Jacob John Glossbrenner (1812–1887)Jacob John Glossbrenner
at findagrave.com was since 1845 the fourteenth Bishop of the

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Birth and family

Jacob John Glossbrenner was born 24 July 1812 in Hagerstown, Maryland. His parents were

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. His father was killed by an accident when Jacob was only seven years old. His mother and he and his three siblings were left in very straitened circumstances. Jacob was therefore

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to a

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to learn his trade.

Conversion and call

Jacob was converted to evangelical Christianity at the age of seventeen. This changed the current of his life. A year later he was Licensed to Exhort in the United Brethren Church. Another year, when only nineteen, he became an

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preacher.

References

*Behney, J. Bruce and Eller, Paul H., The History of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, (edited by Kenneth W. Krueger), Nashville, Abingdon, 1979. *Koontz, Paul Rodes, and Roush, Walter Edwin, The Bishops: Church of the United Brethren in Christ,

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: The Otterbein Press, 1950. *Drury, Rev. A. W., The Life of Bishop J. J. Glossbrenner, D. D. of the United Brethren in Christ,

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Birth and family

Conversion and call

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References