Person:Brayton Knight (4)

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Lt. Brayton Knight
d.17 May 1865
  1. Harriet KnightAbt 1823 - 1860
  2. Kermit Knight1824 -
  3. Lt. Brayton Knight1826 - 1865
  4. Henry S. Knight1828 - 1908
m. 13 Aug 1846
  1. Mary F. Knight1859 - 1859
Facts and Events
Name Lt. Brayton Knight
Gender Male
Birth? 1826 Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
Marriage 13 Aug 1846 Taunton, Bristol, Massachusettsto Maria E. Travis
Death? 17 May 1865
Burial? Riverside Cemetery, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island
Reference Number 1024+12114>223

BIOGRAPHY: Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Published by Nathan Hagar Daniels Boston, Mass. 1903 Page 97

MILITARY: Brayton Knight Residence: Swansea, Massachusetts Occupation: Service Record: Enlisted as a Comm? Sergeant on 17 September 1861 Enlisted in Company S, 4th Infantry Regiment Rhode Island on 30 October 1861. Promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 11 August 1862 (And Regt QM) Detached on 15 February 1863 at 3rd Brig, 3rd Div, 9th A.C. (Acting Asst QM, Estimated day) Detached on 15 June 1863 at 3rd Brig, 2nd Div, 7th A.C. (Acting Asst QM, Estimated day) Detached on 15 September 1863 at Gettysburg Div, 18th A.C. (Acting Asst QM, Estimated day) Detached on 15 January 1864 at 3rd Brig, Heckman's Div, 18th A.C. (Acting Asst QM, Estimated day) Detached on 15 April 1864 at On Staff Of Col Steere (Acting Asst QM, Estimated day) Sick, Present on 15 May 1864 (Estimated day) Mustered out Company S, 4th Infantry Regiment Rhode Island on 15 October 1864 in Providence, RI

Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army For the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65. Part I (New England States.) Page 252 Rhode Island Infantry Fourth Regiment Under First Lieutenants, Brayton Knight, R. Q. M., a. w. m.