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History of Farmington, (Van Buren County) IowaOur database does not include an historic photo for Farmington, (Van Buren County) Iowa, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Abner Kneeland Biography Abner Kneeland, editor, was born in Gardner, Mass., April 6, 1774. He was ordained a Baptist minister, but soon after changed his faith to the Universalist. He was editor of the Universalist Magazine and the Christian Messenger in Philadelphia, Pa., 1821-28; of the Olive Branch and Christian Enquirer in New York city, 1828-412, and established The Investigator, in Boston, Mass., as an organ of free inquiry in 1882, his faith having changed from Universalism to Pantheism. He was tried in Boston for blasphemy, March 8, 1836, and his council having died just before the case had its hearing, he addressed the court in his own defence. He published: Columbian Miscellany (1804); Mrs. Johnson's Captivity (1814); A Translation of the New Testament from the Greek (1822); The Digest (2 vols., 1899); Lectures on Universal Benevolence (1824); Lectures on the Doctrine of Universal Salvation (1824); Review of the Evidences of Christianity (1829). See Review of the Prosecution against Kneeland for Blasphemy (1836). He died at Farmington, Iowa, Aug. 27, 1844. |
Iowa Facts: Van Buren County Facts: Seat: KeosauquaEstablished: 1836 Formed from: Des Moines
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: FARMINGTON, a thriving post-village of Van Buren county, Iowa, on the Des Moines river, about 30 miles N.W. from Keokuk, with which it is connected by a plank-road. It is the oldest village in the county, and is a shipping point for the produce of the vicinity. Farmington is situated 167 meters above sea level. |