Born: November 14, 1862, Pandora, Ohio.
Died: May 11, 1938, Bluffton, Ohio.
Buried: Hasson Cemetery, Jenera, Ohio.
Henry was the son of Christian S. Blosser and Catherine Thut, and husband of Emma Catherine Motter (or Matter) (married July 1885).
He attended public schools, and at age 18, like his father and two older brothers, he began to teach.
The next year, he entered the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio. After some intermissions of teaching, he graduated in 1886, having made music a prominent study.
He was baptized and joined the Reformed Church in the spring of 1885.
In 1892, he became a teacher of English and mathematics at the College of Northern Illinois, and began preparing for the ministry.
He was ordained and installed in his first pastorate at Orangeville, Illinois, June 27, 1895. He later served pastorates in Forreston, Illinois, and Shelby, Orrville, and (starting in 1919) Bluffton, Ohio.
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