Birth: 1ST OF FIVE KNOWN CHILDREN in Augusta township, Hancock county, Illinois
Census: 1880, age 8 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents & two siblings.
Samuel E Wetzel was "Marshall of the Day" when the corner stone was set for The Carthage Colligate Institute. (See Livingston's Vol I of his Jasper county history, pages 236-241), where Mayor Sennet gave the opening speech.for building to be built
Census: 1900, age 27 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents, father's nephew & two siblings.
Served as head of Art Department at Carthage Collegiate Institute before leaving town.
Census: 1910, age 37 in Hammond, Lake county, Indiana with widowed mother and sister. (her obituary said she came to Omaha in 1909?)
Census: 1920, age 45 in Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska with widowed mother & sister
Death: In Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska
Obituary: contributed by N Brewer of Carthage, Missouri
FUNERAL OF MISS KNIGHT
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FORMER RESIDENT LAID TO REST HERE TODAY
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Was Prominent in Omaha Where She had Been an Artist and Teacher for Twenty Years
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Rites for Miss Augusta Knight former Carthage resident, who passed away Friday afternoon at her home in Omaha, Nebraska were conducted at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Knell service home. Dr. Walter F. Bradley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church was in charge.
Two selections, 'Lead Kindly Light' and 'Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go' were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. Marian Wright Powers, Mrs. John McMillian, W.J. Sewall and John Harris. Accompaniments were played by Mrs. J.T. Wallace.
Pallbearers were John McMillian, W.J. Sewell, Willis Wallingford, Allen McReynolds, G.W. Asendorf and Dr. W.B. Post. Burial was in Park Cemetery.
The body reached here at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon over the Missouri Pacific, accompanied by a brother, D. M. Knight of Parkville, Missouri and a sister, Miss Ella Knight of Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs D.M. Knight reached here Saturday night from Parkville and is a guest at the home of Mrs. Robert Moore on Grand Ave.
- HER CAREER IN OMAHA -
The following in regard to the death of Miss Knight appeared in Saturday's issue of the Omaha Herald:
Miss Augusta Henriette Knight, teacher of art in Omaha for more than 20 years died Friday at her home 4216 Harney Street, after an illness of several months. She is survived by a sister, Miss Ella B. Knight, teacher at Dundee school, and a brother, David Mack Knight, business manager of Park College, Parkville, Missouri, both of whom were at her bedside at the end.
Miss Augusta Knight came to Omaha in 1909 as an art teacher at Brownell Hall after studying in various eastern and midwestern colleges, and art institutes. She taught at Brownell Hall for several years, and then organized the art department at Omaha University, where she subsequently taught 15 years.
Then at the request of Dr. D.E. Jenkins, founder of Omaha University, she organized the art department in that school. She remained head of the department more than 15 years, until her illness last spring.
Her work in the instruction of art for kindergarten teachers received national recognition among educators. Those trained by her were recognized as experts. The exhibits which she held here once or twice each year, attracted educators from far away cities.
- HER WORK IN MEMORIAL -
Dr. Jenkins, before his death was frequently heard to say that the work accomplished by Miss Knight was among the best that was being accomplished at the university.
Her oils and water colors have been exhibited in several midwestern cities. Two oil paintings, "Woodland Shadows" and "On the Window Ledge" are in the Joslyn Memorial.
Each summer she went to some other city to paint and study.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Omaha Art Guild.
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Father: Rev William Sims Knight D D b: 1837 in Ohio
Mother: Anna Margaretta Mack b: 1854 in Carthage, Hancock county, Illinois
No Known marriage.
Census: 1880, age 8 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents & two siblings.
Samuel E Wetzel was "Marshall of the Day" when the corner stone was set for The Carthage Colligate Institute. (See Livingston's Vol I of his Jasper county history, pages 236-241), where Mayor Sennet gave the opening speech.for building to be built
Census: 1900, age 27 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents, father's nephew & two siblings.
Served as head of Art Department at Carthage Collegiate Institute before leaving town.
Census: 1910, age 37 in Hammond, Lake county, Indiana with widowed mother and sister. (her obituary said she came to Omaha in 1909?)
Census: 1920, age 45 in Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska with widowed mother & sister
Death: In Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska
Obituary: contributed by N Brewer of Carthage, Missouri
FUNERAL OF MISS KNIGHT
________
FORMER RESIDENT LAID TO REST HERE TODAY
________
Was Prominent in Omaha Where She had Been an Artist and Teacher for Twenty Years
________
Rites for Miss Augusta Knight former Carthage resident, who passed away Friday afternoon at her home in Omaha, Nebraska were conducted at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Knell service home. Dr. Walter F. Bradley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church was in charge.
Two selections, 'Lead Kindly Light' and 'Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go' were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. Marian Wright Powers, Mrs. John McMillian, W.J. Sewall and John Harris. Accompaniments were played by Mrs. J.T. Wallace.
Pallbearers were John McMillian, W.J. Sewell, Willis Wallingford, Allen McReynolds, G.W. Asendorf and Dr. W.B. Post. Burial was in Park Cemetery.
The body reached here at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon over the Missouri Pacific, accompanied by a brother, D. M. Knight of Parkville, Missouri and a sister, Miss Ella Knight of Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs D.M. Knight reached here Saturday night from Parkville and is a guest at the home of Mrs. Robert Moore on Grand Ave.
- HER CAREER IN OMAHA -
The following in regard to the death of Miss Knight appeared in Saturday's issue of the Omaha Herald:
Miss Augusta Henriette Knight, teacher of art in Omaha for more than 20 years died Friday at her home 4216 Harney Street, after an illness of several months. She is survived by a sister, Miss Ella B. Knight, teacher at Dundee school, and a brother, David Mack Knight, business manager of Park College, Parkville, Missouri, both of whom were at her bedside at the end.
Miss Augusta Knight came to Omaha in 1909 as an art teacher at Brownell Hall after studying in various eastern and midwestern colleges, and art institutes. She taught at Brownell Hall for several years, and then organized the art department at Omaha University, where she subsequently taught 15 years.
Then at the request of Dr. D.E. Jenkins, founder of Omaha University, she organized the art department in that school. She remained head of the department more than 15 years, until her illness last spring.
Her work in the instruction of art for kindergarten teachers received national recognition among educators. Those trained by her were recognized as experts. The exhibits which she held here once or twice each year, attracted educators from far away cities.
- HER WORK IN MEMORIAL -
Dr. Jenkins, before his death was frequently heard to say that the work accomplished by Miss Knight was among the best that was being accomplished at the university.
Her oils and water colors have been exhibited in several midwestern cities. Two oil paintings, "Woodland Shadows" and "On the Window Ledge" are in the Joslyn Memorial.
Each summer she went to some other city to paint and study.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Omaha Art Guild.
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Father: Rev William Sims Knight D D b: 1837 in Ohio
Mother: Anna Margaretta Mack b: 1854 in Carthage, Hancock county, Illinois
No Known marriage.
Birth: 1ST OF FIVE KNOWN CHILDREN in Augusta township, Hancock county, Illinois
Census: 1880, age 8 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents & two siblings.
Samuel E Wetzel was "Marshall of the Day" when the corner stone was set for The Carthage Colligate Institute. (See Livingston's Vol I of his Jasper county history, pages 236-241), where Mayor Sennet gave the opening speech.for building to be built
Census: 1900, age 27 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents, father's nephew & two siblings.
Served as head of Art Department at Carthage Collegiate Institute before leaving town.
Census: 1910, age 37 in Hammond, Lake county, Indiana with widowed mother and sister. (her obituary said she came to Omaha in 1909?)
Census: 1920, age 45 in Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska with widowed mother & sister
Death: In Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska
Obituary: contributed by N Brewer of Carthage, Missouri
FUNERAL OF MISS KNIGHT
________
FORMER RESIDENT LAID TO REST HERE TODAY
________
Was Prominent in Omaha Where She had Been an Artist and Teacher for Twenty Years
________
Rites for Miss Augusta Knight former Carthage resident, who passed away Friday afternoon at her home in Omaha, Nebraska were conducted at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Knell service home. Dr. Walter F. Bradley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church was in charge.
Two selections, 'Lead Kindly Light' and 'Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go' were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. Marian Wright Powers, Mrs. John McMillian, W.J. Sewall and John Harris. Accompaniments were played by Mrs. J.T. Wallace.
Pallbearers were John McMillian, W.J. Sewell, Willis Wallingford, Allen McReynolds, G.W. Asendorf and Dr. W.B. Post. Burial was in Park Cemetery.
The body reached here at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon over the Missouri Pacific, accompanied by a brother, D. M. Knight of Parkville, Missouri and a sister, Miss Ella Knight of Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs D.M. Knight reached here Saturday night from Parkville and is a guest at the home of Mrs. Robert Moore on Grand Ave.
- HER CAREER IN OMAHA -
The following in regard to the death of Miss Knight appeared in Saturday's issue of the Omaha Herald:
Miss Augusta Henriette Knight, teacher of art in Omaha for more than 20 years died Friday at her home 4216 Harney Street, after an illness of several months. She is survived by a sister, Miss Ella B. Knight, teacher at Dundee school, and a brother, David Mack Knight, business manager of Park College, Parkville, Missouri, both of whom were at her bedside at the end.
Miss Augusta Knight came to Omaha in 1909 as an art teacher at Brownell Hall after studying in various eastern and midwestern colleges, and art institutes. She taught at Brownell Hall for several years, and then organized the art department at Omaha University, where she subsequently taught 15 years.
Then at the request of Dr. D.E. Jenkins, founder of Omaha University, she organized the art department in that school. She remained head of the department more than 15 years, until her illness last spring.
Her work in the instruction of art for kindergarten teachers received national recognition among educators. Those trained by her were recognized as experts. The exhibits which she held here once or twice each year, attracted educators from far away cities.
- HER WORK IN MEMORIAL -
Dr. Jenkins, before his death was frequently heard to say that the work accomplished by Miss Knight was among the best that was being accomplished at the university.
Her oils and water colors have been exhibited in several midwestern cities. Two oil paintings, "Woodland Shadows" and "On the Window Ledge" are in the Joslyn Memorial.
Each summer she went to some other city to paint and study.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Omaha Art Guild.
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Father: Rev William Sims Knight D D b: 1837 in Ohio
Mother: Anna Margaretta Mack b: 1854 in Carthage, Hancock county, Illinois
No Known marriage.
Census: 1880, age 8 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents & two siblings.
Samuel E Wetzel was "Marshall of the Day" when the corner stone was set for The Carthage Colligate Institute. (See Livingston's Vol I of his Jasper county history, pages 236-241), where Mayor Sennet gave the opening speech.for building to be built
Census: 1900, age 27 in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with parents, father's nephew & two siblings.
Served as head of Art Department at Carthage Collegiate Institute before leaving town.
Census: 1910, age 37 in Hammond, Lake county, Indiana with widowed mother and sister. (her obituary said she came to Omaha in 1909?)
Census: 1920, age 45 in Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska with widowed mother & sister
Death: In Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska
Obituary: contributed by N Brewer of Carthage, Missouri
FUNERAL OF MISS KNIGHT
________
FORMER RESIDENT LAID TO REST HERE TODAY
________
Was Prominent in Omaha Where She had Been an Artist and Teacher for Twenty Years
________
Rites for Miss Augusta Knight former Carthage resident, who passed away Friday afternoon at her home in Omaha, Nebraska were conducted at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Knell service home. Dr. Walter F. Bradley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church was in charge.
Two selections, 'Lead Kindly Light' and 'Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go' were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. Marian Wright Powers, Mrs. John McMillian, W.J. Sewall and John Harris. Accompaniments were played by Mrs. J.T. Wallace.
Pallbearers were John McMillian, W.J. Sewell, Willis Wallingford, Allen McReynolds, G.W. Asendorf and Dr. W.B. Post. Burial was in Park Cemetery.
The body reached here at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon over the Missouri Pacific, accompanied by a brother, D. M. Knight of Parkville, Missouri and a sister, Miss Ella Knight of Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs D.M. Knight reached here Saturday night from Parkville and is a guest at the home of Mrs. Robert Moore on Grand Ave.
- HER CAREER IN OMAHA -
The following in regard to the death of Miss Knight appeared in Saturday's issue of the Omaha Herald:
Miss Augusta Henriette Knight, teacher of art in Omaha for more than 20 years died Friday at her home 4216 Harney Street, after an illness of several months. She is survived by a sister, Miss Ella B. Knight, teacher at Dundee school, and a brother, David Mack Knight, business manager of Park College, Parkville, Missouri, both of whom were at her bedside at the end.
Miss Augusta Knight came to Omaha in 1909 as an art teacher at Brownell Hall after studying in various eastern and midwestern colleges, and art institutes. She taught at Brownell Hall for several years, and then organized the art department at Omaha University, where she subsequently taught 15 years.
Then at the request of Dr. D.E. Jenkins, founder of Omaha University, she organized the art department in that school. She remained head of the department more than 15 years, until her illness last spring.
Her work in the instruction of art for kindergarten teachers received national recognition among educators. Those trained by her were recognized as experts. The exhibits which she held here once or twice each year, attracted educators from far away cities.
- HER WORK IN MEMORIAL -
Dr. Jenkins, before his death was frequently heard to say that the work accomplished by Miss Knight was among the best that was being accomplished at the university.
Her oils and water colors have been exhibited in several midwestern cities. Two oil paintings, "Woodland Shadows" and "On the Window Ledge" are in the Joslyn Memorial.
Each summer she went to some other city to paint and study.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Omaha Art Guild.
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Father: Rev William Sims Knight D D b: 1837 in Ohio
Mother: Anna Margaretta Mack b: 1854 in Carthage, Hancock county, Illinois
No Known marriage.
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