Husband Simon Knight 1 2
Born: 10 Dec 1840 - Clarion Co, PA 1
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Father: Peter Knight (Abt 1803-1865) 2 3
Mother: Mary Fisher (Abt 1810-1896) 2 4
Marriage: 15 May 1894 1
Wife Flora Cupples 1
Born: 9 Oct 1854 1
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Father: William Cupples (1814-1884) 1
Mother: Maria Bell ( -Bef 1873) 1
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General Notes: Husband - Simon Knight
On the home farm he early be-came familiar with the arduous task of clearing and developing wild land, and in the common schools of the neighborhood he acquired his ed-ucation. For twenty years he gave considerable attention to the oil business, either as a pumper or operator; but after locating on his own farm, in Beaver township, Clarion County, in 1893, he devoted his energies principally to agricultural pursuits. The place comprised 130 acres of rich and arable land, which he placed under a high state of cultivation and im-proved with an elegant residence, built at a cost of $2,200, a barn at a cost of $1,700, and a smaller barn at a cost of $500. All the conven-iences and accessories of a model farm were there. During the Rebellion he was for a time a member of Company G, 56th P. V. I.
General Notes: Wife - Flora Cupples
She was for over twenty years a successful and popular teacher in the graded and ungraded schools of Clarion County, PA, and one term in Butler County. She received her early education in the common schools at home; then attended the Clarion Seminary, at Clarion; then the Edinboro Normal, Erie County, PA; then the Rimersburg and West Freedom Academies; then the National Normal at Lebanon, Ohio, and graduated from the Valparaiso Normal School in 1884.