On Saturday night at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. D. A. Black, Capt. William Knight departed this life after a brief illness. Heart trouble was the cause of death. Captain Knight has long been known as one of Temple's prominent citizens and at the time of his death was serving in the capacity of alderman in which capacity he has stood firm for what he thought was right. He was in no sense a church man, he found it impossible to accept the teachings and doctrines of the Bible, but while he was an agnostic, he was not of the Ingersoll order who seek to destroy belief without offering anything in its place. He was content to be let alone and to let others alone. He has often expressed a wish that he could believe and enjoy the fruits of his belief as others appeared to do. He was in every sense an independent thinker, open and fearless in his action, conscientious in his dealings with his fellowman, granting to others the boon that he prized so high that of living unfettered by the rules of popular isms. He was a conservative man, one around whom the extremes might expend their force without moving him from his convictions. He leaves a family of five grown children to mourn his loss with whom a host of friends and old comrades in arms will unite in deepest sympathy.
The Temple Times (Temple, Tex.), vol. 17, no. 11, ed. 1, Friday, 18 February 1898, page 3
The Temple Times (Temple, Tex.), vol. 17, no. 11, ed. 1, Friday, 18 February 1898, page 3
On Saturday night at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. D. A. Black, Capt. William Knight departed this life after a brief illness. Heart trouble was the cause of death. Captain Knight has long been known as one of Temple's prominent citizens and at the time of his death was serving in the capacity of alderman in which capacity he has stood firm for what he thought was right. He was in no sense a church man, he found it impossible to accept the teachings and doctrines of the Bible, but while he was an agnostic, he was not of the Ingersoll order who seek to destroy belief without offering anything in its place. He was content to be let alone and to let others alone. He has often expressed a wish that he could believe and enjoy the fruits of his belief as others appeared to do. He was in every sense an independent thinker, open and fearless in his action, conscientious in his dealings with his fellowman, granting to others the boon that he prized so high that of living unfettered by the rules of popular isms. He was a conservative man, one around whom the extremes might expend their force without moving him from his convictions. He leaves a family of five grown children to mourn his loss with whom a host of friends and old comrades in arms will unite in deepest sympathy.
The Temple Times (Temple, Tex.), vol. 17, no. 11, ed. 1, Friday, 18 February 1898, page 3
The Temple Times (Temple, Tex.), vol. 17, no. 11, ed. 1, Friday, 18 February 1898, page 3
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