Person:William Knight (354)

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.

C 0009 William W. Knight 1877 - 1944 C 0009 Minnie W. (Potter) Knight 1878 - 1959

       w/o William W.

C 0009 David W. Knight 1896 - 1973 C 0009 Earl P. Knight 1899 - C 0009 Norman H. Knight 1904 - 1978 C 0009 Thelma L. Knight 1908 - 1995

       w/o Norman H.    

C 0009 Reginald W. Knight 1912 - 1988 C 0009 Phyllis I. Knight 1914

       w/o Reginald W.

DRAFT: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 September 16, 2004 11:01 AM

Name: William Warren Knight City: County: Kent State: Rhode Island Birth Date: 19 May 1877 Race: White Roll: 1852398 DraftBoard: 0 Age: 41 Occupation: Button Maker - Brayton's Foundry Nearest Relative: Mrs. Minnie W. Knight (Wife) Registration Place: Apponaug,,Rhode Island Height: Tall Build: Medium Color of Eyes: Blue Color of Hair: 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: William Warren Knight Birth Date: 19 May 1877 Residence: 30 King St.,Pontiac,Kent,Rhode Island Birth: Scituate, Rhode Island Race: White Roll: WW2_2368487 S/N 81 Phone Greenwood 1494-W

CENSUS: 1910 U.S. Census Cranston,Providence,Rhode Island 4 May 1910 Knight,William W. 32 Male White Carpenter Knight,Minnie W. 31 Female White Keeping House Knight,Earl P. 11 Male White At School Knight,Norman H. 6 Male White At Home

Knight, William W

 Age: 42                  Year: 1920 
 Birthplace: Rhode Island Roll:  T625_1671 
 Race: White              Page:  4B 
 State: Rhode Island      ED:  35 
 County: Kent             Image:  0983 
 Township: West Warwick 

Knight, William W

 Age: 52                    Year: 1930 
 Birthplace: Rhode Island   Roll:  T626_2168 
 Race: White                Page:  5A 
 State: Rhode Island        ED:  21 
 County: Kent               Image:  0871 
 Township: West Warwick