. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . learned thetrade of a bookbinder with Mr. Lambrecht, of Klaus-thai. Before he had quite finished his trade, in 1822,his parents emigrated to America, and he accom-panied them thither. He worked at bookbindingfor a short time at Hagerstown, Md., and later car-ried on the business in his own name. Determiningto study for the ministry, he went to Gettysburg,where he remained five years, two in the gymnasiumand three in the theological seminary. He was li-censed at the annual me
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . learned thetrade of a bookbinder with Mr. Lambrecht, of Klaus-thai. Before he had quite finished his trade, in 1822,his parents emigrated to America, and he accom-panied them thither. He worked at bookbindingfor a short time at Hagerstown, Md., and later car-ried on the business in his own name. Determiningto study for the ministry, he went to Gettysburg,where he remained five years, two in the gymnasiumand three in the theological seminary. He was li-censed at the annual meeting of the EvangelicalLutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, at German-town, in the year 1835. After his licensure he wasurged to become a missionary in the West, but de-clined on the ground of his timidity. His first chargewas in Nittany Valley, Centre Co., Pa. He laboredin Sugar Valley and Nittany Valley, and in onechurch in Penns Valley organizing two new congre-gations,—one at Bellefonte, the other six miles east ofthat town. His second pastorate was the Palmyracharge, in Lebanon and Dauphin Counties. He was.
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