David Buel Knickerbacker
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David Buel Knickerbacker (February 24, 1833 โ December 31, 1894), was an American
Episcopal Diocese of Indiana
and 130th bishop in the line of succession in the American episcopate.
Early life and education
Born on February 24, 1833, at
Trinity College, Hartford and the General Theological Seminary in New York City.[1]
Ministry
Soon after his graduation from seminary in 1856 he went as a missionary to
Minneapolis Minnesota, then a village of three hundred people, and remained there 27 years, during which time he did much to direct its growth. He built three churches there, including Gethsemane Episcopal Church, and five in its outlying districts. He founded Cottage Hospital (1870), the first hospital in the city of Minneapolis, which was moved and renamed St. Barnabas Hospital (1871โ1991),[2] which ultimately was closed and sold in 1991 to Hennepin County Medical Center,[3] and the Sheltering Arms Hospital. In 1877 he was elected missionary bishop of New Mexico and Arizona but declined.[1]
After becoming the fourth bishop of Indiana in 1883, he founded a boarding school for boys at Turner and another for girls in Indianapolis and secured $25,000 toward an endowment for the Diocese of Indiana. He also founded the Church Worker, a monthly publication of which he was editor. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Trinity College in 1871.[4]
Family
He was married to Sarah (Moore) Knickerbocker in
St. Paul & Pacific depot in the fall of 1866. Bishop Knickerbacker died December 31, 1894, in Indianapolis and was buried next to his wife in Crown Hill Cemetery.[5]
References
- ^ a b Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. VI. Boston: The Biographical Society. Retrieved May 3, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Clinical & Health Affairs".
- ^ "Hennepin County Library - A History of Minneapolis". Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
- ^ A sketch-book of the American episcopate during one hundred years, 1783-1883, by Hermon Griswold Batterson, 1878, pp. 332-333 โ via Google Books
- ^ "The Bishop is Dead: The Rt. Rev. David Buel Knickerbacker Suddenly Expires". Indianapolis Journal. January 1, 1895. p. 8. Retrieved May 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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