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Judge Harper Lee Knight

Born 20 Sep 1907 in Grayson County, Texas, USA

Ancestors

Son of William Houston Knight and Sarah Florence (Phillips) Knight

Brother of Uel Leon Knight, Julia Elizabeth (Knight) Hunter, Ruby Jane (Knight) Craft, William Turner Knight, Cecil Tilatha (Knight) Linn and Fred Gregg Knight

Husband of Juanita Jane (Hornsby) Knight — married 16 Sep 1928 in Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA

Father of [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]

Died 8 Jul 2004 at age 96 in Carlton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Harper Lee Knight Birth 20 Sep 1907 Grayson County, Texas, USA Death 8 Jul 2004 (aged 96) Carlton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA Burial Oakwood Cemetery Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA

Born: Cooke Co., TX

Wife: Juanita Jane "Nita" (Hornsby) Knight Married: 09/16/1928, Denton, Denton County, TX ^[1]

Parents: William Knight & Florence Phillips Knight KNIGHT, HARPER L. The Hamilton Herald-News 07/15/2004

Harper L. Knight, 96, died July 8, 2004 in Hamilton. Funeral services were July 11 in the Riley Funeral Home Chapel in Hamilton with Rev. Bradley Layton officiating. Burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery in Hamilton.

Mr. Knight was born September 20, 1907 in Cooke County, the son of William and Florence Phillips Knight.

As a young man he participated in rodeos and was a cowboy in West Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M in 1935. He was the first Vocational Agriculture teacher in the Bowie ISD and was instrumental in establishing their program.

During WWII he managed a government cheese plant in Watonga, Okla. For a number of years he worked for the Soil Conservation Service in Knox County. He also served as a bank loan officer for the First National Bank in Bowie.

Mr. Knight served two terms as county judge in Childress County ^[2] and had a private law practice in Childress. Foremost, he was a rancher.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star. He was a past Worshipful Master, and a past Worthy Patron of the Order of Eastern Star. He was a member of the Central Christian Church in Childress.

He is preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Juanita (Nita) Jane Knight in 1993; his parents; three brothers and three sisters.

Survivors include a daughter, Jane Blackwell and her husband Gene of Lamkin, three grandchildren, Dr. Robert Blackwell of Palestine, Debora Bryant of Tyler and Brenda Shelton of San Antonio.

Pallbearers were Robert Blackwell, Lynn Bryant, Stephen Bryant, Gary Shelton, Davis Linn, Demps Knight, Mitch Lykins and Jack Meholin.

Riley Funeral Home

Census

1910 US Census Cooke, Texas^[3]

Name Age

William H Knight 40

Florence Knight 39

Uel Knight 16
Julia Knight 14
Ruby Knight 12
Willie Knight 11
Cecil Knight 8
Fred Knight 6
Harper Knight 2

1920 US Census Cooke, Texas^[4]

Name Age

William H Knight 49

Florence S Knight 48

William T Knight 20
Alma Knight 17
Cecil T Knight 18
Fred G Knight 16
Harper L Knight 12

1930 US Census Montague, Texas^[5]

Name Age

Harpel L Knight 22

Juirata Knight 22

1940 US Census Montague, Texas^[6]

Name Age

Harper L Knight 32

Juanita H Knight 33

Jane Knight 4

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55141127/harper-lee-knight
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 11 Jul 2004. page 36. Harper L Knight obituary. Fort Worth Start-Telegram newspapers.com
US World War II Draft Card Young Men, 1940

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harper by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Harper: