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Benjamin Brayton Knight

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Birth	:	3 Oct 1813 Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death	:	4 Jun 1898 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial	:	Swaims Baptist Church Cemetery, Hamptonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.1761110, -80.7902780
Description	:	Son of Stephen Knight and Whealtha Brayton Knight; brother of Sophia Amelia, Jeremiah, Mary Briggs, Anna, Elizabeth, Robert,Stephen Albert, and Dexter Newton Knight. His early life was spent helping his father Stephen Knight on the family farm, and his educational advantages were limited to occasional terms in the district schools, until he was eighteen years old,in 1831, at which time he entered the Spraque Print Works at Cranston Rhode Island, where he served as an operative for two yeas and then returned to farming for two years. In 1835 he started his first business venture, by purchasing a small building near the... Read More	Son of Stephen Knight and Whealtha Brayton Knight; brother of Sophia Amelia, Jeremiah, Mary Briggs, Anna, Elizabeth, Robert,Stephen Albert, and Dexter Newton Knight. His early life was spent helping his father Stephen Knight on the family farm, and his educational advantages were limited to occasional terms in the district schools, until he was eighteen years old,in 1831, at which time he entered the Spraque Print Works at Cranston Rhode Island, where he served as an operative for two yeas and then returned to farming for two years. In 1835 he started his first business venture, by purchasing a small building near the Sprague Print Works and opening a general grocery store. Five years later in 1840, he removed to Providence, and with Olney Winsor and L.E. Bowen, under the firm name of Winsor, Knight & Company, engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery business. In 1842 he bought controlling interest in the company, and in 1847 his brother Jeremiah Knight became associated with him, under the style of B. B. Knight & Company. In 1852 he sold a half interest in his company flour and grain business to his brother Robert Knight, and purchased a half interest in the Pontiac Mill and Bleachery, and established the firm of B. B. & R. Knight, the extended into the manufacturing and mercantile fields from this company. The brothers at one time or another owned as many as 21 cotton mills, in nearly as many villages scattered over Rhode Island, with a total capacity of around 11000 looms and over four hundred thousand spindles. They had stores located in New York City, at Worth St. and others in Boston, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Brayton Knight also served a term as a state legislator and as a member of the City Goverment of Providence, R.I. He served as alderman from the sixth ward in 1865-66-67, was chairmen of the Finance Committee of the Aldermanic Board, and was twice elected to the General Assembly. He was President of the Butcher's and Drover's Bank from 1853 until soon before his death. This company was the founder of the Fruit of the Loom Trade Mark, in 1856, it was registered as a trade mark in the United States Patent Office in (#418) in 1871 one year after passage of the first trademark law by congress. [biography by William Custer Knight]

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Benjamin Brayton Knight's memorial is located at: Swaims Baptist Church Cemetery, Hamptonville, Yadkin County, USA.
When did Benjamin Brayton Knight death?
Benjamin Brayton Knight death on 4 Jun 1898 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
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Latitude: 36.1761110
Longitude: -80.7902780

Family Members:

Parent

Stephen Knight

(1780 - 1848)

Wealtha Brayton Knight

(1794 - 1871)

Spouse

Siblings

Sophia Amelia Knight Harris

(1812 - 1887)

Jeremiah Knight

(1816 - 1890)

Annah Knight

(1824 - 1878)

Robert Brayton Knight

(1826 - 1912)

Elizabeth Brayton Knight Battey

(1826 - 1868)

Stephen Albert Knight

(1828 - 1907)

Dexter Newton Knight

(1832 - 1893)

Children

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Swaims Baptist Church Cemetery
Hamptonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1761110, -80.7902780

2. Swaim Family Cemetery
Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1765251, -80.7897644

3. Marler Road Baptist Church Cemetery
Hamptonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1533070, -80.8184870

4. Longtown Methodist Church
Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1453610, -80.7698430

5. Mountain Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery
Hamptonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1664500, -80.8354870

6. Bible Baptist Church Cemetery
Jonesville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.2036760, -80.8234340

7. Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Boonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.2124850, -80.7654820

8. Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery
Hamptonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1315500, -80.8025600

9. Fall Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Jonesville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.2188600, -80.8162300

10. Mitchell's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery
Boonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1750410, -80.7312190

11. Arlington First Baptist Church Cemetery
Jonesville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.2241390, -80.8286850

12. Whitaker Cemetery
Center, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1551590, -80.7238380

13. West Yadkin Baptist Church Cemetery
Hamptonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1178632, -80.7741775

14. Vestal Cemetery
Yadkinville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1711160, -80.7120690

15. New Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
Yadkinville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1800510, -80.7114460

16. Swan Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Jonesville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1819382, -80.8700027

17. Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Hamptonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1369019, -80.8553009

18. Way Of Life Full Gospel Church Cemetery
Hamptonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1171790, -80.8260140

19. Island Ford Baptist Church
Jonesville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.2434430, -80.7986930

20. Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery
Hamptonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1094900, -80.8054700

21. Victory Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Jonesville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.2436480, -80.7759690

22. Center United Methodist Church Cemetery
Yadkinville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1459800, -80.7136000

23. Branon Friends Meeting Cemetery
Yadkinville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.1192200, -80.7393400

24. Old Speer Cemetery
Boonville, Yadkin County, USA
Coordinate: 36.2110400, -80.7132900