Person:Luther Knight (3)

Census: Household Record 1880 United States Census Name Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Luther KNIGHT M Male 36 CT Portrait Painter Martha KNIGHT M Female 32 CT Keeping House Ruby KNIGHT S Female 3 MA

Source Information:

 Census Place Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
 Family History Library Film   1254536 
 Page Number   20B 

Census: KNIGHT LUTHER T 56 M W CT MA HAMPDEN 1-WD SPRINGFIELD 1900 Artist - Portrait

BIOGRAPHY: Memorial of Captain Thomas Abbey His Ancestors and Descendants of the Abbey Family The Second Edition Revised and Condensed 1917 Page 84

The Cause of States Rights.

  Another "Lost Cause" is represented by the shield of the Confederacy with its reproduction of Thomas Crawford's statue of George Washington. When the statue arrived in Virginia the people of Richmond in their enthusiasm dragged it by hand to Capitol Hill. Mr. Crawford died in 1857, and his widow, a sister of Julia Ward Howe, in 1861 married Luther Terry, the artist, who painted the famous signboard of the Abbe Inn at Enfield.
  The signboard was painted by Luther Terry, the artist, step-father of Marion Crawford, the novelist. It was retouched in 1866 by Mr. Terry's nephew, Luther Terry Knight. On the reverse side from the American eagle the British lion is depicted in chains. The Abbe House, now kept by Mr. and Mrs. William A. Abbe, has been in Mr. Abbe's family for generations. It was built by Peter Reynolds Field, is said to be 125 years old and has always been a tavern.

Notes of Terry Families in the United States of America Mainly descended from Samuel, of Springfield, Mass., By Stephen Terry, A.M. Member of Conn. Historical Society. Hartford, Conn.: Published by the Compiler 1887 - Page 135