BIOGRAPHIES:  Handy KNIGHT, Waterville, Pepin Co., WI

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Submitted by Nance Sampson, Pepin Co. Archives File Manager on 19 November 2004
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Handy Knight (deceased) was born in Scio, Allegany county, N. Y.,
December 18, 1806, and died at Waterville, July 29, 1891.  His parents
were Silas and Annie Knight, and the former was a native of
Connecticut.  The subject of this sketch grew up on a farm, attended
the common school, and was married March 4, 1832, to Betsy York, who
bore him five children, as follows:  Annie (Mrs. J. B. Clark), Seymour
(who entered the army, and died July 19, 1863, of wounds received at
the second battle of Bull Run), Henry, Miletus and Carlton H.  In 1863
Mr. Knight removed to Eau Claire, Wis., and engaged in farming.  IN
1870 he came to Waterville, and purchased a farm, where he resided
until his death.  Mrs. Knight died here August 26, 1889.  In political
matters Mr. Knight was a democrat until 1864, when he joined the
republican party, but later he became a prohibitionist.  He was always
an active temperance worker, and had been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church for over sixty years.  He was also a member of the I.
O. G. T.  In his demise the community lost a useful and highly
respected citizen.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," pages 757-758.


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