The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . eeper in Rochester, New York, from 1S90 to 1892. In 1S93 he was appointed to his present position as mayors clerk. He is a member of George H. Ward Post 10, Grand Army of the Republic, and was its commander in 1887. His son, the lamented Lieutenant Edmund N. Benchley, was killed in the battle of San Juan Hill, Santiago, Cuba, July ist, 1898. Henry A. Knight, superintendent of street lighting and supervisor of wires, was born in Worcester August 21, 1853, son of Alden B. and Mary J. (White) Knight. The famil)-, through succe
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . eeper in Rochester, New York, from 1S90 to 1892. In 1S93 he was appointed to his present position as mayors clerk. He is a member of George H. Ward Post 10, Grand Army of the Republic, and was its commander in 1887. His son, the lamented Lieutenant Edmund N. Benchley, was killed in the battle of San Juan Hill, Santiago, Cuba, July ist, 1898. Henry A. Knight, superintendent of street lighting and supervisor of wires, was born in Worcester August 21, 1853, son of Alden B. and Mary J. (White) Knight. The famil)-, through successive generations, have resided in Worcester for more than 100 years. Henry was educated in the public schools of the city, and for several years was in the milk business. Later he became a dealer in coal, and was a member of the firm of Mann & Knight. When the office of superintendent of street lighting was created in 1S91, Mr. Knight was chosen to fill it, and in 1895 was also elected supervisor of wires, both of which offices he now holds. charles h. benchley. 162 The Worcester of li
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