Person:Jasper Knight (8)

BIOGRAPHY: Minnie Knight Perry wrote: "....Graduated from Greenville public schools. Member of the Baptist Church, a Mason and a member of Butler Rifles..... Resigned as Ticket and Freight Agent of L and N RR at Greenville in 1909 and moved to Hayneville, Ala. Later became Supt. of Hayneville R.R. Had charge of scrapping the railroad during world war I. Immediately after the war, the U.S. government sent 2 ex-soldiers to Hayneville to study bee inspection under him. He owns Honey Brook Farm at Hayneville and the Golden Apiaries at Letohatchee, Ala and is a noted breeder of Italian and Golden Queen bees. He keeps a herd of beef and milk cattle as well as a herd of sheep. On this farm he has a fine garden, fruit trees and several acres in pecan trees, also a fishery in a beautiful pond adorned with water-lilies and shaded by stately pines"

CENSUS: 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Jasper Knight Home in 1900: Greenville, Butler, Alabama Age: 22 Estimated birth year: abt 1878 Birthplace: Alabama Relationship to head-of-house: Head Spouse's name: Ada Lee Race: White Occupation: Household Members: Name Age Jasper Knight 22 Ada Lee Knight 21 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Greenville, Butler, Alabama; Roll: T623 5; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 20.

1910 United States Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Jasper Knight Age in 1910: 31 Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Birthplace: Alabama Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Georgia Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Spouse's name: Ada L Home in 1910: Precinct 14, Lowndes, Alabama Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Supt. Railroad Household Members: Name Age Jasper Knight 31 Ada L Knight 30 John L Knight 2 Arthur B Brown 33 Ethel I Brown 23 Neal J Moore 25 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Precinct 14, Lowndes, Alabama; Roll: T624_22; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 109; Image: 1141.

1920 United States Federal Census Name: Jasper Knight Home in 1920: Hayneville, Lowndes, Alabama Age: 41 years Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Birthplace: Alabama Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Addie Lee Father's Birth Place: Georgia Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to Write: Yes Image: 856 Household Members: Name Age Jasper Knight 41 Addie Lee Knight 40 John T Knight 12 Littie Anne Knight 9 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Hayneville, Lowndes, Alabama; Roll: T625_29; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 111; Image: 856.

DRAFT: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Jasper Knight City:Hayneville County: Lowndes State: Alabama Birth Date: 20 Mar 1878 Race: White Roll: 1509402 DraftBoard: 0 Age:40 Occupation:Apiarist Nearest Relative:Ada Lee Knight (Wife) Height/Build:Tall/Slender Color of Eyes/Hair:Brown/Brown Source Citation: Registration Location: Lowndes County, Alabama; Roll: 1509402; Draft Board: 0.