Descendants

Biography

Augustus was born in what is today Solingen, Germany, 20 Dec 1829.^[1] He was the son of John Daniel Knight and Hannah Maria Knight.^[1]

Augustus, a resident of St. Louis, married, in Framingham, Massachusetts, Fanny Colburn French, of Framingham, 17 Feb 1857.^[2] They had four sons in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.^[3] They had, first, a son, Daniel, 15 Jul 1860.^[4] After the start of the American Civil War, they had another son, Newell, 25 Apr 1862,^[4] an event punctuated by their loss of Daniel, to unknown cause, 13 Sep 1862, at age two.^[4] Later in the Civil War, they had a third son, Harry, 18 Feb 1864.^[5] After the War, they had their fourth and final son, Eugene, 17 Jan 1866.^[6]

Augustus "was a wholesale dealer and manufacturer of boots and shoes, and sole owner of Fiske, Knight & Company of St. Louis."^[7]

Gravestone[8]

Augustus died in Washington, D.C., 12 Mar 1906, at age 76.^[9] He's buried in the Knight family plot in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.^[9]

Notes

1860 Census here

Article here

Record of him being a clerk here

Fiske, Knight & Co (1874 article) here

Augustus's father (Daniel) here

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Sources (some citations appearing elsewhere in this profile): (1) Son's Yale Biography: "Augustus Knight (born Solingen, Germany, December 30, 1829, died Washington, D. C., March 12, 1906) was the son of John Daniel Knight and Hannah Maria Knight, and was brought to this country by his parents in his infancy." Yale University Class of 1884, and Daggett, Leonard Mayhew. 1914. A History of the Class of Eighty-four, Yale College, 1880-1914. New Haven : Pub. for the Class. Page 221. Available online without restriction courtesy of Hathitrust, here. (2) Gravestone: "Augustus Knight, Dec. 30, 1829, Mar. 12, 1906." Photo taken by Julie (Mitchell) Smart in about 2018 and used by her permission. (3) 1859 Marriage Record: "Augustus Knight," age 29, born in "Prussia," son of "John D." and "Hannah M." (4) 1859 Marriage Record: "Augustus Knight," age 29, born in "Prussia," son of "John D." and "Hannah M."
2. ↑ Sources (some citations may appear elsewhere in this profile): (1) 1859 Marriage Record: "Augustus Knight," age 29, "merchant, born in "Prussia," son of "John D." and "Hannah M.," and "Fanny C. French," age 19, born in "Needham, Mass.," daughter of "Calvin" and "Mary," married in "Framingham, Mass.," 17 Feb 1859." Scan of original family record in the posession of Julie (Mitchell) Smart and used with her permission. (2) 1859 Marriage Record: "Augustus Knight," age 29, resident of St. louis, "merchant, born in "Prussia," son of "John D." and "Hannah M.," and "Fanny C. French," age 19, resident of Framingham, born in "Needham," daughter of "Calvin" and "Mary," married in "Framingham, Mass.," 17 Feb 1859.". Marriage Record. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (available online here : 24 May 2018), 004162394 > image 398 of 850; State Archives, Boston. (3) Son's Yale Biography (citation appearing elsewhere in this profile): "Augustus Knight and Fanny Colburn (French) Knight, who were married February 17, 1857."
3. ↑ Son's Yale Biography (citation appearing elsewhere in this profile): "Newell Clark Knight was born in St. Louis, April 25, 1862, son of Augustus Knight and Fanny Colburn (French) Knight, who ... had three other children: Daniel Augustus (died St. Louis, Mo., September 13, 1862), Harry French, and Eugene Colburn (University of Illinois M.D. '98)."
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} See Son Daniel Augustus Knight's Profile.
5. ↑ See Son Harry French Knight's Profile.
6. ↑ See Son Eugene Colburn Knight's Profile.
7. ↑ Son's Yale Biography (citation appearing elsewhere in this profile).
8. ↑ Photo taken by Julie (Mitchell) Smart in about 2018 and used by her permission.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Sources: (1) Sources (some citations appearing elsewhere in this profile): (1) Son's Yale Biography: "Augustus Knight ... died Washington, D. C., March 12, 1906." (2) Gravestone: "Augustus Knight, Dec. 30, 1829, Mar. 12, 1906." Photo taken by Julie (Mitchell) Smart in about 2018 and used by her permission. (3) Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/47022380/augustus-knight : accessed 31 May 2021), memorial page for Augustus Knight (30 Dec 1829–12 Mar 1906), Find A Grave: Memorial #47022380, citing Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by T.V.F.T.H. (contributor 46496806). For a list of other persons with Wikitree profiles who are likewise listed as being buried in this cemetery, click the Wikitree page for this cemetery here.