Person:Charles Knight (350)

BIOGRAPHY: Who's Who in New York City and State A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries Fifth Biennial Edition 1911 W. F. Brainard Twenty-Seven West Twenty-Third Street New York Page 563-564 Knight, Charles Huntoon:

  Physician; b. Easthampton, Mass., Nov. 22, 1849; s. Horatio Gates and Mary Ann (Huntoon) Knight: ed. Williston Sem., 1886; grad. Williams Coll., A.B., 1871, A.M., 1886; Columbia Med. Coll., 1874; m. N. Y. City. June 28, 1893, Lucy Ellen Toford. Prof. Laryngology, Cornell Univ. Med. Coll.; surgeon, Manhatten Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp. Republican. Mem. Am. Laryngol. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Acad. of Medicine, Delta Psi fraternity, Sons of the Revolution, New England Soc., etc.; director Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp. Recreation: Music. Clubs: University, Mendelssohn Glee, Hospital Graduates. Address: 120 W. 57th St. N. Y. City.

The Knight Family Page 84 - 90 American Genealogical Research Institude Chattahoochee Valley Reg. Lib. Sys. Charles Huntoon Knight (22 November 1849 - 29 April 1913) surgeon. Born in Easthampton, Massachusetts, Charles was the son of Horatio Gates and Mary Ann (Huntoon) Knight. After completing his early education at Williston Seminary, Knight attended Williams College and graduated in 1871. The following fall, he began his study of medicine at Columbia University and received his M.D. degree four years later. Knight interned for a year and a half at Roosevelt Hospital before traveling abroad for further study in 1876. Returning to the United States, he was in charge of New York Hospital for six months. Knight began private practice in 1877, specializing in nose, ear, and throat. He lectured on diseases of the nose and throat and was professor of laryngology at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School for six years beginning in 1892. In 1898 Knight was professor of diseases of the throat and nose at the Cornell Medical School. In addition to these activities, he authored A Yearbook of Surgery for 1883 and Deseases of the Nose, Throat, and Ear in 1903, contributed to publications of various medical societies, invented several surgical instruments, and was a member of such medical associations as the New York Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Medicine, Therapeutic Society, and the American Medical Association. On 28 June 1893, Knight married Mrs. Lucy Ellen (Tolford) MacKenzie. He died in New York City at the age of sixty-three.

Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. Alumni Records From 1842 to 1874 Compiled by Joseph H. Sawyer 1875 - Page 221 Charles Huntoon Knight (Easthampton).- Born in Easthampton, Mass., November 22, 1849; graduated at Williams College, 1871; graduated at New York in Medicine, March 1874. Address, care Williston, Knight & Co., 74 Worth street, New York.

Charles Huntoon Knight Record #: Death Date: Graduating Year: 8499 April 30, 1913 P&S1874

Summary: Died at his home in New York. Besides being a practicing physician, Dr. Knight was Professor of Laryngology in the Cornell Medical College and a surgeon in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.

Citation(s): Columbia Alumni News 4 (May 16, 1913) P 505

MILITARY: Year Book of the Societies Composed of Descendants of the Men of the Revolution By Henry Hall New York The Republic Press 1890 - Page 291 1887. Charles Huntoon Knight, M. D. Great Grandson of Josiah Huntoon, private in Col. Bellows's regiment, New Hampshire.

CENSUS: 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Chas. H. Knight Home in 1880: New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York Age: 30 Estimated birth year: abt 1850 Birthplace: Massachusetts Relation to head-of-household:Boarder Father's birthplace: Massachusetts Mother's birthplace: New York Occupation: Physician Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Colin Mac Kenzie 36 Lucy Mac Kenzie 33 Colin Mac Kenzie 8 Taaaalfourd Mac Kenzie 3 Chas. H. Knight 30 Mary Byrns 21 Mary A. Leddy 21 Emma Marmion 20 Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York; Roll: T9_880; Family History Film: 1254880; Page: 365.4000; Enumeration District: 294; Image: 0670.

1900 United States Federal Census Name: Chas H Knight Home in 1900: Manhattan, New York, New York Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1850 Birthplace: Massachusetts Relationship to head-of-house: Head Spouse's name: Lucy E Race: White Occupation: Physician Household Members: Name Age Chas H Knight 50 Lucy E Knight 49 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: T623 1115; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 773.

1910 United States Federal Census Name: Charles H Knight Age in 1910: 60 Estimated birth year: abt 1850 Birthplace: Massachusetts Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Massachusetts Mother's Birth Place: England Spouse's name: Lucy E Home in 1910: Manhattan Ward 22, New York, New York Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Charles H Knight 60 Lucy E Knight 62 Henrietta Strausser 45 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Manhattan Ward 22, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1045; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 1287; Image: 667.