Person:Richard Knight (98)

BIOGRAPHY: History of Bristol County http://ccbit.cs.umass.edu/lizzie/images/documents/L0041F01.htm Five years after the "Weekly News" was founded, on June 28, 1849, John C. Milne married Abby Ann Gifford, daughter of George W. and Betsy (Howland) Gifford. Mr. and Mrs. Milne were the parents of nine children, four of whom died in early life. The survivors are: 1. Mary J., who married Henry S. Fenner, and has four children: Henry M., Joseph A.; Laura, who married Richard G. H. Knight, and has two children, Mary arid Richard; and George A. 2. Joseph D., his father's associate and successor in business, who married Georgie A. Wright, and has two children: Janet, who married Roland H. Ballou, and has two sons, Richard M. and John M.; and John C. 3. Abbie G., who married Charles H. Carr, and has one daughter, Elizabeth. 4. Jeannette D., who married Edward B. Remington. 5. Hannah E., who married James A. Chadwick, and has two children, Mary and Katherine.

The Fenner Family Fourth Edition Alfred Fenner Isham Los Angeles, California February 15, 1929 - Page 61

The Providence Society Blue Book Including suburbs in Rhode Island together with Fall River and the Attleboros, Mass. Elite Family Directory Club Membership 1905 - Page 96 East Greenwich Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miss Magdeline Knight (91) A. Rhodes Knight Richard G. H. Knight Mr. (72)

Rick Knight in an email on 2 February 2008 Part of the file Richard Greene Howland Knight was born and brought up at Howland Hall, East Greenwich. He attended a one room grammar school on the South County Trail. He attended high school at the East Greenwich Academy, on Pierce Street in East Greenwich. He then took a one-year course in mechanical engineering at the Rhode Island State College, in Kingston, RI (now the University of Rhode Island). A graduate of the Bradford Durfee Textile School of Fall River, MA, RGHK worked in the textile industry all of his life. Before his marriage, he worked for the Nottingham Mill in Providence. He met and married Laura Fenner and they lived at 22 Pierce Street, East Greenwich. On 15 December 1913, he became Overseer for the Booth Mill in New Bedford, MA. He and his bride took up residence with Captain Cleveland, master of the whaler CHARLES W. MORGAN (The ship is today fully restored and part of the collection at the Mystic, CT, Seaport.). Later they moved to 39 Keane Street. In June of 1915, he moved back to Providence (to 49 Tenth Street) to work for the Weypoyset Manufacturing Company, located in Central Falls.Then, in 1917, he became the Night Superintendant for the Weypoyset Mill. In 1920/21, he went to Fall River, MA, as Superintendant of the Shove Mills, located on South Main Street at the Tiverton line. The B.M.C.Durfee Bank called in a loan and put the company out of business in the early Depression years. He then ran a cork roll factory, which covered rolls for the textile industry. He was Commodore of the Fall River Yacht Club, reelected in 1928. In 1938/39 he became Assistant Superintendant (and later Superintendant) of the Ponemah Mills at Taftville, CT, and remained there until his retirement in 1955. He retired to his summer home (now winterized) at Wickford, RI.

DRAFT: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 September 16, 2004 11:16 AM

Name: Richard G H Knight City: Providence County: Providence State: Rhode Island Birthplace: Rhode Island;United States of America Birth Date: 01 Feb 1888 Race: Caucasian Roll: 1852402 DraftBoard: 2 Age: 29 Occupation: Cottom Mill Supt. Nearest Relative: Wife and 2 yr old child Registration Place: Providence,Providence,Rhode Island Height: Medium Build: Medium Color of Eyes:Grey 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: Richard G H Knight Birth Date: 1 Feb 1888 Residence:2 North C. St.Taftville,New London, Connecticut Birth: East Greenwich, Rhode Island Race: White Roll: WW2_2283580 S/N 3341 Phone Norwich 3603 Ponemah Mills, Taftville,Ct.

CENSUS: 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Greene H E Knight Home in 1900: East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Age: 12 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's Name: Arthur Mother's Name: Mary A H Race: White Occupation: Household Members: Name Age Arthur Knight 45 Mary A H Knight 36 Arther R Knight 14 Greene H E Knight 12 Madiline Knight 18 Georgana Richardson 19 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island; Roll: T623 1504; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 195.

1910 United States Federal Census Name: Richard Kinght [Richard Knight] Age in 1910: 22 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: Arthur Father's Birth Place: Rhode Island Mother's Name: Mary A H Mother's Birth Place: Rhode Island Home in 1910: East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Arthur Kinght 54 Mary A H Kinght 56 Rhodes Kinght 24 Magdelene Kinght 27 Richard Kinght 22 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island; Roll: T624_1436; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 615.

1920 United States Federal Census Name: Richard R Knight Home in 1920: Providence Ward 2, Providence, Rhode Island Age: 31 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Laura Father's Birth Place: Rhode Island Mother's Birth Place: Rhode Island Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 209 Household Members: Name Age Richard R Knight 31 Laura R Knight 32 Mary R Knight 5 Richard R Knight 2 6/12 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Providence Ward 2, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T625_1678; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 181; Image: 209.

1930 United States Federal Census Name: Richard G H Knight Home in 1930: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts Age: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Laura Race: White Occupation: Supt. Cotton Mill Household Members: Name Age Richard G H Knight 42 Laura Knight 43 Mary Knight 15 Richard G H Knight 12 Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: 889; Page: 39A; Enumeration District: 72; Image: 559.0.