Lt. Gov. Horatio Gates Knight

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Lt. Gov. Horatio Gates Knight

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: October 16, 1895 (77)
Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Sylvester Knight and Rachel Lyman
Husband of Mary Ann Knight
Father of Alice E. Hopkins; Horatio Williston Knight; Lucy Knight; Mary Knight Wood; Charles Huntoon Knight and 2 others
Brother of Sarah Wright Crafts; Alice Luce Clapp; Lathrop Elderkin Knight and Rachel Mosley Knight
Half brother of Betsey Knight; Sylvester Knight; Sylvester Knight and Remember Knight

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About Lt. Gov. Horatio Gates Knight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_G._Knight

Horatio Gates Knight (March 24, 1818 - October 16, 1895) was an American politician, manufacturer and philanthropist who served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1875 to 1879.

Knight apprenticed with store-keeper Samuel Williston as a boy and the two later worked as business partners, establishing and operating manufacturing businesses in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He married Mary Ann Huntoon, and his daughter was the composer Mary Knight Wood.

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Lt. Gov. Horatio Gates Knight's Timeline

1818
March 24, 1818
Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
1844
August 20, 1844
Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
1846
August 8, 1846
Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
1848
February 6, 1848
East Hampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
1849
November 22, 1849
East Hampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
1851
November 29, 1851
1854
August 6, 1854
East Hampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
1857
April 7, 1857
East Hampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
1895
October 16, 1895
Age 77
Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States