Person:Alonzo Knight (9)

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Alonzo Knight Age: 12 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838 Birth Place: Georgia Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 28, Emanuel, Georgia Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 28, Emanuel, Georgia; Roll: M432_68; Page: 452; Image: 451.

OBITUARY: The Waynesboro News Waynesboro,Burke,Georgia January 25, 1859 "ALONZO L. KNIGHT, died on January 14th, 1859, at the house of his father, Mr. Rufus Knight, in Emanuel county, in the 21st year of his age.

Possessed of a mild and amiable disposition, those noble traits of character which shines brightest, where the possessor is most known - it is not surprising that he had many friends, and was emphatically the loved one at home. As a son he was dutiful and obedient; as a brother he was kind and affectionate; as a pupil in school, the writer of this obituary always found him obedient to the rules of school. He possessed no ordinary mind, and would have made a useful man had his physical strength equaled his mental faculties. He often said to me, while under my training, that his desires were that he might be a great man, and if study and attention would accomplish this end, he would be found aspiring - his motto was onward."
The citizens of Summersville, where he spent a large portion of his time at school, will remember, no doubt, his valedictory, which brought tears from many an eye, and when it was prophesized that he would day become distinguished for his abilities. But, alas! disease took hold and paralyzed his energies. His disease being protracted, he had time for meditation and prayer, which, it is to be hoped he improved. But little was gathered from him in relation to his state of mind and prospects of the future; but enough in connection with his previous history to warrant his kindred and friends in enteraining the consoling assurance that his end was peace to mourn his early removal from a sphere of extended usefulness.

Thus, like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now, green in youth, now withering on the ground, Another race the following age supplies, They fall successing and successing rise, So, generations in their course decay- So flourish, then, when those have passed away.