Person:George Knight (240)

CENSUS: 1860 United States Federal Census Name: George H Knight Age in 1860: 4 Birth Year: abt 1856 Birthplace: Connecticut Home in 1860: Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Gender: Male Post Office: Lakeville Household Members: Name Age Henry M Knight 32 Mary F Knight 30 Robert P Knight 7 George H Knight 4 Sarah Phelps 26 Charlotte Mars 61 Catharine Nelly 18 Francis J Young 17 Thomas Crooks 14 Lewis Goldsmith 19 Wm T Wash 17 Wm Kellogg 16 Edward J Lawrence 24 J M L Scoville 10 Rosa M Robert 11 James E Kelly 3 Charles S Burns 11 Albert Judd 15 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: M653_82; Page: 1014; Image: 431.

1870 United States Federal Census Name: George H Knight Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 Age in 1870: 14 Birthplace: Connecticut Home in 1870: Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Ellsworth Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: M593_106; Page: 417; Image: 366.

1880 United States Federal Census Name: George Knight Home in 1880: Faribault, Rice, Minnesota Age: 24 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 Birthplace: Connecticut Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Kate Father's birthplace: Massachusetts Mother's birthplace: Connecticut Occupation: Physician Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Physician Household Members: Name Age George Knight 24 Kate Knight 24 Katie Hale 19 William Massey 26 Ella Anderson 25 Jane McShane 25 Anna Daley 18 Carrie Johnson 33 Charles Vigel 21 Louis Schapple 13 Margaret Richards 15 Edward Lynch 13 Charles Bender 17 John Schrantz 10 Stina Aspaar 13 Nels Larson 15 John Tobablein 14 Esther Erickson 15 Joseph Erickson 19 Henry Bury 13 Andrew Delaney 14 Maxine Coal 9 Benard Thirlwall 17 August Johnson 9 Hans Johson 12 Phebe Masters 18 Mary Jackson 12 Emma Frink 10 Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Faribault, Rice, Minnesota; Roll: T9_632; Family History Film: 1254632; Page: 434.2000; Enumeration District: 148; Image: 0517.

1910 United States Federal Census Name: George H Knight Age in 1910: 54 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 Birthplace: Connecticut Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Connecticut Mother's Birth Place: Connecticut Spouse's Name: Kate Home in 1910: Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age George H Knight 54 Kate Knight 54 Gertrude Knight 22 Mary Leyton 35 Lena Gurdeth 26 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: T624_135; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 271; Image: 269.

BIOGRAPHY: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume III

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(III) Dr. George Henry Knight , son of Dr. Henry Martyn Knight , was born at Lakeville, Connecticut , November 24, 1855 . He attended the public schools of his native town of Salisbury , and for two years was at Yale College, in the class of 1877 . He studied medicine in the University of New York , and was graduated there with the degree of M. D. in 1880 . He went to Fairbank, Minnesota , as superintendent of the State Institute for Feeble Minded, and continued for five years. He established an institution for feeble minded in Minnesota . In September, 1885 , he succeeded his father as superintendent of the Connecticut School for Imbeciles at Lakeville, Connecticut , and has continued the good work of that institution to the present time. He has a national reputation in the special line of work he has followed. He has been active in public affairs and is a useful and honored citizen of his native town. He was treasurer of the town of Salisbury for two years, and has faithfully served the town for two terms in the General Assembly, being chairman of the committee on public health and safety in 1907 , and chairman of the committee on humane institutions the following year, 1909-10 . In 1898 he received from Yale University the degree of A. M., and in 1901-2 he was surgeon-general on the staff of Governor George P. McLean . He is a director of the National Bank in Falls Village , and trustee of the Lakeville Savings Bank. In politics he is a Republican, in religion a Congregationalist. He married, September, 1879 , Kate Brannon , of New York . They have one daughter, Gertrude M. , born at Lakeville , November 12, 1887 .

Minnesota Newspaper Headline Index April 30, 2005 12:05 AM GIVEN NAME: GEORGE H. DR. SURNAME: KNIGHT Headlines: SUPT. OF INBECILE INSTITUTION ASSISTED BY MISS HATTIE HALE. REP. 23/JUN/1880. PROMOTED TO SUPT. OF DEPT. FOR IMBECILES & IDIOTS. REP. 15/JUN/1881. SUPT. MINN. SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED. REP. 02/AUG/1882. GOES TO CONN. TAKES CHARGE OF SCHOOL OVER WHICH HIS FATHER PRESIDED. REP. 02/SEP/1885. RESIGNS AS SUPT. REP. 29/APR/1885. SURGEON GENERAL OF CONN. REP. 19/DEC/1900. DEATH. REP. 04/MAR/1914 Source Information: Dalby, John. Minnesota Newspaper Headlines. [database on-line] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999.

Minnesota Land Concerns April 30, 2005 12:08 AM SCHOOLS FOR DEFECTIVES. page 388 In 1879, the legislature appointed a commission of expert physicians to visit the state hospitals for the insane and select from them such idiotic and feeble-minded children as in their opinion, were proper subjects for special care and instruction, and to assign them to this board for care and training. As a result, twenty-two were selected and placed in a school that same fall with Dr. George H. Knight of Connecticut as principal.

Genealogical Library Master Catalog April 30, 2005 12:11 AM Author: Knight, George H Connecticut. School for Imbeciles (Lakeville) Connecticut. Training School for Feeble Minded (Lakeville) Title: [Letter to Mrs. Francis Bacon from George H. Knight giving a report on the Connecticut School for Imbeciles Library: Connecticut State Library Subject: Mentally handicapped -- Institutional care -- Connecticut -- Salisbury Mentally handicapped children -- Education -- Connecticut Salisbury (Conn.) -- History -- Sources Publisher: Lakeville, Conn., April 20, 1892 Format: 2 p Call Number: SL Archives 920 K743b LIB USE ONLY Notes: Manuscript Name changed in 1915 from Conn. School for Imbeciles to Conn. Training School for Feeble-minded

A Sedgwick Genealogy Descendants of Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick Compiled by Hubert M. Sedgwick New Haven Colony Historical Society New Haven, Connecticut 1961 Page 62

Who's Who in New England Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis Second Edition, 1916 Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company, Publishers Page 641 Knight, George Henry, M.D.; b. Lakeville, Conn., Nov. 24, 1855; s. Henry Martin and Mary F. (Phelps) Knight; student Yale, 1873-5 (M.A., 1898); M.D. Med. Coll., New York. Served as supt. State Inst. for Feeble Minded, of Minn.; became supt. Conn. Sch. for Imbeciles, Lakeville, Conn., 1885; surgeon-gen. On staff of Gov. McLean, 1901-02. Treas. Town of Salisbury 2 terms; mem. Conn. Ho. of Rep., 1907-8. Republican. Home: Lakeville, Conn.

Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. Alumni Records From 1842 to 1874 Compiled by Joseph H. Sawyer 1875 - Page 245 George Henry Knight (Lakeville, Conn.).- Born in Lakeville, Conn., November 24, 1855. Address, Lakeville, Conn.

Catalogue of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Council Publishing Company New York 1900 1862 - Frederick Irving Knight - Physician - 195 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. - (Phi) 1877 - George Henry Knight - Physician - Lakeville, Conn. - (Phi) 1887 - Samuel Knight - Lawyer - Mills Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. - (Phi) 1846 - Franklin LaFayette Knight - Clergyman - Washington, D.C. - (Theta) 1865 - Harlan Page Knight - Physician - Washington, D.C. - (Theta) 1875 - Henry Sargent Knight - Physician - 15 High St., Worcester, Mass. - (Sigma) 1876 - Edward Hooker Knight - Clergyman - 47 Clarendon St., Springfield - (Sigma) 1884 - Frank Henry Knight - Lawyer - First Nat. Bank Bldg., Hartford, Conn. - (Sigma) 1894 - John Walton Knight - Merchant - Decatur, Ala. - (Gamma) 1892 - John Walton Knight - R.R. Business - Anniston, Ala - (Psi) 1875 - Henry Clifford Knight - Lawyer - Providence, R.I. - (Upsilon) 1861 - Edward Boardman Knight - Lawyer - Charleston, W. Va. - (Pi) 1864 - Horace Vinson Knight - Unknown - Grand Rapids, Mich. - (Omicron) 1884 - Thomas Duerson Knight - Lawyer - 84 Washington St., Chicago, Ill. - (Epsilon) 1873 - Frederick J. Knight - Civil Engineer - Monroe, N.Y. - (Delta Chi) 1875 - Henry Brooks Knight - Unknown - Monroe, N.Y. - (Delta Chi)

George Knight (MLB) Full Name: George Henry Knight Birthplace: Lakeville, Connecticut Birthdate: November 24, 1855 Died: October 4, 1912 Deathplace: Lakeville, Connecticut Primary Position: P Weight: 0 First Game: September 28, 1875 Final Game: September 28, 1875 MLB Experience: 1 year Bat/Throw: Unknown/Unknown Biography Born on November 24, 1855 in Lakeville, Connecticut, George Knight (George Henry Knight) played for the New Haven Elm Citys for his entire 1 year career. Knight broke into the bigs on September 28, 1875 with the New Haven Elm Citys. Statistics Pitching Stats Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP 1875 NH n 1 1 1 0 2.00 0 6 2 1 0 0 9 12 0 0 0 0 0

Fielding Stats Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1875 NH n P 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

Batting Stats 1875 NH n Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP 1875 NH n 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MEDIA: Picture of Dr. George Henry Knight's house in Lakeville,,Connecticut is from The Connecticut Magazine Volume VIII 1903-1904 - Page 345