Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 
From: Diana Flynn <ivie@tima.com>
Subject: BIO: SAMUEL MCKNIGHT


"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA"  
GOODSPEED BROS. 1884

SAMUEL MCKNIGHT was born in Lawrence County, Indiana, April 25, 1824, being
the second of eight children born to CHRISTOPHER and REBECCA (VONTRECE)
MCKNIGHT.  The father was a North Carolinian, and came to Indiana on the day
of the battle of Tippecanoe, settling first on Lost River in Orange County,
but going to Lawrence about the year 1814.  The mother was a native of
Shelby County, Kentucky.  Samuel remained on his father's farm, securing in
youth merely the rudiments of an education.  October 26, 1846, he married
SAMANTHA P. IKERD, and they are parents of the following children:  ROBERT
E., who married ELLEN KINNICK;  THEOPHILUS F., whose wife was AMERICA JONES;
ELIZA J., who married THOMAS RAGSDALE;  MARY E., who is the wife of P. H.
IKERD;  JAMES D., who married NANCY A. YOUNGER, deceased;  REBECCA A.,
unmarried;  HARRIET K., who is the wife of JOHN ALEXANDER;  SAMANTHA E., who
married WILLIAM LANIER;  WILLIAM E., MASSIE E., SUSAN E. and SARAH I., the
last four unmarried.  Mr. McKnight comes of an old and prominent family.  He
is a successful farmer, owning 280 acres of land.  He deals to some extent
in fine stock.  He is a Deomocrat and his wife is a member of the Methodist
Church.

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