1831–1887

Introduction

Born: Aug­ust 12, 1831, near Bremen, Fair­field Coun­ty, Ohio.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 28, 1887, Elk­hart, In­di­ana.

Buried: Ol­ive Ce­me­te­ry, Wa­ka­ru­sa, In­di­ana.

Biography

Henry was the hus­band of Ma­til­da Bloss­er (mar­ried 1850).

He was or­dained a Men­non­ite dea­con in 1865, a post he held for ov­er two de­cades.

In 1867, he moved to Elk­hart, In­di­ana, where he worked for the Men­non­ite Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny.

He al­so wrote for the Child­ren’s Colu­mn in Herald of Truth, and taught and worked in Sun­day schools for ma­ny years.

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