Knouf, Daniel J.

KNOUF

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Date: 6/29/2021 at 13:20:14

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.513

DANIEL JACKSON KNOUF
Daniel Jackson Knouf, more familiarly known as Jackson Knouf, is one of the representative farmers of Linn Township. He is one of Iowa's native sons, his birth occurring in Benton County, May 28, 1857. His father was Henry Knouf, who was born in Pennsylvania, on the 17th of March 1822, and on first coming to this state located in Iowa City but subsequently re­moved to Benton County. In 1866 he became a resident of Warren County, locating on the farm in Linn Township where our subject now lives, and here he continued to make his home until called to his final rest in October, 1896. Throughout his active business life he always followed farming and he gave his political support to the Democratic Party. In early manhood he married Maria Cook, who was also a native of the Keystone state, and she died in Sep­tember 1896, at the age of seventy-two years. Their children, who are still living are John, Samuel, Matilda C., Majors, George, D. Jackson, Au­gustus Bell, and Martin.
D. Jackson Knouf was only nine years of age when the family came to Warren County and took up their residence upon his present farm. As soon as old enough to be of any service he began to aid in the cultivation of the land, and during the winter season he attended the country schools of the neighborhood. From 1888 until 1900 he was engaged in farming in Madison County, Iowa, and the following year was spent in Polk County, after which he returned to the old homestead in Warren County. Here he has fifty-nine acres of well improved land in Linn Township, devoted to general farming.
In 1884 Mr. Knouf was united in marriage to Miss Dora McLain, a native of Warren County, and to them have been born two children who are still living, namely: Earl and Pearl. In politics Mr. Knouf is a Democrat and he is regarded as one of the leading citizens of his community.