Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Family Group Records K
George Parrish Knight & Sarah Eudora Heard
George Parrish Knight
Born: 5 May 1857 Christian Co., Kentucky
Died: 22 July 1935 Muhlenberg
Married: 25 September 1882 Hamilton Co., Illinois
Father: Henry Farley Knight
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Keith
Spouse: Sarah Eudora “Dora” Heard
Born: 28 August 1859; died 9 August 1902 Hamilton Co., Illinois
Father: Richard Heard
Mother: Millie Amanda Broyles
Children of George P. Knight & Sarah E. Heard:
- William Herbert Knight
Born: 16 May 1886, Hamilton Co., Illinois
Died: 23 September 1947, Muhlenberg
Married: 27 August 1909 Blanch Lile Hall
Blanch was born 26 July 1892
Died: 4 April 1980.
(First married Marshall Hall)
Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Lile and Nannie Roma Pace.
Herbert and Blanch are buried at Cave Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Muhlenberg
- George Everett Knight
Born: 10 January 1888 in Missouri
Died: 20 December 1969 Hopkins Co., Kentucky
Married: 28 August 1908 Clara Bell Putman
Clara was born 24 September 1886 Hopkins Co., Kentucky
Died: 27 January 1954 Madisonville, Hopkins Co., Kentucky.
Daughter of George Washington Putman and Fannie Stanley and the granddaughter of Sarah Elvira Knight Putman.
Everett and Clara are buried Salem Cemetery near Mortons Gap, Hopkins Co., Kentucky
- Ora Delphia Knight
Born: 24 May 1890 in Missouri
Died: 17 March 1985 Muhlenberg
Married: 18 July 1910 to Roma Lile
Roma was born 15 May 1888 Muhlenberg
Died 24 May 1969 Muhlenberg
Son of Thomas Jefferson Lile and Nannie Roma Pace.
Roma and Delphia are buried at Cave Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Muhlenberg
- Earnie M. Knight
Born: 1 January 1892 in Illinois or Missouri; died young.
- Amanda Birdie Knight
Born: 5 April 1894 Hamilton Co., Illinois
Died: 9 January 1989 Muhlenberg
Married 27 September 1910 Muhlenberg to James Slaton Lile “Doc”
James was born 20 December 1890
Died 25 January 1981
Son of Thomas Jefferson Lile and Nannie Roma Pace
Slaton and Birdie are buried at Cave Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Muhlenberg
- Mallie M. Knight born and died 1896
- Florence Pearline Knight
Born: 11 March 1899 Hamilton Co., Illinois
Died: 31 December 1984 Muhlenberg
Married: 11 March 1917 Muhlenberg to Benjamin Floyd Dukes.
Floyd was born 3 October 1896
Died 18 May 1979
Son of William Sampson Dukes and Permelia Jane Oglesby
Floyd and Pearline are buried at Cave Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Muhlenberg
- Ina Corine Knight
Born: 14 August 1901 Hamilton Co., Illinois
Died: 19 April 1997 Evansville, Indiana
Married: (1) Lonnie Crowell 12 May 1920
Married: (2) Tom Gilmore
Ina is buried at Cave Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Muhlenberg
Contributed by Jean Wells
Updated August 2, 2017