Knight, Mrs. Arrena Fairy (Avery)
(1853-1908) Female




Birth: January 26, 1853
Death: December 24, 1908, Cannelton, Perry County, IN
Maiden Name: Avery
Parents: William and Leonora (Ellington) Avery
Spouse: Charles L. Knight, married November 12, 1888, Warrick County
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Family Photographers: husband Charles L. Knight
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Individual Number: 5608


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1908-March 1908* Mrs. Arena Knight Photographer's wife involved with studio; Studio owner Cannelton, Perry County, IN























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Parents: William and Leonora (Ellington) Avery
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OriginalNotes: Several family trees on ancestry.com list her as Arrena Fairy Avery, b. January 26, 1853 in Marion County, Indiana to Elias Avery and Catherine Motsenbocker. Her husband Charles L. Knight died on June 17, 1901 in Cannelton.

Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001 (ancestry.com)
Arena F. Avery married Charles L. Knight, November 12, 1888

1900 Census, Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Charles ? Knight, head, b. May 1856, 44, b. Ind., married 11 yrs., photographer
Arena F. Knight, wife, b. May 1853, 46, 0/0 children, b. Tennesse, no occupation

Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011 (ancestry.com)
Arena Knights, female, occupation photographer, b. January 6, 1853, age 55, widow, b. Tenesee, parents Wm. Avery and Leonora Ellington; died Dec. 24, 1908 in Cannelton

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27729495/arrena-f-knight : accessed 17 September 2021), memorial page for Arrena F. Knight (26 Jan 1858 - 24 Dec 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27729495, citing Avery Cemetery, Warrick County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Searching for Answers (contributor 46881808) . Her tombstone reads b. Jan. 26, 1853 [maybe 1858]
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Name: Mrs. Arena Knight
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County: Perry
Country: USA
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KnownDates: 1908
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NameMiddle: Fairy
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OriginalSource: Cannelton Enquirer (Cannelton, Indiana), March 21, 1908, p. 1
Mrs. Arena Knight has returned from a seven weeks' stay in Rockport and has again o pened up her photograph gallery and extends an invitation to her patrons and friends to give her a call.

Cannelton Enquirer (Cannelton, Indiana), January 2, 1909, p. 1
Mrs. Knight came here with her husband about twelve years ago and opened a photograph gallery. After his death she continued the business to the day of her death. Prior to coming to Cannelton Mr. and Mrs. Knight operated a gallery in Cloverport, KY. [This is at the end of an article about the murder of Henry Knight.]
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