Show 4 prominent mining operator called by death uncle jese jesse knight pioneer 1850 and also pioneer mining of the state died at his home provo at 7 40 0 cock clock monday mor ing A month ago he suffered a slight stroke of paralysis from which be he never rallied at 4 0 clock sun day morning he lapsed into un consciousness up until he was stricken uncle jesse was in direct charge of his many interests both in the mining industrial and agricultural field from a poor boy who herded cowan the hills surrounding salt rose through his I 1 own effort eto sto a power in financial and in industrial lau circles la in this state the fa family mil ay wa was amythe bedside when the pioneer i di X jesse knight wes born just out side the city of nauvoo III on the banks of the mississippi river sept 6 1846 1845 his parents bad had the d s unction of being the first couple married by joseph smith founder of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in 1846 just a year after jesse knight was born his father was placed in charge of the first 60 50 teams to cross the missouri river at the beginning of the great mor mon men exodus from that state to the tar far west the party in charge of newel knight inight expected to spend the first winter on their trip west on the platt river but the grass on which they depended for was destroyed by tire fire they therefore ac cepter an invitation of the indians and went miles north to spend the winter on the indian reserva tion of nebraska the father of jesse knight died during that memorable winter leaving the mother with six children of whom jesse was the youngest the fol lowing march a boy wae was born to the widowed mother the youth of the pioneer boy was spent in poverty he herded cows and sheep gleaned potatoes and worked on his mother a small farm in the summer in the winter he took oxen and hailed wood on shares his mother worked at a loom by the light of the flame from a greased rag in the evening to make clothes for her large family after living in salt lake for seven years the knight family moved to provo in 1867 when he was 16 years old he was given employment by benjamin R roberts at 30 per month at the end 0 of six months however his em was so well pleased with bis his work that he gave him 50 for the entire time this waa was the future capitalist capitalists s start in life he purchased a team of oxen and a wagon with the money and another team on credit he became a freighter on the frontier carrying supplies into the country from across the plains and from montana in the days when freighters had to contend with the indians and ou out laws and life was always unsafe later he served as a volunteer in the black hawk war jesse knight married amenda me ale ewan on january 18 1869 he and ah his is wife wife in made ade their home on a n near ear what wha t Is now payson tor for 20 years they tey made b a success as ranchers and managed to save some money with which he went into the business of buying cattle from the farmers and selling them on other markets it was while living on his ranch near pa son that jesse knight pros pecked the hills near and located the mining claims that were the foundation of his fortune his first claim the humbug was so named in derision by mining men in the locality however after even seven years hard work when he and his boys brought out the first lot of ore or re be he refused an offer of tor for the property his character and reputation gave him credit with which to equip and develop the pro perty preliminary to commercial pro since then this pioneer has developed many paying mines in tintic gintic among them uncle sam beck beek tunnel colorado iron diba 1 som and dragon mr knight also had mining in teresta to other parts of the state as well as in adjoining states and his were not all in the mining line he owns various large farm ing and ranch properties coal mines sugar factories etc and the con arol of such enterprises as the utah ore sampling company and the eu reka hill railway company he was liked and respected by almost everyone with whom he came in contact being generous and liberal in his business dealings and in bis his every day life his widow and the following chil dren survive him J william knight raymond knight mrs mangum mrs alien allen and mrs jor dan all being residents of provo raymond knight recently succeeded his father as the head of the various business enterprises uncle jesse knight was a and notable character I 1 in utah a man of simple and whole some tastes with his rugged honesty ever uppermost in his makeup |