d/o John Billings and Mary (McCravy) Billings.

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WOODRUFF, SC - Mrs. Elizabeth (Billings) Knighton, 84 years of age, widow of the late M. Oliver Knighton, died on March 31, 1930, at the home of her son, William Miles Knighton of Fountain Inn, SC, Route 2.

Mrs. Knighton was preceded in death by two daughters and a son-in-law: Mrs. Mary (Knighton) and husband Ervin W. Bell and Mrs. Sarah (Knighton) Chesney.

Mrs. Knighton was survived by four sons, these being: William Miles Knighton of Fountain Inn, SC, John Thomas Knighton of Spartanburg, SC, Green Lee Knighton of Simpsonville, SC, and Joseph Marion Knighton of Roebuck, SC; and a son-in-law: Jonas Landrum Chesney.

Funeral services were conducted, at the Tabernacle United Methodist church near Woodruff, SC, by the Reverend W. M. Wilkes, pastor of the Emma Gray Memorial church and interment followed in the Tabernacle United Methodist churchyard.


Census trace:
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1860 Southern Division, Spartanburg, SC
John Billings 55
Elizabeth Billings 21
Elizabeth Campbell 70
May Billings 45
Isabel Billings 14 <=== Isabella, single

1870 Cross Anchor, Spartanburg, SC
Oliver Knighton 27
Isabel Knighton 22 <=== Isabella, married
John T Knighton 3
William Knighton 1

1880 Cross Anchor, Spartanburg, SC
M. Oliver Knighton 43
Isabella Knighton 34
John T. Knighton 13
William Knighton 11
Mary E. Knighton 7
Green L. Knighton 3
Joseph M. Knighton 11m

1900 Cross Anchor, Spartanburg, SC
Oliver Knighton 63
Isabella Knighton 53
Sarah Knighton 16

1910 Cross Anchor, Spartanburg, SC
Irvin Bell 37
Mary Bell 36
Clarence Vernon Bell 13
Beatriss Bell 10
Louise Bell
Oliver Knighton 75
Isabelle Knighton 65

1920 Youngs, Laurens, SC
William M Knighton 50
Dora Knighton 46
Clarra B Knighton 19
Neoma K Knighton 15
Eugine F Knighton 13
Jessie A Knighton 9
Henry L Knighton 6
Isabella Knighton 72 Widowed