REV. JACOB BOMBERGER.
Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A., History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon,
pp. 461-557. 1883
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Jacob Bonmberger, son of John Bomberger and Mary Bauman, was born in 1744 in Warwick township, Lancaster Co., Pa. He received the rudiments of a German education, and was brought up on his father's farm. During the Provincial era he served as an officer in the Second Battalion of the Pennsylvania troops under Gens. Forbes and Bouquet. During the Revolution he was some time in service, but turning his attention to religion he began to study such theological works as were within his reach. After the peace of 1783 he went into the Western country, and for many years missionated among the Indians in the Northwest. During the war of 1812—14, well advanced in life, he returned to Pennsylvania and remained with his friends. He died near Harrisburg, on the 4th of August, 1829, at the age of eighty-five, and was buried in Sherer's burying-ground. The labors of Mr. Bomberger for many years were of that self-sacrificing spirit and devotedness which proved that others there were beside the zealous Jesuit and the faithful Moravian, whose religious fervor and Christ-like example stand out as shining lights in the galaxy of the followers of the doctrines and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A., History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon,
pp. 461-557. 1883
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Jacob Bonmberger, son of John Bomberger and Mary Bauman, was born in 1744 in Warwick township, Lancaster Co., Pa. He received the rudiments of a German education, and was brought up on his father's farm. During the Provincial era he served as an officer in the Second Battalion of the Pennsylvania troops under Gens. Forbes and Bouquet. During the Revolution he was some time in service, but turning his attention to religion he began to study such theological works as were within his reach. After the peace of 1783 he went into the Western country, and for many years missionated among the Indians in the Northwest. During the war of 1812—14, well advanced in life, he returned to Pennsylvania and remained with his friends. He died near Harrisburg, on the 4th of August, 1829, at the age of eighty-five, and was buried in Sherer's burying-ground. The labors of Mr. Bomberger for many years were of that self-sacrificing spirit and devotedness which proved that others there were beside the zealous Jesuit and the faithful Moravian, whose religious fervor and Christ-like example stand out as shining lights in the galaxy of the followers of the doctrines and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
REV. JACOB BOMBERGER.
Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A., History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon,
pp. 461-557. 1883
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Jacob Bonmberger, son of John Bomberger and Mary Bauman, was born in 1744 in Warwick township, Lancaster Co., Pa. He received the rudiments of a German education, and was brought up on his father's farm. During the Provincial era he served as an officer in the Second Battalion of the Pennsylvania troops under Gens. Forbes and Bouquet. During the Revolution he was some time in service, but turning his attention to religion he began to study such theological works as were within his reach. After the peace of 1783 he went into the Western country, and for many years missionated among the Indians in the Northwest. During the war of 1812—14, well advanced in life, he returned to Pennsylvania and remained with his friends. He died near Harrisburg, on the 4th of August, 1829, at the age of eighty-five, and was buried in Sherer's burying-ground. The labors of Mr. Bomberger for many years were of that self-sacrificing spirit and devotedness which proved that others there were beside the zealous Jesuit and the faithful Moravian, whose religious fervor and Christ-like example stand out as shining lights in the galaxy of the followers of the doctrines and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A., History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon,
pp. 461-557. 1883
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Jacob Bonmberger, son of John Bomberger and Mary Bauman, was born in 1744 in Warwick township, Lancaster Co., Pa. He received the rudiments of a German education, and was brought up on his father's farm. During the Provincial era he served as an officer in the Second Battalion of the Pennsylvania troops under Gens. Forbes and Bouquet. During the Revolution he was some time in service, but turning his attention to religion he began to study such theological works as were within his reach. After the peace of 1783 he went into the Western country, and for many years missionated among the Indians in the Northwest. During the war of 1812—14, well advanced in life, he returned to Pennsylvania and remained with his friends. He died near Harrisburg, on the 4th of August, 1829, at the age of eighty-five, and was buried in Sherer's burying-ground. The labors of Mr. Bomberger for many years were of that self-sacrificing spirit and devotedness which proved that others there were beside the zealous Jesuit and the faithful Moravian, whose religious fervor and Christ-like example stand out as shining lights in the galaxy of the followers of the doctrines and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
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