Isabel H. Knott (b. Hill) (1864-1926) was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Santa Barbara, California. She was the daughter of N. P. (Nathaniel Peter) Hill, a mining engineer and U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1879-1885, and the niece of A. J. (Adoniram Judson) Gordon, a Baptist preacher and founder of Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Knott was an active member of the Tuesday Musical Club in Denver, Colorado, and also served as its president. She traveled to Europe frequently. In 1901, she married Franklin P. Knott, a world traveler and photographer who was one of the first to have his color images appear in National Geographic magazine. They moved to Santa Barbara around 1911. Mary J. Butler, a Christian Scientist, wrote to Mary Baker Eddy in 1887, stating that Knott was a follower and admirer of Christian Science.

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