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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

The birth of Matthew Jewell Knight took place in 1802 in Kentucky, to Sherwood Knight and Polly Walker. Matthew Jewell Knight married Nancy Morrison, and together they had Sarah Knight, Louisa Knight, Wayne W Knight, Mary Jane Knight, Andrew Jackson Knight and Alvln Scott Knight. Matthew Jewell Knight's death occurred in 1894 in Cabell, West Virginia, USA.

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Parents

Sherwood Knight
Birth Location: –
SK
Polly Walker
Birth Location: –
PW

Spouses(s)

Nancy Morrison
1804 – 1884
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
NM

Children(s)

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

Sources

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

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

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 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 Year: 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 Year: 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 Year: 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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