Background
Hartranft, Chester David was born on October 15, 1839 in Frederick Tp., Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Salome (Stetler) Hartranft.
Hartranft, Chester David was born on October 15, 1839 in Frederick Tp., Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Salome (Stetler) Hartranft.
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Philadelphia High School. Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1861, later Master of Arts New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1864.
(Museum Doctor Rutgers. Doctor of Divinity, Williams).
2d, Ida T. Berg, November 22, 1911. Captain 18th Pennsylvania Volunteers in Civil War. Ordained Dutch Reformed ministry.
Pastor, South. Bushwick, New York, 1864-1866, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1866-1878.
Waldo professor ecclesiastical history, 1879-1888, professor Biblical theology, 1892-1897, professor ecclesiastical dogmatics, 1897-1903, president, 1888-1903, honorary president, since 1903, Hartford Theological Seminary Now editor Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, in Germany. President Conservatory of Music, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Conducted an oratorio society, 10 years
Married Annie Frances Berg, 1864.