Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Shelby Co.

REV. AARON BRIGHTWELL KNIGHT, a native of Todd County, Ky., was born
February 24, 1824, a son of Robert B. and Kittie (Bailey) Knight, who were
native Virginians, of English extraction.  Mr. Knight remained on the farm
during his boyhood, attended a boarding school in Russellville, and entered
Centre College in Danville, from which he graduated in 1845, having spent
three and one-half years in the institution.  In 1846 he was licensed to
preach and, immediately entered Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey,
where he spent three years.  He was ordained to the full work of the
ministry in 1850.  In 1858, he accepted a call to Burk's Branch Church,
Shelby County.  In his ministry he has spent eleven years at Simpsonville,
one year at Clay Village, and twenty-three years at Burk's Branch.  He was
moderator of Long Run Association, which included the churches of
Louisville under its supervision, one of the most important in the State.
This place he held from 1865 to 1877, and in 1863 was elected moderator
of the general association of Kentucky.  He retired from the ministry in
1882 on account of ill health.  He married, in 1851, Miss Mary J. Waters,
of Shelby County, daughter of John Waters deceased.  She died January 10,
1868.  October 19, 1869, he married Miss Josephine Ryland, of Richmond,
Va., and daughter of Robert Ryland, D.D.  Only one child of his first
marriage survives, Mary Brightwell, wife of Dr. P. A. Shely; two children
by his last marriage, Ryland and Norvell Brightwell.  His farm consists of
300 acres on Mt. Eden Pike, three miles southeast of Shelbyville, and is
pleasantly located.  Mr. Knight is a pleasant, affable gentleman, and since
his retirement from the ministry travels a great deal for his health.

Knight Bailey Waters Ryland Shely
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Danville-Boyle-KY Todd-KY NJ VA

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