This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Annison, Butcher, Danight, Daynight, Demight, Denite, Denight, Deknight Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VZB.2ACI/201 Message Board Post: Has anyone know of the Denight family who was living in Ross County, Ohio from about 1910 to as late as 1943? In 1920, they were living with the Annison and Butcher families. This Denight family line is somehow related to the Danight / Denight family who lived in the Clermont, Clinton and Warren Counties, Ohio from 1860 to 1914. Abraham Denight was living in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio when he the informant for a death certificate for Francis “Frank” Owen Denight who died on 1 Sept 1914 in Vernon, Clinton, Ohio. Problem is I don’t know which Abraham Denight it was and his relationship to Frank Denight. Here is what I have found on the Denight family line in Ross County, Ohio with some help from the Ross County Genealogical Society. Abraham Denight, born 8 Dec 1892 in Blanchester, Clinton, Ohio. His parent’s were Abraham Denight and Lucy / Louise Kneight. Abraham Denight married Myrtle Griffith on 4 June 1910 in Ross County, Ohio. Myrtle Griffith was born 8 Feb 1892 in Ross County, Ohio. Her father was K. Griffith. The children of Abraham and Myrtle Denight were Edna Louise and Emma. Edna Louise, born in 1910, died when she was 4 months old. Emma Denight, born in 1912, married the Rev. Ben M. Ward. He died in 1957 and is buried at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio. 1920 Ross County Ohio Census: 1. Myrtle and Emma Denight, was living with the Walter and Gertrude Butcher family on Watt Street in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio. Myrtle was a sister in law to Walter Butcher and worked at the Stogie Factory. Emma was a niece to Walter and Gertrude Butcher. Additional information on the Butcher family whom the Denight’s were living with: Walter Butcher, head of household, age 31 Gertrude Butcher, wife, age 21 Rosella H., daughter, age 5 Audry, daughter, age 3 years, 11 months James, son, age 2 years, 3 months 2. Abe Deknight was living by himself on Brownell Street in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio. This Census that he appeared on was taken on 8 Jan 1920. 3. Andrew Denight, age 38, martial status single, and Abraham Denight, age 4, was living with John and Louise Annison on Marietta Road in Green, Ross, Ohio. Andrew was a stepson to John Annison and was a shoe worker. Abraham was a grandson to John Annison. Additional information on the Annison family whom the Denight’s were living with: John W. Annison, head of household, age 57 Louise Annison, wife, age 55 Abraham Denight died 4 Feb 1920 at St. Francis Hospital in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. The doctor attended to him from 30 Jan 1920 till his death. His occupation was listed as a piano mover. Abraham Denight and his wife Myrtle, who died on 17 Mar 1920, were buried at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio. In this same cemetery plot is Louise Denight, born 15 Sept 1868; died 21 Aug 1936 and Andrew L. Denight, born 19 May 1882; died 7 July 1943. Their relationship to the Abraham and Myrtle Denight family is not known at this time.