Person:Richard Knight (94)

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.

BF0024 Bourne,Mary Caroline (Knight) 27 Jan 1856 - 28 Mar 1940

              w/o James Nelson

BF0025 Bourne,Nora Knight 8 July 1882 - 29 Jan 1923 BF0026 Knight,Richard B. 12 Sept 1814 - 27 Dec 1858 BF0026 Knight,Eliza A. ([Hill]) 23 Aug 1820 - 9 Oct 1878

              w/o Richard B; d/o Robert & Lucy Hill

BF0026 Knight,Emma J. 1848 - 1917

              d/o Richard B. & Eliza A.

BF0026 Knight,Ella J. 1851 - 1915

               d/o Richard B. & Eliza A.

BF0029 Knight,Albert W. 1854 - 1929 BF0030 Knight,Ada F. 1858 - 1942

              w/o Albert W.

BF0033 Knight,Richard E. 1890 - 1919 BF0034 Knight,Jessie W. 1885 - 1925

              w/o Harold C.

BF0035 Knight,Albert H. 1883 - 1962 BF0036 Knight,Grayce (Richmond) 1896 - 1929

              w/o Albert H.

BF0037 Knight,Ethel E. 1885 - 1960 BF0038 Knight,Walter H. 1881 - 1945

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Richard B Knight Age: 36 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814 Birth Place: Rhode Island Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Household Members: Name Age Eliza A Knight 30 Emma I Knight 2 Owen B Knight 7 Richard B Knight 36 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; Roll: M432_841; Page: 148; Image: 296.

MARRAIGE: Barbour Collection Connecticut Vital Records Windham County, CT Eliza A., of North Providence, R.I., m. Richard B. Knight, of Cranston, R.I., Jan. 2, 1842, by Rev. Daniel Dow; 2; 18