Son of George Washington McKnight and Mary McGee. He married Louisa Stipp. Find a grave shows buried Pleasant Run Cemetery, Bedford, Lawrence Co., Indiana.
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Headstone-Elijah and Louisa's names are on opposite sides of the stone
Inscription: Aged 67yrs 9mos 6dys
Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Indiana, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 31 December 2021), memorial page for Elijah McKnight (19 Sep 1819–25 Jun 1887), Find A Grave: Memorial #67693231, citing Pleasant Run Cemetery, Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by DeLoss McKnight III (contributor 46605619) .
Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the ;
Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records; Repository:
Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived;
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
McKnight-1619 and McKnight-1391 appear to represent the same person because: Elijah married twice, the mother of his children are on one profile, his second wife and all his children are on the other profile. All the data is the same, the mother should be added to the children after the merge.