Herman B Heisey, oldest son of John H and Susan L (Biever) Heisey, was born on a farm near Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1890.
His parents were of German descent. He had one brother. Herman in his childhood was left an orphan, his mother dying when he was three, and his father when he was five years of age. W. J. Biever, an uncle living at Lebanon, kindly gave Herman a good home.
In Lebanon he attended the public schools until after he had reached his teens, when he made his home in Johnstown some years. While in Johnstown he went to school in the winter, while during vacation he worked for the Steel Company, first as car tracer and then as weighmaster. He had a great desire for an education, and was an apt student. He also took a course of study in the International Correspondence School. He entered Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the sacred literature course and took postgraduate work in the divinity course. He took practically all of the divinity or theological studies given in the course, but lacked some classical studies necessary for the B. D. degree. However, he completed social science, philosophy and other classical studies that are knit with thorough theological branches.
"The spiritual influences of his foster home were good. His uncle was a Lutheran, and his grandmother, Sarah A. Biever, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, a member of the Church of the Brethren. At fifteen Herman was deeply impressed that God would call him to service in the ministry, and on some foreign field. He sought the Word to determine with what body to unite. When seventeen years old he confessed Christ and united with the Johnstown congregation of the Church of the Brethren. Samuel W Pearce administering baptism. When at Juniata he was called to the ministry when nineteen years old and the following year advanced to the second degree. During the first vacation, after being in the ministry, he preached at home nearly every Sunday.
On May 28, 1912, he was united in marriage with Grace Nedrow, daughter of John and Mary Nedrow. At the close of his college work he accepted the pastorate in September 1911 at Stonerstown Church of the Brethren in Saxton, Pennsylvania, and served until the autumn of 1912, when he and his wife sailed to India as missionaries.
At the York Conference he and his wife, along with a number of other, were approved as missionaries to India. They sailed to their chosen field of labor the following fall, and began work on the language in earnest. Unfortunately Brother and Sister Heisey were handicapped in their language study because of poor health.
So they returned to America in 1914 and after some months spent in the eastern part of the State, they located in the Red Bank (now Oakdale Church of the Brethren) congregation, Western Pennsylvania, September 1, 1914, where Brother Heisey became pastor. Here he was ordained to the eldership in 1915.
(Info taken from 'History of the Church of the Brethren of Western Pennsylvania by Elder Jerome E Blough Published by the Brethren Publishing House 1916 pages 232-234)
His parents were of German descent. He had one brother. Herman in his childhood was left an orphan, his mother dying when he was three, and his father when he was five years of age. W. J. Biever, an uncle living at Lebanon, kindly gave Herman a good home.
In Lebanon he attended the public schools until after he had reached his teens, when he made his home in Johnstown some years. While in Johnstown he went to school in the winter, while during vacation he worked for the Steel Company, first as car tracer and then as weighmaster. He had a great desire for an education, and was an apt student. He also took a course of study in the International Correspondence School. He entered Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the sacred literature course and took postgraduate work in the divinity course. He took practically all of the divinity or theological studies given in the course, but lacked some classical studies necessary for the B. D. degree. However, he completed social science, philosophy and other classical studies that are knit with thorough theological branches.
"The spiritual influences of his foster home were good. His uncle was a Lutheran, and his grandmother, Sarah A. Biever, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, a member of the Church of the Brethren. At fifteen Herman was deeply impressed that God would call him to service in the ministry, and on some foreign field. He sought the Word to determine with what body to unite. When seventeen years old he confessed Christ and united with the Johnstown congregation of the Church of the Brethren. Samuel W Pearce administering baptism. When at Juniata he was called to the ministry when nineteen years old and the following year advanced to the second degree. During the first vacation, after being in the ministry, he preached at home nearly every Sunday.
On May 28, 1912, he was united in marriage with Grace Nedrow, daughter of John and Mary Nedrow. At the close of his college work he accepted the pastorate in September 1911 at Stonerstown Church of the Brethren in Saxton, Pennsylvania, and served until the autumn of 1912, when he and his wife sailed to India as missionaries.
At the York Conference he and his wife, along with a number of other, were approved as missionaries to India. They sailed to their chosen field of labor the following fall, and began work on the language in earnest. Unfortunately Brother and Sister Heisey were handicapped in their language study because of poor health.
So they returned to America in 1914 and after some months spent in the eastern part of the State, they located in the Red Bank (now Oakdale Church of the Brethren) congregation, Western Pennsylvania, September 1, 1914, where Brother Heisey became pastor. Here he was ordained to the eldership in 1915.
(Info taken from 'History of the Church of the Brethren of Western Pennsylvania by Elder Jerome E Blough Published by the Brethren Publishing House 1916 pages 232-234)
Herman B Heisey, oldest son of John H and Susan L (Biever) Heisey, was born on a farm near Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1890.
His parents were of German descent. He had one brother. Herman in his childhood was left an orphan, his mother dying when he was three, and his father when he was five years of age. W. J. Biever, an uncle living at Lebanon, kindly gave Herman a good home.
In Lebanon he attended the public schools until after he had reached his teens, when he made his home in Johnstown some years. While in Johnstown he went to school in the winter, while during vacation he worked for the Steel Company, first as car tracer and then as weighmaster. He had a great desire for an education, and was an apt student. He also took a course of study in the International Correspondence School. He entered Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the sacred literature course and took postgraduate work in the divinity course. He took practically all of the divinity or theological studies given in the course, but lacked some classical studies necessary for the B. D. degree. However, he completed social science, philosophy and other classical studies that are knit with thorough theological branches.
"The spiritual influences of his foster home were good. His uncle was a Lutheran, and his grandmother, Sarah A. Biever, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, a member of the Church of the Brethren. At fifteen Herman was deeply impressed that God would call him to service in the ministry, and on some foreign field. He sought the Word to determine with what body to unite. When seventeen years old he confessed Christ and united with the Johnstown congregation of the Church of the Brethren. Samuel W Pearce administering baptism. When at Juniata he was called to the ministry when nineteen years old and the following year advanced to the second degree. During the first vacation, after being in the ministry, he preached at home nearly every Sunday.
On May 28, 1912, he was united in marriage with Grace Nedrow, daughter of John and Mary Nedrow. At the close of his college work he accepted the pastorate in September 1911 at Stonerstown Church of the Brethren in Saxton, Pennsylvania, and served until the autumn of 1912, when he and his wife sailed to India as missionaries.
At the York Conference he and his wife, along with a number of other, were approved as missionaries to India. They sailed to their chosen field of labor the following fall, and began work on the language in earnest. Unfortunately Brother and Sister Heisey were handicapped in their language study because of poor health.
So they returned to America in 1914 and after some months spent in the eastern part of the State, they located in the Red Bank (now Oakdale Church of the Brethren) congregation, Western Pennsylvania, September 1, 1914, where Brother Heisey became pastor. Here he was ordained to the eldership in 1915.
(Info taken from 'History of the Church of the Brethren of Western Pennsylvania by Elder Jerome E Blough Published by the Brethren Publishing House 1916 pages 232-234)
His parents were of German descent. He had one brother. Herman in his childhood was left an orphan, his mother dying when he was three, and his father when he was five years of age. W. J. Biever, an uncle living at Lebanon, kindly gave Herman a good home.
In Lebanon he attended the public schools until after he had reached his teens, when he made his home in Johnstown some years. While in Johnstown he went to school in the winter, while during vacation he worked for the Steel Company, first as car tracer and then as weighmaster. He had a great desire for an education, and was an apt student. He also took a course of study in the International Correspondence School. He entered Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the sacred literature course and took postgraduate work in the divinity course. He took practically all of the divinity or theological studies given in the course, but lacked some classical studies necessary for the B. D. degree. However, he completed social science, philosophy and other classical studies that are knit with thorough theological branches.
"The spiritual influences of his foster home were good. His uncle was a Lutheran, and his grandmother, Sarah A. Biever, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, a member of the Church of the Brethren. At fifteen Herman was deeply impressed that God would call him to service in the ministry, and on some foreign field. He sought the Word to determine with what body to unite. When seventeen years old he confessed Christ and united with the Johnstown congregation of the Church of the Brethren. Samuel W Pearce administering baptism. When at Juniata he was called to the ministry when nineteen years old and the following year advanced to the second degree. During the first vacation, after being in the ministry, he preached at home nearly every Sunday.
On May 28, 1912, he was united in marriage with Grace Nedrow, daughter of John and Mary Nedrow. At the close of his college work he accepted the pastorate in September 1911 at Stonerstown Church of the Brethren in Saxton, Pennsylvania, and served until the autumn of 1912, when he and his wife sailed to India as missionaries.
At the York Conference he and his wife, along with a number of other, were approved as missionaries to India. They sailed to their chosen field of labor the following fall, and began work on the language in earnest. Unfortunately Brother and Sister Heisey were handicapped in their language study because of poor health.
So they returned to America in 1914 and after some months spent in the eastern part of the State, they located in the Red Bank (now Oakdale Church of the Brethren) congregation, Western Pennsylvania, September 1, 1914, where Brother Heisey became pastor. Here he was ordained to the eldership in 1915.
(Info taken from 'History of the Church of the Brethren of Western Pennsylvania by Elder Jerome E Blough Published by the Brethren Publishing House 1916 pages 232-234)
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