Ancestry of
Phil Knight

Co-Founder, Nike Inc.

Arrod Knight

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• • Great-grandfather of Phil Knight — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Michael Knight 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Hoagland   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Sep 1838 
  • Birth Location:
  • Holmes County, Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Jul 1911 
  • Death Location:
  • Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • City Cemetery, Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elnora Danner
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Oct 1866 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Clinton, DeWitt, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Fred A. Knight (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • Civil War veteran - Union Army

    Corporal, Co. A (mustered in as Private, Co. F), 2nd IL Cavalry

• Sources for Arrod Knight

  • ¹ Farmer City Journal (Farmer City, Illinois), 21 JUL 1911, p. 1, Obituary for Arrod Knight.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, DeWitt County, 1880, Santa Anna, E.D. 76, p. 4, Image 4 of 39.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/09/2020).
  • ⁴ Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Detail Report, Record for Arrod Knight.
  • ⁵ Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Marriage record for Arrod Knight and Elnora Danner.
  • ⁶ The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), 09 SEP 1925, p. 2, Obituary for spouse Elnora Knight.

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