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A. R. KNIGHT, is the senior member of the firm of A. R. Knight & Co., owners of one of the finest mercantile establishments in Dubuque. Their jewelry store, located at from No. 708 to 714 Main Street, would do credit to any city in this state. It is an elegantly appointed establishment, in which is displayed a well selected stock of jewelry, arranged in a most pleasing and attractive manner, the gold and precious stones and the beautiful diamonds imported direct from Europe going to make up a fine picture. The firm makes a specialty of handling solid silverware, manufactured by the most reliable firms, and handles a large line of optical goods.

Mr. Knight, whose name heads this record, was born in Wardsborough, Windham County, Vt., November 22, 1848,and is a son of Isaac and Olive (Stanley) Knight. His father was for many years a leather manufacturer of the Green Mountain State, and there died in 1870. He belonged to one of the old and prominent England families which for many generations had lived in New England, and furnished leading representatives to various professions and lines of business.

Our subject is the youngest in a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters. His early education, acquired in the district schools, was supplemented by study in the Leland Seminary, of Townsend, Vt. In 1867 he started westward and made his first location in Chicago where he spent six months in the employ of Giles Bros. & Co., jewelers. In the fall of 1868 he came to Dubuque and secured a position as a salesman with E. A. Giles & Co., jewelers, with whom he remained for ten years. In 1878 he embarked in business on his own account, forming a partnership with his nephew, Frank Knight. This connection continued for eighteen months, when he became sole proprietor of what is now one of the finest establishments of the kind in the northwest. His goods are purchased by an expert and he employs a skilled man for the arrangement of diamonds in settings, according to the tastes of his patrons.

In 1870 Mr. Knight was joined in wedlock with Miss Fannie Boyer, of Waverly, Iowa, daughter of John Boyer. They reside at No. 391 Bluff Street, and have two children, Maud O. and Arthur. Mr. Knight is an affable and genial gentleman, of pleasant address, and in social as well as business circles occupies an enviable position, being recognized as one of the leading citizens of the community. He came to the west with no capital, but was ambitious and enterprising, and he resolved that his business career should be a successful one; he therefore made the most of his opportunities and privileges and steadily worked his way upward. He may truly be called a self-made man and his example should serve to encourage others who have to fight life's battles unaided. In politics he is a Republican.