Abner Kneeland d. 1879
KNEELAND
Posted By: Volunteer - Cathy Joynt Labath
Date: 11/8/2002 at 16:32:45
The Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa
Thursday, Dec 18, 1879State News
Abner Kneeland, the famous infidel writer, who has since 1840 lived within two miles of Farmington, Van Buren county, died at his home a few days ago. He edited the Boston Investigator for several years. In 1835 he was arrested for blasphemy, and after carrying the case to the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, was convicted and fined. His blasphemy was embodied in doubt as to the possibility of Christ having existed without a natural father.
Cathy Labath
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