Person:Camden Knight (3)

BIOGRAPHY: !Had a sheriffs sale against Oliver F. Harris on 15 Jul 1859 in Coles County,Illinois

MILITARY: U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: Camden Knight Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Illinois Regiment Name: 1 Illinois Cavalry Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Illinois Cavalry Company: F&S Rank In: Second Lieutenant Rank In Expanded: Second Lieutenant Rank Out: Lt. & Q.M. Rank Out Expanded: Lieutenant/Quartermaster Alternate Name: C./Knight Film Number: M539 roll 50 Source Information: National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.

Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army For the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65. (Illinois) Page 12 Second Lieutenant Camden Knight, Mustered out 19 July 1861

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Camden Knight Age: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1829 Birth Place: New York Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Joliet, Will, Illinois Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Joliet, Will, Illinois; Roll: M432_133; Page: 26; Image: 53.

1860 United States Federal Census Name: Cam Knight Age in 1860: 30 Birth Year: abt 1830 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: Mattoon, Coles, Illinois Gender: Male Post Office: Mattoon Household Members: Name Age Cam Knight 30 S E Knight 21 Mary L Knight 2 Emma Knight 1 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Mattoon, Coles, Illinois; Roll: M653_171; Page: 53; Image: 54.

1870 United States Federal Census Name: Camden Knight Estimated birth year: abt 1830 Age in 1870: 40 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Kankakee Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois; Roll: M593_238; Page: 120; Image: 241.

1880 United States Federal Census Name: A. Knight Home in 1880: Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1830 Birthplace: New York Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Emma Father's birthplace: New York Mother's birthplace: Canada Occupation: Contractor Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age A. Knight 50 Emma Knight 41 Fred Knight 12 Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois; Roll: T9_219; Family History Film: 1254219; Page: 264.3000; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 0530.