Husband Alexander McKnight, Esq. 1 2 3 4
Born: 9 Jun 1810 5
Christened:
Died: 15 Jun 1837 2 5 6
Buried:
Father: James McKnight (Abt 1778-1819) 1 2 4 5
Mother: Jane McNutt ( -1811) 1 2 4 5
Marriage: 10 May 1831 2 4 5
Wife Mary Thompson 2 4 7
Born: Abt 1811
Christened:
Died: 22 Feb 1860 5 6 8
Buried:
Father: William Thompson ( -1817) 9 10 11
Mother: Agnes Jamieson ( -Bef 1880) 11
Other Spouse: John Templeton, Esq. (Abt 1812-1850) 6 8 12 - 28 Dec 1842 5 6 8
Children
1 M Col. Amor Archer McKnight 2 13
Born: 19 May 1832 - Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA 2 14
Christened:
Died: 3 May 1863 15
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 F Nancy Jane McKnight 2 5 6
Born: - Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA
Christened:
Died: in childhood
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 M Dr. William James McKnight 4 8 16
Born: 6 May 1836 - Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA 6 8 17
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Penelope Goddard Clarke ( - ) 6 8 18
Marr: 9 Jan 1860 6 8 18
General Notes: Husband - Alexander McKnight, Esq.
He located in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, in November, 1832. He was highly educated, taught school there, and lived in the old jail, acting as janitor of the building.
While in the army Colonel McKnight contracted ague and was discharged, but the disease shook him into lingering consumption, from which he died. At the time he was treasurer of Jefferson county. [HJC 1917 II, 42] The compiler of this web-site has serious questions about this statement. Most importantly, what war?
DIED
"In this borough, on Thursday last, of pulmonary consumption. ALEXANDER McKNIGHT, Esquire, treasurer of Jefferson county, aged twenty-seven years and six days, leaving a disconsolate widow and three helpless children to deplore his untimely exit.
"In the death of Esquire McKnight it may truly be said that this county and community at large have sustained an irreparable loss. His deportment through life was frank, open, and circumspect. Honesty was one of his most ennobling characteristics. Esteemed by those with whom he had intercourse in life, his decease was equally lamented. In a word, he was a faithful officer, the honest man, and the good citizen. Peace to his memory."\emdash Brookville Democrat-Republican, June 22, 1837.