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Vinson Knight

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Norwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: July 31, 1842 (38)
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States
Place of Burial: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Dr. Rodolphus Knight; Rispah(Rizpah) Knight and Rizpah Knight
Husband of Martha Knight and Martha McBride Knight Smith Kimball
Father of Rispah Gibbons; Almira Knight; Rizpah Jane Gibbons; Adaline Belnap; James Vincent Knight and 3 others
Brother of Samuel Lee Knight; Augustine Knight and Rodolphus Elderkin Knight

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About Vinson Knight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinson_Knight

Vinson Knight (March 14, 1804 – July 31, 1842) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He served as a counselor in the bishopric in Kirtland, Ohio from 1835 to 1838, then as bishop in Adam-ondi-Ahman in Daviess County, Missouri, from 1838 to 1839, and finally as bishop of the Lower Ward in Nauvoo, Illinois, having been called by Joseph Smith through revelation to that office in January 1841. Knight served as bishop in Nauvoo until his sudden death at age 38.

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Knight was born March 14, 1804 in Norwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts to Doctor Rodolphus Knight and Rizpah Lee (daughter of American Revolutionary War Captain Sherebiah Lee). Following his father's death when he was just 5 years old, his mother moved the family to upstate New York. Here Knight married Martha McBride, daughter of itinerant pre-Campbellite minister Daniel McBride and Abigail Mead on July 26, 1826. They initially resided near Martha's relatives in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus County, where their first 4 children (Almira Knight, born 1827; Rizpah Knight, born 1829; Adaline Knight, born 1831; James Vinson Knight, born 1833) were born. Here Knight acquired considerable wealth from his farm produce..."

SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinson_Knight

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Vinson Knight's Timeline

1804
March 14, 1804
Norwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
1827
June 21, 1827
Perrysburg, Cattaraugus, NY
1829
May 13, 1829
Perrysburg, Cattaraugus, New York, United States
May 13, 1829
Perrysburg, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States
1831
May 4, 1831
Perrysburg, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States
1833
September 4, 1833
Perrysburg, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States of America
1835
December 31, 1835
Kirtland, Lake, Ohio
1839
February 9, 1839
Pike County, Missouri
1841
September 29, 1841
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois