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Dr John Wesley Knight

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Dr John Wesley Knight

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
16 May 1870 (aged 35–36)
Wise County, Texas, USA
Burial
Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA
Plot
2-N, 14, 225
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Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight
Mother: Margaret "Mary" Ann Knight
1846 - Lived in Texas
1850 - Lived, Dallas Co., TX
1860 - Practiced medicine, Wise Co., TX
02/04/1862 - Married, Sarah "Sally" Catherine Stewart, Wise Co., TX (she died in 1932)
04/10/1862 - Mustered-in, Pvt., Co. K, 19th TX Cavalry, Breckenridge, Stephens Co., TX [Description - height: 5 ft., 9 1/2 in.; eyes: hazel; hair: brown]
05/08/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 04/10/1862
06/20/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 19th TX Cavalry, Camp Stonewall Jackson, Dallas, TX
11/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 19th TX Cavalry (Buford's), in the field, Trans-Mississippi Department
02/09/1864 - Tendered his resignation as Asst. Surgeon, 19th TX Cavalry, while stationed in a Camp near Shreveport, LA
04/06/1864 - Resignation accepted
05/04/1864 - "The resignations of the following-named officers have been accepted by the President, to take effect from the dates annexed to their respective names....Assistant Surgeon J. W. Knight, Nineteenth Texas Cavalry, April 6, 1864...." [S.O. 104/16]
1864-1865 - Wise County [Texas] Treasurer
05/16/1870 - Died, Wise Co., TX;
Note: A Tribute of Respect to Dr. J. W. Knight was published in the Dallas Weekly Herald, May 28, 1870, p. 2, c. 1. Thanks Patsy for this information.
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/28/2014. Unpublished database.
Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight
Mother: Margaret "Mary" Ann Knight
1846 - Lived in Texas
1850 - Lived, Dallas Co., TX
1860 - Practiced medicine, Wise Co., TX
02/04/1862 - Married, Sarah "Sally" Catherine Stewart, Wise Co., TX (she died in 1932)
04/10/1862 - Mustered-in, Pvt., Co. K, 19th TX Cavalry, Breckenridge, Stephens Co., TX [Description - height: 5 ft., 9 1/2 in.; eyes: hazel; hair: brown]
05/08/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 04/10/1862
06/20/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 19th TX Cavalry, Camp Stonewall Jackson, Dallas, TX
11/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 19th TX Cavalry (Buford's), in the field, Trans-Mississippi Department
02/09/1864 - Tendered his resignation as Asst. Surgeon, 19th TX Cavalry, while stationed in a Camp near Shreveport, LA
04/06/1864 - Resignation accepted
05/04/1864 - "The resignations of the following-named officers have been accepted by the President, to take effect from the dates annexed to their respective names....Assistant Surgeon J. W. Knight, Nineteenth Texas Cavalry, April 6, 1864...." [S.O. 104/16]
1864-1865 - Wise County [Texas] Treasurer
05/16/1870 - Died, Wise Co., TX;
Note: A Tribute of Respect to Dr. J. W. Knight was published in the Dallas Weekly Herald, May 28, 1870, p. 2, c. 1. Thanks Patsy for this information.
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/28/2014. Unpublished database.

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Age 36 Years - Headstone with Sallie C. Stewart Cargil

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