History of Waynesboro, (Lancaster County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Henry Harbaugh Biography

Henry Harbaugh, educator, was horn in Waynesboro, Pa., Oct. 24, 1817. He was educated at Marshall college, taking a partial course; studied theology, was ordained in 1848, and was pastor of German Reformed churches at Lewisburg, Lancaster and Lebanon, Pa., 1843-64. He was editor of The Gardian, 1850-66, and of the Mercersburg Review, 1866-67, and was professor of theology at Marshall college, 1864-67. He was a high church theologian. He published: Heaven (1848); Heavenly Recognition (1851); The Heavenly Home (1853); Christological Theology (1854); Birds of the Bible (1854); Life of Michael Schlatter (1857); The Fathers of the German Reformed Church (3 vols., 1857-58); and Poems (1860). He died in Mercersburg, Pa., Dec. 28, 1867.

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