Background
He was born in the German part of Baldenheim in Alsace, France in 1823 to Johann Jakob Esher.
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In 1840 he attended divinity school.
Career
In 1890-1891 he presided over a schism in the Evangelical Church and his followers were dubbed Esherites and they opposed the breakaway Dubsites. This led to the formation of the United Evangelical Church by the Dubsites. They had the following children: Mary Barbara Esher (1850–1931), Sarah Emilie Esher (1852–1902), Victoria Elizabeth Escher (1852–1885), and Edward Benjamin Esher (1857–1914).
Elected, in 1863, Bishop of the Evangelical Church.
Esher, Bishop Bowman and Rudolph Dubs were at loggerheads starting in 1885 over the administration of the Evangelical Association mission in Japan. Esher was accused of being despotic in the administration of his bishopric.
In 1890-1891 there was a schism in the Church between Bishop Dubs and Bishop Bowman with Bishop Esher. Bowman was related to Esher by marriage.
Esher was tried in absentia on March 20, 1890, by the Evangelical Association in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Esher died on April 16, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. He was interred in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago on April 20, 1901.
Membership
In 1845 he was ordained and became a charter member of the Evangelical Church.
