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WILLIAM E. KNIGHT, editor and proprietor of the Grandview Monitor, is a native of Cannelton, Perry Co., Ind., born August 6, 1845, being the third of a family of four (two sons and two daughters). His parents, William and Lydia A, (Webb) Knight, are natives of Massachusetts and Indiana respectively. The former, who is a carpenter by trade, came to Perry County, Ind., about the year 1838 and has lived in Cannelton ever since, with the exception of brief residences in Illinois and in Cincinnati. He is at present foreman in the wood-working department of the Indiana Cotton Mills. William E. Knight was reared in the town of his birth, receiving a fair education in the common schools. At the age of fifteen he entered the office of the Cannelton Register, where he remained until he had learned the printer’s trade. In 1869, in partnership with Dr. W. E. Lawrence, he bought the Grandview Monitor. A year later he purchased the Doctor’s interest and conducted the paper until 1873, when he went to Peabody, Kan., and engaged in a mercantile business. He however soon after returned to Grandview and conducted the Monitor until 1876, when he again sold out and went to Cannelton, where he spent about eight months as editor of the Enquirer and Reporter. He then sold his interest to his partner, Mr. Underwood, and returned to Grandview, where he has since efficiently and successfully conducted the Monitor. October 16, 1869, Mr. Knight was united in marriage to Anna R. Livengood, a native of Jefferson County, Ky., and a daughter of Jacob B. Livengood, of Grandview. Three children have been born to this union: Mary Lydia, William W. and Sarah Elizabeth.