History of Millheim, (Centre County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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A Biography of Aaron Ezra Gobble

Aaron Ezra Gobble, educator, was born near Millheim, Centre county, Pa., Feb. 14, 1856; son of Samuel and Sarah (Willaman) Gobble. His ancestors on both sides were German, and came to America before the war of the Revolution. The Willamans are descendants of the Huguenots, and his mother's maternal ancestry is a branch of the numerous family of Killian Mark, a Swiss emigrant. In 1871-75 he taught school in winter and attended an academy in summer. In 1879 he was graduated from Franklin and Marshall college, Lancaster, Pa.; the same year he received a license to preach from the East Pennsylvania conference of the Evangelical association; was ordained deacon in 1882, and elder in 1885. He was professor of mathematics in Union seminary, New Berlin, Pa., 1879-80; principal of the same, 1880-87; and in the latter year, when Union seminary became Central Pennsylvania college, he retained the presidency. He was also treasurer of the board of trustees of that institution, and president of the board of education of the Educational aid society of Pennsylvania. On June 27, 1882, he was married to Kate, daughter of William Krauskop of Lancaster City, Pa. In 1892 he received the honorary degree of D.D. from Lebanon Valley college, Pa.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor