Person:Homer Knight (28)

CENSUS: 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Homer A Knight Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870 Age in 1870: 2/12 Birthplace: Iowa Home in 1870: Farmersburg, Clayton, Iowa Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Farmersburg Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Farmersburg, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: M593_383; Page: 232; Image: 190.

1880 United States Federal Census Name: Homer Knight Home in 1880: Clayton, Clayton, Iowa Age: 10 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Iowa Relation to Head of Household: Stepson Father's birthplace: Iowa Mother's Name: Josephine Mother's birthplace: Iowa Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Francis Barnhouse 74 Josephine Barnhouse 45 Homer Knight 10 Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Clayton, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: T9_333; Family History Film: 1254333; Page: 309.2000; Enumeration District: 129; Image: 0262.

1900 United States Federal Census Name: Homer Knight Home in 1900: Farmersburg, Clayton, Iowa Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Iowa Relationship to head-of-house: Son Spouse's Name: Almyra Parent's Name: Joseph Race: White Occupation: Day Labor Household Members: Name Age Joseph Barnhouse 62 Homer Knight 30 Almyra Knight 33 Sabin Knight 9 Alpha Knight 5 Oris Knight 2 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Farmersburg, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: T623 425; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 49.

1910 United States Federal Census Name: Homer Knight Age in 1910: 40 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Iowa Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Ohio Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Spouse's Name: Adelia Home in 1910: Guttenberg, Clayton, Iowa Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Homer Knight 40 Adelia Knight 43 Salbyn Knight 19 Arther Knight 15 Oliva Knight 12 Stanley Knight 6 Sidney Knight 3 Charley Knight 2 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Guttenberg, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: T624_397; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 55; Image: 666.

1920 United States Federal Census Name: Homer A Knight Home in 1920: Mendon, Clayton, Iowa Age: 49 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871 Birthplace: Iowa Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Almira E Father's Birth Place: Canada Mother's Birth Place: New York Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 392 Household Members: Name Age Homer A Knight 49 Almira E Knight 52 John S Knight 29 Louis A Knight 25 Aris M Knight 22 Stanley B Knight 16 Sidney M Knight 13 Charity C Knight 12 Gayle W Knight 6 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Mendon, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: T625_484; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 392.

Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Name: Homer A Knight Census Date: 1 Jan 1925 Residence County: Clayton Residence State: Iowa Locality: Mendon Birth Location: Iowa Marital Status: Widowed Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1871 Race: White Relation to Head: Head Mother: Dont No Father: No Knight Line: 10 Roll: IA1925_1666 Household Members: Name Age Homer A Knight 54 Sidney M Knight 18 Gayle W Knight 11 Charity C Robinson 17 Filstha f Robinson 1 Roz V Robinson 25 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from

BIOGRAPHY: BARNHOUSE, Francis b: 15 Aug 1806 in Baltimore Co, MD d: 26 Aug 1890 in Sny Magill area farm, Clayton Twp, Clayton Co, IA. Burial: Moody Cem, NW1/4 or SW1/4, sec 34, Mendon Twp, Clayton Co, Ia. Note 3: Grew up in MD, went to Carroll Co, OH, then Clayton Co, IA. Note 6: Bet. 1856 - 1857 OH to Sny Magill valley/hill farm, Clayton Twp, Clayton Co, IA. Note 8: 1850 Census; farming $400, Perry.Twp, Carroll.Co.OH. Note 9: 1850 Census; Assuming this is son of Francis b. 1769/MD; bz/2007. Note 12: 1860 Census; farming $400/100, Clayton area, Clayton.Co.IA Note 14: 1870 Census; farming $1975/460, Clatyon.Co.IA, wife + Sarah & Francis. Note 16: 1880 Census; on home farm, with 2nd wife & Homer Knight 10y/IA. Note 17: Home farm; 2+mi up Sny McGill Cr, 4+mi SxSW of McGregor, IA. Note 18: Barnhouse farms were in sec's 17 & 18, NE corner of Clayton Twp. Note 19: And farms along S line of Mendon Twp. . +KELLY, Nancy b: Bet. 1806 - 1807 in Penn or Ohio d: 23 Feb 1871 in Sni Magill area farm, Clayton Twp, Clayton Co, IA. m: Abt. 1820 in Perry.Twp, Carroll.Co.OH

• 2nd Wife of [1] BARNHOUSE, Francis:

. +UNKNOWN, Josephine b: Abt. 1835 in New York m: Bet. 1871 - 1880 in Clayton Co, IA Note 4: 1880 Census; farming, husb Francis & Homer Knight 10y/IA.

The following excerpt was taken from LOCALIZED HISTORY OF POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO 1907, copyright 1971 by Charles Wm. Mooney, Jr., Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 75-121116. Homer Knight had the first Saloon soon after the town began. Then John Quimby and Ben Barker opened saloons. There was a rough element that patronized these saloons, with many of their customers coming from the Indian Territory. Later, both Sam Norton and Mike Lawless had saloons in town in 1897. Norton owned a ranch north of town. A man named Melton was drunk and was killed with a knife in the Homer Knight;s saloon.