Person:Harold Knight (34)

DEATH: Coventry, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries By Dr. Bill Eddleman and John E. Sterling 1998 Greenwood Cemetery CY059

  This cemetery is located west of Fairview Avenue at telephone pole # 59. It is 25 acres enclosed with a stone wall with a large 660 foot long wall along Fairview Avenue. Greenwood contains about 6000 burials with 4456 inscribed burials. There are 80 Civil War soldiers, including on Confederate Soldier, identified on their gravestones and probably more who are not identified.
  James Arnold visited this cemetery between 8-17 November, 1904, "on Phenix Hill, some of these lots are well cared for, others more or less neglected, a fine receiving tomb in centre of yard" (Vol. 6, Books 12-15, pages 1-234 and Vol. 6, Book 17, pages 887-958). Amelia K. Whitford recorded this cemetery in 1986.
  By comparing the 1904 Arnold transcript with this 1996/1997 transcript a number of replacement gravestones have been identified. Most of these are granite stones replacing older marble markers. In the twentieth century mechanized mowing equipment started to be used to trim the grass in cemeteries. The maintenance people responsible for this task removed footstones to simplify this task. In this cemetery apparently they also removed many of the children's gravestones which were often about the same size as footstones. Arnold recorded many more children's stones in 1904 than were found in 1996. Whenever possible the Arnold data was inserted near the parents with a note 'not found in 1996.'
  The land for this cemetery was purchased by William B. Spencer April 23, 1858. Prior to 1857 this ground was covered with pines, oak and chestnut trees, which were cut down. Boulders were removed and a stone wall 2850 feet in length was built around a twelve acre lot. A gang of men worked for two years to prepare this cemetery for Mr. Spencer at a cost of $10,000. The original plan had 609 lots of 20 x 30 feet.

C4 007 Harold C. Knight 1880 - 1963 C4 007 Olive B (Lanthier) Knight 1901 - 1981

       w/o Harold C.

DRAFT: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 September 16, 2004 10:29 AM

Name: Harold Crandall Knight City: County: Kent State: Rhode Island Birth Date: 25 Feb 1880 Race: White Roll: 1852398 DraftBoard: 0 Age: 19 Occupation: Coal and Wood Business (A.W. Knight and Sons) Nearest Relative: Jesse Wheelock Knight (1st Wife) Registration Place: Height: Medium Build: Medium Color of Eyes: Blue Color of Hair: Light 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, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Record Name: Harold Crandall Knight Birth Date: 25 Feb 1880 Residence: 34 Woodside Ave.W. Warwick,Kent, Rhode Island Birth: Kent, Rhode Island Race: White Roll: WW2_2368487 S/N 1182 Phone Valley 0266 A.W. Knight & Son - 1017 Main St.-West Warwick,Kent,Rhode Island

CENSUS: KNIGHT HAROLD C 30 M W RI RI KENT COVENTRY 1910 Retail Merchant

1920 United States Federal Census November 22, 2003 10:52 AM

Name: Harold C Knight Age: 39 years Estimated birth year: 1880 Birthplace: Rhode Island Race: White Home in 1920: West Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Bookeeper - Office Roll: T625_1671 Page: 7A ED: 35 Image: 0988

1930 United States Federal Census Name: Harold C Knight

Age:   50 years  
Estimated birth year:   1879 
Birthplace:   Rhode Island 
Relation:  Head  
Race:   White 
Home in 1930:   West Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island 
Manager - Trucking
Wife Olive is Bookeeper for same company