James E C Knight1865–
- Name
- James E C Knight
- Given names
- James E C
- Surname
- Knight
 Birth | about 1865 28 23 |
 Birth of a sister | Martha Elizabeth Knight about 1866 (Age 12 months) |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a sister | Laura E Knight August 21, 1872 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Necy Ellen Knight August 1875 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lucy Ann Knight June 10, 1877 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John J Underwood July 20, 1878 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Frances Knight May 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James H Knight April 1885 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a brother | John W P Knight March 15, 1887 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Susan Arinda Underwood about 1890 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Cook April 30, 1894 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a sister | Martha Elizabeth Knight about 1901 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | Isaac Perry Andrew Knight September 26, 1911 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 53 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a sister | Lucy Ann Knight June 18, 1922 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a sister | Laura E Knight August 4, 1922 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a brother | Miles F Andrew Jackson Knight April 18, 1935 (Age 70 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Miles F Andrew Jackson Knight April 18, 1935 (Age 70 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dick Boyd Cemetery |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 85 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Isaac Perry Andrew Knight Birth: April 28, 1836 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: September 26, 1911 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Susan Arinda Underwood Birth: about 1842 20 19 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: about 1890 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 27, 1857 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months elder brother |
John W P Knight Birth: November 6, 1858 22 16 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: March 15, 1887 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Miles F Andrew Jackson Knight Birth: June 2, 1861 25 19 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: April 18, 1935 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years himself |
James E C Knight Birth: about 1865 28 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Martha Elizabeth Knight Birth: about 1866 29 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: about 1901 |
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7 years younger sister |
Laura E Knight Birth: August 21, 1872 36 30 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: August 4, 1922 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Necy Ellen Knight Birth: August 1875 39 33 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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22 months younger sister |
Lucy Ann Knight Birth: June 10, 1877 41 35 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: June 18, 1922 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Sarah Frances Knight Birth: May 1880 44 38 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
James H Knight Birth: April 1885 48 43 — Kentucky, United States Death: |