"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
PAGE 255
JOHN W. KNIGHT, school teacher and merchant at Morgantown, was born February
11, 1857, in this county, and is the second of the nine children of Isaac
and Emily (Briant) Knight, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter
of this county. Our subject was reared a farmer, and obtained a good
education, having been a one-year student of Butler University. He remained
at home until he was twenty-two years of age, when he began life for himself
as a teacher, and as which he has been remarkably successful. September 1,
1883, he purchased the grocery stock of Abraham Wootten, and has since
managed the business satisfactorily, having a salesman to attend to his
store while engaged in teaching. February 27, 1879, he married Miss Lizzie
Blackburn, of Brown County, Ind., which union has been favored with two
children--Omar (born December 20, 1880) and Otto M. (born December 14,
1883). Mr. Knight is a successful man, and is in prospect of a large and
increasing trade, being a good observer and a shrewd manager. He is a
liberal Republican politically, and a generous and valued citizen. Mr. and
Mrs. Knight are both members of the Christian Church.
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