Individual Details
Mattie Mae Mygatt
(Sep 1885 - 26 May 1961)
Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Monday, May 29, 1961: Rites Held Sunday for Mattie Knight. Funeral services were held Sunday at Walker Funeral Home, West Frankfort, for Mrs. Mattie Knight, 74, 2106 E. Cleveland st., West Frankfort. Burial was in Tower Heights Cemetery, The Rev. Ivan Christoff, Sesser First Baptist Church pastor, officiated. Mrs. Knight died Friday in Union Hospital. She leaves her husband Ezra, son Theodore of Eldorado, brother William Mygatt of Sesser, sister Mrs. Marie Ferd [Fred] of Sesser, one grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
Events
| Birth | Sep 1885 | Illinois |  | ||
| Marriage | 1907 | Ezra John Knight | | ||
| Death | 26 May 1961 | West Frankfort, Franklin Co., Illinois | | ||
| Burial | Mae Knight, Tower Heights Cemetery, West Frankfort, Franklin Co., Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Ezra John Knight (1884 - 1961) |
| Child | Theodore "Ted" Knight (1906 - 1986) |
| Father | Jackson Thomas Mygatt (1864 - 1911) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann Kirkpatrick (1866 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Nettie Mygatt (1884 - 1900) |
| Sibling | William Harrison Mygatt (1889 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Ernest Mygatt (1890 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Garrett Hobart Mygatt (1896 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Marie Mygatt (1902 - 1966) |
Endnotes
1. 1900 Census Perry Co., Illinois.
2. Southern Illinoisan, Obituary of Mattie Knight (n.p: Monday, May 29, 1961, n.d).
3. 1930 Census Franklin Co., Illinois.
4. Southern Illinoisan, Obituary of Mattie Knight (n.p: Monday, May 29, 1961, n.d).
5. Find A Grave.