Lewis C Knight1838–
- Name
- Lewis C Knight
- Given names
- Lewis C
- Surname
- Knight
 Birth | February 1838 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Military | Civil War 1862 (Age 23 years)Agency: Confederate |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 28 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 28 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 30 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 |
 Marriage | Mary Ann Dillingham — View this family estimated 1874 (Age 35 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Rowena Knight estimated 1875 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Asberry Knight calculated 1878 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 39 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 son #3 | Otis Knight November 1879 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Victoria Knight estimated 1880 (Age 41 years) |
 Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Stonewall J Knight February 1881 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Ethel Knight August 1883 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Lulu Knight April 1886 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | John Knight February 8, 1891 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Joe Knight February 8, 1891 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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 |
| Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Orval Knight estimated 1906 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Ivy Knight estimated 1908 (Age 69 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 72 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Knight — Angle Roby — View this family December 18, 1915 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 77 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | James Otis Knight July 7, 1917 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 78 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 79 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 granddaughter #4 | Emma Frances “Emmie” Knight December 22, 1920 (Age 82 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Goldie Marie Knight August 31, 1922 (Age 84 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 91 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Savannah Evelyn Knight June 22, 1932 (Age 94 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Edith Ellen Knight October 8, 1935 (Age 97 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Iva Sue Knight May 10, 1938 (Age 100 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Iva Sue Knight May 10, 1938 (Age 100 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 103 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 107 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 Mary Ann Dillingham |
| himself |
Lewis C Knight Birth: February 1838 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| wife |
Mary Ann Dillingham Birth: November 1854 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: estimated 1874 — |
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2 years daughter |
Rowena Knight Birth: estimated 1875 36 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years son |
Asberry Knight Birth: calculated 1878 39 23 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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23 months son |
Otis Knight Birth: November 1879 41 25 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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14 months daughter |
Victoria Knight Birth: estimated 1880 41 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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14 months son |
Stonewall J Knight Birth: February 1881 43 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Ethel Knight Birth: August 1883 45 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Lulu Knight Birth: April 1886 48 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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5 years son |
John Knight Birth: February 8, 1891 53 36 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: January 30, 1974 — Pemiscot, Missouri, United States |
| son |
Joe Knight Birth: February 8, 1891 53 36 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: |
No family available
| Military | Lewis C Knight
Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers
Name Lewis C Knight
Event Type Military Service
Event Year 1862
Military Unit Note Fifty-ninth Mounted Infantry (Cooke's Reg, Eakin's Batt) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Lewis C Knight - Household
Curtail, Hopkins, KY
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Lewis C Knight - Household
Madisonville, Hopkins, Ky.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Lewis C Knight - Household
Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri
Mary says 7 children 8 are listed. Victoria is Widowed and has 2 kids last name Knight...boih parents born in KY?... John & Joe mother born in KY? -b |