Person:Dexter Knight (18)

KNIGHT DEXTER N 36 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE 8-WD PROVIDENCE 1870

DEATH: Rhode Island Deaths Dexter N Knight

DEATH: Name: Dexter N Knight Kin 1: Stephen Knight Kin 2: Weltha Knight Death Date: 19 Jan 1893 Age: 60 yrs

BIOGRAPHY: History of Providence County, Vol I & II Ed. by Richard M. Bayles; W.W. Preston & Co., NY. 1891 Biographical sketches Volume I "City of Providence" http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/article38.html

The business organization of this firm and their enormous interest is as follows: Benjamin B. and Robert Knight are the presidents and treasurers of their several corporations; the firm of B. B. & R. Knight are the agents; Edwin Knowles is the financial secretary of the firm in charge of the Providence office and the accounts of 17 of the mills. Dexter N. Knight, brother of B. B. & R., is in a similar position as secretary of the Hebron Company, comprising the Hebron, Dodgeville and Grant mills; Fred B. Burt is the secretary of the Clinton Manufacturing Company; Henry A. Fifield is assistant secretary to the firm, in charge of the accounts of the cotton and finished goods; William E. Wall is agent of the firm for the sale of the goods at the principal store in Worth street, New York.

Hstory of Providence County Rhode Island Volume 1 1891 Page 621

    The Reliance Flour and Grain Mills, operated by Dexter N. Knight, are one of the most extensive of their class in New England. They are located on a site 100 by 150 feet, at 208 to 214 Dyer street, and are equipped with a grain elevator and all the latest improved mechanical appliances for the milling of flour, operated by steam power.

Providence Rhode Island City Directory 1855 Page 273 -274 Knight, Dexter N. flour and grain mills, 208 to 214 Dyer, bds. 213 Broad [house do.

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Dexter N Knight The Providence City Directory and Rhode Island Business Directory, 1887 Rhode Island Providence B 56 Dexter N Knight The Providence City Directory and Rhode Island Business Directory, 1887 Rhode Island Providence K 307

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Providence, Rhode Island City Directory, 1887 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2003. Original data: The Providence Directory, and Rhode Island Business Directory. No. XLVII. For the Year Commencing July 1, 1887. Providence, RI: Sampson, Murdock, & Company, 1887.

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Name Location 1 Location 2 Occupation

Dexter N. Knight 3 Washington row house 44 Wesleyan avenue Dexter N. Knight 3 Washington row house 44 Wesleyan avenue Source Information: Providence City Directory, 1890. Providence, RI: R. L. Polk Co., 1890.

TAXES: The Providence,Providence,Rhode Island City Tax, ordered by the city council for the year 1872. The following individual was rated as follows.

                                                   Real.      Per.       Amt. Of  Tax

Dexter N. Knight and wife 46200 5000 691.20

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Dexter Knight Age: 16 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834 Birth Place: Rhode Island Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: M432_846; Page: 67; Image: 136.

1860 United States Federal Census Name: Dexter N Knight Age in 1860: 35 Birth Year: abt 1825 Birthplace: Rhode Island Home in 1860: Providence Ward 7, Providence, Rhode Island Gender: Male Post Office: Providence Household Members: Name Age Dexter N Knight 35 Diana Knight 33 Howard Knight 6 Catherine Fleming 20 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Providence Ward 7, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: M653_1209; Page: 369; Image: 484.

1870 United States Federal Census Name: Dexter N Knight Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834 Age in 1870: 36 Birthplace: Rhode Island Home in 1870: Providence Ward 8, Providence, Rhode Island Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Providence Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Providence Ward 8, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: M593_1480; Page: 360; Image: 180.

1880 United States Federal Census Name: Dexter N. Knight Home in 1880: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Age: 47 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Diana P. Father's birthplace: Rhode Island Mother's birthplace: Rhode Island Occupation: Flour Manufacturer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Dexter N. Knight 47 Diana P. Knight 47 Richard Knight 18 John C. Knight 15 Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T9_1213; Family History Film: 1255213; Page: 233.4000; Enumeration District: 45; .