From the Lyman Genealogy
Hon. Horatio G. Knight, son of Sylvester and Rachel Lyman Knight, b. March 24, 1817; m. Mary A. Huntoon, of New York, Sept. 28, 1841, and settled in Easthampton, where he now resides, and is one of the leading manufacturers of the town.
On the establishment of the button works on Hon. Samuel Williston of Easthampton, Mr. Knight, who had been before clerk and salesman for Mr. Williston, became a partner. Since then the firm of Williston, Knight & Co., until the recent organization of the National Button Co., in which the same persons are stockholders.
Mr. Knight is also largely interested in the Nashawnnuck and Glendale Companies, and next to Mr. Williston has been most prominent in the manufacturing operations of the place.
He has also been very prominent in the public affairs of the town, which he has twice represented in the lower house of the legislature. He also occupied a seat in the Senate during two sessions, and was a member of the Republican National Convention at Chicago, by which Abraham Lincoln was first placed before the people as a candidate for the presidency. He was a member of the Executive Council of the state of Mass., in the administration of Gov. Bullock, to which position he was elected under the circumstances very complimentary to himself. He also filled the same office in the first term of Gov. Clafin.
In the early part of the war Mr. Knight was very active in procuring volunteers, paying bounties to Easthampton men who enlisted in the 27th Regiment, and subsequently to those who enlisted in the 31st Regiment, amounting in the aggregate to several thousand dollars.
Obituary:
Northampton, Mass., Oct. 16. – Ex-Lieut. Gov. Horatio G. Knight died shortly after midnight. He had been confined to his home since June. He was born in Easthampton March 24, 1818. Mr. Knight was very prominent in financial and business circles. He was Director in the Nashawannack Manufacturing Company and the Glendale Elastic Fabrics Company. He had been a Director of the Valley Machine Company of Easthampton, the Mill River Button Company, and the Florence Sewing Machine Company; President of the Easthampton Rubber Thread Company, and also one of the Directors of the New-Haven and Northampton Railroad.
Mr. Knight was the senior-member of the firm of Williston, Knight & Co. of New York and had been President of several banks and trust companies.
He served in both houses of the Massachusetts Legislature and in the Executive Council. He was twice Lieutenant Governor. At his first election, the head of the Republican ticket, upon which Mr. Knight ran, was defeated. Politically, he had been identified with the Republican Party since it organization. He was a delegate to the Chicago Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency, was also a member of the convention in Philadelphia in 1872 that nominated Gen. Grant for his second term.
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HORATIO GATES KNIGHT PRESIDENT 1877-1895
Although Ex-Lieutenant Governor Knight was neither a son of Northampton nor a resident of the town, he was keenly interested in many of its important enterprises and institutions. His marked ability, his striking personality, his success as a public speaker, brought him into prominence in political circles as well as among business men of his home town, Easthampton, and of Northampton. His kindliness endeared him to those in need and during the days of the Civil War many a needy soldier's family felt indebted to him for generous assistance. For thirty years he was associated with Samuel Williston in the National Button Company and the Williston & Knight Manufacturing Company, is sole manager for years later as its president and treasurer. The list of offices which he held in business and philanthropic institutions is a long one: he was an original corporator of the Clarke School for the Deaf, a trustee of the Williams College and of Williston Seminary, a director in the Glendale Elastic and the Nashawannuck Companies, also of the First National Bank of Easthampton for several years, vice president of the Northampton Institution for Savings from 1867 to 1877, and its president from 1868 to 1895. His services in the political field were equally extensive and important. As a staunch Republican he represented Easthampton in the legislature as a representative and senator, was a member of the Governor's Council 1868 and 1869, and was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1875, 1876, 1877, and in 1878, was appointed a commissioner to superintend the drafting of the militia in 1862. He was made the State Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition 1873, and in 1879 was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education. He was one of the great men of Easthampton and, by mutual adoption, also of the mother town of which Easthampton in its beginnings was a colony.
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Hon. Horatio G. Knight, son of Sylvester and Rachel Lyman Knight, b. March 24, 1817; m. Mary A. Huntoon, of New York, Sept. 28, 1841, and settled in Easthampton, where he now resides, and is one of the leading manufacturers of the town.
On the establishment of the button works on Hon. Samuel Williston of Easthampton, Mr. Knight, who had been before clerk and salesman for Mr. Williston, became a partner. Since then the firm of Williston, Knight & Co., until the recent organization of the National Button Co., in which the same persons are stockholders.
Mr. Knight is also largely interested in the Nashawnnuck and Glendale Companies, and next to Mr. Williston has been most prominent in the manufacturing operations of the place.
He has also been very prominent in the public affairs of the town, which he has twice represented in the lower house of the legislature. He also occupied a seat in the Senate during two sessions, and was a member of the Republican National Convention at Chicago, by which Abraham Lincoln was first placed before the people as a candidate for the presidency. He was a member of the Executive Council of the state of Mass., in the administration of Gov. Bullock, to which position he was elected under the circumstances very complimentary to himself. He also filled the same office in the first term of Gov. Clafin.
In the early part of the war Mr. Knight was very active in procuring volunteers, paying bounties to Easthampton men who enlisted in the 27th Regiment, and subsequently to those who enlisted in the 31st Regiment, amounting in the aggregate to several thousand dollars.
Obituary:
Northampton, Mass., Oct. 16. – Ex-Lieut. Gov. Horatio G. Knight died shortly after midnight. He had been confined to his home since June. He was born in Easthampton March 24, 1818. Mr. Knight was very prominent in financial and business circles. He was Director in the Nashawannack Manufacturing Company and the Glendale Elastic Fabrics Company. He had been a Director of the Valley Machine Company of Easthampton, the Mill River Button Company, and the Florence Sewing Machine Company; President of the Easthampton Rubber Thread Company, and also one of the Directors of the New-Haven and Northampton Railroad.
Mr. Knight was the senior-member of the firm of Williston, Knight & Co. of New York and had been President of several banks and trust companies.
He served in both houses of the Massachusetts Legislature and in the Executive Council. He was twice Lieutenant Governor. At his first election, the head of the Republican ticket, upon which Mr. Knight ran, was defeated. Politically, he had been identified with the Republican Party since it organization. He was a delegate to the Chicago Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency, was also a member of the convention in Philadelphia in 1872 that nominated Gen. Grant for his second term.
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HORATIO GATES KNIGHT PRESIDENT 1877-1895
Although Ex-Lieutenant Governor Knight was neither a son of Northampton nor a resident of the town, he was keenly interested in many of its important enterprises and institutions. His marked ability, his striking personality, his success as a public speaker, brought him into prominence in political circles as well as among business men of his home town, Easthampton, and of Northampton. His kindliness endeared him to those in need and during the days of the Civil War many a needy soldier's family felt indebted to him for generous assistance. For thirty years he was associated with Samuel Williston in the National Button Company and the Williston & Knight Manufacturing Company, is sole manager for years later as its president and treasurer. The list of offices which he held in business and philanthropic institutions is a long one: he was an original corporator of the Clarke School for the Deaf, a trustee of the Williams College and of Williston Seminary, a director in the Glendale Elastic and the Nashawannuck Companies, also of the First National Bank of Easthampton for several years, vice president of the Northampton Institution for Savings from 1867 to 1877, and its president from 1868 to 1895. His services in the political field were equally extensive and important. As a staunch Republican he represented Easthampton in the legislature as a representative and senator, was a member of the Governor's Council 1868 and 1869, and was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1875, 1876, 1877, and in 1878, was appointed a commissioner to superintend the drafting of the militia in 1862. He was made the State Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition 1873, and in 1879 was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education. He was one of the great men of Easthampton and, by mutual adoption, also of the mother town of which Easthampton in its beginnings was a colony.
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From the Lyman Genealogy
Hon. Horatio G. Knight, son of Sylvester and Rachel Lyman Knight, b. March 24, 1817; m. Mary A. Huntoon, of New York, Sept. 28, 1841, and settled in Easthampton, where he now resides, and is one of the leading manufacturers of the town.
On the establishment of the button works on Hon. Samuel Williston of Easthampton, Mr. Knight, who had been before clerk and salesman for Mr. Williston, became a partner. Since then the firm of Williston, Knight & Co., until the recent organization of the National Button Co., in which the same persons are stockholders.
Mr. Knight is also largely interested in the Nashawnnuck and Glendale Companies, and next to Mr. Williston has been most prominent in the manufacturing operations of the place.
He has also been very prominent in the public affairs of the town, which he has twice represented in the lower house of the legislature. He also occupied a seat in the Senate during two sessions, and was a member of the Republican National Convention at Chicago, by which Abraham Lincoln was first placed before the people as a candidate for the presidency. He was a member of the Executive Council of the state of Mass., in the administration of Gov. Bullock, to which position he was elected under the circumstances very complimentary to himself. He also filled the same office in the first term of Gov. Clafin.
In the early part of the war Mr. Knight was very active in procuring volunteers, paying bounties to Easthampton men who enlisted in the 27th Regiment, and subsequently to those who enlisted in the 31st Regiment, amounting in the aggregate to several thousand dollars.
Obituary:
Northampton, Mass., Oct. 16. – Ex-Lieut. Gov. Horatio G. Knight died shortly after midnight. He had been confined to his home since June. He was born in Easthampton March 24, 1818. Mr. Knight was very prominent in financial and business circles. He was Director in the Nashawannack Manufacturing Company and the Glendale Elastic Fabrics Company. He had been a Director of the Valley Machine Company of Easthampton, the Mill River Button Company, and the Florence Sewing Machine Company; President of the Easthampton Rubber Thread Company, and also one of the Directors of the New-Haven and Northampton Railroad.
Mr. Knight was the senior-member of the firm of Williston, Knight & Co. of New York and had been President of several banks and trust companies.
He served in both houses of the Massachusetts Legislature and in the Executive Council. He was twice Lieutenant Governor. At his first election, the head of the Republican ticket, upon which Mr. Knight ran, was defeated. Politically, he had been identified with the Republican Party since it organization. He was a delegate to the Chicago Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency, was also a member of the convention in Philadelphia in 1872 that nominated Gen. Grant for his second term.
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HORATIO GATES KNIGHT PRESIDENT 1877-1895
Although Ex-Lieutenant Governor Knight was neither a son of Northampton nor a resident of the town, he was keenly interested in many of its important enterprises and institutions. His marked ability, his striking personality, his success as a public speaker, brought him into prominence in political circles as well as among business men of his home town, Easthampton, and of Northampton. His kindliness endeared him to those in need and during the days of the Civil War many a needy soldier's family felt indebted to him for generous assistance. For thirty years he was associated with Samuel Williston in the National Button Company and the Williston & Knight Manufacturing Company, is sole manager for years later as its president and treasurer. The list of offices which he held in business and philanthropic institutions is a long one: he was an original corporator of the Clarke School for the Deaf, a trustee of the Williams College and of Williston Seminary, a director in the Glendale Elastic and the Nashawannuck Companies, also of the First National Bank of Easthampton for several years, vice president of the Northampton Institution for Savings from 1867 to 1877, and its president from 1868 to 1895. His services in the political field were equally extensive and important. As a staunch Republican he represented Easthampton in the legislature as a representative and senator, was a member of the Governor's Council 1868 and 1869, and was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1875, 1876, 1877, and in 1878, was appointed a commissioner to superintend the drafting of the militia in 1862. He was made the State Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition 1873, and in 1879 was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education. He was one of the great men of Easthampton and, by mutual adoption, also of the mother town of which Easthampton in its beginnings was a colony.
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Hon. Horatio G. Knight, son of Sylvester and Rachel Lyman Knight, b. March 24, 1817; m. Mary A. Huntoon, of New York, Sept. 28, 1841, and settled in Easthampton, where he now resides, and is one of the leading manufacturers of the town.
On the establishment of the button works on Hon. Samuel Williston of Easthampton, Mr. Knight, who had been before clerk and salesman for Mr. Williston, became a partner. Since then the firm of Williston, Knight & Co., until the recent organization of the National Button Co., in which the same persons are stockholders.
Mr. Knight is also largely interested in the Nashawnnuck and Glendale Companies, and next to Mr. Williston has been most prominent in the manufacturing operations of the place.
He has also been very prominent in the public affairs of the town, which he has twice represented in the lower house of the legislature. He also occupied a seat in the Senate during two sessions, and was a member of the Republican National Convention at Chicago, by which Abraham Lincoln was first placed before the people as a candidate for the presidency. He was a member of the Executive Council of the state of Mass., in the administration of Gov. Bullock, to which position he was elected under the circumstances very complimentary to himself. He also filled the same office in the first term of Gov. Clafin.
In the early part of the war Mr. Knight was very active in procuring volunteers, paying bounties to Easthampton men who enlisted in the 27th Regiment, and subsequently to those who enlisted in the 31st Regiment, amounting in the aggregate to several thousand dollars.
Obituary:
Northampton, Mass., Oct. 16. – Ex-Lieut. Gov. Horatio G. Knight died shortly after midnight. He had been confined to his home since June. He was born in Easthampton March 24, 1818. Mr. Knight was very prominent in financial and business circles. He was Director in the Nashawannack Manufacturing Company and the Glendale Elastic Fabrics Company. He had been a Director of the Valley Machine Company of Easthampton, the Mill River Button Company, and the Florence Sewing Machine Company; President of the Easthampton Rubber Thread Company, and also one of the Directors of the New-Haven and Northampton Railroad.
Mr. Knight was the senior-member of the firm of Williston, Knight & Co. of New York and had been President of several banks and trust companies.
He served in both houses of the Massachusetts Legislature and in the Executive Council. He was twice Lieutenant Governor. At his first election, the head of the Republican ticket, upon which Mr. Knight ran, was defeated. Politically, he had been identified with the Republican Party since it organization. He was a delegate to the Chicago Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency, was also a member of the convention in Philadelphia in 1872 that nominated Gen. Grant for his second term.
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HORATIO GATES KNIGHT PRESIDENT 1877-1895
Although Ex-Lieutenant Governor Knight was neither a son of Northampton nor a resident of the town, he was keenly interested in many of its important enterprises and institutions. His marked ability, his striking personality, his success as a public speaker, brought him into prominence in political circles as well as among business men of his home town, Easthampton, and of Northampton. His kindliness endeared him to those in need and during the days of the Civil War many a needy soldier's family felt indebted to him for generous assistance. For thirty years he was associated with Samuel Williston in the National Button Company and the Williston & Knight Manufacturing Company, is sole manager for years later as its president and treasurer. The list of offices which he held in business and philanthropic institutions is a long one: he was an original corporator of the Clarke School for the Deaf, a trustee of the Williams College and of Williston Seminary, a director in the Glendale Elastic and the Nashawannuck Companies, also of the First National Bank of Easthampton for several years, vice president of the Northampton Institution for Savings from 1867 to 1877, and its president from 1868 to 1895. His services in the political field were equally extensive and important. As a staunch Republican he represented Easthampton in the legislature as a representative and senator, was a member of the Governor's Council 1868 and 1869, and was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1875, 1876, 1877, and in 1878, was appointed a commissioner to superintend the drafting of the militia in 1862. He was made the State Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition 1873, and in 1879 was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education. He was one of the great men of Easthampton and, by mutual adoption, also of the mother town of which Easthampton in its beginnings was a colony.
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HORATIO GATES KNIGHT
1817 - 1896
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MARY ANN HUNTOON
1820 - 1902
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