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Knight, Edward Colling – Knowles, Hiram

Knight, Edward Colling

merchant, railroad president, was born Dec. 8, 1813, near Camden, N. J. He was for twenty years president of the North Pennsylvania railroad. He died in 1892 in Philadelphia.

Knight, Edward Henry

author, was born June 1, 1824, in England. He was an English writer who settled in the United States in 1845, and was long connected with the patent office in Washington. He was the author of American Mechanical Dictionary; and New Mechanical Dictionary. He died Jan. 22, 1883, in Bellefontaine, Ohio.

Knight, Frederick

poet, was born Oct. 9, 1791, in Hampton, N. H. He taught in Penobscot, Me., and Marblehead, Mass.

He then returned to Rowley, where he passed his life, occupying himself in composition. A memorial of his life, with his poems, was published, entitled Thorn Cottage. He died Nov. 29, 1849, in Rowley, Mass.

Knight, James

physician, author, was born Feb. 14, 1810, in Taneytown, Md.

He was a physician of New York city, and the author of Improvement of Health by Natural Means; Orthopædia; and Static Electricity as a Therapeutic Agent. He died Oct. 24, 1887, in New York city.

Knight, Jonathan

educator, surveyor, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 22, 1787, in Bucks county, Pa.

He served three years as county commissioner; and in 1827 was appointed a commissioner to extend the national road from Wheeling through Ohio and Indiana to the eastern line of Illinois. In 1822 he was elected to the legislature and served six years. In 1854 he was elected a representative in the thirty-fourth congress from Pennsylvania. He died Nov. 22, 1858, in Washington county, Pa.

Knight, Leona Annie

poet, was born April 30, 1859, in Ascension parish, La. She is a writer of Gibson City, La.; and the author of two volumes of poems, entitled Gems of Thought; and Ferns of Fancy.

Knight, Nehemiah

farmer, congressman, was born in Rhode Island. He was a representative in congress from 1803 to 1808.

Knight, Nehemiah Rice

banker, state legislator, governor, United States senator, was born Dec. 31, 1780, in Cranston, R. I. He was elected to the Rhode Island state legislature; and was also for many years president of the Roger Williams bank. He was elected governor of Rhode Island in 1817, and re-elected in 1819 and 1820. He was a senator in congress from 1821 to 1841. He died April 19, 1854, in Providence, R. I.

Knight, Sarah Kemble

educator, author, was born April 19, 1666, in Boston, Mass. She was a teacher of Boston among whose pupils was Benjamin Franklin.

Her Narrative of a Journey from Boston to New York in 1704 is a valuable historical record of contemporary manners and customs written in a graphic, entertaining style. She died Dec. 25, 1727, in Norwalk, Conn.

Knighton, Frederick

educator, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 2, 1812, in England. During the civil war he served as chaplain of the eleventh regiment of New Jersey. He was the author of several books on education, entitled Primary Grammar; and Outlines of History. He died Sept. 9, 1888.

Knipe, Joseph Farmer

soldier, was born Nov. 30, 1823, in Mount Joy, Pa.

In 1861 he organized the forty-sixth Pennsylvania regiment, and was commissioned its colonel; and was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862. He was mustered out of service in September, 1865, and is now superintendent of one of the departments in the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Knowles, Hiram

lawyer, jurist, was born in Maine. He moved to Iowa, from which state he was in 1872 appointed an associate justice of the supreme court for the territory of Montana.