Biography

01/08/1828 - 08/24/1903

KNIGHT, Joshua Paul, a Representative from Bucks County; born, January 8, 1828 in Feasterville, Bucks County, Pa.; teacher (3 years); farmer; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1874 and 1875; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1876); died, August 24, 1903 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, William Penn Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.