Joseph Knight, Jr.
Born
1808 June 21
Date Details
Occurred On 1808 June 21
Married Adeline Johnson
1847 November 19 (Age 39)
Traveled in Benjamin Hawkins Company (1850)
1850 June 5 – September 9 (Age 41) Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Additional Information
Joseph initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley as a part of Thomas Johnson's Fifty in the Benjamin Hawkins Company in 1850.
From family histories of Joseph Knight, Jr. on FamilySearch, family tradition says that Joseph Knight was asked to marry Adeline Johnson and Abbie Weldon as plural wives to provide temporal support for these "single" women. We do not find a death date for Adeline's first husband, Isaac Butterfield, so she was probably a young widow. It is likely that Joseph Knight brought Adeline to Utah with him in the 1850 Benjamin Hawkins pioneer company.
Date Details
Started On 1850 June 5
Joined Company
Ended On 1850 September 9
Company Arrived
Traveled in Rescue Companies (1856)
1856 October 7 – December 15 (Age 48) Pioneers in Company
Additional Information
Participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.
Date Details
Started On 1856 October 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 December 15
Company Arrived
Died
1866 November 4 (Age 58)
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Joseph Knight Jr. (1808 - 1866) Profile