The Political Graveyard: Knight family of Greensboro, Alabama

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Knight family of Greensboro, Alabama

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Thomas Edmund Knight (b. 1868) — also known as Thomas E. Knight — of Selma, Dallas County, Ala. Born in Greensboro, Hale County, Ala., October 13, 1868. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1892-95; circuit judge in Alabama, 1926-31; associate justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1931-42; appointed 1931. Methodist. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of William Newton Knight and Eva (Hoppel) Knight; married, June 7, 1895, to Rebecca Williams; father of Rebecca Knight (who married Joel Bascom Brown (1872-?)) and Thomas Edmund Knight, Jr..
		Political family: Knight family of Greensboro, Alabama.

Joel Bascom Brown (b. 1872) — of Cullman, Cullman County, Ala. Born near Somerville, Morgan County, Ala., May 18, 1872. Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1908; Judge, Alabama Court of Appeals, 1915-19; associate justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1919-21, 1927-. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of George Robinson Brown and Sarah (Morris) Brown; married, November 24, 1898, to Minerva Heideberg; married 1941 to Rebecca (Knight) Odum (daughter of Thomas Edmund Knight (1868-?)).
		Political family: Knight family of Greensboro, Alabama.

Thomas Edmund Knight, Jr. (b. 1898) — also known as Thomas E. Knight, Jr. — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Greensboro, Hale County, Ala., June 19, 1898. Democrat. Lawyer; Alabama state attorney general, 1931-34; Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, 1935-39. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons; Elks; Civitan; Jaycees; American Legion. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Thomas Edmund Knight (1868-?) and Rebecca (Williams) Knight; married, May 4, 1920, to Lelia Otts.
		Political family: Knight family of Greensboro, Alabama.

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