Person:Horace Knight (37)

BIOGRAPHY: !William G. Cutlers History of the State of Kansas-Biographical Sketches-Richland Township (Gordon and Lonnecker)

H. D. Knight, retired, is a native of Norwich,Hamphire,Massachusetts, born September 14, 1816, lived there until 1846, then removed to Springfield,Mass. Was two years a resident of that city, afterward at Southampton,Massachusetts, three years, and at Lee,Massachusetts, three years, removing from there to Batavia,Genesee,New York. After three years residence there he located at Strawberry Point,Clayton, Iowa and Fayette,Fayette,Iowa, remaining there until the spring of 1868, then in Tennessee until he came to Labette County, Kansas, in the spring of 1869, locating on the northwest quarter of Section 33, Hackberry Township and engaged in farming there until 1874, then in Missouri until 1876, when he returned to Kansas and located in Hackberry Township. He afterward purchased on near Mound Valley, which he exchanged for one in Cherokee County, two miles east of Chetopa. For several years Mr. Knight carried on an extensive photograph business, both in the east and west. He was first married at Albany,N.Y., January 26, 1842 to Lucy C. Hazentine, a native of Chester,Mass. She died July 25, 1869,leaving on daughter, Maria H.,now Mrs. G.W. Jenkins of Chautauqua County,Kansas.A son Erastus Channing, died July 23, 1869. Mr. Knight was married again August 14, 1871, at Neosho,Mo., to his present wife, Julia Richards, who was born at New Hartford,Conn., May 2, 1830. Mr. Knight is a member of the Prespyterian Church. His parents, Erastus Knight and Patty Porter Knight, were married at Hatfield,Mass., January 16,1806. Their living childred are - Betsy W., Horace D., the subject of this sketch, Rosamond F., Quartus P. Four of their children have died-Erastus P.,Rosamond,Lucinda D., and Merilla G. Mr. Knight's grandparents were Samuel and Betty Elderkin Knight.

Marsh Genealogy John Marsh of Hartford, Ct. 1636 - 1895 Compiled, Edited and Published by Dwight Whitney Marsh Amherst. Mass,: Press of Carpenter S. Morehouse. 1895 - Page 222

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Horace Knight Age: 34 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816 Birth Place: Massachusetts Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Artist Household Members: Name Age Erastus Knight 2 Horace Knight 34 Lucinda D Knight 28 Lucy C Knight 32 Maria Knight 7 Patty Knight 62 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_320; Page: 72; Image: 141.

1860 United States Federal Census Name: H D Knight Age in 1860: 43 Birth Year: abt 1817 Birthplace: Massachusetts Home in 1860: Cass, Clayton, Iowa Gender: Male Post Office: Strawberry Point Household Members: Name Age H D Knight 43 Lucy C Knight 41 Mariah H Knight 17 Erastus C Knight 11 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Cass, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: M653_315; Page: 18; Image: 18.

1870 United States Federal Census Name: Horace D Knight Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817 Age in 1870: 53 Birthplace: Massachusetts Home in 1870: McGregor Ward 4, Clayton, Iowa Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: McGregor Photographer Household Members: Name Age Frederick Richards 55 Sarah Richards 40 Alice Richards 15 Eddie Richards 13 Nettie Richards 11 Charles Richards 8 Kate Richards 4 Freddie Richards 2 Horace D Knight 53 Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: McGregor Ward 4, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: M593_383; Page: 386; Image: 498.