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PAUL F. KNIGHT, farmer; P. O. Casstown; born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Oct. 3, 1814; is a son of Jonathan and Catharine (James) Knight. The grandfather, William Knight, was among the early pioneers of Miami Co., and first located on the farm where the Orphans’ Home is now situated; here he endured all the hardships of the early settlers; his first crop of corn was raised by keeping his gun within a few feet of him, and, as he came up to it, he would carry it a few feet in advance again, and so on through the field, so as to be ready for defense against the Indians; these were days of trials and dangers, of which the present generation know nothing; the father, Jonathan, located in Hamilton Co., lived and died there; after the father’s death, the son Paul, and elder brother William, were brought to this county; Paul was raised and cared for principally by his uncle, John E. Cory; Paul remained with his uncle for several years, after which he made his home with his mother, and worked out by the month for from $7 to $10 per month, a day’s wages being one bushel of corn. April 6, 1837, was celebrated his marriage with Charlotte Ensminger, daughter of Philip and Mary Ensminger, who were born in Pennsylvania and removed to Greene Co., Ohio, thence to Miami Co., and finally to Jay Co., Ind., where they lived and died; by this union, Paul and Charlotte became parents of nine children, viz., Catharine (now Mrs. R. Winters, living in Indiana), Stephen (dying in infancy), Benjamin F., Caroline (now Mrs. W. H. Cavault), Joseph, Mary (now Mrs. J. Fuller), Charles L., William and Lorenzo. After Mr. Knight’s marriage, he located on the farm where they now reside, and here have made a continued residence of forty-two years. Mr. Knight, politically, is a stanch Republican; religiously, he and his wife are Baptists, having been members of that church for about twenty years.