Col John Elliott Knight (1816-1901) - Find a Grave Memorial

Col John Elliott Knight

Birth

20 Sep 1816

Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Death

28 Oct 1901 (aged 85)

Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA

Burial

Mount Holly Cemetery

Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map

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East Grand Street South

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Married Hannah Donnell 1843; Arkansas Historical Society (1863); overseer of Byrd Plantation briefly; junior editor, "Democrat" 1846; proprietor/editor of short-lived "Chronicle" 1855; Little Rock Mayor 1851; attorney 1850, 1860, and 1880 census.

Wrote lyrics to a song (1858) "I Am Near to Thee", music by Benjamin Skull, and dedicated to Mary Woodruff.

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Hannah Donnell Knight

1822–1911

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Elizabeth A "Lizzie" Knight Pollock

1844–1901

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