George Armstrong Custer Knight (Grandfather)
George Armstrong Custer Knight was born on the 28th of September 1876 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont to Orris Pierre & Mary Haynes Knight, their sixth child and fourth son. George was named for General George Armstrong Custer, two reasons he was born 3 months after Custer was killed and George's father (Orris Pierre Knight) served with the Vermont 1st Calvary during the War of Rebellion, which was part of Custer's command. I have no information on his childhood, except that sometime between the 1880 census when he was 3 years old and the 1900 census (2 June 1900) (Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts) were he is listed as a single male (24) boarder in the household of Olin W. Marsh, profession, provision salesman he relocated to Massachusetts. On October 29, 1900, George married Cora Ellen Newcomb Richards in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Cora was born on the 1st of July 1875 in Pine Point, Cumberland, Maine to Daniel M. & Mary Ellen Newcomb Richards (not sure if ever married, there is a bit of mystery here). They settled in Melrose, Massachusetts and remained there for the rest of their lives. George was the operator of a meat business (butcher shop?) until sometime between 1920 & 1930 when he switched to the insurance business, in the 1940 census (2 April 1940) for Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, he is listed as an insurance agent, and in the Business Directories for the Melrose area in is listed as being an insurance agent into the 1950's. George register for the world war I draft on 12 September 1918, they described him as being tall, stout build, with hazel eyes and brown hair, with no physical defects, listed his home address as 102 Strafford Rd, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and his business address as 83 to 85 North, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, owned his own beef business. I have found nothing to indicate he was ever in the military, at the time he registered he was married with three children. George Armstrong Custer Knight died on the 21st of October 1951 in East Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire (no idea what he was doing there) of Cerebral Hemorrhage Arteriosclerosis, he was buried in the Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, his wife Cora Ellen Newcomb Richards Knight died on the 9th of March 1963 of Broncho-Pneumonia Virus Generalized Arteriosclerosis Senility and is buried next to her husband.
William Custer Knight 22 September 2012 (Dahlonega, Lumpkin, Georgia)
George Armstrong Custer Knight was born on the 28th of September 1876 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont to Orris Pierre & Mary Haynes Knight, their sixth child and fourth son. George was named for General George Armstrong Custer, two reasons he was born 3 months after Custer was killed and George's father (Orris Pierre Knight) served with the Vermont 1st Calvary during the War of Rebellion, which was part of Custer's command. I have no information on his childhood, except that sometime between the 1880 census when he was 3 years old and the 1900 census (2 June 1900) (Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts) were he is listed as a single male (24) boarder in the household of Olin W. Marsh, profession, provision salesman he relocated to Massachusetts. On October 29, 1900, George married Cora Ellen Newcomb Richards in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Cora was born on the 1st of July 1875 in Pine Point, Cumberland, Maine to Daniel M. & Mary Ellen Newcomb Richards (not sure if ever married, there is a bit of mystery here). They settled in Melrose, Massachusetts and remained there for the rest of their lives. George was the operator of a meat business (butcher shop?) until sometime between 1920 & 1930 when he switched to the insurance business, in the 1940 census (2 April 1940) for Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, he is listed as an insurance agent, and in the Business Directories for the Melrose area in is listed as being an insurance agent into the 1950's. George register for the world war I draft on 12 September 1918, they described him as being tall, stout build, with hazel eyes and brown hair, with no physical defects, listed his home address as 102 Strafford Rd, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and his business address as 83 to 85 North, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, owned his own beef business. I have found nothing to indicate he was ever in the military, at the time he registered he was married with three children. George Armstrong Custer Knight died on the 21st of October 1951 in East Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire (no idea what he was doing there) of Cerebral Hemorrhage Arteriosclerosis, he was buried in the Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, his wife Cora Ellen Newcomb Richards Knight died on the 9th of March 1963 of Broncho-Pneumonia Virus Generalized Arteriosclerosis Senility and is buried next to her husband.
William Custer Knight 22 September 2012 (Dahlonega, Lumpkin, Georgia)
George Armstrong Custer Knight (Grandfather)
George Armstrong Custer Knight was born on the 28th of September 1876 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont to Orris Pierre & Mary Haynes Knight, their sixth child and fourth son. George was named for General George Armstrong Custer, two reasons he was born 3 months after Custer was killed and George's father (Orris Pierre Knight) served with the Vermont 1st Calvary during the War of Rebellion, which was part of Custer's command. I have no information on his childhood, except that sometime between the 1880 census when he was 3 years old and the 1900 census (2 June 1900) (Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts) were he is listed as a single male (24) boarder in the household of Olin W. Marsh, profession, provision salesman he relocated to Massachusetts. On October 29, 1900, George married Cora Ellen Newcomb Richards in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Cora was born on the 1st of July 1875 in Pine Point, Cumberland, Maine to Daniel M. & Mary Ellen Newcomb Richards (not sure if ever married, there is a bit of mystery here). They settled in Melrose, Massachusetts and remained there for the rest of their lives. George was the operator of a meat business (butcher shop?) until sometime between 1920 & 1930 when he switched to the insurance business, in the 1940 census (2 April 1940) for Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, he is listed as an insurance agent, and in the Business Directories for the Melrose area in is listed as being an insurance agent into the 1950's. George register for the world war I draft on 12 September 1918, they described him as being tall, stout build, with hazel eyes and brown hair, with no physical defects, listed his home address as 102 Strafford Rd, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and his business address as 83 to 85 North, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, owned his own beef business. I have found nothing to indicate he was ever in the military, at the time he registered he was married with three children. George Armstrong Custer Knight died on the 21st of October 1951 in East Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire (no idea what he was doing there) of Cerebral Hemorrhage Arteriosclerosis, he was buried in the Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, his wife Cora Ellen Newcomb Richards Knight died on the 9th of March 1963 of Broncho-Pneumonia Virus Generalized Arteriosclerosis Senility and is buried next to her husband.
William Custer Knight 22 September 2012 (Dahlonega, Lumpkin, Georgia)
George Armstrong Custer Knight was born on the 28th of September 1876 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont to Orris Pierre & Mary Haynes Knight, their sixth child and fourth son. George was named for General George Armstrong Custer, two reasons he was born 3 months after Custer was killed and George's father (Orris Pierre Knight) served with the Vermont 1st Calvary during the War of Rebellion, which was part of Custer's command. I have no information on his childhood, except that sometime between the 1880 census when he was 3 years old and the 1900 census (2 June 1900) (Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts) were he is listed as a single male (24) boarder in the household of Olin W. Marsh, profession, provision salesman he relocated to Massachusetts. On October 29, 1900, George married Cora Ellen Newcomb Richards in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Cora was born on the 1st of July 1875 in Pine Point, Cumberland, Maine to Daniel M. & Mary Ellen Newcomb Richards (not sure if ever married, there is a bit of mystery here). They settled in Melrose, Massachusetts and remained there for the rest of their lives. George was the operator of a meat business (butcher shop?) until sometime between 1920 & 1930 when he switched to the insurance business, in the 1940 census (2 April 1940) for Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, he is listed as an insurance agent, and in the Business Directories for the Melrose area in is listed as being an insurance agent into the 1950's. George register for the world war I draft on 12 September 1918, they described him as being tall, stout build, with hazel eyes and brown hair, with no physical defects, listed his home address as 102 Strafford Rd, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and his business address as 83 to 85 North, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, owned his own beef business. I have found nothing to indicate he was ever in the military, at the time he registered he was married with three children. George Armstrong Custer Knight died on the 21st of October 1951 in East Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire (no idea what he was doing there) of Cerebral Hemorrhage Arteriosclerosis, he was buried in the Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, his wife Cora Ellen Newcomb Richards Knight died on the 9th of March 1963 of Broncho-Pneumonia Virus Generalized Arteriosclerosis Senility and is buried next to her husband.
William Custer Knight 22 September 2012 (Dahlonega, Lumpkin, Georgia)
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