Frederick Rinehart Anspach (January 1815 – 16 September 1867) was an American

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clergyman, author and editor.

Biography

Frederick Anspach was born and raised in central

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. He graduated from the

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during 1839, and the

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in 1841. He was ordained into the Lutheran ministry. He subsequently served as a pastor within the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of East Pennsylvania. From 1841 until 1850, he served as minister at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in

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. He also served at

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Publications

A sermon delivered on the occasion of the death of

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was his first publication. His ''Sons of the Sires'', ''Sepulchres of our Departed'' (Philadelphia, 1854), ''The Two Pilgrims'' (1857), and other works appeared in rapid succession. In 1857, he moved to

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, where he became a contributor to the ''Lutheran Observer'', and in 1858 its principal editor, in which office he continued until 1861. He died in Baltimore during 1867.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anspach, Frederick Rinehart 1815 births 1867 deaths 19th-century American Lutheran clergy 19th-century American writers Writers from Pennsylvania Gettysburg College alumni