Person:Lyman Knight (11)
Lyman Almond Knight
b.26 Nov 1839 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
d.22 Aug 1922 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island
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  1. George M. Knight1835 -
  2. Lyman Almond Knight1839 - 1922
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m. 26 Nov 1857
  1. Herman Horace Knight1858 - 1922
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Name Lyman Almond Knight
Gender Male
Birth? 26 Nov 1839 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
Marriage 26 Nov 1857 to Elizabeth Knight
Death? 22 Aug 1922 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island
Burial? Oakland Historical Cemetery Coventry, Kent CY 069
Reference Number 1024+25A362

BIOGRAPHY: Scituate Reservoir: A story of sacrifice It brought water to Providence, destroying communities and lives in the process

By ROBERT L. SMITH Journal Staff Writer

On May 23, 1916, the City of Providence paid Frank and Lyman Knight $12,150 for their holdings in rural Scituate, according to records on file with the Providence Water Supply Board.

The father and grandfather sold 406 acres, two barns, a sawmill and an ice house on Knight Brook. The bill of sale included two houses, "1 burned."

Lyman Knight's ancestors think they understand the peculiar entry. Rather than sell his house to the builders of the Scituate Reservoir, the Knight family patriarch set it afire, they believe. They imagine he stood in his fields and watched as two centuries of family history burned so that the city would have its water. "The Knights were very strong, stubborn people," said Shirley Arnold of Scituate, a descendent of Frank and Lyman Knight. "They did not want to leave that house." 

 More than half the state drinks water from the lake, which forms a long, crooked V across the belly of Scituate. Managed wisely, said Richard Rafanovic, the reservoir's chief engineer, the tap could run forever.

But there was a price to pay for that consistency and that prosperity. It was borne by about 1,600 mostly quiet, hard-working, rural folks who in 1916 began answering alarming knocks at the door. It was a man from the city, and he had papers saying their way of life was over. Kent, home to the Knights since 1708, fell first. Then all the rest: Richmond, Ashland, South Scituate, Saundersville, Rockland and Ponaganset, all abandoned, torn apart board by board, cleared and drowned. The water board kept meticulous records, photographs of everything it razed. After 20 years' research, Arnold can breathe life into the clues. She and other Knight descendents can imagine, now, some of the unspoken. 

There's the photo of her great-grandfather's house, a handsome ranch house with two sitting porches, three chimneys, a stone foundation.

There's the obituary the newspaper ran upon the death of her great-great-grandfather. "He was often seen in his fields with his son and his grandson," it reads. "His home was the dearest place to him on earth." There's the inventory, the cold record of what the Knights sold to Providence in the spring of 1916 - 2 houses, 1 burned.

All in all 8 Rhode Island Towns were drowned... Scituate Richmond South Scituate Ashland Kent Saundersville Ponaganset Rockland

http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/article242.html There is also a Sabbath school connected with the church, with Lyman A. Knight as Superintendent, Treasurer and Collector; Fenner Kent, Assistant Superintendent; Mary A. Knight, Librarian. It has an average attendance of twenty to twenty-five.

DEATH: Coventry, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries By Dr. Bill Eddleman and John E. Sterling 1998 Oakland Cemetery Coventry Historical Cemetery #69 

  This cemetery is located 20 feet south of Maple Avenue at telephone pole #12. It contains 2500 burials with 1775 gravestones the sections were lettered from 'A' to 'G' going west to east and the section north of Maple Avenue was labeled 'Z'. Map numbers were assigned to the gravestones starting in the northwest corner with #1 and proceeding down the west side of each section. The highest number in each section is in the northeast corner. The numbering for section 'Z' starts at the southwest corner and continues around this 'U' shaped section.

E 0036 Lyman A. Knight 1839 - 1922 E 0036 Lizzie Knight 1837 - 1926 

        w/o Lyman A.

E 0036 Herman H. Knight 1856 - 1922 

        s/o Lyman A & Lizzie

E 0036 Angeline J. Knight 1856 - 1939 

        w/o Herman H.

E 0036 Walter E. Knight 1879 - 1883 

        s/o Herman H. & Angeline J.

E 0036 Roscoe E. Knight 1885 - 1958 E 0036 Lyvinnia M. Knight 1884 - 1965 

        w/o Roscoe E.

E 0036 Walter E. Knight 1907 - 1907 

        s/o Roscoe E. & Lyvinnia M.

E 0036 Harvey Knight 1931 - 1932 E 0036 Frank M. Knight 1878 - 1950 

        s/o Herman H. & Lyvinnia M.

E 0036 Abbie A. Knight 1881 - 1954 

        w/o Frank M.

E 0036 Howard W. Knight 1901 - 

        s/o Frank M. & Abbie A.

E 0036 Lester H. Knight 1904 - 

        s/o Frank M. & Abbie A.

E 0036 Florence E. Knight 1906 - 

        d/o Frank M. & Abbie A.

E 0036 Chester D. Knight 1908 

        s/o Frank M. & Abbie A.

E 0036 Forrest R. Knight 1918 

        h/o Dorothy B.; s/o Frank M. & Abbie A.

E 0036 Dorothy B. Knight 

        w/o Forrest R.

E 0036 Barbara M. Knight 1916 - 1917 

        d/o Frank M. & Abbie A.

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Lyman A Knight Age: 11 Estimated birth year: abt 1839 Birth Place: Rhode Island Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: M432_846; Page: 66; Image: 133.

KNIGHT LYMAN A 30 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE SCITUATE 1870

1880 United States Federal Census Name: Lyman A. Knight Home in 1880: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island Age: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Lizzie Father's birthplace: Rhode Island Mother's birthplace: Rhode Island Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Lyman A. Knight 40 Lizzie Knight 43 Heman H. Knight 21 Angaline J. Knight 23 Frank M. Knight 2 Walter Knight 6M Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T9_1215; Family History Film: 1255215; Page: 231.4000; Enumeration District: 139; .

1900 United States Federal Census Name: Luman A Knight Home in 1900: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island Age: 60 Estimated birth year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relationship to head-of-house: Head Spouse's name: Lizzie Race: White Occupation: Household Members: Name Age Luman A Knight 60 Lizzie Knight 63 Heman H Knight 41 Angeline R Knight 43 Roscoe C Knight 15 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T623 1512; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 166.

1910 United States Federal Census Name: Lyman A Knight Age in 1910: 70 Estimated birth year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Rhode Island Mother's Birth Place: Rhode Island Spouse's name: Elizabeth Home in 1910: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Lyman A Knight 70 Elizabeth Knight 73 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T624_1438; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 275; Image: 567.

1920 United States Federal Census Name: Lyman A Knight Home in 1920: Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island Age: 80 years Estimated birth year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Elizabeth Father's Birth Place: Rhode Island Mother's Birth Place: Rhode Island Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 580 Household Members: Name Age Lyman A Knight 80 Elizabeth Knight 83 Herman H Knight 61 Angelina J Knight 63 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T625_1674; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 580.

KNIGHT LYMAN A 30 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE SCITUATE 1870

Household Record 1880 United States Census Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Lyman A. KNIGHT Self M Male W 40 RI Farmer Lizzie KNIGHT Wife M Female W 43 RI Keeping House Heman H. KNIGHT Son M Male W 21 RI Angaline J. KNIGHT DauL M Female W 23 RI Frank M. KNIGHT GSon S Male W 2 RI Walter KNIGHT GSon S Male W 6M RI

Source Information: 

 Census Place Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island 
 Family History Library Film   1255215 
 NA Film Number   T9-1215 
 Page Number   231D

KNIGHT LYMAN A 61 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE SCITUATE 1900

Knight, Lyman A 

 Age: 80                  Year: 1920 
 Birthplace: Rhode Island Roll:  T625_1674 
 Race: White              Page:  4B 
 State: Rhode Island      ED:  99 
 County: Providence       Image:  0580 
 Township: Cranston

KNIGHT LYMAN A 30 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE SCITUATE 1870

Household Record 1880 United States Census Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Lyman A. KNIGHT Self M Male W 40 RI Farmer Lizzie KNIGHT Wife M Female W 43 RI Keeping House Heman H. KNIGHT Son M Male W 21 RI Angaline J. KNIGHT DauL M Female W 23 RI Frank M. KNIGHT GSon S Male W 2 RI Walter KNIGHT GSon S Male W 6M RI

Source Information: 

 Census Place Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island 
 Family History Library Film   1255215 
 NA Film Number   T9-1215 
 Page Number   231D

KNIGHT LYMAN A 61 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE SCITUATE 1900

Knight, Lyman A 

 Age: 80                  Year: 1920 
 Birthplace: Rhode Island Roll:  T625_1674 
 Race: White              Page:  4B 
 State: Rhode Island      ED:  99 
 County: Providence       Image:  0580 
 Township: Cranston

KNIGHT LYMAN A 30 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE SCITUATE 1870

Household Record 1880 United States Census Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Lyman A. KNIGHT Self M Male W 40 RI Farmer Lizzie KNIGHT Wife M Female W 43 RI Keeping House Heman H. KNIGHT Son M Male W 21 RI Angaline J. KNIGHT DauL M Female W 23 RI Frank M. KNIGHT GSon S Male W 2 RI Walter KNIGHT GSon S Male W 6M RI

Source Information: 

 Census Place Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island 
 Family History Library Film   1255215 
 NA Film Number   T9-1215 
 Page Number   231D

KNIGHT LYMAN A 61 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE SCITUATE 1900

Knight, Lyman A 

 Age: 80                  Year: 1920 
 Birthplace: Rhode Island Roll:  T625_1674 
 Race: White              Page:  4B 
 State: Rhode Island      ED:  99 
 County: Providence       Image:  0580 
 Township: Cranston

KNIGHT LYMAN A 30 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE SCITUATE 1870

Household Record 1880 United States Census Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Lyman A. KNIGHT Self M Male W 40 RI Farmer Lizzie KNIGHT Wife M Female W 43 RI Keeping House Heman H. KNIGHT Son M Male W 21 RI Angaline J. KNIGHT DauL M Female W 23 RI Frank M. KNIGHT GSon S Male W 2 RI Walter KNIGHT GSon S Male W 6M RI

Source Information: 

 Census Place Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island 
 Family History Library Film   1255215 
 NA Film Number   T9-1215 
 Page Number   231D

KNIGHT LYMAN A 61 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE SCITUATE 1900

Knight, Lyman A 

 Age: 80                  Year: 1920 
 Birthplace: Rhode Island Roll:  T625_1674 
 Race: White              Page:  4B 
 State: Rhode Island      ED:  99 
 County: Providence       Image:  0580 
 Township: Cranston
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