Lafayette
Sexton
Knight
Born in Davis, Murray County, Oklahoma, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Lewis Cas Knight
and Eliza Jane (Wade) Knight
Brother of
Rosa Ann (Knight) Clark, Nettie Jane (Knight) Adamson, Minnie Alvaretta (Knight) Mitchell, DeWitt Talmadge Knight, Ollie Mae (Knight) Kennedy, Mittie Kee (Knight) Combs, Lenore Rivers Knight, Thomas Grant Knight and William Lewis Knight
Husband of
Katherene Watson (Percival) Miller
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 44
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Mar 2014
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Biography
Lafayette Sexton Knight was born on 13 Dec 1894 in Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, USA, son of Lewis Cas Knight (1848 - 1897) and Eliza Jane (Wade) Knight (1860 - 1901).
His siblings were:
- Rosa Ann (Knight) Clark (1881 - 1961)
- Nettie Jane (Knight) Adamson (1882 - 1968)
- Minnie Alvaretta (Knight) Mitchell (1883 - 1973)
- DeWitt Talmadge Knight (1886 - 1947)
- Ollie Mae (Knight) Kennedy (1888 - 1983)
- Mittie Kee (Knight) Combs (1890 - 1992)
- Lenore Rivers Knight (1891 - 1927)
- Thomas Grant Knight (1893 - 1951)
- William Lewis Knight (1896 - ~1965)
Lafayette married Katherene Watson Percival (1894 - 1985).
Lafayette died in Nov 1939 aged ~44.
Sources
- "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K66C-4JB : 29 December 2021), Lafayette S Knight, 1917-1918.
- "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7834-VL3Z : 17 October 2019), Mr L S Knight in entry for Helen Lucile, 1921; citing School Enrollment, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States, multiple County Clerk offices, Oklahoma school district offices, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lafayette by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lafayette by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Don Knight
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 25 markers, haplogroup I-Y131693, FTDNA kit #185508 - H. Knight :
Y-Chromosome Test 780 markers, haplogroup R-FGC37140, MitoYDNA ID Z10698 [compare]
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~0.78%
Neil Wheeler :
23andMe, GEDmatch A503806 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A503806 [compare], Ancestry member nwheeler56
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A503806 [compare], FTDNA kit #303543
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~0.78%
Mike Seale :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ME5663330 [compare], yourDNAportal MIK96c6cdb7, Ancestry member mike_seale33
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~0.78%
H. Knight :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch QT9531957 [compare]
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