The Children of Sophia Lutton and Alexander
McKnight
1) Mary
Eliza (Liddie): Liddie was born in Cecil County Maryland December 1854. On December 14, 1871 she married
E.W. Janney, then sheriff of Cecil County. Liddie had two known child Flora L. born
February 1879 and Annetta born January 1884. Sometime after her husbands death in 1890 she
moved to Virginia. Mary Eliza died before 1930.
2) Marcus
Alexander: Marcus was born about 1855 in Cecil County, he died before
1860.
3) Albert Franklin (Frank): Frank was born
in Elkton Maryland on June 17, 1858. He married Anna Louisa Janney. He
is my direct ancestor.
4) Arthur
Alexander: Arthur was born in Elkton in June 1861. On November 6, 1882 he
married Mary Jones and they had four children together, only three of
which are known: Minnie S. (September 1883), Frances (October 1892), and
Helen (June 1897). Arthur was a foreman at the pulp mill. He also served
as a committee clerk for the State Senate in 1892. Arthur died in 1942 at the
age of eighty years.
5)
Fannie: Fannie was born in 1865 and died July 16 1868
6) Leah Ellen:
Leah was born in March 1868. On May 19,1887 she married Harry
Giles, compostor of the Cecil County Whig. Harry and Leah lived
in both Washington DC and Virigina. They had two children: Clinton A (1898)
and one unknown.
7) Mable
Sophia: Mable was born in 1871 in Elkton. About 1898 she married Lewis Ehlers.
They had one child together, Margaret (1899). Mabel and Lewis lived out their
lives in Cecil County.
8)
William Allen: William was born in Elkton in 1875 and died on August
28, 1884.
Last
Update: June 6, 2005