The Reverend John Wilson Knott, a Presbyterian minister, was a son of Hannah (née Bell) and Thomas Jefferson Knott, senior. He was born in Steuben County, Indiana, where his family had settled in 1835. The Knott family moved in 1840 to adjacent Hillsdale County, Michigan.
In spring 1855, John Wilson Knott entered the freshman class of the Ohio Wesleyan University, in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. That summer, he was stricken with typhoid fever, and near death for 3 weeks. He afterwards returned to his parents' home (then living with his Bell grandparents in Huron County, Ohio). The Knott family moved to Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, in October 1856.
J. W. Knott and Harriet Starr were married on 2 April 1861 in Cedar County, after a 2-year engagement. He farmed until entering the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1864 (leaving his wife and infant son with her parents). He was licensed to preach in 1866, and ordained in 1866.
A great-granddaughter, Janice Harshbarger, relates that until his retirement in 1913 (at the age of 77): "Reverend Knott pastored at least 17 churches in his lifetime, with his longest pastorate being about 7 years in Lodi, Wisconsin. He pastored churches in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, Idaho, and Oregon."
Rev. James Wilson Knott wrote his Autobiography, July 1914, Ashland Oregon. See: Janice Harshbarger, "Allen line: John Wilson Knott, the early years in his own words," Web blog posts. Happy Genealogy Dance, 17 Jan 2014 and 21 Jan 2014.
(https://happygenealogydance.blogspot.com/2014/01/allen-line-john-wilson-knott-early.html and https://happygenealogydance.blogspot.com/2014/01/allen-line-john-wilson-knott-early_21.html)
Notes
Burgis Pratt Starr, A History of the Starr Family... (Hartford, Conn.: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. Print., 1879), p. 25, gives the following account—
Harriet Clarissa, daughter of Clarissa (née Falley) and John Havens Starr was: "b. Aug. 27, 1842, m. Rev. John Wilson, son of Thomas and Hannah (Bell) Knott, b. Mch. 26, 1836, at Jamestown, Ind.; graduated 1867, at the Theological Sem. at Chicago; ordained the same year by the Presbytery of Cedar, Ia.; ministered to several churches in Iowa and Illinois, and since July 1872, pastor of the Presb. Church at Lodi, Wis., which has greatly prospered under his ministry.
"KNOTT CHLDREN.
"Alfred Edison, b. Jan. 10, 1863, d. Sept. 15, 1865, at Tipton.—Herbert Lowell, b. Jan. 10, 1865.—Walter LeRoy, b. Feb. 19, 1867.—Robert Arthur, b. Feb. 13, 1870, at Mechanicsville, Ia.—Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 28, 1872, at Lodi.—Anna Laura, b. Nov. 3, 1874, d. July 13, 1876."
The couple had three more children:
• Edith Clarissa Knott, 16 May 1878 - 4 Apr 1954
• George Charles Knott, 11 Nov 1880 - 27 Feb 1967
• John Thomas Knott, 1886 - 1887
Dorothy (Findagrave #47601262) relates that the Rev. Wilson Knott was pastor of a long series of churches in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Idaho and Oregon, often serving a year or so. He was pastor at Soda Springs, Idaho, 1896-1899, and at Yoncalla, Oregon 1907-1927.
Additional Notes
1850 U.S. Census, Scipio Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan; dwelling 33, family 34, lines 26-33, p. 437 (printed), p. 873 (written), 8 Oct 1850.
26. Thomas Knott [head], 42, farmer, Ohio.
27. Hannah Knott, 39, Ohio.
28. Elzy H. Knott, 17, farmer, Ohio.
29. John W. Knott, 14, Indiana.
30. Thomas J. Knott, 10, Indiana.
31. Louisa J. Knott, 6, Michigan.
32. Albert A. Knott, 1, Michigan.
33. Stephen Fozler, 65, farmer, New Jersey.
• Thomas Knott owned land worth $3,000. Knott daughter Anna reportedly married William S. Fezler.
1860 U.S. Census, Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa; dwelling 51, family 54, lines 18-23, p. 7 (written), 2 Jun 1860.
18. Thomas Knott, 50, mill wright, Pennsylvania.
19. Hannah Knott, 46, Ohio.
20. John W., Knott, 24, "teacher of com[mon]. school," Indiana.
21. Thomas J. Knott, 19, lawyer, Indiana.
22. Louisa J. Knott, 16, Michigan.
23. Albert A. Knott, 10, Michigan.
• Thomas Knott had land worth $700 and personal property worth $300. John W. Knott had land worth $400.
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJVT-YZK : accessed 02 Jan 2014), J. W. Knott and Harriett Starr, 1861.
1870 U.S. Census, Mechanicsville, Cedar Co., Iowa; dwelling 56, family 50, lines 1-6, p. 315 (printed), p. 7 (written), 14 Jul 1870.
1. Knott, J. W., 34, Clergyman ($2,200; $300), Indiana.
2. ----- Harriet I., 27, Keeping House ($2,000; -0-), Ohio.
3. ----- Herbert, 5, Iowa.
4. ----- Walter L., 3, Iowa.
5. ----- Robert, 3/12, Iowa.
6. Pearis, Margaret, 23, Domestic Help, Ohio.
• It is interesting that both husband and wife were reported to own real estate.
1873-74: Performed marriages, preached in Lodi, Wisconsin. (Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin.)
"Rev. J. W. Knott of Mt. Vernon [Jefferson Co., Illinois]." ("Church News," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, 29 Nov 1879, p. 2. )
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 113, Anna, Union Co., Illinois; dwelling 159, family 168, lines 36-41, p. 9 (printed), p. 17 (written), 16 Jun 1880.
36. Knott, John W., 44 [head], Minister of the Gospel; born in Ind., parents in Ohio.
37. ----- Harriet C., 37, wife; born in Ohio, father in Conn., mother in Mass.
38. ----- Leroy, 13, son, Iowa.
39. ----- Robt. A., 10, son, Iowa.
40. ----- Mary L., 7 daughter, Wis.
41. ----- Edith C., 2 daughter, Wis.
1888: Rev. J. W. Knott of the First Presbyterian church, Louisiana, Pike Co., Missouri.
1893-94: Pastor at Holdrege, Nebraska.
"On Friday night July 10th a great meeting will be held at Soda Springs to take leave of Rev. H. S. Waaler and welcome Rev. John W. Knott." ("Local Happenings, Montpelier Examiner, Montpelier, Idaho, 20 Jun 1896, p. 1.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 34, Boone Twp., Greene Co., Missouri: dwelling 161, family 162, lines 13-14, p. 9 (printed), p. 9 (written), 9 Jun 1900.
13. Knott, John W., head, Mar 1836, 64, married 34 years, born in Indiana; parents in Ohio; minister.
14. ----- Harriet C., wife, Aug 1842, 58, married 34 years, 8 children (4 living), born in Ohio; father in Connecticut, mother in Massachusetts.
1908: Settled in Yoncalla, Oregon, served the Presbyterian church there for about 10 years until he retired.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 95, Yoncalla City, Yoncalla Precinct, Douglas Co., Oregon; dwelling 32, family 32, lines 6-8, p. 262 (printed), p. 2A (written), 16 Apr 1910.
6. Knott, George C., head, first marriage, married 1 year; born in Illinois, father in Indiana, mother in Ohio; physician.
7. ----- Martha W., wife, first marriage, married 1 year; born in Iowa, parents in Germany; grained nurse.
8. ----- John W., father, 74, widowed; born in Indiana, parents in Ohio; minister.
1920: Resided with son George C. Knott in Glendale, Douglas Co., Oregon.
Full name, date and place of death: "Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZ4W-LFY: accessed 15 Sep 2012), John Wilson Knott, 1 Mar 1927, Marion, Oregon.
Rev. John W. Knott obit.: "Fifty Years in Active Ministry," The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, 2 Mar 1927, p. 3.
Reviewed 8 November 2021.
In spring 1855, John Wilson Knott entered the freshman class of the Ohio Wesleyan University, in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. That summer, he was stricken with typhoid fever, and near death for 3 weeks. He afterwards returned to his parents' home (then living with his Bell grandparents in Huron County, Ohio). The Knott family moved to Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, in October 1856.
J. W. Knott and Harriet Starr were married on 2 April 1861 in Cedar County, after a 2-year engagement. He farmed until entering the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1864 (leaving his wife and infant son with her parents). He was licensed to preach in 1866, and ordained in 1866.
A great-granddaughter, Janice Harshbarger, relates that until his retirement in 1913 (at the age of 77): "Reverend Knott pastored at least 17 churches in his lifetime, with his longest pastorate being about 7 years in Lodi, Wisconsin. He pastored churches in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, Idaho, and Oregon."
Rev. James Wilson Knott wrote his Autobiography, July 1914, Ashland Oregon. See: Janice Harshbarger, "Allen line: John Wilson Knott, the early years in his own words," Web blog posts. Happy Genealogy Dance, 17 Jan 2014 and 21 Jan 2014.
(https://happygenealogydance.blogspot.com/2014/01/allen-line-john-wilson-knott-early.html and https://happygenealogydance.blogspot.com/2014/01/allen-line-john-wilson-knott-early_21.html)
Notes
Burgis Pratt Starr, A History of the Starr Family... (Hartford, Conn.: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. Print., 1879), p. 25, gives the following account—
Harriet Clarissa, daughter of Clarissa (née Falley) and John Havens Starr was: "b. Aug. 27, 1842, m. Rev. John Wilson, son of Thomas and Hannah (Bell) Knott, b. Mch. 26, 1836, at Jamestown, Ind.; graduated 1867, at the Theological Sem. at Chicago; ordained the same year by the Presbytery of Cedar, Ia.; ministered to several churches in Iowa and Illinois, and since July 1872, pastor of the Presb. Church at Lodi, Wis., which has greatly prospered under his ministry.
"KNOTT CHLDREN.
"Alfred Edison, b. Jan. 10, 1863, d. Sept. 15, 1865, at Tipton.—Herbert Lowell, b. Jan. 10, 1865.—Walter LeRoy, b. Feb. 19, 1867.—Robert Arthur, b. Feb. 13, 1870, at Mechanicsville, Ia.—Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 28, 1872, at Lodi.—Anna Laura, b. Nov. 3, 1874, d. July 13, 1876."
The couple had three more children:
• Edith Clarissa Knott, 16 May 1878 - 4 Apr 1954
• George Charles Knott, 11 Nov 1880 - 27 Feb 1967
• John Thomas Knott, 1886 - 1887
Dorothy (Findagrave #47601262) relates that the Rev. Wilson Knott was pastor of a long series of churches in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Idaho and Oregon, often serving a year or so. He was pastor at Soda Springs, Idaho, 1896-1899, and at Yoncalla, Oregon 1907-1927.
Additional Notes
1850 U.S. Census, Scipio Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan; dwelling 33, family 34, lines 26-33, p. 437 (printed), p. 873 (written), 8 Oct 1850.
26. Thomas Knott [head], 42, farmer, Ohio.
27. Hannah Knott, 39, Ohio.
28. Elzy H. Knott, 17, farmer, Ohio.
29. John W. Knott, 14, Indiana.
30. Thomas J. Knott, 10, Indiana.
31. Louisa J. Knott, 6, Michigan.
32. Albert A. Knott, 1, Michigan.
33. Stephen Fozler, 65, farmer, New Jersey.
• Thomas Knott owned land worth $3,000. Knott daughter Anna reportedly married William S. Fezler.
1860 U.S. Census, Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa; dwelling 51, family 54, lines 18-23, p. 7 (written), 2 Jun 1860.
18. Thomas Knott, 50, mill wright, Pennsylvania.
19. Hannah Knott, 46, Ohio.
20. John W., Knott, 24, "teacher of com[mon]. school," Indiana.
21. Thomas J. Knott, 19, lawyer, Indiana.
22. Louisa J. Knott, 16, Michigan.
23. Albert A. Knott, 10, Michigan.
• Thomas Knott had land worth $700 and personal property worth $300. John W. Knott had land worth $400.
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJVT-YZK : accessed 02 Jan 2014), J. W. Knott and Harriett Starr, 1861.
1870 U.S. Census, Mechanicsville, Cedar Co., Iowa; dwelling 56, family 50, lines 1-6, p. 315 (printed), p. 7 (written), 14 Jul 1870.
1. Knott, J. W., 34, Clergyman ($2,200; $300), Indiana.
2. ----- Harriet I., 27, Keeping House ($2,000; -0-), Ohio.
3. ----- Herbert, 5, Iowa.
4. ----- Walter L., 3, Iowa.
5. ----- Robert, 3/12, Iowa.
6. Pearis, Margaret, 23, Domestic Help, Ohio.
• It is interesting that both husband and wife were reported to own real estate.
1873-74: Performed marriages, preached in Lodi, Wisconsin. (Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin.)
"Rev. J. W. Knott of Mt. Vernon [Jefferson Co., Illinois]." ("Church News," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, 29 Nov 1879, p. 2. )
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 113, Anna, Union Co., Illinois; dwelling 159, family 168, lines 36-41, p. 9 (printed), p. 17 (written), 16 Jun 1880.
36. Knott, John W., 44 [head], Minister of the Gospel; born in Ind., parents in Ohio.
37. ----- Harriet C., 37, wife; born in Ohio, father in Conn., mother in Mass.
38. ----- Leroy, 13, son, Iowa.
39. ----- Robt. A., 10, son, Iowa.
40. ----- Mary L., 7 daughter, Wis.
41. ----- Edith C., 2 daughter, Wis.
1888: Rev. J. W. Knott of the First Presbyterian church, Louisiana, Pike Co., Missouri.
1893-94: Pastor at Holdrege, Nebraska.
"On Friday night July 10th a great meeting will be held at Soda Springs to take leave of Rev. H. S. Waaler and welcome Rev. John W. Knott." ("Local Happenings, Montpelier Examiner, Montpelier, Idaho, 20 Jun 1896, p. 1.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 34, Boone Twp., Greene Co., Missouri: dwelling 161, family 162, lines 13-14, p. 9 (printed), p. 9 (written), 9 Jun 1900.
13. Knott, John W., head, Mar 1836, 64, married 34 years, born in Indiana; parents in Ohio; minister.
14. ----- Harriet C., wife, Aug 1842, 58, married 34 years, 8 children (4 living), born in Ohio; father in Connecticut, mother in Massachusetts.
1908: Settled in Yoncalla, Oregon, served the Presbyterian church there for about 10 years until he retired.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 95, Yoncalla City, Yoncalla Precinct, Douglas Co., Oregon; dwelling 32, family 32, lines 6-8, p. 262 (printed), p. 2A (written), 16 Apr 1910.
6. Knott, George C., head, first marriage, married 1 year; born in Illinois, father in Indiana, mother in Ohio; physician.
7. ----- Martha W., wife, first marriage, married 1 year; born in Iowa, parents in Germany; grained nurse.
8. ----- John W., father, 74, widowed; born in Indiana, parents in Ohio; minister.
1920: Resided with son George C. Knott in Glendale, Douglas Co., Oregon.
Full name, date and place of death: "Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZ4W-LFY: accessed 15 Sep 2012), John Wilson Knott, 1 Mar 1927, Marion, Oregon.
Rev. John W. Knott obit.: "Fifty Years in Active Ministry," The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, 2 Mar 1927, p. 3.
Reviewed 8 November 2021.
The Reverend John Wilson Knott, a Presbyterian minister, was a son of Hannah (née Bell) and Thomas Jefferson Knott, senior. He was born in Steuben County, Indiana, where his family had settled in 1835. The Knott family moved in 1840 to adjacent Hillsdale County, Michigan.
In spring 1855, John Wilson Knott entered the freshman class of the Ohio Wesleyan University, in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. That summer, he was stricken with typhoid fever, and near death for 3 weeks. He afterwards returned to his parents' home (then living with his Bell grandparents in Huron County, Ohio). The Knott family moved to Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, in October 1856.
J. W. Knott and Harriet Starr were married on 2 April 1861 in Cedar County, after a 2-year engagement. He farmed until entering the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1864 (leaving his wife and infant son with her parents). He was licensed to preach in 1866, and ordained in 1866.
A great-granddaughter, Janice Harshbarger, relates that until his retirement in 1913 (at the age of 77): "Reverend Knott pastored at least 17 churches in his lifetime, with his longest pastorate being about 7 years in Lodi, Wisconsin. He pastored churches in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, Idaho, and Oregon."
Rev. James Wilson Knott wrote his Autobiography, July 1914, Ashland Oregon. See: Janice Harshbarger, "Allen line: John Wilson Knott, the early years in his own words," Web blog posts. Happy Genealogy Dance, 17 Jan 2014 and 21 Jan 2014.
(https://happygenealogydance.blogspot.com/2014/01/allen-line-john-wilson-knott-early.html and https://happygenealogydance.blogspot.com/2014/01/allen-line-john-wilson-knott-early_21.html)
Notes
Burgis Pratt Starr, A History of the Starr Family... (Hartford, Conn.: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. Print., 1879), p. 25, gives the following account—
Harriet Clarissa, daughter of Clarissa (née Falley) and John Havens Starr was: "b. Aug. 27, 1842, m. Rev. John Wilson, son of Thomas and Hannah (Bell) Knott, b. Mch. 26, 1836, at Jamestown, Ind.; graduated 1867, at the Theological Sem. at Chicago; ordained the same year by the Presbytery of Cedar, Ia.; ministered to several churches in Iowa and Illinois, and since July 1872, pastor of the Presb. Church at Lodi, Wis., which has greatly prospered under his ministry.
"KNOTT CHLDREN.
"Alfred Edison, b. Jan. 10, 1863, d. Sept. 15, 1865, at Tipton.—Herbert Lowell, b. Jan. 10, 1865.—Walter LeRoy, b. Feb. 19, 1867.—Robert Arthur, b. Feb. 13, 1870, at Mechanicsville, Ia.—Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 28, 1872, at Lodi.—Anna Laura, b. Nov. 3, 1874, d. July 13, 1876."
The couple had three more children:
• Edith Clarissa Knott, 16 May 1878 - 4 Apr 1954
• George Charles Knott, 11 Nov 1880 - 27 Feb 1967
• John Thomas Knott, 1886 - 1887
Dorothy (Findagrave #47601262) relates that the Rev. Wilson Knott was pastor of a long series of churches in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Idaho and Oregon, often serving a year or so. He was pastor at Soda Springs, Idaho, 1896-1899, and at Yoncalla, Oregon 1907-1927.
Additional Notes
1850 U.S. Census, Scipio Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan; dwelling 33, family 34, lines 26-33, p. 437 (printed), p. 873 (written), 8 Oct 1850.
26. Thomas Knott [head], 42, farmer, Ohio.
27. Hannah Knott, 39, Ohio.
28. Elzy H. Knott, 17, farmer, Ohio.
29. John W. Knott, 14, Indiana.
30. Thomas J. Knott, 10, Indiana.
31. Louisa J. Knott, 6, Michigan.
32. Albert A. Knott, 1, Michigan.
33. Stephen Fozler, 65, farmer, New Jersey.
• Thomas Knott owned land worth $3,000. Knott daughter Anna reportedly married William S. Fezler.
1860 U.S. Census, Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa; dwelling 51, family 54, lines 18-23, p. 7 (written), 2 Jun 1860.
18. Thomas Knott, 50, mill wright, Pennsylvania.
19. Hannah Knott, 46, Ohio.
20. John W., Knott, 24, "teacher of com[mon]. school," Indiana.
21. Thomas J. Knott, 19, lawyer, Indiana.
22. Louisa J. Knott, 16, Michigan.
23. Albert A. Knott, 10, Michigan.
• Thomas Knott had land worth $700 and personal property worth $300. John W. Knott had land worth $400.
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJVT-YZK : accessed 02 Jan 2014), J. W. Knott and Harriett Starr, 1861.
1870 U.S. Census, Mechanicsville, Cedar Co., Iowa; dwelling 56, family 50, lines 1-6, p. 315 (printed), p. 7 (written), 14 Jul 1870.
1. Knott, J. W., 34, Clergyman ($2,200; $300), Indiana.
2. ----- Harriet I., 27, Keeping House ($2,000; -0-), Ohio.
3. ----- Herbert, 5, Iowa.
4. ----- Walter L., 3, Iowa.
5. ----- Robert, 3/12, Iowa.
6. Pearis, Margaret, 23, Domestic Help, Ohio.
• It is interesting that both husband and wife were reported to own real estate.
1873-74: Performed marriages, preached in Lodi, Wisconsin. (Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin.)
"Rev. J. W. Knott of Mt. Vernon [Jefferson Co., Illinois]." ("Church News," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, 29 Nov 1879, p. 2. )
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 113, Anna, Union Co., Illinois; dwelling 159, family 168, lines 36-41, p. 9 (printed), p. 17 (written), 16 Jun 1880.
36. Knott, John W., 44 [head], Minister of the Gospel; born in Ind., parents in Ohio.
37. ----- Harriet C., 37, wife; born in Ohio, father in Conn., mother in Mass.
38. ----- Leroy, 13, son, Iowa.
39. ----- Robt. A., 10, son, Iowa.
40. ----- Mary L., 7 daughter, Wis.
41. ----- Edith C., 2 daughter, Wis.
1888: Rev. J. W. Knott of the First Presbyterian church, Louisiana, Pike Co., Missouri.
1893-94: Pastor at Holdrege, Nebraska.
"On Friday night July 10th a great meeting will be held at Soda Springs to take leave of Rev. H. S. Waaler and welcome Rev. John W. Knott." ("Local Happenings, Montpelier Examiner, Montpelier, Idaho, 20 Jun 1896, p. 1.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 34, Boone Twp., Greene Co., Missouri: dwelling 161, family 162, lines 13-14, p. 9 (printed), p. 9 (written), 9 Jun 1900.
13. Knott, John W., head, Mar 1836, 64, married 34 years, born in Indiana; parents in Ohio; minister.
14. ----- Harriet C., wife, Aug 1842, 58, married 34 years, 8 children (4 living), born in Ohio; father in Connecticut, mother in Massachusetts.
1908: Settled in Yoncalla, Oregon, served the Presbyterian church there for about 10 years until he retired.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 95, Yoncalla City, Yoncalla Precinct, Douglas Co., Oregon; dwelling 32, family 32, lines 6-8, p. 262 (printed), p. 2A (written), 16 Apr 1910.
6. Knott, George C., head, first marriage, married 1 year; born in Illinois, father in Indiana, mother in Ohio; physician.
7. ----- Martha W., wife, first marriage, married 1 year; born in Iowa, parents in Germany; grained nurse.
8. ----- John W., father, 74, widowed; born in Indiana, parents in Ohio; minister.
1920: Resided with son George C. Knott in Glendale, Douglas Co., Oregon.
Full name, date and place of death: "Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZ4W-LFY: accessed 15 Sep 2012), John Wilson Knott, 1 Mar 1927, Marion, Oregon.
Rev. John W. Knott obit.: "Fifty Years in Active Ministry," The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, 2 Mar 1927, p. 3.
Reviewed 8 November 2021.
In spring 1855, John Wilson Knott entered the freshman class of the Ohio Wesleyan University, in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. That summer, he was stricken with typhoid fever, and near death for 3 weeks. He afterwards returned to his parents' home (then living with his Bell grandparents in Huron County, Ohio). The Knott family moved to Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, in October 1856.
J. W. Knott and Harriet Starr were married on 2 April 1861 in Cedar County, after a 2-year engagement. He farmed until entering the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1864 (leaving his wife and infant son with her parents). He was licensed to preach in 1866, and ordained in 1866.
A great-granddaughter, Janice Harshbarger, relates that until his retirement in 1913 (at the age of 77): "Reverend Knott pastored at least 17 churches in his lifetime, with his longest pastorate being about 7 years in Lodi, Wisconsin. He pastored churches in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, Idaho, and Oregon."
Rev. James Wilson Knott wrote his Autobiography, July 1914, Ashland Oregon. See: Janice Harshbarger, "Allen line: John Wilson Knott, the early years in his own words," Web blog posts. Happy Genealogy Dance, 17 Jan 2014 and 21 Jan 2014.
(https://happygenealogydance.blogspot.com/2014/01/allen-line-john-wilson-knott-early.html and https://happygenealogydance.blogspot.com/2014/01/allen-line-john-wilson-knott-early_21.html)
Notes
Burgis Pratt Starr, A History of the Starr Family... (Hartford, Conn.: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. Print., 1879), p. 25, gives the following account—
Harriet Clarissa, daughter of Clarissa (née Falley) and John Havens Starr was: "b. Aug. 27, 1842, m. Rev. John Wilson, son of Thomas and Hannah (Bell) Knott, b. Mch. 26, 1836, at Jamestown, Ind.; graduated 1867, at the Theological Sem. at Chicago; ordained the same year by the Presbytery of Cedar, Ia.; ministered to several churches in Iowa and Illinois, and since July 1872, pastor of the Presb. Church at Lodi, Wis., which has greatly prospered under his ministry.
"KNOTT CHLDREN.
"Alfred Edison, b. Jan. 10, 1863, d. Sept. 15, 1865, at Tipton.—Herbert Lowell, b. Jan. 10, 1865.—Walter LeRoy, b. Feb. 19, 1867.—Robert Arthur, b. Feb. 13, 1870, at Mechanicsville, Ia.—Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 28, 1872, at Lodi.—Anna Laura, b. Nov. 3, 1874, d. July 13, 1876."
The couple had three more children:
• Edith Clarissa Knott, 16 May 1878 - 4 Apr 1954
• George Charles Knott, 11 Nov 1880 - 27 Feb 1967
• John Thomas Knott, 1886 - 1887
Dorothy (Findagrave #47601262) relates that the Rev. Wilson Knott was pastor of a long series of churches in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Idaho and Oregon, often serving a year or so. He was pastor at Soda Springs, Idaho, 1896-1899, and at Yoncalla, Oregon 1907-1927.
Additional Notes
1850 U.S. Census, Scipio Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan; dwelling 33, family 34, lines 26-33, p. 437 (printed), p. 873 (written), 8 Oct 1850.
26. Thomas Knott [head], 42, farmer, Ohio.
27. Hannah Knott, 39, Ohio.
28. Elzy H. Knott, 17, farmer, Ohio.
29. John W. Knott, 14, Indiana.
30. Thomas J. Knott, 10, Indiana.
31. Louisa J. Knott, 6, Michigan.
32. Albert A. Knott, 1, Michigan.
33. Stephen Fozler, 65, farmer, New Jersey.
• Thomas Knott owned land worth $3,000. Knott daughter Anna reportedly married William S. Fezler.
1860 U.S. Census, Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa; dwelling 51, family 54, lines 18-23, p. 7 (written), 2 Jun 1860.
18. Thomas Knott, 50, mill wright, Pennsylvania.
19. Hannah Knott, 46, Ohio.
20. John W., Knott, 24, "teacher of com[mon]. school," Indiana.
21. Thomas J. Knott, 19, lawyer, Indiana.
22. Louisa J. Knott, 16, Michigan.
23. Albert A. Knott, 10, Michigan.
• Thomas Knott had land worth $700 and personal property worth $300. John W. Knott had land worth $400.
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJVT-YZK : accessed 02 Jan 2014), J. W. Knott and Harriett Starr, 1861.
1870 U.S. Census, Mechanicsville, Cedar Co., Iowa; dwelling 56, family 50, lines 1-6, p. 315 (printed), p. 7 (written), 14 Jul 1870.
1. Knott, J. W., 34, Clergyman ($2,200; $300), Indiana.
2. ----- Harriet I., 27, Keeping House ($2,000; -0-), Ohio.
3. ----- Herbert, 5, Iowa.
4. ----- Walter L., 3, Iowa.
5. ----- Robert, 3/12, Iowa.
6. Pearis, Margaret, 23, Domestic Help, Ohio.
• It is interesting that both husband and wife were reported to own real estate.
1873-74: Performed marriages, preached in Lodi, Wisconsin. (Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin.)
"Rev. J. W. Knott of Mt. Vernon [Jefferson Co., Illinois]." ("Church News," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, 29 Nov 1879, p. 2. )
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 113, Anna, Union Co., Illinois; dwelling 159, family 168, lines 36-41, p. 9 (printed), p. 17 (written), 16 Jun 1880.
36. Knott, John W., 44 [head], Minister of the Gospel; born in Ind., parents in Ohio.
37. ----- Harriet C., 37, wife; born in Ohio, father in Conn., mother in Mass.
38. ----- Leroy, 13, son, Iowa.
39. ----- Robt. A., 10, son, Iowa.
40. ----- Mary L., 7 daughter, Wis.
41. ----- Edith C., 2 daughter, Wis.
1888: Rev. J. W. Knott of the First Presbyterian church, Louisiana, Pike Co., Missouri.
1893-94: Pastor at Holdrege, Nebraska.
"On Friday night July 10th a great meeting will be held at Soda Springs to take leave of Rev. H. S. Waaler and welcome Rev. John W. Knott." ("Local Happenings, Montpelier Examiner, Montpelier, Idaho, 20 Jun 1896, p. 1.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 34, Boone Twp., Greene Co., Missouri: dwelling 161, family 162, lines 13-14, p. 9 (printed), p. 9 (written), 9 Jun 1900.
13. Knott, John W., head, Mar 1836, 64, married 34 years, born in Indiana; parents in Ohio; minister.
14. ----- Harriet C., wife, Aug 1842, 58, married 34 years, 8 children (4 living), born in Ohio; father in Connecticut, mother in Massachusetts.
1908: Settled in Yoncalla, Oregon, served the Presbyterian church there for about 10 years until he retired.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 95, Yoncalla City, Yoncalla Precinct, Douglas Co., Oregon; dwelling 32, family 32, lines 6-8, p. 262 (printed), p. 2A (written), 16 Apr 1910.
6. Knott, George C., head, first marriage, married 1 year; born in Illinois, father in Indiana, mother in Ohio; physician.
7. ----- Martha W., wife, first marriage, married 1 year; born in Iowa, parents in Germany; grained nurse.
8. ----- John W., father, 74, widowed; born in Indiana, parents in Ohio; minister.
1920: Resided with son George C. Knott in Glendale, Douglas Co., Oregon.
Full name, date and place of death: "Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZ4W-LFY: accessed 15 Sep 2012), John Wilson Knott, 1 Mar 1927, Marion, Oregon.
Rev. John W. Knott obit.: "Fifty Years in Active Ministry," The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, 2 Mar 1927, p. 3.
Reviewed 8 November 2021.
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