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James Arthur KnightAge: 64 years18841948

Name
James Arthur Knight
Given names
James Arthur
Surname
Knight
Birth March 8, 1884 26 23
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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 motherAmanda Isabel “Bell” Latimer
February 16, 1923 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mabel L Knight
October 11, 1924 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Wiley Knight
March 8, 1926 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherFernando Joshua “Josh” Knight
December 28, 1926 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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 son
#3
Ben Summers Knight
March 15, 1930 (Age 46 years)
Census April 11, 1930 (Age 46 years)
Census May 15, 1940 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 61 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 November 2, 1948 (Age 64 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Knight Cemetery
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father
Fernando Joshua “Josh” Knight
Birth: March 14, 1857Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 28, 1926Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
mother
Amanda Isabel “Bell” Latimer
Birth: November 2, 1860Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 16, 1923Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
himself
James Arthur Knight
Birth: March 8, 1884 26 23Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 2, 1948Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Family with Mattie May Summers - View this family
himself
James Arthur Knight
Birth: March 8, 1884 26 23Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 2, 1948Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
wife
Mattie May Summers
Birth: May 9, 1897 45 19Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 16, 1971Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Mabel L Knight
Birth: October 11, 1924 40 27Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 5, 1998Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
17 months
son
James Wiley Knight
Birth: March 8, 1926 42 28Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 13, 1989Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
4 years
son
Ben Summers Knight
Birth: March 15, 1930 46 32Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 26, 2018Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
son
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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Arthur Knight - Household

Halls Creek Road Humphreys, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Knight, James AheadMW45M39TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Knight, Mattie MwifeFW33M27TNTNTN
Knight, Mabel LdaughterFW5STNTNTN
Knight, James WsonMW4-1mSTNTNTN
Knight, Ben SsonMW0mSTNTNTN