Background
Haupt, Alexander James Derbyshire was born on June 1, 1859 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of General Herman and Ann Cecilia (Keller) Haupt.
Haupt, Alexander James Derbyshire was born on June 1, 1859 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of General Herman and Ann Cecilia (Keller) Haupt.
Graduate Boys’ Central High School, Philadelphia, 1878 (distinguished rank and principal’s certificate). Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1882. Graduate Philadelphia Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1884.
Doctor of Divinity, Pennsylvania College, 1907.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1884. Assisted in organizing Memorial English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1883 (the first English Lutheran mission in the city), and was its pastor, 1884-1907. Superintendent Lutheran Inner Mission work, Pittsburgh, 1907-1910.
Pastor Salem English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1910-1914.
Social service director League of Protestant Women, Saint Paul, 1914-1917, Church Federation, 1917-1921. Executive secretary Home Protective Association of Saint Paul, 1921-1923.
Secretary Lutheran Colony of Mercy, 1919-1922. Special probation officer Juvenile Court, 1914-1923.
Pastor Saint Mark’s Church, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1923-1927.
Now pastor Zion Church, Horicon, Wisconsin One of organizers, president 2 years, Synod of the Northwest. Member National and Minnesota State conferences social work, National Divorce communications of Minnesota, 1906, Luth, Brotherhood of America, Lutheran Foundation of North Dakota (vice president) Minnesota Inner Mission Society, Inner Mission Society of North Dakota
(directory) Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts America, since 1925.
Member of executive board World’s Purity Federation, since 1921.
Married Ida L. Boyer, June 10, 1885. Children: Edith Anna (Mistress H. A. Bossart), Margaret Cecilia (Mistress O. V. Werner), A. James, John Boyer, George Edward, Henry Harpster.