It is called "Nelson & Phillips' Superfine Edition" of the "New Devotional and Practical Pictorial Family Bible"
The cover page informs the reader that the volume is(among other features)"Embellished with over 1000 Fine Scripture Illustrations."
Copies for this transcription were provided by Iva Lee Calley Riggs, granddaughter of John Ambrose Ellis Knight.
Marriage Page
This Certifies that The Rite of Holy Matrimony Was Celebrated Between
Mr. J.A.E. Knight Jr. of Palo Pinto, Texas and
Miss Lillie McQuerry of Palo Pinto, Texas
on 23rd of October 1890 at Palo Pinto, Texas
by Rev. W. E. Shine assisted by Rev. W. L. Harris
Witness: J. L. Cunningham, Wm. M. Bolling
Marriages
J. A. E. Knight and Henrietta Mercer Chiles was married in Clackamas Co. Oregon the 19 day of July AD 1863
Births
J A E Knight was born in Lunenburg Co Virginia August 5, 1828
Henrietta Mercer was born in Washington Co Tennessee May 14 AD 1829
1. John Thomas Mercer Knight Aug 17th 1864
2 3. Frank & William Knight Sept 19th 1865
4. John Ambrose Ellis Knight Sept 21st 1866
5. Henrietta Elizabeth Knight Aug 11th 1868
6. Stephen Laura Knight Feb 18th 1872
Children of J. A. E. Knight and Henrietta Mercer Knight
Deaths
J. A. E. Knight Sr. died April 30th 1894 after a short-illness, was buried in Palo Pinto Tex
Henrietta M. Knight died Jan 14, 1925 near Jal New Mexico
John Thomas Mercer Knight died Oct 22, 1864
Frank & William Knight..Sept 18th 1865
Henrietta E. Knight March 19th 1869
Stephen Laura Knight Nov 17th 1875
John Ambrose Ellis Knight died August 8th 1927 near Jal, N. Mex
He was a son of J. A. E. Knight and Henrietta M. Knight
Memoranda
J. A. Ellis Knight was born Sept 16th 1891 Five miles south of Palo Pinto Texas
James Frank Knight was born March 29th 1894. Five miles south of Palo Pinto Texas
Lilly May Knight was born April 16th 1896 Palo Pinto Tex
Ann Etta Knight was born Jan. 26th 1899. Palo Pinto Tex
George Mercer Knight was born Monday, Nov 30th 1903, Midland, Tex
(Separate paper with typed notation:
"Blanche Knight's mother was grief-stricken at this time, having buried her two year old son, Mercer in the Spring when he accidentally fell into a pot of wash water and drowned. She was devastated and blamed herself for not having emptied the pot of water."
Blanche Knight was born Saturday Oct 14th -- 1905 at Merkel Texas
Luna Fay Knight was born Thursday June 1st 1911 - at - Andrews, Texas. Andrews Co.
(Inserted paper, writing of Henrietta Mercer Chiles Knight)
John Ambrose Ellis Knight son of M J & C A Knight was born Tuesday august 6th 1828. he was married to Lucy J. Dinning the 19th Oct 1851. his wife died July 19th 1861. They had four children Joseph W. Julia, Emma F. & Mathew Colson. He was married to Henrietta Chiles widow of John Ballenger Chiles, the 19th July 1863. They had six children. Thomas Mercer. Frank & William twins. John Ambrose Ellis. Henrietta Elizabeth & Stevie Laura.
(Obituary inserted)
Mrs. Knight Died at Home in Jal
Mrs. Knight, the mother of J. A. E. Knight, of Jal, New Mexico, and grandmother of Ellis Knight, who is connected with the Ford garage here, died Tuesday night, according to a call to Ellis Knight here.
Ellis left early Wednesday morning in a car, and it is reported that the funeral was held in Cooper, New Mexico, Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Knight was advanced in years and had not been in good health for some time. She has a host of friends in this section of the country who deeply grieve her death.
(Note: Obituary apparently came from the "Odessa-American" as her Grandson, J. A. Ellis Knight III worked in a garage in Odessa (Texas) at the time.
(Notations, apparently by Blanche Knight Calley: "Henrietta M. Knight died Jan. 14 - 1925 at her home near Jal, New Mex."
"George Mercer Knight died May 4th 1905 at Merkel Texas. He was seventeen months and four days old, was drowned by falling into a boiler of water that had been left in the yard."
J.A.E. Knight Sr. died August 8th 1927 at his home near Jal. New. Mexico was buried at Cooper N.M.
(Separate paper)
Handwriting of Henrietta Mercer Chiles Knight)
JA Ellis Knight died Friday morning in a Kermet Tex. Hospital. was killed in a car wreck, He was driving alone. was on his way to Jal New Mexico, we do not know what happened but suppose his car struck something and caused it to run off the road into a ditch. He was buried April 20th 1940 at Midland Texas. Son of John A E Knight and Lillie M. Knight.
(Obituary inserted)
James Knight Dies in Kermit
Word was received here Monday on the death of James Frank Knight, pioneer rancher and oil man of Lea County, New Mexico. He was a native of Palo Pinto County. Mr. Knight died in a Kermit hospital.
The son of the late J. E. A. Knight and Mrs. Lillie Knight, he moved with his parents to Winkler in 1900, about the time the county was organized. He spent his entire life in West Texas and New Mexico.
His family helped to organize Lea County, and Andrews County, Texas. Mr. Knight worked on several large ranches when a young man and later managed both his own and his mother's ranches. He was interested in Lea County oil development and was a member of the Jal school board.
Surviving are the widow; two foster sons, Ross and Bennett Easterling, and his mother, all of Jal; four sisters, Mrs. E. R. Dunn, Andrews; Mrs. John Albert, Roswell, N.M.; and Mrs. J. H. Black and Mrs. L. J. Calley, both of Jal.
Services and burial were in Jal Friday, with Rev. L. A. Hughes of Jal, Lt. Jeanie L. Burke Jr., of the Navy, and Rev. G. L. Keever of Austin officiating.
(Handwritten note)
"Lillie Mary Knight died of pneumonia and a kidney ailment in Hogan-Malone Hospital in Big Springs, Texas, October 1, 1952. She was 72 years, 9 months, and 2 days old.
"She was buried on the 4th day of October in the Jal-Cooper Cemetery, with Rev. Clarence L. Stanfield of the Jal Methodist Church officiating.
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