Background
Hay, Charles Augustus was born on February 11, 1821 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Eliza (Ebert) Hay.
Hay, Charles Augustus was born on February 11, 1821 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Eliza (Ebert) Hay.
Graduate Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College), 1839, Gettsburg Theological Seminary, 1841. Postgraduate U. Berlin, U. Halle, 1841-1843.
Biblical literature and German, Gettysburg Theological Seminary, 1844-1848, president of the board directors, 1861-1863, professor Hebrew and Old Testament theology and German, 1865-1893. Minister Zion Church, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1849-1865. Unionist; joined Synod of East Pa, 1857, president, 1860, 74.
President General Synod, 1881.
Trustee Pennsylvania College, 40 years. Noted as historian of Lutheran Church in American.
Curator Lutheran History Society, many years.
Married Sarah Barnitz, May 5, 1845, 8 children.