KNIGHT, William Jefferson “Jeff”

Date of birth:  About 1852
Date of death: 26 Feb 1899 – Shelby County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 3, 1899,
Volume XXXIX Number 34, page 1 column 1

Local and Personal

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Wm. J. Knight died Saturday night at his home in Shelby county, age forty-three years. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at Second Mt. Pleas­ant, conducted by Rev. P. O. Duncan.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 3, 1899,
Volume XXXIX Number 34, page 3 column 1

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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2d MT. PLEASANT.

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Jeff Knight was buried here on Tues­day, funeral services being conducted by Rev. Duncan.

Link to William Jefferson “Jeff” Knight’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book H-21, page 54, records that J. Knight, a forty-seven-year-old white male, died 26 Feb 1899 in Shelby County.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry