Background
Nicum, John was born on January 6, 1851 in Winnenden, Würtemberg, Germany. Son of John and Anna Margaret (Schaefer) Nicum.
Nicum, John was born on January 6, 1851 in Winnenden, Würtemberg, Germany. Son of John and Anna Margaret (Schaefer) Nicum.
Educated Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Doctor of Divinity, 1893.
Pastor Frackville, Pennsylvania, 1876-1878. Philadelphia, 1878-1880. Syracuse, New York, 1880-1887.
Since 1887, pastor Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rochester, New New York
Secretary general council Evangelical Lutheran Church in North. America, 1886-1897. Secretary and president German Home Mission Board, same, 1887-1897.
President and professor mental and moral science and Hebrew, Wagner Memorial Lutheran College, 1894-1902.
Married Jos.