"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN
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ISAAC KNIGHT, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Nansemond County, Va.,
October 16, 1830, and is the sixth of the eighteen children of Levin and
Emily (Ellis) Knight, both natives of Virginia, and respectively of English
and German extraction, who emigrated to Monroe County, Ind., in 1832,
remained seven years, thence moved to Brown County for twelve years, and
thence to Iowa. Isaac Knight was reared a farmer, with the rudiments of an
education. In 1852, he came to Morgan county and settled in the village of
Cope, where he engaged in business for two years, and afterward took up
farming. He has been very successful in his efforts, being the owner of 120
acres of good and improved land, together with eight residences, a brick
block and a public hall--these the result of his ability and energy, he
having received but $2,500 from his father-in-law's estate. May 14, 1854,
he married Miss Emily Briant, which union has been favored with nine
children, eight having lived to receive names--Benjamin, John W., William
B., Annie M., Nettie, Alonzo, Clarence and Lulie. Mr. Knight is a member of
the Masonic fraternity and an active Republican; he cast his first vote for
Henry Clay. Mr.and Mrs. Knight are members of the Christian Church, having
been such since they were seventeen years of age.
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