Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Knight, Harry S. 1868 - living in 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 4, 2005, 9:49 pm Author: Biographical Publishing Co. HARRY S. KNIGHT, who has been very successful in the practice of the legal profession in the town of Sunbury since May 1, 1894, is a son of Fred H. and Annie (Schoc) Knight, and was born in Watsontown, Northumberland County, March 6, 1868. The family is of Welsh descent, and, upon coming to America during the colonial period, located on Long Island. Albert Knight, the great-grandfather of our subject, was born on Long Island and was a soldier in the colonial wars. His son, Richard Knight, our subject's grandfather, was also born there and when eleven years of age enlisted in the army during the Revolutionary War as drummer-boy, serving in that capacity throughout the struggle for liberty. He then moved to Harrisburg, Pa., when that now thriving city was but a small village, and engaged in merchandising until the War of 1812. He then organized a company and was mustered into service as captain and served faithfully until the close of the war. He then removed to Liverpool, Perry County, where he operated packet boats on the Susquehanna Canal until his death, which occurred in 1848, aged sixty-eight years. Religiously he was a member of the Episcopal Church. He was the father of five children, two sons and three daughters, one of whom was Fred H., the father of our subject. Fred H. Knight was born in Liverpool. Perry County, Pa., November 22, 1838, and obtained his education in the public schools and in Millersburg State Normal School of which he is a graduate. Upon leaving school he taught for a short period, but in 1861 enlisted in Company G, 147th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., as a private and served through the entire war, acquitting himself with credit. From time to time he was promoted and was finally ranked as major. He was attached to Sherman's Army during the memorable March to the Sea and also participated in the following important engagements: Look-out Mountain; Chancellorsville; Chattanooga; Vicksburg; Siege of Atlanta; and was taken prisoner and incarcerated on Belle Isle for a short time. After the close of the war, he located at Selinsgrove and in 1866 moved to Watsontown, where he has since resided and carried on a general merchandise store with good results. He is superintendent of the Watsontown Water Works, of which he is the chief stockholder. Religiously he is a member of the Lutheran Church, whilst in political views he is a stanch Republican and has held the office of chief burgess a number of times. Socially he is a member of Bryson Post, No. 225, G. A. R., of Watsontown. December 13, 1866, he was united in marriage to Annie Schoc, and they became the parents of one son, Harry S. Harry S. Knight is a gentleman of scholarly attainments, being a graduate of Watsontown High School in 1884; he also took a three years' course in Wyoming Seminary and was graduated therefrom in the class of 1888. He then engaged in newspaper work on the Wilkesbarre Record until the fall of 1889, when he took up the study of law under the direction of H. C. McCormick, who is at present an attorney of Williamsport, and was admitted to the bar of Lycoming County in the fall of 1891. He shortly afterwards formed a partnership with N. N. Edwards, Esq., and under the firm name, Edwards & Knight, practiced for one year, when on account of poor health and failing eyesight he was obliged to give up active work. Having recovered sufficiently at the expiration of two years, on May 1, 1894, he moved to Sunbury where he was admitted to the bar and immediately began practice. He has secured a large clientage and has pleaded cases in the State and United States courts with much success. He organized the board of trade soon after his arrival in Sunbury, and has been secretary of the board ever since. He is the leading spirit of the organization and has secured for the city many large enterprises, chief of which are the silk mills and knitting mill. On May 1, 1897, he took Milton Loeb into partnership, the firm now being Knight & Loeb. June 16, 1896, Mr. Knight was joined in wedlock to Mary B. Martin of Williamsport, and they are the happy parents of one son, Frederick H. Politically he is a Republican and takes an active interest in all affairs of a political nature. In religious attachments he is a member of the Episcopal Church and an active worker in the Sunday school. Socially he is a member of the James Cameron Camp, No. 60, S. of V., and Pa. Div. S. of R. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb