Ancestry of
Don Knotts

TV and Movie Actor

Alexander Ward Moore

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• • Grandfather of Don Knotts — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • James Moore 
  • Mother:
  • Matilda Franks   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Jun 1842 
  • Birth Location:
  • Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Mar 1900 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Claughton Chapel Cemetery, Whiteley Township, Greene, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Susan A. Minor
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 or 16 JAN 1863 
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  • Children:
  
  

  William Thomas Moore

  Elsie Luzetta Moore (Ahnentafel No:3 )

• Sources for Alexander Ward Moore

  • ¹ Federal Census, PA, Greene County, 1880, Wayne, E.D. 085, p. 11, Image 11 of 39.
  • ² Federal Census, PA, Greene County, 1870, Wayne, p. 35, Image 35 of 40.
  • ³ Federal Census, PA, Greene County, 1860, Wayne, p. 220, Image 37 of 37.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, PA, Greene County, 1850, Wayne, Image 2 of 30.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/02/2020).
  • ⁶ Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, Marriage record for Jesse Knotts and daughter Elsie Moore.
  • ⁷ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #74981, Membership application for Harold Lemon Moore.
  • ⁸ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #66303, Membership application for William Thomas Moore.
  • ⁹ West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973, Death record for daughter Elsie L Knotts, gives Alex's name as William.
  • ¹⁰ Franks, Alice Rowley and Donald Sublette, The Michael Franks Family History and Genealogy (Revised Edition), Wyandotte, Oklahoma: The Gregath Publishing Company (2002), 419.