Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis
Pub. Co. 1893.  p. 246.

ANDREW JACKSON KNOTT

     A worthy and successful pioneer of Oregon, came to this State in 1850.  He
was born in Ohio, November 25, 1834, the son of Joseph Knott, who was a native
of New Jersey, born in 1809, of ancestry who were early settlers of the
colonies.  Joseph Knott emigrated to Ohio in 1830, being one of the early
settlers of Dayton.  He married Miss Elizabeth C. Wilson, a native of Monmouth,
New Jersey, and had six children, two of whom are living, namely:  Mrs. E. J.
Finnican, who resides in San Francisco, and the subject of this sketch.
     Mr. Knott spent the first fifteen years of his life in Ohio, Illinois and
Iowa.  In 1850, when fifteen years of age, he came with his father and the
family to Oregon, starting from Fairfield, Iowa, with ox teams, one of which Mr.
Knott drove across the plains.  He first saw the city of Portland in the fall of
1850.  This family located at the town of Canonville, in Douglas county, and
engaged in mining and trading in miners' supplies.  At length they removed to
Scottsburg, where they continued their trade, and also engaged in packing
supplies to the mines.  In 1854 the Knotts purchased 1,600 acres of land in
Douglas county and engaged in stock-raising until 1858, when they sold the land
and stock, and came to Portland and engaged in the butcher business in Portland,
on the corner of Ash and Front streets, which he continued until 1860.  Then he
engaged in mining in the eastern part of the State, and in stock driving to the
mines, following this for several years.  He still retains large and valuable
mining interests.  In 1861 they purchased the Stark street ferry, the first that
was permanently established across the Willamette river at Portland, and this he
has continued to own and conduct ever since, in partnership with his brother.
Their father died in 1884, and their mother died in 1874.
     The parents always treated the Indians with kindness, and as long retained
their good will.  Much of the trouble with the Indians, if not the most of it,
arose from the bad acts of white men.  Mr. Knott, our subject, knew the Indians
well and could speak their language fluently.  He often took an active part in
suppressing Indian outbreaks.  At one time he was Indian interpreter for General
Lane, and his services as a soldier in all wars with the Indians was of great
service to the Territory and State.  He also made himself of much value to the
early settlers in locating them on lands with which he was familiar.
     He is now largely interested in city property, and in the new towns on the
sound, where he has faith that the growth will be rapid.  He has built for
himself and family a fine residence, and has done his share in building up the
beautiful city of Portland.
     He was married in 1853, to Miss Mary E. Tibbetts, a native of Indiana, and
has had eleven children, three of whom are deceased, all born in Oregon, the
living are named as follows:  Annie, who is now Mrs. Fred M. Stephens; Gordon
H., married and a business man in Portland; Walter, married and living here;
Lizzy, who is the wife of Lute C. McCormick, residing in Portland; Mollie, who
married John W. Phalon; Harry H., George G. and Sada.
     Mr. Knott is a man of genial and cordial disposition, liberal and
enterprising, enjoying the confidence and esteem of a wide circle of friends in
the State, of which he has so long been a resident.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.