In 1897 - 1898 he taught school in Mountain Lake, Minn. Besides teaching Bachmann also preached at the Butterfield Mennonite Church on Sundays.
On June 5, 1900 at Paso Robles, California, he was ordained to the ministry.
On June 6, 1900 he was married to Emma Krehbiel of Donnelson, Iowa, by Rev. Jacob Hege of Paso Robles, Cal. In 1901 they accepted a call to come back to Mountain Lake, Minnesota, where Henry preached and taught school again for two years.
In 1903 he was offered the principalship of the new school at Freeman, South Dakota. He with Dr. John R. Thierstein developed this school as it became the Freeman Junior College. In 1910 - 1911 Bachmann's services as head of the school ended by his failing health. In 1915 the family moved to California. However, Bachmann's health did not improve there, and he died on August 5, 1920 and was laid to rest in the Reedley cemetery.
The Bachmann's first son was born at Mountain Lake and died when four weeks old. Three more children (Paula, Esther and Henry Jr.) were born while the family lived at Freeman, South Dakota. Mrs. Bachmann died on December 15, 1965 at Woodlake, California, at age of 94, and was laid to rest beside her husband in the Reedley cemetery.
Rev. Bachmann made significant contributions as a minister of the Gospel and especially as a pioneer educator during the years that he was associated with Freeman Junor College.
(GC Mennonite Pioneers, 1973)
In 1897 - 1898 he taught school in Mountain Lake, Minn. Besides teaching Bachmann also preached at the Butterfield Mennonite Church on Sundays.
On June 5, 1900 at Paso Robles, California, he was ordained to the ministry.
On June 6, 1900 he was married to Emma Krehbiel of Donnelson, Iowa, by Rev. Jacob Hege of Paso Robles, Cal. In 1901 they accepted a call to come back to Mountain Lake, Minnesota, where Henry preached and taught school again for two years.
In 1903 he was offered the principalship of the new school at Freeman, South Dakota. He with Dr. John R. Thierstein developed this school as it became the Freeman Junior College. In 1910 - 1911 Bachmann's services as head of the school ended by his failing health. In 1915 the family moved to California. However, Bachmann's health did not improve there, and he died on August 5, 1920 and was laid to rest in the Reedley cemetery.
The Bachmann's first son was born at Mountain Lake and died when four weeks old. Three more children (Paula, Esther and Henry Jr.) were born while the family lived at Freeman, South Dakota. Mrs. Bachmann died on December 15, 1965 at Woodlake, California, at age of 94, and was laid to rest beside her husband in the Reedley cemetery.
Rev. Bachmann made significant contributions as a minister of the Gospel and especially as a pioneer educator during the years that he was associated with Freeman Junor College.
(GC Mennonite Pioneers, 1973)
Family Members
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Maria Bachman
1876–1880
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Emma Helene Bachmann Krehbiel
1877–1964
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John Herbert Bachmann
1878–1950
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Anna Bachman Rahn
1880–1951
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Martha Maria Bachman Vogt
1881–1970
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Matilda Bachmann Ewy
1883–1952
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Jakobina Bachmann
1884–1908
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Daniel E Bachmann
1888–1978
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Albert Bachmann
1889–1964
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Paul Gerhart Bachmann
1892–1892
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