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REV. WILLIAM S. KNIGHT, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Carthage, Missouri, was born in Newcastle, Coshocton county, Ohio, August 17, 1839, but reared at Millersburg, Ohio. His father, George Knight, who is now seventy-three years of age, has been engaged in mercantile pursuits and farming, and now resides near Newcastle. His mother’s maiden name was Keziah J. Boggs, of Belmont county, Ohio, who was born in 1815. The subject of this sketch received his education at Millwood, Knox county, Ohio, and Martinsburg, where he attended four years; subsequently he entered the freshman class at Washington College, Pennsylvania, in 1858, graduating with the class of 1862, receiving the degrees of A. B. and A. M. In 1862 he entered the Western Theological Seminary, located at Alleghany, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1865. Rev. Mr. Knight was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Richland, Ohio, in 1864, and was ordained by the presbytery of Schuyler, April 8, 1866, beginning his pastoral work with the church at Carthage, Illinois. In 1870 he had charge of the church at Augusta, Illinois, until 1875, at which time he removed to Carthage and was installed pastor of the church of Carthage, Missouri, in May, 1878, although he begun his pastorate in 1875. Rev. W. S. Knight was married to Miss Anna Mack August 17, 1871. She was born in Carthage, Illinois, January 29, 1853, and is the daughter of a prominent lawyer of that city. The names of their children are Augusta, George (who died in March, 1878), Ella, and David Mack. Rev. W. S. Knight became the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Carthage, Missouri, when the church was small and weak, and is now the oldest resident pastor in the city. The church is in a very prosperous condition, numbering over two hundred members, over sixty of them joining since the great revival in 1883. The church has recently put in a new pipe organ and added other conveniences. Rev. W. S. Knight is a good minister and efficient pastor, and he and his wife are powers in the community for good and the building up of the cause of Christ.