within  the  same,  the  mirror  of  godliness,  and  pattern
and  example  to  all'  true  ministers,  in  purity  of  life,
soundness  of  doctrine,  and  boldness  in  reproving  wick-
edness; one  that  cared  not  for  the  favor  of  men,  how
great  soever  tlicy  were.''

Knox,  Henry  M. ,  fourtli  son  of  John  J.  and
Sarah  A.  Knox,  was  born  in  Augusta,  Oneida  county,
N.  Y.  Graduated  at  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  New
York,  with  class  of  ISol.  Commenced  banking  busi-
ness in  Bank  of  Vernon,  New  York,  and  afterward
with  the  Merchants'  Bank,  'Wall  street,  New  York
city.  Removed,  in  1857,  to  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and,
■with  the  present  Comptroller  of  the  Currency,  en-
gaged in  the  banking  business.  Was  afterward
Cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  St.  Paul.  On
the  establishment  of  the  State  office  of  "Public
E.xaminer, " '  he  was  aijpointed  by  the  Governor,  April
22d,  1878,  as  first  incumbent  of  the  new  ofBce,  which
he  still  holds,  by  reappointment.  This  office  com-
bines with  the  usual  duties  of  Bank  Examiner  the
supervision,  also,  of  the  State  and  eighty  county
treasuries,  and  of  the  financial  operations  of  the
several  public  educational,  charitable,  penal  and
reformatory  institutions  of  the-  State  of  Minnesota.
Was  chosen  ruling  elder  of  the  House  of  Hope
Presbyterian  Church,  St.  Paul,  in  1858,  and  is  active
in  many  religious  and  charitable  societies  of  the  city
and  State.  AVas  delegate  to  the  Pan-Presbyterian
Council  at  Edinboro,  in  1877,  and  has  been  several
times  Chairman  of  the  Mileage  Committee  of  the
General  As.sembl}'.
Knox,  Rev.  John,  son  of  Joseph  and  Janet
Knox,  was  born  July  6th,  1799,  at  Lcesburg,  Va.
He  was  prepared  for  college  in  his  native  town;
studied  theology  at  Princeton,  and  was  licensed  by
the  Presbytery  of  Winchester,  October  18th,  1823.
