1803–1834

Introduction

Born: No­vem­ber 7, 1803, Ma­son­ville, New York.

Died: Au­gust 23, 1834, Pack­er­ville, Con­nec­ti­cut, of ty­phus.

Buried: Pac­ker­ville Ce­me­te­ry, Plain­field, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Biography

Levi was the son of Ol­iv­er Knee­land and Bet­sy Bald­win.

He came to Christ at age 15. He joined the Bap­tist church in Ma­son­ville, New York, and was li­censed to preach at age 20.

In 1824, he en­tered the Ham­il­ton Li­ter­ary and Theo­lo­gic­al In­sti­tu­tion (now Col­gate Uni­ver­si­ty), Ham­il­ton, New York, where he stu­died four years.

He was then called to the pas­tor­ate of the Bap­tist church in Pack­er­ville, Con­nec­ti­cut, and was or­dained there October 8, 1828. Bur­rage says of him: Ear­nest, de­vout, whol­ly con­se­crat­ed to his work, he la­bored for the sal­va­tion of souls, and dur­ing the six years of his min­is­try, he bap­tized more than three hun­dred con­gre­gants.

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If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Knee­land (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),