Person:Clarence Knight (52)

BIOGRAPHY: Excerpt from the Obit of Clarence Hollister Knight Clarence Richard Knight and Lucy May Hollister Knight. With their children they moved to Florida in 1886 for his father to take the position of Chief Engineer of the Jacksonville ,Tampa and Key West Railroad, a new part of the Atlantic Coast Line. He came at the request of H. B. Plant, and built the many large bridges on the railroad. They pioneered in seventeen different places in Florida. In pine woods, construction camps, villages, and were several times refugees from yellow fever. Through there were seldom any schools, they saw that the children received the best education possible, often tutoring them themselves.

MILITARY: The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 104 page 175 Mrs. Ellen Knight Thompson. DAR ID Number: 103575 Born in Akron, Ohio. Wife of William George Thompson, Jr. Descendant of Roswell Calkins, as follows: 1. Clarence Richard Knight (b. 1850) m. 1877 Lucy M. Hollister (b. 1856). 2. Richard Harrison Knight (1813-96) m. 1837 Emma Beebe (1819-96). 3. Chester Beebe (1785-1862) m. 1807 Marcia Calkins (1791-1868). 4. Roswell Calkins m. Eunice Hine. Roswell Calkins joined the army at Valley Forge at the age of sixteen, and also fought at Monmouth. He was born and died in Connecticut. Also No. 4137.

CENSUS: 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Clarence Knight Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851 Age in 1870: 19 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1870: Galesburg, Knox, Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Galesburg Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Galesburg, Knox, Illinois; Roll: M593_240; Page: 86; Image: 173.

1880 United States Federal Census Name: Clarence R. Knight Home in 1880: Akron, Summit, Ohio Age: 29 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Lucy M. Father's birthplace: Massachusetts Mother's birthplace: Ohio Occupation: Editor "City Times" Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Clarence R. Knight 29 Lucy M. Knight 24 Ellen Knight 1 Clarence H. Knight 3M Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Akron, Summit, Ohio; Roll: T9_1068; Family History Film: 1255068; Page: 77.1000; Enumeration District: 162; Image: 0604.

1900 United States Federal Census Name: Clarence R Knight Home in 1900: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia Age: 49 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851 Birthplace: Ohio Relationship to head-of-house: Head Spouse's Name: Lucy M Race: White Occupation: Household Members: Name Age Clarence R Knight 49 Lucy M Knight 43 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; Roll: T623 186; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 56.