CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameJohn Henry KNOST [2266], [5687], [5690]
Birth Dateca 1837 [2289]
Birth PlaceOhio, United States
Census Date19 Jul 1870 [2289]
Census PlaceClay City, Clay Co., Illinois, United States
Death Date1875 [1498, Memorial# 41875078], [2266], [5687]
Death PlaceClay City, Clay Co., Illinois, United States
OccupationCooker [2289]
Father(male) KNOST (~1804-)
Spouses
1Mary Elizabeth RUTHERFORD [1498, Memorial# 41875078], [2338], [2266], [5687], [5690]
Birth Date23 Apr 1843 [2289], [1498, Memorial# 41875078], [2359], [2291], [5687]
Birth PlaceOlney, Richland Co., Illinois, United States
Memo1842 on gravestone; 1844 based on 1860 census; 1843 based on 1870 census, marriage license (GARRETT) & obituary.
Census Date19 Jun 1860 [2291] Age: 17
Census PlaceOlney, Richland Co., Illinois, United States
MemoListed as “M RELEFORD”
Census Date19 Jul 1870 [2289] Age: 27
Census PlaceClay City, Clay Co., Illinois, United States
Census Date1 Jun 1880 [2336] Age: 37
Census PlacePacific, Franklin Co., Missouri, United States
Death Date7 Feb 1907 [1498, Memorial# 41875078], [2266], [5687] Age: 63
Death PlacePacific, Franklin Co., Missouri, United States
Burial PlacePacific, Franklin Co., Missouri, United States [1498, Memorial# 41875078]
MemoPacific Cemetery
OccupationSeamstress [2291]
FatherWilliam RUTHERFORD (~1823-<1858)
MotherRhoda NELSON (ca1824-)
Misc. Notes
Marriage license to Willam GARRETT says that was Mary’s 2nd marriage, not her third. [2359]

Mary had an unnamed stillborn baby, after Ella, but the source is not clear as to who the father was. This may account for the statement about 8 children in Mary’s obituary.
[2266], [5687]
Marr Date28 Jun 1860 [151], [1498, Memorial# 41875078]
Marr PlaceRichland Co., Illinois, United States
Marr MemoVolume 2, no license # given in state index.
ChildrenOliver (1861-1938)
 Horace (~1863-~1864)
 Agnes (~1865-~1866)
 Rhoda Evelina (1867-1917)
 Rose Belle (1869-1943)
 Harry (~1871-~1872)
 Ella (1873-1880)
Last Modified 26 Feb 2017Created 23 Jun 2022 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 23 Jun 2022
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