Viola P. Eddleman, Vernon Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Nancy Bell



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Viola P. Eddleman'S "Widow's Application For Confederate Pension":
Husband: Daniel R. Knight, also known as D.R. Knight
Maiden name: Viola P. Eddleman
Where wife was born: "Itala" County, Mississippi (Attla)
Date of wife's birth: November 28, 1853
Date of marriage: December 26, 1869; married one time

Husband served in the 1st (Nelligan's) LA Infantry, Company B. 
Husband lived in Rapides Parish (Huddleston P.O.). Husband died  
from heart trouble March 10, 1905 in Robeline, LA (Natchitoches Parish).

Marriage License: married by C.B. (Charlie B.) Burr, Justice of the 
Peace

* Letter from Nathan S. Smart: "D.R. Knight was married first to 
Harriet Turner, whom he divorced during the Civil War.  He divorced 
her in Alexandria while on furlough. He married second Viola P. Eddleman, 
who Mr. Smart said he went to school with. They married in December 1869 
at Burr's Ferry."

* Letter from N.B. Cain:  "I have lived in Vernon Parish, La. virtually 
all my life. That I was acquainted with D.R. Knight and wife, Viola P. 
Knight, the latter being the daughter of Mr. John P. Eddleman, a resident 
also of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, and who was well known in that section 
of the state."

"There were born to them five (5) children, whose names are as follows: 
John Knight, Ellen Knight, Thomas Knight, Daniel Knight, and Maud Knight.  
They are all now dead, except Maud, who later married C. L. Brewster, who 
lived in Alexandria, Louisiana.

* Letter from R. Lee Davis, Lawyer: "The old family Bible and all 
records were burned..."

* Letter from Mrs. Berilla Lovett: "My deceased husband, Dr. John 
Lovett, was his (D.R. Knight) nephew.  D.R. Knight had two brothers and 
one sister, to wit, Thomas Knight and John Knight, and Ellen Knight, 
respectively.  His sister Ellen Knight was married to Dr. Thomas Lovett.
They had one son born of this marriage, to wit, Dr. John Lovett, who 
was my husband.  I know that D.R. Knight married Viola P. Eddleman, 
daughter of John P. Eddleman. They were married on December 26, 1869 at 
Burr's Ferry. On their way back after the marriage, they stopped at
my father, Jim H. Word's home, and stayed over the night with us.  I 
was about 13 years of age, then, and remember the incident perfectly."

* Letter from Mrs. Maude K. Brewter, daughter of Viola :  "My mother, 
Mrs. Viola P. Knight, died May 4th, 1937...in Alexandria, Louisiana."

Remarks: "Knight, Viola P. found her husband's service record in 
Memorial Hall, New Orleans, LA"

Source: Photocopy of original on file at the office of Louisiana 
Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and 
History; Confederate Pension Applications Index Database;
Reel CPI.78-Microdex 1-Sequence 13; Target Card: Knight, Viola P.