Dossy Thomas Knight Sr.Age: 68 years1886–1955
- Name
- Dossy Thomas Knight Sr.
- Given names
- Dossy Thomas
- Surname
- Knight
- Name suffix
- Sr.
 Birth | March 20, 1886 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 |
 Marriage | Bessie Elizabeth Roby — View this family August 19, 1906 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Leeward Guy Knight October 30, 1906 (Age 20 years) |
 Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Charles Garner Knight May 3, 1910 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Vernon Roby Knight December 24, 1914 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 son #4 | Dossey Thomas “Boots” Knight Jr. October 15, 1919 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Loyd Eugene Knight November 4, 1923 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Floyd Eugenia “Sissy” Knight November 4, 1923 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a son | Loyd Eugene Knight June 26, 1924 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Leeward Guy Knight — Allene Christie Waggoner — View this family July 21, 1928 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Dorothy Lee “Dot” Knight March 29, 1929 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 43 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 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Norman Guy Knight January 20, 1939 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Phillip Terry Knight February 5, 1944 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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 63 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 wife | Bessie Elizabeth Roby May 7, 1954 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 | February 26, 1955 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery |
| Family with Bessie Elizabeth Roby |
| himself |
Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. Birth: March 20, 1886 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 26, 1955 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Bessie Elizabeth Roby Birth: September 9, 1889 28 29 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 7, 1954 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: August 19, 1906 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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2 months son |
Leeward Guy Knight Birth: October 30, 1906 20 17 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 20, 1987 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years son |
Charles Garner Knight Birth: May 3, 1910 24 20 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: June 12, 1980 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years son |
Vernon Roby Knight Birth: December 24, 1914 28 25 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: January 4, 1996 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years son |
Dossey Thomas “Boots” Knight Jr. Birth: October 15, 1919 33 30 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: August 13, 1997 — Tennessee, United States |
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4 years son |
Loyd Eugene Knight Birth: November 4, 1923 37 34 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: June 26, 1924 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| daughter |
Floyd Eugenia “Sissy” Knight Birth: November 4, 1923 37 34 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 7, 2013 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. - Household
Houston, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. - Household
Rocky Hollow Road Houston, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. - Household
Houston, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. - Household
Erin, Houston, Tennessee
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