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 November 1894
    Event Place: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: United States
    Record Source: West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973
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