Background
Schaeffer, Harry Brent was born on August 30, 1891 in Newberry, South Carolina, United States. Son of William Calhoun and Jennie (Hahn) Schaeffer.
Schaeffer, Harry Brent was born on August 30, 1891 in Newberry, South Carolina, United States. Son of William Calhoun and Jennie (Hahn) Schaeffer.
Bachelor of Arts, Newberry (South Carolina.) College, 1910, Master of Arts, 1912. Bachelor of Divinity, Lutheran Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina., 1925. Doctor of Divinity from Newberry College, 1928.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1915. Pastor successively at Chattanooga, Tennessee, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina. President Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, from 1926.
Rotarian (governor 58th District 1931-1932).
Married Lora Neas, of Newport, Tennessee, August 28, 1916. Children: Dorothy Clare, William Brent, Margaret Elizabeth.