Don and his brothers were then raised by their mother, who ran a boarding house in Morgantown. The elder Knotts died of pneumonia when Don was 13 years old. Afflicted with schizophrenia and alcoholism, he sometimes terrorized Don with a knife, causing Don to turn inward at an early age. ĭon's mother was 40 at the time of his birth and his father suffered from mental illness. Knotts' brothers were named Willis, William, and Ralph "Sid". His English paternal ancestors emigrated to America in the 17th century, originally settling in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. His parents were married in Spraggs, Pennsylvania. Jesse Donald Knotts was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, the youngest of four sons born to farmer William Jesse Knotts and his wife, Elsie Luzetta Knotts (née Moore).
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