Member Log In
MENU
ABOUT
HISTORY
ACTIVITIES
MEMBERSHIP
GENERAL SOCIETY
CONTACT

Bernardo Hoff Knight Jr.


Hereditary Member, admitted 1933

Bernardo Hoff Knight, Jr.
20th Secretary of the New Jersey Society 1946-1955

13th Assistant Secretary of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati
In office
1936 — 1945
Preceded by Ulric Dahlgren
Succeeded by Irving Caywood Hanners
20th Secretary of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati
In office
1946 — 1955
Preceded by Ulric Dahlgren
Succeeded by Irving Caywood Hanners

(2) Great grandson of propositus Samuel Hendry. AssistantSecretary of the Society of the Cincinnati in New Jersey 1936-1945 andSecretary 1946-1955. Born in Philadelphia, PA on 4 Oct 1888 and died in Philadelphia, PA on 27 Jan 1964. Educated at Saint Josephs College. Left in his junior year to work in the freight traffic department of the Pennsylvania Railroad for 13 years. During World War I, served with the Embargo Committee, US Railroad Administration. Furloughed for military duty 5 Jul 1918. Ordered to Camp Wadsworth, SC. Assigned to the Railroad Transportation Division, Quartermaster Corps as Sergeant 1st Class. Honorably discharged 18 Mar 1919. Cunard Steam Ship Company freight representative 1919-1923. Manager of the Port of Philadelphia Ocean Traffic Bureau 1923-1929.Represented the City of Philadelphia before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, DC. Member: Sons of the Revolution; Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and the American Legion. Married Frances Mary Gentry on 25 Dec 1920. [Sources: PFAH; ; (C).]

Mr. Knight was the great-great-grandson of Samuel Hendry.

Succession

Propositus

Samuel Hendry
Original Member
( — )

Predecessors

Private
Admitted 1824
Private
Admitted 1834
Private
Admitted 1883
Bernardo Hoff Knight Jr.
Great-great-grandson
(1888 — 1964)
Admitted 1933

Successors

Private
Admitted 1964