Typed by: Kay Cunningham


McKNIGHT, THOMAS WORTHEN


Surnames: McKNIGHT, VINSON, CROWSON, HARGROVE, HUGHEY, PRICE, SMITH, JONES, HOLDEN, FULLINWIDER, KIRKPATRICK, LUTHER, BAKER, RAGSDALE, EMERSON, RICHEY, SPILLERS, McMILLAN.


    Thomas Worthen McKnight, b 1829 in Tennessee, died in Tennessee -- was a son of John McKnight, d 1838, and his wife, Lucy McKnight, alive in 1850.  Thomas W. married in Tennessee ca 1855 to Martha Ann Vinson, b 1836 in Tennessee, d 1918 in Falls County, Texas and buried in Calvary Cemetery -- a daughter of Eliah Vinson, b ca 1795, and his wife, Ada (Crowson) Vinson.
    Thomas Worthen McKnight served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and was a prisoner of war.
    Thomas W. and Martha Ann were the parents of four children:
    Ida Tennessee McKnight, b 1856 in Tennessee, d 1895 in Arkansas -- married first to a Mr. Hargrove, and married second ca 1884 to E. Bryson Hughey, b September 23, 1859, d February 28, 1904.  Bryson and Ida Tennessee were parents of one daughter, Lula A. Hughey, b December 15, 1887, d November 17, 1961, who married William Archer Price, b November 28, 1884, d June 25, 1964.
    Dr. Walter Thomas McKnight, b 1859, d 1910 who married Anna Alice Hargrove, b November 16, 1864, d January 13, 1948.
    Lacy Gertrude McKnight, b 1861, d 1948 -- married Edgar J. Smith, b February 4, 1881, d December 31, 1932 who married Anna Paul Jones, b March 23, 1883, d March 20, 1950 and had Virginia Earl Smith, b 1882, d 1963 who married Jacob McNair Fullinwider, b 1878, d 1936, and had Elizabeth Fullinwider who married James A. Kirkpatrick, and Frances Fullinwider who married George W. Luther; Bruce Smith, b 1883, d 1961 who married Lorina Baker in 1930; Ethel Lee Smith, b January 15, 1889, d October 25, 1968, who married Murray Richey, b September 17, 1889, d October 3, 1917, and Dr. Leslie McKnight Smith, b 1893, d 1975 who married Ruby (maiden name unknown).
    Madge Lee McKnight, b ca 1863 -- married a Mr. Spillers.
    Eliah Vinson McKnight -- no information.
    Clarence McKnight--no information.
    Rabon Burr McKnight, b December 18, 1873, d January 1, 1950, married Zella McMillan, b May 27, 1880, d March 3, 1969, and had no children.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 294 Column 1 and page 295 column 1 and 2.  
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