S. G. McKNIGHT, a prosperous farmer, of Spring Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio, owns and resides upon a splendid farm of eighty acres, and is also owner of another tract of 160 acres, lying about a fourth of a mile east of his home. He was born in Orange Township, Shelby County, Ohio, September 29, 1848, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Wiley) McKnight, and a grandson of Samuel McKnight, who came to this country from County Down, Ireland.

Joseph McKnight was reared and educated in Pennsylvania, and was young at the time of his father's death. After marriage he rented what is known as the Miller farm in Miami County, Ohio, and worked it one year and then went to Shelby County, Ohio, and settled on 160 acres which he secured from the Government. In October, 1867, he moved back to Miami County to take care of his brother John, who owned the eighty-acre farm which now belongs to the subject of this sketch in Spring Creek Township. At the time of his death, February 9, 1875, he still retained 120 acres of the farm in Shelby County which he had purchased from the Government. He married Mary Wiley, a daughter of William and Mary Wiley, who came to this country from County Firmanagh, Ireland, and settled in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, where Mrs. McKnight was born. They later moved to near Piqua, Ohio. Seven children were the issue of this union, as follows: One who died in infancy; Sarah Jane, who lives with her brother, S. G. McKnight, and is the widow of D. K. Gillespie; W. J., who lives four miles southeast of the subject of this record; Mary Ann, who died at the age of twelve years; Margaret B., deceased wife of Joseph Wead, of Shelby County, the year of her death being 1892; Maria L., who died in 1892; and S. G.

S. G. McKnight attended the district schools in Shelby County, after which he enrolled at the State Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. Upon leaving school he taught one term and then assisted his father in the work on the home farm. Since coming to Miami County he has always resided in Spring Creek Township, where he is widely known. He bought his home farm of the Foreign Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church, and the 160 acres included in the other farm he purchased from his uncle's estate. Politically Mr. McKnight is a Prohibitionist, and was at one time township supervisor. He is a member of the local Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. Religiously he is a member of the United Presbyterian Church.