General A. Leo Knott, 79, a former Frederick Countian (Maryland), and one of the most widely known citizens of Maryland, at one time a figure in national politics, and a leading Catholic layman and friend of Cardinal Gibbons, died at his apartment in the Hotel Stafford, Baltimore.
General Knott had been confined to his bed for over a month, and a few days ago, developed pneumonia.
Tomorrow he will be taken to St. Ignatius' church, and a requiem mass will be celebrated by the Rev. William J. Ennis. Burial will be in New Cathedral cemetery, Baltimore.
He served his State as a member of the House of Delegates, as State Attorney of Baltimore, for 3 terms.
He was a close friend and adviser to the late President Cleveland and a warm political enemy of the late Arthur Gorman. During the first Cleveland administration, General Knott served as Assistant Postmaster General.
General Knott came of distinguished ancestry. He was born in Frederick County, the son of Edward and Elizabeth Sprigg Knott. Edward Knott was a descendant of James Knott, of Yorkshire, England, who came to Virginia in 1617.
In 1873, General Knott married Miss Regina M. Keenan. Mrs. Knott's sudden death in 1911 was a shock from which General Knott never fully recovered.
He leaves no close relatives, other than a niece, Mrs. Agnes Knott Fleming of Chicago, Illinois.
General Knott had been confined to his bed for over a month, and a few days ago, developed pneumonia.
Tomorrow he will be taken to St. Ignatius' church, and a requiem mass will be celebrated by the Rev. William J. Ennis. Burial will be in New Cathedral cemetery, Baltimore.
He served his State as a member of the House of Delegates, as State Attorney of Baltimore, for 3 terms.
He was a close friend and adviser to the late President Cleveland and a warm political enemy of the late Arthur Gorman. During the first Cleveland administration, General Knott served as Assistant Postmaster General.
General Knott came of distinguished ancestry. He was born in Frederick County, the son of Edward and Elizabeth Sprigg Knott. Edward Knott was a descendant of James Knott, of Yorkshire, England, who came to Virginia in 1617.
In 1873, General Knott married Miss Regina M. Keenan. Mrs. Knott's sudden death in 1911 was a shock from which General Knott never fully recovered.
He leaves no close relatives, other than a niece, Mrs. Agnes Knott Fleming of Chicago, Illinois.
General A. Leo Knott, 79, a former Frederick Countian (Maryland), and one of the most widely known citizens of Maryland, at one time a figure in national politics, and a leading Catholic layman and friend of Cardinal Gibbons, died at his apartment in the Hotel Stafford, Baltimore.
General Knott had been confined to his bed for over a month, and a few days ago, developed pneumonia.
Tomorrow he will be taken to St. Ignatius' church, and a requiem mass will be celebrated by the Rev. William J. Ennis. Burial will be in New Cathedral cemetery, Baltimore.
He served his State as a member of the House of Delegates, as State Attorney of Baltimore, for 3 terms.
He was a close friend and adviser to the late President Cleveland and a warm political enemy of the late Arthur Gorman. During the first Cleveland administration, General Knott served as Assistant Postmaster General.
General Knott came of distinguished ancestry. He was born in Frederick County, the son of Edward and Elizabeth Sprigg Knott. Edward Knott was a descendant of James Knott, of Yorkshire, England, who came to Virginia in 1617.
In 1873, General Knott married Miss Regina M. Keenan. Mrs. Knott's sudden death in 1911 was a shock from which General Knott never fully recovered.
He leaves no close relatives, other than a niece, Mrs. Agnes Knott Fleming of Chicago, Illinois.
General Knott had been confined to his bed for over a month, and a few days ago, developed pneumonia.
Tomorrow he will be taken to St. Ignatius' church, and a requiem mass will be celebrated by the Rev. William J. Ennis. Burial will be in New Cathedral cemetery, Baltimore.
He served his State as a member of the House of Delegates, as State Attorney of Baltimore, for 3 terms.
He was a close friend and adviser to the late President Cleveland and a warm political enemy of the late Arthur Gorman. During the first Cleveland administration, General Knott served as Assistant Postmaster General.
General Knott came of distinguished ancestry. He was born in Frederick County, the son of Edward and Elizabeth Sprigg Knott. Edward Knott was a descendant of James Knott, of Yorkshire, England, who came to Virginia in 1617.
In 1873, General Knott married Miss Regina M. Keenan. Mrs. Knott's sudden death in 1911 was a shock from which General Knott never fully recovered.
He leaves no close relatives, other than a niece, Mrs. Agnes Knott Fleming of Chicago, Illinois.
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