Kenneth Wayne Knight (1922 - 1978)

Born 31 May 1922 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Corrine (Biddle) Knight — married 15 Jun 1946 (to 16 Aug 1978) in Greene, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Aug 1978 at age 56 in Carmichaels, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Kenneth Wayne Knight was born May 31, 1922 and is the son of William Knight and Ethael Nieman. Kenneth grew up in Cumberland, Pennsylvania^[1][2] with two siblings, Robert William Knight and Eleanor Lucille Knight. Kenneth served in the US Navy during WWII.

Kenneth married Margaret Corrine Biddle June 15, 1946 and they made their home in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania until his death August 16, 1978.^[3] Together they raised two children, Karen Elizabeth Knight and William Robert Knight. He made his living with the US Department of Agriculture. Kenneth is buried in Greene County Memorial Park, Carmichaels, Pennsylvania.^[4]

Obituary

Kenneth Wayne Knight, 56, of Carmichaels, died at 11 am, Wednesday, August 16, 1978, in the Carle Hospital, Champaign, Illinois, where he was visiting his daughter. Death was caused by a heart attack.

He was born May 31, 1922, in Uniontown, a son of Ethael Nieman Knight of Chicago and the late William Work Knight. His wife, Margaret Biddle Knight, survives. He had been employed for 20 years at the Buckeye Coal Company and for the past 18 years he had worked for the Department of Agriculture in Soil Conservation. He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the US Navy.

He had spent most of his life in the Carmichaels area. He was a member of the Greene Valley United Presbyterian Church where he was an elder and a Sunday School teacher. He was active in Boy Scouts and Explorers Club. He was a 32nd degree Mason with Valley Lodge 459 FA&M at Masontown.

Surviving in addition to his wife and mother are two children, a daughter Mrs. Allan (Karen) Sarver of Champaign, Illnois, and a son, William Robert Knight of Carmichaels. Two grandchildren also survive. A sister, Mrs. John (Eleanor) Mays of Medina, Illinois, survives. A brother Robert William, is deceased.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH3C-XRK : accessed 30 May 2019), K Wayne Knight in household of William W Knight, Cumberland, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 1A, line 38, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2043; FHL microfilm 2,341,777.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQQT-BXL : 14 March 2018), Wayne Knight in household of William W Knight, Cumberland Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-9, sheet 16B, line 50, family 244, 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 3512.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM5K-X3J : 19 May 2014), Kenneth Knight, Aug 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #151012484 Kenneth Wayne Knight (31 May 1922–16 Aug 1978), Greene County Memorial Park, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
5. ↑ Cornerstone Genealogy Society Files from FindAGrave.

See also:

• Nieman Clan History compiled by Helen Marie (Newcomer) Maust. Aunt Helen attended most all the Nieman Family Reunions and the Frankhouser Family Reunions. She gathered information from family members who attended the Reunions over the years sharing information about family lore and updated information about each branch. Around 1980 she put information together by typewriter and created a very large document that included all of the information about the Nieman and Frankhouser clans. Both branches intertwined in various ways and trace back to the common ancestors of John Blosser who emigrated from Switzerland and was of German origin. In the following years, she provided updates after the reunions were over and she could add the new information gathered at the reunions to the document. That document has been scanned as a PDF file.
• Kenneth Wayne Knight FamilySearch