Person:Colonel Knight (8)
Colonel Knight
b.24 Oct 1831 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island
d.6 Jul 1907 Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
Parents and Siblings
(edit)
m. 2 Aug 1818
  1. Louisa A. Knight1819 - 1888
  2. Reuben Knight1822 - 1896
  3. Dorcas A. Knight1824 - 1896
  4. Phebe Knight1826 - 1827
  5. Nancy Holden Knight1827 - 1909
  6. Colonel Knight1831 - 1907
  7. Angenette Knight1840 - 1886
Spouse and Children
(edit)
  1. Stephen Daniels Knight1854 - 1857
  2. Ellen Esther Knight1861 - 1942
Add another spouse & children
Facts and Events
Name Colonel Knight
Gender Male
Birth? 24 Oct 1831 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island
Marriage to Ellen Butler Daniels
Death? 6 Jul 1907 Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
Burial? Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United StatesHistorical Cemetery #PV003

Census: KNIGHT CORNEL 31 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE 4-DIST SMITHFIELD 1860

Census: 1880 U.S. Census Household Record 1880 United States Census Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Colonel KNIGHT Self M Male W 49 RI Coal Merchant Ellen KNIGHT Wife M Female W 47 RI Keeping House

Census: KNIGHT COLONEL 68 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE SMITHFIELD 1900 DIST 168 IMAGE 6 Coal Dealer

Source Information: 

 Census Place Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island 
 Family History Library Film   1255215 
 NA Film Number   T9-1215 
 Page Number   280A

BIOGRAPHY: Daniel Popek" <kmfdmdan@earthlink.net> To: "William Knight" <williamknight57@yahoo.com> Subject: Curnel Knight #650 on your website Information Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 20:25:56 -0700 Exerpt from e-mail Colonel Knight Jr. died July 6, 1907 in Smithfield, R.I. His wife Ellen Butler Daniels was born March 24, 1834 in Newport, Rhode Island and died July 10, 1911 in Smithfield, R.I. #1954 Stephen D. Knight was born November 27, 1954 and died May 30, 1857. #1955 Ellen Esther Knight married first about 1880 Thomas Frank Harris (born May 7, 1857; died September 7, 1900). She had no children with Thomas F. Harris. Ellen married second on February 10, 1904 in Smithfield, R.I. my great great granduncle Albert Orman Smith (born June 14, 1867; died July 5, 1907). She had no children with Albert O. Smith. Ellen finally married about 1910 presumably in Providence, R.I. Thomas Arnold Briggs (born about 1857; died September 24, 1928). She had no children with Thomas Briggs.


BIOGRAPHY: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smithandyoung/Knight.htm Colonel Knight Jr. moved to Greenville, R.I. with his father when he was 12 years old and worked as a farmer. He built a house near Greenville, R.I. after his marriage and went into the charcoal dealing business. He also bought farm land and worked the farm in addition to his charcoal business until 1898, when he gave up the business due to poor health. He moved to Stillwater, R.I. in February 1905 to reside with his daughter Ellen Esther Knight and son-in-law Albert O. Smith. See "Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island", J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago 1908, pages 1930-1931.

Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Colonel_Knight_%288%29"