Introduction

Biography

Pettengell was the son of Will­iam Rus­sell Pet­tin­gill and Fan­nie Lib­by Pet­tin­gill, and hus­band of Cla­ra May Lib­by.

He at­tend­ed the Sar­a­to­ga Bib­li­cal Se­mi­na­ry in Sar­a­to­ga Springs, New York. He and his wife moved to Wau­ke­sha, Wis­con­sin, in 1906.

He was an ac­tive mem­ber of the Me­tro­po­li­tan Church As­so­cia­tion (Burn­ing Bush) for ma­ny years, and preached and sang in Am­er­ica, Ca­na­da, and Scot­land.