JOHN MCKNIGHT
John McKnight settled upon section 31, his present residence, in 1870. His first purchase was forty acres, to which he has added until he now owns two hundred and forty acres. He was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, September 19, 1837. His early life was spent in his native county. He enlisted in 1861 and served until the close of the war. He was at the battle of Antietam, South Mountain, second battle of Bull Run, siege of Atlanta, siege of Vicksburg and Sherman's march to the sea. After the war he returned to Ohio, where he remained until he came to Iowa, in 1867. He lived three years in Poweshiek county, then came to Cass county. Mrs. McKnight was formerly Rachel Forney, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. McKnight have five children: Callie P., Ulysses G., Elsie B., Frank W. and Dollie M. Mr. McKnight is an enterprising and successful farmer.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 796-797.
