Jacob Erb

Short Name: Jacob Erb
Full Name: Erb, Jacob, 1804-1883
Birth Year: 1804
Death Year: 1883

Erb, John [Jacob?]. (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1804--April 29, 1883). United Brethren in Christ. Licensed at 17, ordained 1825; then sent to northwestern United States to establish churches. Pastor Old Otterbein Church in Baltimore, 1841-1848; Bishop for 12 years. Compiled Eine Sammlung von Geistlichen Lieblichen Liedern (1830) in Harrisburg; also A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ, Circleville, 1835 (with William Rhinehart); also with Rhinehart the Hymn Book of the United Brethren in Christ, 1837.

--Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives


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