John Knight, b. 1849 Missouri to Oregon
Oregon Republican League:
Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 232.
KNIGHT, JOHN, Sheriff of Marion County, was born in Shelby County, Missouri, January 25, 1849. In 1863 he crossed the plains and located at Willapa, Washington. Three years later he came to Oregon and settled on a farm bear Butteville He subsequently worked in Portland as a blacksmith, and for twenty years followed that occupation in Salem. He was elected to the Salem City Council in 1882. Mr. Knight has been a frequent member of conventions, and attended the league meetings of 1895 and 1896. In 1892 he was elected Sheriff of Marion County, and again in 1894.
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