Rizpah Knight (1829-1895)

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

Biographical Materials

• Gibbons, Francis M. and Gibbons, Helen Bay, eds. A Turning of Hearts–William Davidson Gibbons Family History
• Gibbons, Helen Bay. Saint and Savage
• Flammer, Gordon H., ed. The Life Stories of Joshua Smith Gibbons and Nancy Louisa Noble Gibbons and of Five of Their Children Who Lived to Raise Families (Including Descendancy Charts) (2001)
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
• “Andrew Smith Gibbons–Indian Missionary,” Our Pioneer Heritage, vol. 2, p. 611
• LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. I (1901), p. 554: Andrew V. Gibbons
• Jensen, Jody. “Richard Gibbons: Arizona Pioneer,” Ensign (Sep 1982), p. 60

Letters

Letters from Rizpah Knight to:

• Martha McBride Knight (mother-in-law) and Andrew S. and Rizpah Knight Gibbons (in-laws) to Gilbert Belnap, 17 Apr 1860
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Envelope
  • Transcription

Letters from Andrew S. Gibbons to:

• Andrew S. Gibbons (brother-in-law) to Gilbert Belnap, 22 May 1864
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Envelope
  • Transcription

Letters to Andrew S. Gibbons from:

• Gilbert Belnap to Andrew S. Gibbons (brother-in-law), 18 Dec 1861
  • Pages 1, 4
  • Pages 2-3
  • Envelope
  • Transcription

Letters from Rizpah Knight’s children (from/to):

• Russell Gibbons and Andrew V. Gibbons (sons of Rizpah Knight) to Gilbert Belnap and Adaline Knight, 19 Mar 1870
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Transcription

Newspaper Articles

• “Missionary Messages–Elder Francis Gibbons,” Ogden Standard Examiner, 26 Feb 1883
• “The Pioneer Company,” Daily Enquirer, 3 Aug 1888
• “Obituary Notes–Rizpah Knight Gibbons,” Deseret News, 6 Apr 1895
• “Fifty Years Ago Today,” Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Jul 1897

Census Records

• 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Pottawattamie County, IA (23 Oct 1850)
• 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Tonaquint, Washington, UT (27 Jul 1860)
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• 1870 U.S. Federal Census, St. Thomas, Pahute, NV (20 Sep 1870)
• 1880 U.S. Federal Census, St. John, Apache, AZ (18 Jun 1880)

Photographs and Images

Group Images

• Gilbert Belnap with wives Adaline Knight (standing left) and Henrietta McBride (standing right), Adaline’s sister Rizpah Knight Gibbons (seated left) and Adaline’s and Rizpah’s mother Martha McBride Knight (seated right), late 1800s
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  • Back
• Gilbert Belnap with wives Adaline Knight (standing left) and Henrietta McBride (standing right), Adaline’s sister Rizpah Knight Gibbons (seated left) and Adaline’s and Rizpah’s mother Martha McBride Knight (seated right), late 1800s (same as above)

Andrew Smith Gibbons

• Andrew Smith Gibbons, n.d.
• Name of “Andrew Gibbons” on Brigham Young Monument, Salt Lake City, UT (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)
• Brigham Young Monument Plaque, List of names of original Pioneer Company, Salt Lake City, UT (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)

Headstones

• Headstone: Saint Johns Cemetery, Saint Johns, Apache, AZ: Andrew S. Gibbons and Rizpah Knight (from FindAGrave)

Spouse

• Andrew Smith Gibbons (1825-1886)

Children

• [TO COME]

Parents

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

Last update:  15 May 2020