Almira Knight (1827-1912)

Gathered here is the most comprehensive repository of materials on the life of Almira Knight, sister of Adaline Knight (wife of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap).  Click on the links below to access biographical and historical information about Almira Knight:

Autobiographical Writings

• Journals  [TO COME]

Letters

Letters from Almira Knight to:

• Almira Knight (daughter) to Martha McBride, 1875
  • Pages 1, 4
  • Pages 2-3
  • Transcription

Letters mentioning Almira Knight:

• Martha McBride Knight to Lucius McBride (nephew) (end comments to Lucius McBride’s letter), 20 Aug 1893
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Transcription
• Ellen A. Curtis (McBride relative) to Hyrum Belnap, 26 Jan 1914
  • Page 1
  • Transcription (scan of typed version)

LDS Materials

• Almira Knight Stoddard Hanscom Statement, 24 Jul 1908
• Almira Knight Temple Index Bureau Card, n.d.

Other Sources

• Historic Nauvoo: Stoddard Tin Shop
• Mormon Redress Petition  [TO COME]
• History of the Church, vol. 7, chapter __, p. 484: ____ 1845
• “News of the Church: Church Plans Sesquicentennial of Nauvoo,” Ensign (May 1989), pp. 107-09

Census Records

• 1840 U.S. Federal Census, Quincy, Adams, IL (1840)
• 1860 U.S. Federal Census, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO (4 Jun 1860)
• 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Kirtland, Lake, OH (1 Jun 1870)
• 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Kirtland, Lake, OH (23 Jun 1880)

Death Records

• Death Certificate: Elmire [sic] H. Knight, 1912
• Estate Papers  [TO COME]

Photographs and Images

Individual Images

• Almira Knight  [LOCATE]
• George Hanscom (“Chauncy West” erased from top) (from Marion Adaline Belnap Kerr photo collection)
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  • Back

Stoddard Tinsmith Shop

• Stoddard Home and Tinsmith Shop, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL (16 Oct 2002)
• Stoddard Home and Tinsmith Shop, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL (2003)
• Stoddard Home and Tinsmith Shop, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL (Jun 2003)

Headstones

• Headstone: North Kirtland Cemetery: Almira Knight (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Sep 1991)
• Headstone: North Kirtland Cemetery: Sylvester B. Stoddard (husband) (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Sep 1991)

Spouses

• Sylvester B. Stoddard (1801-1867)
• George Hanscom (1810-1887)

Children

• [no issue]

Parents

• Vinson Knight (1804-1842)
• Martha McBride (1805-1901)

Last update:  14 May 2020