Born: Illinois, 1869.
Died: California, 1902.
Was a son of Moses H. Knight. Attended school at Eureka. Was engaged in the newspaper business and in the public advocacy of good citizenship. In this later work, Sec. J. Fred Jones met him in 1896 and induced him to enter the ministry. He served the churches at Browning, Youngstown, Frederick, Carlinville and Champaign. When the University Place Church was nearing completion in 1902 under his leadership, ill health compelled him to go to California, where he died the next spring.