Background
Reichel, Charles Gotthold was born on July 14, 1751 in Hermsdorff, Silesia, Germany. Son of Carl Rudolph and Eleanore (Müller) Reichel.
Reichel, Charles Gotthold was born on July 14, 1751 in Hermsdorff, Silesia, Germany. Son of Carl Rudolph and Eleanore (Müller) Reichel.
Theological degree, Barby, Saxony. Doctor of Divinity, University North Carolina.
Teacher, Niesky, Prussia, 1774, 78-80. Educational work, Barby, 1775-1777. Secretary to governing board of church, 1780-1784.
Came to American, 1784.
1st principal (inspector) academic, Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Consecrated bishop Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1801.
Supervisor Southern province, Salem, North Carolina. Head Northern province, Bethlehem, 1811.
Sent to General Synod, Herrnhut, Saxony, 1818.
Author: Geographie aum Gebrauch der Schulen in den Evangelischen Brüdergemeinen (geografic textbook), 2 volumes, 1785. Editor (for American use) Lesebuch für Deutsche Schulkinder, 1795.
Married Anna Maass, October 2, 1780. Married second, Catharina Fetter, July 31, 1809, 10 children.