
Willis Knight and Viola Adele Holmes' wedding picture

Willis Knight at age 16

Willis Knight and half sister Eva Benson

Willis Knight and half sister Edith Benson

Viola Adele Holmes Knight and her children Maud, Merl, and Melvin

Maud Ethel Knight Brogmus, wife of Robert C. Brogmus, high school picture (1885 - 1959)

Maud Ethel Knight and Robert Charles Brogmus' marriage certificate

Maud Ethel Knight birth certificate

Lucy Ann Clark and James Russel Knight's marriage certificate

James Russel Knight Civil War grave registry

James Russel Knight Civil War muster certificate

James Russel Knight (1839-1865)



The grave markers of Viola Holmes Knight Allen and Willis Russel Knight. Just beyond these footstones lie those of Viola’s 2nd husband, Henry Allen, and his 1st wife, Priscilla Smith Allen. The tall stone marker just beyond the Allens belongs to Cynthia Melinda Hutson Holmes and her husband, Theodore Lilac Holmes – Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa.


Henry S. Allen and his 1st wife, Priscilla Smith Allen – Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa.

Theodore Lilac Holmes and Cynthia Melinda Hutson Holmes – Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa.


Details of Theodore Lilac Holmes (left) and Cynthia Melinda Hutson Holmes (right).


Robert B. Hutson and Nancy E. Hutson – Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa.

William Hutson, son of Robert and Nancy – Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa.