KNIGHT, (Mrs.) Edwin, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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MRS. EDWIN KNIGHT, ST. MARTINVILLE.--Mrs. Edwin Knight was born in St.
Martinville, September 2, 1842.  She is the daughter of George and Evelina
(Armstrong) Foster.  George Foster was a native of Boston, Massachusetts,
where he received his education.  He was born April 22, 1818, and was the son
of Thomas Foster, an early settler of Massachusetts.  Evelina Armstrong Foster
is a native of St. Martinville, born July 20, 1820.  She is the daughter of
William and Agnes McCormick Armstrong.  She is still alive, and makes her home
with her daughter, the subject of this sketch.  There were two children born
to this marriage, both girls--Agnes, born October 17, 1839, and our subject.

Mrs. Edwin Knight received her education at St. Martinville and Franklin, and
has a fair knowledge of the English and French languages.  She was married at
the age of twenty-seven years to Edwin Knight, a native of St. Louis,
Missouri, born December 27, 1844.  His death occurred July 31, 1887.  They
were the parents of nine children, viz:  George B., born May 17, 1870;  Ella
E., born June 17, 1871;  Samuel R., born June 12, 1872;  Percy, born February
4, 1874;  Mary A., born January 24, 1876, died November, 1882;  Lizzie R.,
born August 24, 1877;  Edwin R., born June 12, 1879;  Isabella E., born
November 14, 1880;  Lee, born August 25, 1882.  George B., the oldest son, is
a worthy young man just entering manhood, and has a good business education. 
He is at present engaged as salesman in a general store in East St.
Martinville, where he was born and reared.  By his upright and manly conduct
he has obtained the confidence and respect of those with whom he has
associated.  He is full of energy and integrity. 

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
338-339.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.