Background
Melsheimer, Friedrich Valentin was born on September 25, 1749 in Negenborn, Germany. Son of Joachim Sebastian and Clara Margaretha Melsheimer.
Melsheimer, Friedrich Valentin was born on September 25, 1749 in Negenborn, Germany. Son of Joachim Sebastian and Clara Margaretha Melsheimer.
Attended U. Helmstedt.
Appointed chaplain Dragoon Regiment of Brunswick Auxiliaries hired by British Crown to suppress rebellious American colonies, 1776. Wounded and captured at Battle of Bennington, 1777. Pastor of 5 small Lutheran chs., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1779-1783.
Pastor, Manheim, Pennsylvania, 1784-1786. Professor Greek, Latin and German, Franklin College, 1786-1787, worked to keep college in existence, 1787-1789. Pastor St. Matthew’s, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1789-1814.
Author: Catalogue of Insects of Pennsylvania, 1806.
Married Mary Agnes Man, January 18, 1779.