Records:  KNIGHT, Elijah A., son of Elijah Knight, Unknown Co., KY
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 18:10:46 -0700

From: "Linda Katherine Jenkins-Wensel" <kanichi@theriver.com>
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Subject:BIO: Elijah A. Knight (son of Elijah KNIGHT native of KY)

  KNIGHT  NORTHERN  MATLOCK  

Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884. 
Monroe County Biographical Sketches, Clear Creek Township, p. 666

Elijah A. KNIGHT is a native of Marion County, Ind., was born March 2, 1839, 
and is one of the eight children of Elijah and Nancy (NORTHERN) KNIGHT; the 
former a native of Kentucky, and born about 1800.  After marriage, he moved 
to Morgan County, Ind., where he lived until 1838 or 1839, and then became 
one of the contractors, building the Wabash & Erie Canal, after completing 
which contract he settled in Boone County, and died in 1845.  Elijah A. 
KNIGHT obtained his education in the primitive schools of the time, and 
afterward studied at home by the firelight.  His father died when he was six 
years old, and he remained with his mother until his majority, and then 
purchased the farm of 110 acres, most of which he has retained.  In August, 
1861, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 
which he served eleven months; then returned, and in September, 1864, 
entered an unassigned company of the Thirty-third Indiana Regiment, and 
served therein until the end of the war.  February 22, 1871, he married 
Sarah E. MATLOCK, a native of this county, and to this union have been 
bestowed five children - four being yet alive - Anna E., Elijah E., John P. 
and Clarence F.  Mr. Knight is a Democrat, has held several civil offices, 
and is one of the most prominent men of his township.  

Data Entry Volunteer - Linda Jenkins Wensel
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