Jesse Knight
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Jesse Knight | |
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Raymond Knight Inez Knight Allen | |
Parents | Newel Knight Lydia Knight |
Jesse Knight (6 September 1845 — 14 March 1921) was an American mining magnate, one of relatively few Latter-day Saints in 19th century Western America to find major success in the field.
After the death of his father
Biography
Knight was born in Nauvoo, Illinois to Newel and Lydia Knight, two prominent members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). When Jesse was one-year-old, his family was forced to flee Nauvoo as Mormon pioneers under the leadership of Brigham Young. Jesse's father died in Nebraska on the Mormon Trail in January 1847; his mother and eight siblings continued on but were not able to reach their Salt Lake Valley destination until early 1850.
Knight is significant in Western American mining and entrepreneurial history because in several important ways he differed from the typical "
Although Knight's
Knight was known by the moniker "Uncle Jesse" during his lifetime due to his image as rich but giving uncle. In his writing, he expressed a belief that his money was for the purpose of doing good and building up his church; he regarded the matter as a "trusted stewardship." As he once said, "The earth is the Lord's bank, and no man has a right to take money out of that bank and use it extravagantly upon himself." Although he strayed from the LDS Church in his early years and briefly affiliated with the
After making his fortune in mining, Knight went on to develop settlement and industry in what is today southern
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Knight Mansion - built 1905 in Provo, UT
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Knight Block built 1900 downtown Provo, UT
Legacy
- Knightville, Utah - mining town[2]
- Knightville Road - Juab County, Utah
- Knight Academy - Raymond, Warner County, Alberta, Canada
See also
- Inez Knight Allen - daughter
- Ray Knight (rodeo organizer) - son
- Tintic Standard Reduction Mill
- Yankee Headframe - mining structure
References
- ^ "Hall of Great Westerners". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- ^ "Knightsville Utah".
- Peterson, Richard H., Utah History Encyclopedia, https://web.archive.org/web/20051103104743/http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/k/KNIGHT%2CJESSE.html
- Turner, Lawrence, ed. (1993). Raymond Remembered : Settlers, Sugars and Stampedes : A History of the Town and People of Raymond. Town of Raymond. pp. 3–31 to 4–38. ISBN 0-9697655-0-9.
- Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
External links
- Jesse Knight papers, MSS 1434 in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University