Ira Jackson Knight (1864 - 1952)

Born 4 Feb 1864 in Wilkinson, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ada (Williams) Knight — married 5 Jan 1893 in Gordon, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1952 at age 88 in Coffee, Georgia, United States

Biography

Ira was born in 1864. He died in 1952. ^[1]

Ira Jackson Knight BIRTH 4 Feb 1864 Wilkinson, Georgia, United States DEATH 10 Jun 1952 (aged 88) Coffee, Georgia, United States BURIAL Pridgen Baptist Church Cemetery Coffee County, Georgia, USA

The Life Summary of Ira Jackson

• When Ira Jackson Knight was born on 4 February 1864, in Wilkinson, Georgia, United States, his father, James Monroe Knight, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Jane Butler, was 31. He married Ada Williams in 1893, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in District 1127, Coffee, Georgia, United States in 1920 and Broxton, Coffee, Georgia, United States in 1930. He died on 10 June 1952, at the age of 88, and was buried in Coffee, Georgia, United States.

Parents James Monroe Knight 1823–1892 / Sarah Jane Butler Knight 1833–1891

Spouse Ada Williams Knight 1874–1949

NOTES https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L61S-TKR

Children of Ada Williams and Ira Jackson Knight (6)

1. Ellen M. Knight 1893–1973 • KZC7-M99 m.​​ Joel Bryant Wooten (1891-1955)
2. James Monroe Knight 1895–1977 • LHZB-2SL​​ m.Mary Ella (Wooten) Knight (1898-1970)
3. Harrison Knight 1903–1971 • LJK1-G5J​​
4. Dollie Belinda Knight 1905–1978 • LJK1-P3D​​
5. Thelma B. Knight 1911–2003• LJ2Q-S9P​​ m. Theodore Roosevelt Morton 1908–1969 • LJ23-PXX Son of Thomas Walter Morton Sr. and Susanna A. (Wooten) Morton
6. Clarence Adolph Knight 1917–2000 • LDYJ-RKH​​

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 June 2021), memorial page for Ira Jackson Knight (4 Feb 1864–10 Jun 1952), Find A Grave: Memorial #27698996, citing Pridgen Baptist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Georgia, USA; maintained by Michael H Pafford (contributor 46805670), headstone photo.

• Ira Jackson Knight https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L61S-TKR
• "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4M1-1HL : 24 December 2014), Ira J Knight, 10 Jun 1952; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Coffee, Georgia, certificate number 12715, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQ3-N1Z : 29 May 2021), Ira Knight in entry for J M Knight, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PH-L3Y : 19 February 2021), Ira Knight in household of James Knight, District 352, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 146, sheet 445C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,172.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VP-H6M : accessed 4 June 2021), Ira Knight, Militia District 352-353, High Hill, Turkey Creek, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 107, sheet 15B, family 279, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,230.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLGM-XDP : accessed 4 June 2021), Ira J Knight, Griffin, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 122, sheet 8B, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 220; FHL microfilm 1,374,233.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ8Y-7SC : 1 February 2021), Ira J Knight, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:33JP-6W2 : accessed 4 June 2021), Ira J Knight, Broxton, Coffee, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 5A, line 47, family 82, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 348; FHL microfilm 2,340,083.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7LC-6S7 : 8 January 2021), Ira Knight, District 1127, Coffee, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-11, sheet 11B, line 50, family 211, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 659.