Person:John Knight (213)

DEATH: Coventry, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries By Dr. Bill Eddleman and John E. Sterling 1998 Greenwood Cemetery CY059

  This cemetery is located west of Fairview Avenue at telephone pole # 59. It is 25 acres enclosed with a stone wall with a large 660 foot long wall along Fairview Avenue. Greenwood contains about 6000 burials with 4456 inscribed burials. There are 80 Civil War soldiers, including on Confederate Soldier, identified on their gravestones and probably more who are not identified.
  James Arnold visited this cemetery between 8-17 November, 1904, "on Phenix Hill, some of these lots are well cared for, others more or less neglected, a fine receiving tomb in centre of yard" (Vol. 6, Books 12-15, pages 1-234 and Vol. 6, Book 17, pages 887-958). Amelia K. Whitford recorded this cemetery in 1986.
  By comparing the 1904 Arnold transcript with this 1996/1997 transcript a number of replacement gravestones have been identified. Most of these are granite stones replacing older marble markers. In the twentieth century mechanized mowing equipment started to be used to trim the grass in cemeteries. The maintenance people responsible for this task removed footstones to simplify this task. In this cemetery apparently they also removed many of the children's gravestones which were often about the same size as footstones. Arnold recorded many more children's stones in 1904 than were found in 1996. Whenever possible the Arnold data was inserted near the parents with a note 'not found in 1996.'
  The land for this cemetery was purchased by William B. Spencer April 23, 1858. Prior to 1857 this ground was covered with pines, oak and chestnut trees, which were cut down. Boulders were removed and a stone wall 2850 feet in length was built around a twelve acre lot. A gang of men worked for two years to prepare this cemetery for Mr. Spencer at a cost of $10,000. The original plan had 609 lots of 20 x 30 feet.

BC0037 Knight,John E. 20 Feb 1863 - 21 Nov 1900

CENSUS: 1880 United States Federal Census Name: John E. Knight Home in 1880: Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Age: 18 Estimated birth year: abt 1862 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relation to head-of-household: Son Father's name: Christopher Father's birthplace: Rhode Island Mother's name: Jane Mother's birthplace: Rhode Island Occupation: W'Ks In Jew'Rs Shop Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Christopher Knight 66 Jane Knight 55 John E. Knight 18 Mary E. Knight 12 Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: T9_523; Family History Film: 1254523; Page: 374.4000; Enumeration District: 78; Image: 0530.

1900 United States Federal Census Name: John E Knight Home in 1900: Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island Age: 32 Estimated birth year: abt 1868 Birthplace: Rhode Island Race: White Occupation: Household Members: Name Age Daniel Kerr 42 John E Knight 32 Walter A Lee 45 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T623 1510; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 245.