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_____ Carwile

• Marriage*: He married _____ _____.

• Last Edited: 30 Jan 2005

_____ _____

• Marriage*: She married _____ Carwile.

• Last Edited: 30 Jan 2005

Mary Ann Knight

Mary Ann Knight Burford.

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight² b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Martha Ann Knight¹

• Birth*: She was born on 11 August 1838 in Tennessee.^3,4
• Marriage*: She married Judge Nathaniel Macon ('Nat') Burford, son of John Hawkins Burford and Nancy McAlister, on 18 January 1854.^5,6,7
• Death*: She died on 23 March 1888 in Dallas County, Texas, at age 49.^8,4,9
• Burial*: Interment was in block 15, Greenwood Cemetery, 3020 Oak Grove Ave., Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.¹⁰

• Note*: She is described in her husband's obituary as "a large-hearted Christian woman."¹¹

• Last Edited: 18 Aug 2021

Judge Nathaniel Macon ('Nat') Burford

Judge Nat M. Burford.

• Father: John Hawkins Burford¹
• Mother: Nancy McAlister²

• Birth*: He was born on 24 June 1824 in Smith County, Tennessee.^3,4
• Marriage*: He married Mary Ann Knight, daughter of Obadiah Woodson Knight and Martha Ann Knight, on 18 January 1854.^3,5,6
• Death*: He died on 10 May 1898 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 73.^3,7
• Burial*: Interment was in section 15, lot 15, grave 1, Greenwood Cemetery, 3020 Oak Grove Ave., Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^3,7

• Obituary*: "AN OLD SETTLER GONE.
     "Something of the Life of Judge Nat M. Burford, Who Died Tuesday.
     "On Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, Judge Nat M. Burford died in this city, at the home of his son-in-law, W. M. Freeman, after a long and distressing illness. Judge Burford was a pioneer in northern Texas, and to him and such as he, Dallas owes a great debt of gratitude. He was for many years one of the most useful and distinguished citizens of this section and of the state. He was born in the state of Tennessee on the 24th of June, 1824; was educated at Irvine college, Tennessee, and removed to Jefferson, Tex., in 1847. He was admitted to the bar in Tennessee in 1845. On the 8th of October, 1848, he came to Dallas and from that time until his death he was a resident here.
     "In 1850, he was elected district attorney of this district, comprising a territory extending from Houston county to Grayson county on Red river, and in 1852 was re-elected. Judge John H. Reagan was judge of the district. In 1856, he succeeded Judge Reagan on the bench by election and was re-elected in 1860, and in 1861 resigned and joined the first Texas battery as a private under Capt. J. J. Good.
     "He was made colonel of the nineteenth Texas cavalry and attached to Gen. W. H. Parsons' cavalry brigade and remained with it until 1864, when on account of illness, incapacitating him from active service, he resigned.
     "In 1866, he was elected a member of the eleventh legislature from Dallas county and upon the assembling of the legislature he was elected speaker of that body, a position which he filled with singular ability until, with almost all other public officials, he was removed as an impediment to reconstruction by Gen. Phil Sheridan.
     "In 1876, he was again elected judge of this judicial district and held the position until forced to resign by ill health at the expiration of two years. Almost ever since his health has been such as to make his life an inexpressibly sad one. He was preceded to the grave by his wife, who, before her marriage, was Miss Mary M. Knight, a daughter of an old pioneer of Dallas county [Obadiah Knight]. She was a large-hearted Christian woman, whose death is still mourned by the many survivors who knew her. All the children of this marriage except two crossed the dark river before the father. The two surviving are Mrs. W. M. Freeman and Miss May Burford, a young lady just completing her education near Cincinnati, O. Judge Burford's knowledge of the law and of current affairs was profound. In the days of his mental vigor it was said of him that he never forgot anything once read by him. He was a charter member of Tannehill lodge No. 52, and its first master. He was a member of the Episcopal church and for years one of its vestrymen. He will be buried by the Masonic fraternity Friday from the residence of W. M. Freeman, South Akard street."⁸
• Note*: After graduating from Irving College and law school in Tennessee, he moved to Jefferson, Texas in January 1847 and became deputy clerk of the district court. He soon moved on and arrived in Dallas, Texas in October 1848, where he formed a law partnership with John H. Reagan. He was elected district attorney in 1850 and 1852, drafted the charter for the City of Dallas when it incorporated in 1856, and served as district judge from 1856 until 1861, when he resigned and joined the 1st Texas Artillery of the Confederate Army as a private. He later was commissioned a colonel and raised a regiment from around Dallas that served as the 19th Texas Cavalry. After the Civil War he served in the Texas House of Representatives (from which he was removed as an "impediment to Reconstruction"), as district judge, and as U.S. commissioner. He was a mason, a Democrat, and an Episcopalian.³

• Last Edited: 18 Aug 2021

William Hughes Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight¹ b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Serena Caroline Hughes² b. 30 Sep 1822, d. 5 Apr 1914

• Birth*: He was born in November 1854 in Dallas County, Texas.³
• Marriage*: He married Tabitha Elizabeth ('Bessie') Turner circa 1879.^4,5
• Death*: He died on 22 March 1923 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 68.³
• Burial*: Interment was on 23 March 1923 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas.³

• Note*: He moved to Hillsboro, Texas from Dallas County in late 1880 or early 1881, where he raised cattle in the Ash Creek area. In Hill County he was elected county treasurer for two terms, county tax collector for two years, and mayor of Hillsboro for many years. Gov. William P. Hobby appointed him to the Board of Pardon Advisors, on which he served until Gov. Pat Neff abolished it. He was a member of Southern Methodist Church in Hillsboro for many years and was a thirty-second degree Mason.^3,6

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Tabitha Elizabeth ('Bessie') Turner

• Marriage*: She married William Hughes Knight, son of Obadiah Woodson Knight and Serena Caroline Hughes, circa 1879.^1,2

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Harry Obadiah Knight

• Father: William Hughes Knight b. Nov 1854, d. 22 Mar 1923
• Mother: Tabitha Elizabeth ('Bessie') Turner

• Birth*: He was born on 17 November 1880 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Bertha Helen Beissner on 30 June 1915.
• Death*: He died on 5 October 1939 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, at age 58.³
• Burial*: Interment was on 6 October 1939 in Old City Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.³

• Note*: He received a B.A. degree from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and in 1907 his M.D. degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, with highest honors, at Galveston, Texas. After a two-year internship at Philadelphia General Hospital, he began teaching at U.T.M.B. in 1909, teaching bacteriology and pathology and later becoming associate professor of anatomy. He once was called the world's greatest anatomist. He killed himself a day after his brother, Turner, died, shooting himself in the head at the medical school, where he was still on the faculty. His survivors included his wife and a brother.⁴

• Last Edited: 4 Jun 2020

Bertha Helen Beissner

• Birth*: She was born on 22 August 1882 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.¹
• Marriage*: She married Harry Obadiah Knight, son of William Hughes Knight and Tabitha Elizabeth ('Bessie') Turner, on 30 June 1915.
• Death*: She died on 25 October 1967 in University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, at age 85.¹
• Burial*: Interment was on 27 October 1967 in Old City Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.¹

• Last Edited: 4 Jun 2020

Turner T. Knight

• Father: William Hughes Knight b. Nov 1854, d. 22 Mar 1923
• Mother: Tabitha Elizabeth ('Bessie') Turner

• Birth*: He was born circa 1887.¹
• Marriage*: He married _____ _____.²
• Death*: He died on 4 October 1939 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas.²

• Note*: He was a fire insurance agent in Hillsboro, Texas for thirty years. His survivors included his wife, a daughter, a son, and a brother.²

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

_____ _____

• Marriage*: She married Turner T. Knight, son of William Hughes Knight and Tabitha Elizabeth ('Bessie') Turner.¹

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Robert E. L. Knight

• Father: William Hughes Knight¹ b. Nov 1854, d. 22 Mar 1923
• Mother: Tabitha Elizabeth ('Bessie') Turner¹

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

W. E. Knight

• Father: William Hughes Knight b. Nov 1854, d. 22 Mar 1923
• Mother: Tabitha Elizabeth ('Bessie') Turner

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Archelaus J. Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight¹ b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Serena Caroline Hughes² b. 30 Sep 1822, d. 5 Apr 1914

• Marriage*: He married Jessie Newton in 1888.³

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Leslie Vincent DeWitt

• Marriage*: He married Alice McAtee.

• Last Edited: 25 Jun 2011

Alice McAtee

• Birth*: She was born circa 1866.¹
• Marriage*: She married Leslie Vincent DeWitt.
• Death*: She died on 10 October 1934 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.²

• Note*: Survivors included her husband, a daughter, a son, and a sister.²

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

William A. Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight¹ b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Martha Ann Knight²

• Birth*: He was born on 15 October 1834 in Tennessee.^3,4
• Death*: He died on 30 November 1863 in Des Arc, Prairie County, Arkansas, at age 29.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁶

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Dr. John W. Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight¹ b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Martha Ann Knight²

• Birth*: He was born in 1836 in Tennessee.^3,4

• Last Edited: 17 Mar 2012

Elizabeth Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight¹ b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Martha Ann Knight²

• Marriage*: She married Capt. J. J. Mallard.
• Birth*: She was born in Tennessee.³

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Capt. J. J. Mallard

• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Knight, daughter of Obadiah Woodson Knight and Martha Ann Knight.

• Last Edited: 17 Mar 2012

Henry Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight² b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Serena Caroline Hughes¹ b. 30 Sep 1822, d. 5 Apr 1914

• Birth*: He was born in 1845 in Tennessee.^3,4
• Death*: He died in 1846 in Tennessee.^3,4

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Monroe D. Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight¹ b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Serena Caroline Hughes² b. 30 Sep 1822, d. 5 Apr 1914

• Birth*: He was born in 1850 in Dallas County, Texas.^3,4
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁵
• Death*: He died in 1862 in Dallas County, Texas.^4,3

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Sophronia Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight¹ b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Serena Caroline Hughes² b. 30 Sep 1822, d. 5 Apr 1914

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Mattie A. Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight¹ b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Serena Caroline Hughes² b. 30 Sep 1822, d. 5 Apr 1914

• Marriage*: She married Capt. William Hughes Lemmon, son of Nancy Amanda Hughes, on 27 February 1867.³

• Last Edited: 13 Feb 2005

Capt. William Hughes Lemmon

• Mother: Nancy Amanda Hughes¹

• Birth*: He was born on 25 February 1840 in Polk County, Missouri.^2,3
• Marriage*: He married Mattie A. Knight, daughter of Obadiah Woodson Knight and Serena Caroline Hughes, on 27 February 1867.²
• Death*: He died on 4 September 1893 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 53.^4,5

• Obituary*: "Death of Capt. Lemmon.
     "Capt. W. H. Lemmon died at 8:30 last evening at his residence, 341 Cole avenue, after a lingering illness, aged 53 years and 6 months. He was born in Polk county, Missouri, in 1840 and served through the war in Price's division, with the rank of captain. At the close of the war he came to Dallas, and having had the advantage of a good education, he started life here by building and conducting an academy, to which his father-in-law, Mr. O. W. Knight, contributed $400 and donated the necessary land. The academy, situated then where North Dallas is now, was the finest school in Dallas county, and here were educated by Capt. Lemmon Judge Thomas F. Nash, Judge West and a number of people who are now engaged in the professions or other active walks of life. It is said that there are about 200 persons in Dallas with a liberal education whose alma mater was Capt. Lemmon's academy, but for which, owing to the adverse conditions to education immediately following the war, most of them would probably have never been fitted for the avocations they are following.
     "In 1870 Capt. Lemmon relinquished the pursuit of a teacher to accept an engagement with D. M. Osborne & Co., as traveling agent in the sale of machinery, and in 1875 he went into partnership with Mr. O. P. Bowser, not senator Bowser, in the machinery and agricultural implement business, in which he continued until 1885 when he engaged in the real estate business.
     "He was a devout attendant of and hard worker in the Christian church, and during the years of Dallas' greatest prosperity he was ever active in projecting and aiding enterprises for the upbuilding of the city. He leaves five children."⁶
• Note*: He was a captain in the Civil War, after which he moved to Dallas, Texas and operated an academy until 1870. From his obituary in the Dallas Morning News: "This academy, situated then where North Dallas is now, was the finest school in Dallas county . . . . It is said that there are about 200 persons in Dallas with a liberal education whose alma mater was Capt. Lemmon's academy, but for which, owing to the adverse conditions to education immediately following the war, most of them would probably have never been fitted for the avocations they are following." He then was engaged in the sale of machinery and agricultural implements until 1885, when he entered the real estate business. His home was near the present-day intersection of Lemmon Avenue and Cole Avenue in Dallas, and Lemmon Avenue was named for him. His survivors included his wife, a daughter, a grandson, and three sisters.^4,7

• Last Edited: 13 Aug 2022

Nancy Amanda Hughes

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Benjamin Bartlett Cannon

• Marriage*: He married Eliza Tunnell.

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Eliza Tunnell

• Marriage*: She married Benjamin Bartlett Cannon.

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Loula Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight² b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Serena Caroline Hughes¹ b. 30 Sep 1822, d. 5 Apr 1914

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Amanda ('Annie') Armstrong

• Father: Col. T. E. Armstrong¹
• Mother: _____ _____

• Birth*: She was born on 19 August 1867 in Wheelock, Burleson County, Texas.²
• Marriage*: She married Robert E. Lee Knight, son of Obadiah Woodson Knight and Serena Caroline Hughes, on 28 May 1890 in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.³
• Death*: She died on 20 August 1938 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 71.²
• Burial*: Interment was on 22 August 1938 in Greenwood Cemetery, 3020 Oak Grove Ave., Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.²

• Note*: She was educated at Hamilton Female College in Lexington, Kentucky and at Vassar. She lived all her married life and widowhood in Dallas, Texas, where she was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors included a daughter, four sons, and eight grandchildren.²

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Jessie Newton

• Marriage*: She married Archelaus J. Knight, son of Obadiah Woodson Knight and Serena Caroline Hughes, in 1888.¹

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Josie Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight² b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Serena Caroline Hughes¹ b. 30 Sep 1822, d. 5 Apr 1914

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Thomas Armstrong Knight

• Father: Robert E. Lee Knight¹ b. 7 Apr 1865, d. 6 Mar 1936
• Mother: Amanda ('Annie') Armstrong² b. 19 Aug 1867, d. 20 Aug 1938

• Birth*: He was born on 11 June 1891 in Dallas County, Texas.^3,4,5
• Marriage*: He married _____ _____.
• Death*: He died on 18 July 1969 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 78.^6,7
• Burial*: Interment was on 19 July 1969 in Greenwood Cemetery, 3020 Oak Grove Ave., Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁶

• Note*: He was a lifelong resident of Dallas, Texas, where he practiced oil and gas law after graduating from the University of Texas and from Harvard Law School and after service as a captain in the U.S. Army in World War I. Survivors include his wife, three daughters, a sister, a brother, ten grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. His photograph was published with his obituary in the Dallas Morning News on 19 Jul 1969.⁶

• Last Edited: 7 May 2006

Col. T. E. Armstrong

• Marriage*: He married _____ _____.

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

_____ _____

• Marriage*: She married Col. T. E. Armstrong.

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2005

Robert E. Lee Knight Knight Jr.

• Father: Robert E. Lee Knight^1,2 b. 7 Apr 1865, d. 6 Mar 1936
• Mother: Amanda ('Annie') Armstrong³ b. 19 Aug 1867, d. 20 Aug 1938

• Birth*: He was born circa 1895 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁴
• Death*: He died on 1 April 1926 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^5,6
• Burial*: Interment was on 3 April 1926 in Greenwood Cemetery, 3020 Oak Grove Ave., Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁶

• Note*: He lived all his life in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas, where in his senior year he managed the University football team, and took a postgraduate course in business administration at Harvard University. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army in World War I, in which he was wounded in France and awarded the croix de guerre for bravery in action. He was employed by National Bank of Commerce and later American Exchange National Bank in Dallas and was active in the Dallas Little Theater movement. He died of a gunshot to the head in his parents' home. His survivors included his wife, his parents, a sister, and four brothers. His picture accompanies his obituary in the 2 Apr 1926 issue of the Dallas Morning News.⁵

• Last Edited: 8 Feb 2005

Henry Coke Knight

• Father: Robert E. Lee Knight^1,2 b. 7 Apr 1865, d. 6 Mar 1936
• Mother: Amanda ('Annie') Armstrong³ b. 19 Aug 1867, d. 20 Aug 1938

• Birth*: He was born circa 1896 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^4,5
• Death*: He died on 1 June 1966 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁶
• Burial*: Interment was on 3 June 1966 in Hillcrest Mausoleum, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁶

• Note*: He graduated from the University of Texas and the Harvard School of Architecture and was an architect in Dallas, Texas, where he designed the Dallas Woman's Club, the Dallas Little Theater, and the Museum of Fine Arts. Survivors included a sister and two brothers.⁶

• Last Edited: 8 Feb 2005

Marion Armstrong Knight

• Father: Robert E. Lee Knight¹ b. 7 Apr 1865, d. 6 Mar 1936
• Mother: Amanda ('Annie') Armstrong² b. 19 Aug 1867, d. 20 Aug 1938

• Last Edited: 8 Feb 2005

Richard Allen Knight

• Father: Robert E. Lee Knight¹ b. 7 Apr 1865, d. 6 Mar 1936
• Mother: Amanda ('Annie') Armstrong² b. 19 Aug 1867, d. 20 Aug 1938

• Last Edited: 8 Feb 2005

Mary Knight

• Father: Robert E. Lee Knight¹ b. 7 Apr 1865, d. 6 Mar 1936
• Mother: Amanda ('Annie') Armstrong² b. 19 Aug 1867, d. 20 Aug 1938

• Marriage*: She married Dr. Charles Watts Flynn.

• Last Edited: 4 Feb 2007

Dr. Charles Watts Flynn

• Birth*: He was born in 1884 in Egypt Plantation, Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.¹
• Marriage*: He married Mary Knight, daughter of Robert E. Lee Knight and Amanda ('Annie') Armstrong.
• Death*: He died on 13 August 1943 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^1,2

• Note*: He moved to Dallas, Texas in 1912, where he was a surgeon and taught at Baylor University School of Medicine.¹

• Last Edited: 4 Feb 2007