Henry Lee Yarger

Background

Yarger, Henry Lee was born on February 22, 1862 in Hartleton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Lucinda (Huntington) Yarger.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, 1883, Master of Arts, 1886. Graduate Gettysburg Theological Seminary, 1886. Doctor of Divinity, Carthage College, Illinois, 1898.

Career

Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1886. Pastor in Ellsworth and Lincoln counties, Kansas, 1886-1889, Lawrence, Kansas, 1889-1893, Braddock, Pennsylvania, 1893-1894. Field secretary Board of Church Extension Lutheran Church, Atchison, Kansas, 1895-1914.

General superintendent home missions and eh. extension, Chicago, since 1914.

President Kansas Synod, 1901-1903, General Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, 1913-1914. Trustee Tabitha Home (Lincoln, Nebraska).

Midland College (Atchison, Kansas).

Achievements

• Henry Lee Yarger has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mildred Rose Hammer, July 15, 1886.

Father:

John Yarger

Mother:

Lucinda (Huntington) Yarger

Spouse:

Mildred Rose Hammer