Tipton-Rush County IN Archives Biographies.....Knotts, Oliver 1848 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   OLIVER KNOTTS, one of the enterprising farmers of Wild Cat Township, was born
in Rush County, Ind., July 10, 1848, and is the eldest of two sons born to
Nathaniel and Malinda (Hatfield) Knotts, both natives of Ohio, and of Irish and
English descent; his father, Nathaniel Knotts, upon arriving at manhood, began
life for himself at farming in Rush County; he was there married to Miss Malinda
Hatfield; he remained in Rush County until 1854, on land he had entered some
years previous. Mr. Knotts was a hard-working man and redeemed from the forest a
good home. He was a highly esteemed citizen, and was identified with the
Democratic party; he died in 1859 at the age of thirty-three; his wife then
returned to Rush County, and in 1861 was married to her present husband, William
S. Hall, a prominent farmer of Rush County. Oliver Knotts, being left fatherless
at the age of eleven, returned with his mother to Rush County; he was there
reared upon a farm by his step-father, and, upon reaching manhood, engaged in
the grocery business at Raleigh, and shortly after was appointed Postmaster, in
which office he served about five years; he also continued in the grocery
business during this time, and in 1876 engaged in farming; in 1877, he removed
to his present farm in Wild Cat Township; his father entered this farm and began
clearing it in the early history of the county. Mr. Knotts now owns eighty acres
of good land and raises grain of all kinds; he is a stanch supporter of
Republican principles; he was married, September 7, 1873, to Miss Rachel E.
Rider, a native of Ross County, Ohio. She was born June 22, 1852, and is the
daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Gotschall) Rider.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.

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