Weishample is a community in
Barry Township,
Schuylkill County in the
U.S. state
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of
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
, about 20 miles northeast of
Harrisburg
Harrisburg is the capital city of the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the List of c ...
.
The town is supposedly named after Rev.
John Frederick Weishampel John Frederick Weishampel (April 4, 1808 – November, 1883) was a Baltimore, Maryland, minister and author. He was the son of Christian Weishampel and was born in Baltimore. He learned the printing business with John T. Hansche; published sever ...
due to his association with
John Winebrenner John Winebrenner (March 25, 1797September 12, 1860), founded the Churches of God General Conference.
Life
Winebrenner was born in Walkersville, Maryland. He studied at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was ordained in the German Refor ...
.
Unincorporated communities in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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