Person Page 361

Benjamin Smalley Knight

Biography

• Benjamin Smalley Knight was born about 1811 in Miami County, Ohio.¹
• He and Sarah Huff were married on 18 August 1831 in Vermilion County, Illinois.^2,3,4,5,6
• He died on 19 January 1835 in Vermilion county, Texas.⁶

Citations

1. [S8813] Sherilyn Johns Sherilyn Johns, Email Correspondence with Sherilyn Johns
   5. Sarah Huff (Susanna's sister) married Benjamin S Knight. His family is from Miami County Ohio. Benjamin died shortly after they were married. They had a daughter, Martha Irena Knight. Sarah later married Nelson Maddox and they had 6 children. One of the documents I sent is a court proceeding concerning some land that Martha inherited. It mentions Sarah and the second husband. They remained in Vermillion County, Illinois.
2. [S2819] Marriage Records 1823-1839 inclusive,Vermilion County, Illinois
   Benjmain S. Knight and Sarah Huff Aug. 18, 1831 James Partlow, J.P.
3. [S2821] Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852
   Benjamin S. Knight md Sarah Huff, signing permission - Charles Bennett, bro in law; md 18 Aug 1831
4. [S11499] Knight Genforum
   Donna, The Sarah Huff who married Benjamin Knight in Vermilion Co., IL was a sister of my ggg-grandmother Susannah Huff who married Charles Bennett December 25, 1817 in Pike Co., OH. Susannah's grandaughter Mary Lucinda Bennett married Henry Johns in Vermillion Co. Henry's mother was Nancy Knight who was born in the Dayton, OH area in 1817. Do you know of any relationship between the families of Benjamin and Nancy? Bob Reese
   Donna, Benj. S. Knight married Sarah Huff Aug. 18, 1831 in Vermilion Co., IL. Sarah's brother-in-law Charles Bennett consented to the marriage. Source: "MARRIAGE LICENSE ABSTRACTS VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS 1826 - 1852." Charles had married Susannah Huff in in 1817 in Pike Co., OH. Charles and Susannah were my ggg-grandparents. I thought I might get a line on Susannah's parents by investigating Sarah. Also hoped to find out something about my gg-grandmother Nancy Knight (b. OH in 1817) who's son Henry Johns (my g-grandfather) married Charles and Susannah's granddaughter Mary in Vermilion Co. Bob Reese
5. [S2886] Vermilion County, Illinois marriage records, 1826-1900; indexes, 1826-1896
   
6. [S8813] Sherilyn Johns Sherilyn Johns, Email Correspondence with Sherilyn Johns