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Submitted by: Ruth Flack McKnight
Email address: <rmcknight271@comcast.net>
 

Husband: John Clark KNIGHT
Birthdate: 14 Jul 1848
Birthplace: Industry, Beaver, Pennsylvania
Death date: 20 Oct 1926
Place of death: York Township, Fulton, Ohio
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Father: Daniel KNIGHT
Mother: Srah THOMAS or MASON

Marriage date: 20 Jun 1871
Marriage place: Fulton County, Ohio

Wife: Marion "Maria" JOHNSON
Birthdate: 19 Jan 1851
Birthplace: Delta, Fulton, Ohio
Death date: 12 Mar 1934
Place of death: Delta, Fulton, Ohio
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Father: John J. JOHNSON
Mother: Cynthia Ann SALISBURY

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Olive KNIGHT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1872
Birthplace: Fulton County, Ohio
Death date: 1948
Place of death:
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Marriage date: 2 Apr 1892
Marriage place: Fulton County, Ohio
Spouse's name: Charles WHITMER

Child No. 2: Louisa "Lou" Knight
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1873
Birthplace: Fulton County, Ohio
Death date: Apr 1960
Place of death: Medina County, Ohio
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Marriage date: 4 Nov 1896
Marriage place: Fulton County, Ohio
Spouse's name: Nathan B. GEER

Child No. 3: John Harvey KNIGHT/McKNIGHT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 Jul 1874
Birthplace: Delta, Fulton, Ohio
Death date: 12 Oct 1945
Place of death: St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Marriage date: 2 Jan 1898
Marriage place: Peru, Miami, Indiana
Spouse's name: (1) Josephine LEWIS (LOOS)

Child No. 4: Foster KNIGHT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 Sep 1875
Birthplace: Fulton County, Ohio
Death date: 1912
Place of death:
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Marriage date: 21 Feb 1899
Marriage place: Fulton County, Ohio
Spouse's name: Amanda "Manda" B. Eckley

Child No. 5: Elsie "Elsey" KNIGHT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 21 May 1879
Birthplace: Fulton County, Ohio
Death date: 29 May 1898
Place of death:
Marriage date: 29 May 1898
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Swanton Cemetery
Marriage place: Swanton County, Ohio
Spouse's name: Edgar HAYNES

Child No. 6: Deena O. KNIGHT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1881
Birthplace: Fulton County, Ohio
Death date: 1953
Place of death:
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Marriage date: 15 Feb 1902
Marriage place: Fulton County, Ohio
Spouse's name: J.J. or E. J. ANDREWS (1)

Child No. 7: Addie J. KNIGHT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1884
Birthplace: Fulton County, Ohio
Death date: 1955
Place of death: Toledo, Lucus, Ohio
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Marriage date: after 1910
Marriage place: prob Fulton County, Ohio
Spouse's name: John D. LILLEY

Child No. 8: Manuel Robert KNIGHT
Sex: M
Birthdate: May 1886
Birthplace: Fulton County, Ohio
Death date: 1933
Place of death: Fulton County, Ohio
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Laura E.

Child No. 9: Lydia KNIGHT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 19 Jul 1888
Birthplace: Delta, Fulton, Ohio
Death date: 3 Oct 1925
Place of death: Lucus County, Ohio
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Charles F. KRICKOW

Child No. 10: Orra Claude KNIGHT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 Dec 1893
Birthplace: Delta, Fulton, Ohio
Death date: 26 Feb 1929
Place of death: York Twp., Fulton, Ohio
Burial: Swan Creek Twp., Fulton, Ohio, Raker Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Else M. BROWN
 
 

 Documentation: NOTES: #3 John Harvey used the surname McKnight for most
of his adult life.However, his tombstone reads John H. Knight. He married
(2nd) to Harriet "Hattie" ? in Casey, Clark, Illinois. #6 Deena md (2nd)
to J. P. Cummins. #4 Foster's wife Amanda B. Eckley Knight md (2nd) to
Harry Hall. #7 Addie J Knight had a son, Harold Ernie Knight before she
married John D. Lilley, when Harold was about 8 years old. Harold was the
child of John D. Lilley. John Clark Knight & his wife Maria raised
Harold. Addie was described as a very tall and very strong lady. She was
a strict disciplinarian and Harold was intimidated by her. Addie & John
D. Lilley left for California and other parts West to speculate in the
oil business, leaving Harold with her parents, John Clark & Maria Knight.
John & Addie Knight Lilley came back to Fulton County, Ohio. Harold
remembered Addie as being very mean and had alcoholic problems. Addie was
taken away in a straight jacket and put in a mental institution in
Toledo, Lucus, Ohio where she died. John D. Lilley worked as a chef for a
private club known as The Toledo Club when they returned to Ohio after
their travels in the West. The Census records indicate that all the
children were born in York Twp., Fulton County, Ohio. John Clark Knight
was a farmer all of his life. SOURCES: 1. Persoanl knowledge and family
notes of Earl & Emma Bell Davis McKnight of Greenfield, IN, now deceased;
2. Report on John Clark Knight Family, Webmaster, Fulton County, Ohio
usgenweb.org, Email lozer@fulton-net.com ; 3. 1880 Census, Fulton County,
Ohio, York Twp., Film # NA T9-1018, Page 193A; 4. 1900 Fulton County,
Ohio Census, York Twp.,Ancestry.com from Debbie Paugh of Indianapolis IN
greensleeves721@aol.com; 5. Fulton County, Ohio Online Cemetery from
Volume 2, Cemetery Records Fulton County, Ohio, Swanton & Raker
Cemeteries for John Clark, Maria and all children; 6. Personal knowledge
and Family Records of June Knight Berry of Conover N.C. in phone
conversations and emails AMteetime@aol.com; 7. 1870 Census, York Twp.,
Fulton County, Ohio for Daniel Knight & Sarah; 8. Funeral memorial Card
for John Harvey McKnight/Knight w/parents and grandparents given; 9.
Undated obituary for John Clark Knight from newspaper of Delta, Fulton,
Ohio; 10. Ohio State Board of Health Death Certificates from Susan
Leininger of Columbus OH, Email SFLein@aol.com for John Clark Knight File
#61638, Maria Johnson Knight File #16353, Lydia Knight Krickow File
#58347, Orra Claude Knight File #13900;Elsie Brown Knight, wife of Orra
Claude Knight, File #25742, Amanda Eckley Knight Hall, wife of Foster
Knight File #56260, 11. 1910 Census, York Twp., Fulton County, Oh,
Ancestry.com from Debbie Paugh; 12. Census & research notes from Steve
Knight of Burke VA, email stephen.knight8@verizon.net for Daniel & Sarah
Knight, parents of John Clark Knight; 13. Family Group Sheets of John
Clark Knight, John J Johnson, Ohio FGS Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusfgs/ohio/ Email jimlarsen29@yahoo.com 14.
Marriage Records from Genealogy Division, Indiana State Library for
Fulton County, Ohio, Mark Lozer Research Report, Susan Leininger Research
Notes, & Debbie Paugh from Ancestry.com. 15. Ancestry.com Death Indexes,
Medina County, Ohio for Lou Knight Geer Volume #16133, Certififcate
#30777 from Susan Leininger.