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(November 25, 1838–June 2, 1906). B. Wytheville, Virginia; educ. Roanoke Coll., Salem, Virginia, and Lutheran Theol. Sem., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pastor Salem (1869–72) and Staunton (1884–85). Virginia; Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1885–1906. Served in army during Civil War; pres. theol. sem., Salem, Virginia, 1873–84 (see United Lutheran Church in America, The, Synods of, 27); pres. Ev. Luth. Gen. Syn. in N. Am. (later known as Gen. Syn. South; see United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South, The, 1) 1871–72. Ed. The Church Messenger.