Person:Samuel Knight (105)

BIOGRAPHY: !According to the Kankakee Illinois City Directory for 1876, Samuel Lee Knight was trustee to the Second Ward along with Cyrus B. Ingraham.

!In September 1853 Samuel Lee Knight was appointed by President Pierce as the first postmaster for the city, but the name of the postoffice was Clarksville.

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CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: S J Knight Age: 48 Estimated birth year: abt 1802 Birth Place: Massachusetts Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Joliet, Will, Illinois Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Joliet, Will, Illinois; Roll: M432_133; Page: 26; Image: 53.

1860 United States Federal Census Name: S L Knight Age in 1860: 58 Birth Year: abt 1802 Birthplace: Massachusetts Home in 1860: Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois Gender: Male Post Office: Kankakee Household Members: Name Age S L Knight 58 Lucy L Knight 49 Helen Knight 24 Mar S Gates 16 Esther 16 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois; Roll: M653_192; Page: 43; Image: 44.

1870 United States Federal Census Name: Samuel L Knight Estimated birth year: abt 1802 Age in 1870: 68 Birthplace: Massachusetts Home in 1870: Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Kankakee Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois; Roll: M593_238; Page: 124; Image: 248.