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Emma Almira Knight

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Emma Almira Knight

Birth
Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Death
30 May 1850 (aged 5)
Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Emma is the 5 and 1/2 year-old
daughter of
William Seymore Knight and
his wife Margaret Maria Dragoo,
of Buchanan Twp. Berrien Co. MI.
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(Emma is also the Granddaughter
of Jacob and Isabella Dragoo).
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Emma died in Buchanan Township,
Berrien County Michigan
on May 30, 1850 at the age of
5 years, 6 months and 2 days.
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Emma's sister Mary died about
one month later on July 3, 1850.
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Their father William Seymore Knight
died on Nov. 1, 1851.
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Their mother Margaret Maria (Dragoo)
Knight lost her two children and her
husband, all within 1 and 1/2 years.
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Mary's mother later married Enoch
W. Dudley (the former husband of her
sister Susanna), in Berrien County
Michigan, and moved back to West
Virginia to help Enoch raise he and
Susanna's children.
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Emma's mother Margaret is buried in the
Dudley Cemetery in Marion Co. W. VA
near her second husband Enoch Dudley
and Margaret's sister Susanna.
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Emma is buried here near her sister
Mary, and their Grandparents
Jacob and Isabella Dragoo.
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Emma's part of the shared
headstone reads:
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EMMA A. daughter of
Wm. S. & Margaret M.
KNIGHT
Died May 30, 1850
aged 5 yrs. 6 mos. & 2 dys.
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Headstone photos, courtesy
of Spencer Miller.
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Click on photos, for enlargements
and captions.
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Emma is the 5 and 1/2 year-old
daughter of
William Seymore Knight and
his wife Margaret Maria Dragoo,
of Buchanan Twp. Berrien Co. MI.
-----------------------------
(Emma is also the Granddaughter
of Jacob and Isabella Dragoo).
-----------------------------
Emma died in Buchanan Township,
Berrien County Michigan
on May 30, 1850 at the age of
5 years, 6 months and 2 days.
-------------------------------
Emma's sister Mary died about
one month later on July 3, 1850.
-------------------------------
Their father William Seymore Knight
died on Nov. 1, 1851.
-------------------------------
Their mother Margaret Maria (Dragoo)
Knight lost her two children and her
husband, all within 1 and 1/2 years.
-------------------------------
Mary's mother later married Enoch
W. Dudley (the former husband of her
sister Susanna), in Berrien County
Michigan, and moved back to West
Virginia to help Enoch raise he and
Susanna's children.
--------------------------------
Emma's mother Margaret is buried in the
Dudley Cemetery in Marion Co. W. VA
near her second husband Enoch Dudley
and Margaret's sister Susanna.
--------------------------------
Emma is buried here near her sister
Mary, and their Grandparents
Jacob and Isabella Dragoo.
----------------------------
Emma's part of the shared
headstone reads:
---
EMMA A. daughter of
Wm. S. & Margaret M.
KNIGHT
Died May 30, 1850
aged 5 yrs. 6 mos. & 2 dys.
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Headstone photos, courtesy
of Spencer Miller.
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Click on photos, for enlargements
and captions.
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