Dessie O. Smith was born on 2. Mar. 1889 at Stark, Neosho County, Kansas. She was the daughter of
Preston Butler Smith and
Hattie Smart. Dessie O. Smith married
John Knight on 26. Nov. 1905 at Stark, Neosho County, Kansas; by Jeff Hanson, J.P. Dessie O. Smith died on 21. Sep. 1955 at age 66. Dessie Charlotte (Smith) Knight was born in 1889 to Preston B. and Hattie (Smart) Smith near Stark, Kansas.
She spent the younger part of her life in Neosho County, Kansas and was united to the Friends Church in Stark. She united in marriage to John C. Knight, November 17, 1904 at Stark, Kansas.
They lived in and near Moran, Kansas until 1936 when they moved to San Bernadino, California and have made their home there since.
Her husband preceded her in death May 19, of this year (1955).
She leaves to mourn her death a son, Oral C. Knight, a daughter, Goldie M. Landon, both of San Bernadino, California, 2 granddaughter, 2 grandsons, 2 great granddaughter, and one sister, Mrs. Olive Cross, Moran, and one brother, James Smith, Moran. She will be laid to rest at Moran.