Person:Clarence Knight (53)

MILITARY: Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army From its organization, September 29, 1789 to March 2, 1903 By Francis B. Heitman Volume I - Washington 1903 - Page 606 Knight, Clarence Hollister. Ohio. Fla. Cadet M.A. 18 June 1897 (14)l 2 lt art corps 2 Feb 1901; tr to engrs 18 Jan 1902

CENSUS: 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Clarence H. Knight Home in 1880: Akron, Summit, Ohio Age: 3M Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of Household: Son Father's Name: Clarence R. Father's birthplace: Ohio Mother's Name: Lucy M. Mother's birthplace: Michigan Occupation: At Home Marital Status: Single 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 H Knight Home in 1900: West Point, Orange, New York Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880 Birthplace: Ohio Relationship to head-of-house: Cadet U.S.M.A. Race: White Occupation: Cadet Household Members: Name Age Gilbert H Stewart 21 Charles M Allen 19 Fred F Black 23 Frank S Bowen 24 Carl Boyd 21 Robert E Boyers 23 George F Brensinger 17 Levi G Brown 20 Guy E Carleton 23 Charles B Clark William M Colvin 23 Amos M Cooke 19 Hiram M Cooper 23 William H Cowles 22 Edward H Dearmond 21 Clarence Deems 23 Albert B Dockery 21 Victor S Foster 20 Charles L J Frohwitter 25 Daniel D Gregory 24 Kieth S Gregory 19 Frederick D Griffith 20 George R Guild 20 Stanley B Hamilton 21 Wilford J Hawkins 22 Harry Hawley 18 Ralph N Hayden 21 Campbell B Hodges 19 Harry L Hodges 20 Corbit S Hoffman 21 Stuart A Howard 21 Elvid Hunt 22 Frederic Kensel Clarence H Knight 20 Robert M Lyon 21 Jacob A Mack 21 Irving M Madison 20 Wiley P Mangum 21 Charles F Martin 23 Alfred A Maybach 24 John McManus 24 Alexander M Milton 21 Charles B Moore 19 George L Morrison 18 William G Motlow 21 Carl H Miiller 21 John J Murphy 18 Henry M Nelly 21 John A Pearson 23 John C Pegram 19 Alexander G Pendleton 18 Emory J Pile 23 Raymond S Pratt 22 Edmund M Rhett 22 Samuel W Robertson 20 George F Rozelle 22 Leo I Samuelson 20 Julian L Schley 20 James A Shannon 21 Frederick E Shnyder 21 Charles A Sulzer 21 Charles Telford 22 Rigby d Valliant 20 Thomas F Vannatta 19 Frederick S Warren 20 Charles M Wesson 21 Eugene R West 23 Arthur Williams 23 Arthur H Wilson 18 Albert C Wimberly 21 Stephen W Winfree 17 Edward M Zell 20 Clifford C Carson 24 Wm I Westervelt 23 John W Wilen 24 Verne S La Rockwell 21 Francis W Clark 22 Wm S Browning 22 Creed F Cox 22 John Symington 23 Joseph F Barnes 20 William L Stevenson 23 John M Gibert 20 Mark Brooke 23 Warren T Hannum 20 Edward J Moran 22 Ernest E Allen 22 Joseph A Bari 22 David H Bower 23 Nathaniel E Bower 21 Alden F Brewster 22 Louis C W Brinton 19 Edward A Brown 20 Frederick L Buck 24 Edward Canfield 20 William T Caples 21 Truman W Carrithers 17 Henning F Calley 18 Owen G Collins 20 Dennis H Currie 25 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: West Point, Orange, New York; Roll: T623 1140; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 18.

1910 United States Federal Census Name: Clarence H Knight Age in 1910: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Ohio Mother's Birth Place: Missouri Spouse's Name: Jane B Home in 1910: St Louis Ward 13, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Clarence H Knight 30 Jane B Knight 24 Jane H Knight 4 Jennie Trimbach 20 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: St Louis Ward 13, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: T624_817; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 215; Image: 478.

1920 United States Federal Census Name: Clarence A Wright [Clarence A Knight] Home in 1920: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia Age: 39 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Jane B Father's Birth Place: Ohio Mother's Birth Place: Michigan Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 307 Household Members: Name Age Clarence A Wright 39 Jane B Wright 34 Jane H Wright 14 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: T625_212; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 280; Image: 307.

1930 United States Federal Census Name: Clarence Knight Home in 1930: Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas Age: 55 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of House: Head Race: White Occupation: Government Inspector Education: West Point Military service: Yes Household Members: Name Age Clarence Knight 55 Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas; Roll: 708; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 53.0.

PASSPORT: The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation Passenger Record First Name: Capt. Clarence H. Last Name: Knight Ethnicity: american Last Place of Residence: Washington, D.C. Date of Arrival: Apr 04, 1913 Age at Arrival: 33y Gender: M Marital Status: M Ship of Travel: Ancon Port of Departure: Cristobal, C.L. Manifest Line Number: 0026

OBITUARY: West Point Obit of Clarence Hollister Knight Received from "sandra miller" <[email protected]>

Clarence Hollister Knight No. 4007 Class of 1901 Died April 3, 1956 at Clearwater,,Florida Aged 76 years.

 Clarence Hollister Knight was born in Akron,,Ohio, February 28, 1880. His parents were 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. Clarence attended Duval High School in Jacksonville for two years, and spent two years at the East Florida Seminary, now part of the University of Florida, in Gainsville. His summers were spent at San Pablo, on the Atlantic, or Travelling to Ohio and Michigan.

 His appointment to West Point was by competitive examination. He entered June 18, 1897 and upon graduation was assigned to the Engineering Corps. In 1904 he married Jane Gilson Brewster, daughter of a prominent Pennsylvania family.

 His army record shows him serving in various places, Fort Barrancas

,Pensacola,Yellowstone National Park, and as Military Governor of Mindanao, Phillipine Islands, after the Spanish-American War.

 At the close of the First world War he was in Bordeaux, France, sending back to the United States unused engineering supplies. And during the Second World War he was at the War College in Washington. He retired from the army in 1920, honorably discharged as a Major in the Chemical Warfare Services.

 After the death of his wife he made his home with his sister in Tampa,,Florida. He spent much of his time on the Gulf Coast beaches with his many friends there, fishing, golfing and sailing.

 He was a member of the Episcopal Church, several patriotic societies, and active in everything that developed better citizens. He died April 3, 1956 in Clearwater,,Florida, after a brief illness. His funeral service was conducted by his nephew, Rev. Wm Knight Thompson, the American Legion Post of Indian Rocks Beach assisting. His burial was in Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Tampa, beside his parents.

DRAFT: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 September 30, 2005 12:36 AM Name: Clarence Hollister Knight City: 1736 Columbia Rd. Apt. 105 Washington County: Washington State: District of Columbia Birth Date: 27 Feb 1880 Race: White Roll: 1556844 DraftBoard: 9 Age: 38 Occupation: Civil Engineer - A.C. Cuthbert - 530 Woodward Bldg Nearest Relative: Mrs Jane B. Knight Registration Place: Sept. 12, 1918 District of Columbia Height: Medium Build: Slender Color of Eyes: Gray Color of Hair: Brown Source Information: Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.