Cyrenius B. Knight died at Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 26, 1900. The subject of this sketch was born in Goshen, Litchfield Co., Conn., March 10, 1824. He was the son of Benjamin and Sally (Osborn) Knight and the eldest of a family of eight children. When but a young boy he came with his parents to Michigan. He was married in Leroy, Nov. 26, 1851, to Maria M. Drake. Two children were born to them, both dying in childhood. Leaving his family and farm he enlisted in Battle Creek, in Co. D, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters. As a private, he was faithful and loyal to his country's service, ever firm in convictions of truth and right, following the stars and stripes bearing the hardships and toil incidental to a soldier's life without a word of complaint. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant, April 16th, 1863, and to 1st lieutenant, April 1st, 1864. He was wounded in battle at Cold Harbor, which rendered him unable for service. He was promoted to a captainship and honorably discharged for disability, coming back to his farm, where he remained for a few years, then moving to Marshall and from there to Union City, in which place he has lived for the past 23 years, with the exception of 12 summers spend in Dakota, where he tilled the soil, and the wild and barren waste was, by his labor, made to blossom like the rose, and from his broad and fertile fields, he gathered the golden grain to enrich his store. Becoming weary with the toil of farming, he disposed of his interest in the west to retire from the more active duties of life, returning to his home in Union City where he has since remained. He was a member of the Congregational church, and for many years a member of the Masonic fraternity, attaining to the higher degree of Masonry. He was a member of Union Chapter, 193, Order Eastern Star, also member of the G.A.R. He was a kind, obliging neighbor, a good citizen. The needy and destitute found in him a friend. No worthy one was turned from his door. A good man has fallen; he will be missed in the church, on the street, in the social circle; in the lodge and chapter there will be a vacant chair. But most of all he will be missed in the home of the devoted wife who has shared his joys and sorrows for nearly 50 years. He has cared for her so kindly, so gently, and so lovingly all these years, and that she might regain health and strength, they left their home and journeyed westward to the land of sunshine, fruit and flowers, when suddenly, in the home of his friend, Edgar Doty, he passed away surrounded by friends, with the best of medical care, and all that willing hands and loving hearts could do was of no avail, the lamp of life burned low, and flickering, went out. The Master said "your work is done, come up higher," so like a faithful solider he obeyed as bravely as he did on the battlefield. He has gone from us, yet him best, loved him most. The sympathy of this entire community go out to the grief-stricken wife and aged only sister in their deep affliction.
Cyrenius B. Knight died at Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 26, 1900. The subject of this sketch was born in Goshen, Litchfield Co., Conn., March 10, 1824. He was the son of Benjamin and Sally (Osborn) Knight and the eldest of a family of eight children. When but a young boy he came with his parents to Michigan. He was married in Leroy, Nov. 26, 1851, to Maria M. Drake. Two children were born to them, both dying in childhood. Leaving his family and farm he enlisted in Battle Creek, in Co. D, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters. As a private, he was faithful and loyal to his country's service, ever firm in convictions of truth and right, following the stars and stripes bearing the hardships and toil incidental to a soldier's life without a word of complaint. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant, April 16th, 1863, and to 1st lieutenant, April 1st, 1864. He was wounded in battle at Cold Harbor, which rendered him unable for service. He was promoted to a captainship and honorably discharged for disability, coming back to his farm, where he remained for a few years, then moving to Marshall and from there to Union City, in which place he has lived for the past 23 years, with the exception of 12 summers spend in Dakota, where he tilled the soil, and the wild and barren waste was, by his labor, made to blossom like the rose, and from his broad and fertile fields, he gathered the golden grain to enrich his store. Becoming weary with the toil of farming, he disposed of his interest in the west to retire from the more active duties of life, returning to his home in Union City where he has since remained. He was a member of the Congregational church, and for many years a member of the Masonic fraternity, attaining to the higher degree of Masonry. He was a member of Union Chapter, 193, Order Eastern Star, also member of the G.A.R. He was a kind, obliging neighbor, a good citizen. The needy and destitute found in him a friend. No worthy one was turned from his door. A good man has fallen; he will be missed in the church, on the street, in the social circle; in the lodge and chapter there will be a vacant chair. But most of all he will be missed in the home of the devoted wife who has shared his joys and sorrows for nearly 50 years. He has cared for her so kindly, so gently, and so lovingly all these years, and that she might regain health and strength, they left their home and journeyed westward to the land of sunshine, fruit and flowers, when suddenly, in the home of his friend, Edgar Doty, he passed away surrounded by friends, with the best of medical care, and all that willing hands and loving hearts could do was of no avail, the lamp of life burned low, and flickering, went out. The Master said "your work is done, come up higher," so like a faithful solider he obeyed as bravely as he did on the battlefield. He has gone from us, yet him best, loved him most. The sympathy of this entire community go out to the grief-stricken wife and aged only sister in their deep affliction.
