Bessie Elizabeth RobyAge: 64 years1889–1954
- Name
- Bessie Elizabeth Roby
- Given names
- Bessie Elizabeth
- Surname
- Roby
- Married name
- Bessie Elizabeth Knight
 Birth | September 9, 1889 28 29 |
 Birth of a sister | Hattie Lou Roby May 8, 1892 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Loyd Roby August 11, 1894 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Barton Neal Roby September 14, 1899 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth C McMillan October 10, 1899 (Age 10 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Barton Aquilla Roby — Nancy J McMillan — View this family April 22, 1900 (Age 10 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a brother | Barton Neal Roby October 19, 1900 (Age 11 years) |
 Marriage | Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. — View this family August 19, 1906 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Leeward Guy Knight October 30, 1906 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Charles Garner Knight May 3, 1910 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Greenberry Wilson Roby September 9, 1911 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Vernon Roby Knight December 24, 1914 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 30 years) |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Loyd Eugene Knight November 4, 1923 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Floyd Eugenia “Sissy” Knight November 4, 1923 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a son | Loyd Eugene Knight June 26, 1924 (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Leeward Guy Knight — Allene Christie Waggoner — View this family July 21, 1928 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Dorothy Lee “Dot” Knight March 29, 1929 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 40 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 40 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Norman Guy Knight January 20, 1939 (Age 49 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a father | Barton Aquilla Roby December 4, 1941 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Phillip Terry Knight February 5, 1944 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 60 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 56 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 | May 7, 1954 (Age 64 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Barton Aquilla Roby Birth: October 2, 1860 33 19 — Georgia, United States Death: December 4, 1941 — Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth C McMillan Birth: April 22, 1860 42 34 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 10, 1899 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: March 4, 1885 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Eula Pearl Roby Birth: December 30, 1886 26 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 1955 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years herself |
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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3 years younger sister |
Hattie Lou Roby Birth: May 8, 1892 31 32 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 4, 1967 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
John Loyd Roby Birth: August 11, 1894 33 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 31, 1977 — Tennessee, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Barton Neal Roby Birth: September 14, 1899 38 39 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 19, 1900 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Elizabeth … |
| father |
Barton Aquilla Roby Birth: October 2, 1860 33 19 — Georgia, United States Death: December 4, 1941 — Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Elizabeth … Birth: about 1863 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
| Father’s family with Nancy J McMillan |
| father |
Barton Aquilla Roby Birth: October 2, 1860 33 19 — Georgia, United States Death: December 4, 1941 — Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Nancy J McMillan Birth: January 1860 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: April 22, 1900 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. |
| husband |
Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. Birth: March 20, 1886 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 26, 1955 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
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 |
Bessie Elizabeth Roby has 46 first cousins recorded
Mother's family (45)
Parents James Henry Pulley + Mary Jane McMillan
Parents William Howard Slaughter + Sarah Margaret McMillan
Parents William Thomas McMillan + Elizabeth Sophia “Lizzie” Miller
Parents Corneilius Philip “Neal” McMillan + Susan Caroline Mobley
Parents James Lawrence “Jim” McMillan + Mary Alice Connell
Parents Joseph Zachariah “Joe” Shemwell + Nancy Ann “Anna” McMillan
Parents William Francis Marian “Will” Shemwell + Judith “Jude” McMillan
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Barton Aquilla Roby - Household
Houston, Tennessee
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| 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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| Death | Birth: Sep. 9, 1889, Houston County, Tennessee, USA
Death: May 7, 1954, Erin, Houston County, Tennessee, USA
Parents: Barton Aquilla Roby (1860 - 1941)
Elizabeth C. McMillan Roby (1860 - 1899)
Spouse: Dossy Thomas Knight (1886 - 1955)*
Children:
Leeward Guy Knight (1906 - 1987)*
Charles Garner Knight (1910 - 1980)*
Vernon Roby Knight (1914 - 1996)*
Dossey Thomas Knight (1919 - 1997)*
Loyd Eugene Knight (1923 - 1924)* |