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Linda,
This information comes from two typed pages that are obviously part of a bigger document. I don't know who the author was. I wish I had the whole thing. I'll post this information rather than emailing it in case it's of interest to anyone else.
Henry Kight (b. 2/9/1760, d. 1/16/1827) married on 3/9/1783 to Rachel Acton (b. 1762, d. 3/14/1837). They had 9 children:
1. John D. (b. 6/15/1784, d. 4/30/1872) married Catherine Gundy
2. Caleb (b. 1/1/1787) married Hannah Sharpless
3. Joshua
4. Sarah
5. Cornelius
6. Henry, Jr.
7. Enoch
8. William
9. Richard (drowned at age 2)
I have information on the first two children, John D. Kight and Caleb Kight.
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John D. Kight (b. 6/15/1784, d. 4/30/1872) married 5/14/1805 to Catherine Gundy (b. 2/4/1785, d. 11/23/1868). John and Catherine (Gundy) Kight were married May 14, 1805 at Chillicothe, Ohio. They lived for a while in Franklin County, Ohio and about 1829 or 1830 moved to Vermilion County, Illinois. Later they moved to Scotland County, Missouri and are buried on their farm, about 3 1/2 miles northwest of Crawford Station, MO.
They had the following (ten) children:
1. Henry (b. 12/9/1806, d. 6/13/1865), married Nancy and had 12 children
2. Rachel (b. 10/4/1809, d. 7/5/1887), married William Moore and had 5 children
3. Jacob (b. 7/23/1811), married Betsy Ann Stone and had 2 children
4. John Jr. (b. 2/3/1814), married Huldah Ryckman and had 9 children
5. Joseph (b. 5/13/1815, d. 11/8/1854), married Maria Nichols and had 7 children
6. Sally (b. 2/14/1817), married Abraham Love and had 2 children
7. Samuel (b. 6/15/1820)
8. Elizabeth (b. 3/18/1825), married Mr. Colvin
9. James (b. 1/12/1826, d. 12/9/1912), married Abby Bucklin and had 7 children
10. Joshua (b. 8/15/1828), married Orrill Bucklin and had 4 children
A story concerning the two youngest Kight boys, James & Joshua: "At the end of the Civil War the family was reunited, except for Joshua who had been unable to get transportation home. At last the family received a letter saying that he was coming up the Mississippi River by steamboat and would arrive at Quincy, Illinois, on a certain day. James drove a team and wagon to the shore opposite Quincy and after a lengthy wait, Joshua was rowed across the river to the spot where James was waiting. The brothers embraced and sobbed in each others arms. The beginning of the trip was almost incoherent with the quick telling of the family news and the accounts of the battles they had been in, but, when about half way home, Joshua let it be known that he still sympathized with the South. James stopped the horses and told Joshua to get out and walk. Joshua had more than 20 miles to go, so it was quite late that night when he was reunited with the remainder of the family. The two men were enemies for much of the remainder of their lives, but finally became friends when they were quite old men." The above account is from the manuscript of Mrs. Rowena Gundy DeWitz, Bedford, Ohio.
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Caleb Kight (b. 1/1/1787) married on 1/12/1814 to Hannah Sharpless. They had the following children:
1. Silas married Nancy Dayton
2. Caleb, Jr. (b. 1/15/1824, d. 1909) married in 1851 to Susan Tasker (b. 1832, d. 1903)
3. Joshua W. (b. 1834, d. 2/27/1922) married Eliza Adams (b. 9/11/1843, d. 1935)
4. Lewis F. (b. 3/19/1837, d. 1/23/1906) married Mary E. Murphy (b. 1846, d. 1906)
5. Theodosia (b. 1818) married on 10/25/1838 to William Dayton
6. Isabel married Joseph DeLong
7. Lucinda married Thorn. A. King
8. Sarah married in 1837 to Elijah Peter ??? (Elijah Peter?s last name is blurred on my sheet ? it?s either Brant, or Prant)
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I have information on only one of Caleb?s children ? Joshua W. Kight. Please note that this is Joshua W., son of Caleb and Hannah (Sharpless) Kight, NOT Joshua, son of John Kight and Catherine Gundy.
Joshua W. Kight (b. 1834, d. 2/27/1922) married Eliza J. Adams (b. 9/11/1843, d. 1934). Joshua and Eliza lived on a farm in what is known as the Hampshire Community. Eliza Adams was a daughter of Neddie Adams, a carpenter, who lived in the Cabin Run section of what is now Hampshire County. Both are buried at Cross Cemetery, WV.
Joshua W. Kight and Eliza Adams Kight had 19 children:
1. Amanda (b. 1/6/1864, d. 1/10/1950) married William G. Kalbaugh (had 12 children)
2. Mollie (b. 1/26/1865, d. 3/7/1950) married Howard Bishoff, (b. 1867, d. 1925) ? no children, but raised a nephew Chester Bishoff
3. Joseph (b. 1866, d. 7/29/1866) died as infant, 3 mos. old
4. Jennie (b. 1867, d. 4/13/1939) never married
5. Sarah (b. 6/22/1868, d. 1963) married Howard Kight (1870-1956) ? had 2 daughters that died in infancy
6. John M. (b. 6/10/1869) married Oma Pugh and had children (Viola, Mildred, Dora, Edna, John, Luther, Paul, Eva). Also married Augusta Coleman and had children (Glen, Edwin, William and others that died young)
7. Anna May (b. 1871, d. 1947) married William Abernathy (1874-1962) and had children (Louise, Katherine and Marian)
8. Elizabeth (b. 1872, d. 1883) died of diptheria
9. Hannah A. (b. 1873, d. 1873) died as infant
10. Casper (b. 11/1/1874, d. 1962) married Vira Frye (1894 ? 6/24/1961) and had children (Joshua M., Virginia, Casper)
11. Russell (b. 1876, d. 1938) married Katy Derham (b. 1887) and had children (Harold, Katherine, Virginia, Malcom, Eleanor
12. Fannie A. (b. 1877, d. 1884) died at 6 from drowning
13. Nancy E. (b. 1878, d. 1905) single
14. Josephine (b. 6/6/1879, d. 7/27/1958) single
15. Ida (b. 7/5/1880) married Porter Michael and had 1 child (George)
16. Lena (b. 4/16/1883, d. 1935) married William Morgan and had children (William and Phyllis)
17. Nelson (b. 1885, d. 1925) married Ingabe Digman (b. 1884) and had children (William and Elizabeth)
18. Harry (b. 1886) married Viola Derman (b. 1890) and had children (Harry, Edward, Jane)
19. Adda J. (b. 5/3/1889) married Emory Ours ? no living children (one died as infant)
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From The Piedmont Herald ? Mrs. Eliza Kight, Nonagenarian dies
Mrs. Eliza j. Kight, aged 91 years, widow of Joshua Kight, died last night at 6 o?clock at her home, 138 Church Street, Westernport, following a four weeks illness from bronchial pneumonia. Following the death of her husband twelve years ago, Mrs. Kight moved from Cross to Piedmont and has resided in this community since that time. She was born in Cabin Run district, September 11, 1842, her maiden name being Adams. Upon her marriage to Mr. Kight, she moved to their farm near Cross and resided there until the time of his death. She was the mother of nineteen children, ten of whom are still living, 35 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren also survive. She had been a member of the First M. E. Church at Cross for 75 years. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o?clock at the home on Church Street. Rev. A.T. Perkins will officiate. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Cross.
If anyone is interested in the 12 children of Amanda Kight and William G. Kalbaugh, please email me. That's my line.
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