The Shemwell Family

Charles Garner KnightAge: 70 years19101980

Name
Charles Garner Knight
Given names
Charles Garner
Surname
Knight
Birth May 3, 1910 24 20
Birth of a brotherVernon Roby Knight
December 24, 1914 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Birth of a brotherDossey Thomas “Boots” Knight Jr.
October 15, 1919 (Age 9 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherLoyd Eugene Knight
November 4, 1923 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterFloyd Eugenia “Sissy” Knight
November 4, 1923 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherLoyd Eugene Knight
June 26, 1924 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Census April 17, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBarton Aquilla Roby
December 4, 1941 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Phillip Terry Knight
February 5, 1944 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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
Death of a motherBessie Elizabeth Roby
May 7, 1954 (Age 44 years)
Note: Birth: Sep. 9, 1889, Houston County, Tennessee, USA
Death of a fatherDossy Thomas Knight Sr.
February 26, 1955 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 June 12, 1980 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: August 19, 1906Houston, Tennessee, United States
2 months
elder brother
Leeward Guy Knight
Birth: October 30, 1906 20 17Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 20, 1987Houston, Tennessee, United States
4 years
himself
Charles Garner Knight
Birth: May 3, 1910 24 20Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 12, 1980Houston, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger brother
Vernon Roby Knight
Birth: December 24, 1914 28 25Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 4, 1996Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger brother
Dossey Thomas “Boots” Knight Jr.
Birth: October 15, 1919 33 30Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 13, 1997Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
Loyd Eugene Knight
Birth: November 4, 1923 37 34Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 26, 1924Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
younger sister
Floyd Eugenia “Sissy” Knight
Birth: November 4, 1923 37 34Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 7, 2013Houston, Tennessee, United States
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himself
Charles Garner Knight
Birth: May 3, 1910 24 20Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 12, 1980Houston, Tennessee, United States
wife
Mary Elizabeth Nance
Birth: November 22, 1912Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 14, 1990Houston, Tennessee, United States
son
Phillip Terry Knight
Birth: February 5, 1944 33 31Tennessee, United States
Death: August 9, 2015Troy, Oakland, Michigan, United States
son
Private
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wife’s husband
Private
wife
Mary Elizabeth Nance
Birth: November 22, 1912Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 14, 1990Houston, Tennessee, United States
step-daughter
Private

Charles Garner Knight has 7 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. - Household

Rocky Hollow Road Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Knight, D TheadMW32MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Roby, Bessie wifeFW30MTNTNTN
Knight, GuysonMW13STNTNTN
Knight, CharlessonMW9STNTNTN
Knight, VernonsonMW6STNTNTN
Knight, DosseysonMW3mSTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. - Household

Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Knight, DossyheadMW43MTNTNTNAgentInsurance
Roby, BessiewifeFW40MTNTNTN
Knight, CharlessonMW19STNTNTN
Knight, VernonsonMW16STNTNTN
Knight, Dossey JrsonMW10STNTNTN
Knight, EugineadaughterFW6STNTNTN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Charles Garner Knight - Household

Rocky Hallow Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Knight, Charles GheadMW39MarTNB & B GangRailroad
Knight, Mary EwifeFW37MarTN
Knight, Phillip TsonMW6NevTN