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Elijah McKnight (1819 - 1887)

Elijah McKnight
Born in Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1 Nov 1841 in Lawrence, Indiana, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 5 Feb 1873 in Lawrence, Indiana, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 67 in Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USAmap
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Biography

Son of George Washington McKnight and Mary McGee. He married Louisa Stipp. Find a grave shows buried Pleasant Run Cemetery, Bedford, Lawrence Co., Indiana.

Sources

  • 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;
  • Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited ;
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corrected parents, not clear why father had been changed to someone born in 1715
posted by Robin Lee
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.
posted by Robin Lee

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