Background
Schwab, John George was born on February 11, 1865 in near Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Son of George P. and Catherine (Keiber) Schwab.
Schwab, John George was born on February 11, 1865 in near Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Son of George P. and Catherine (Keiber) Schwab.
Student Northwestern College, Naperville, Illinois, 1882-1884.
May. Ordained ministry Evangelical Association, 1888. Pastor Saint Francis, Kansas, 1887-1889, Culbertson, Nebraska, 1889-1892, Nelson, 1892-1895. Presiding elder Lincoln District, 1895-1900.
Pastor Wood River, Nebraska, 1900-1901, Forreston, Illinois, 1901-1904.
Presiding elder Naperville (Illinois) District, 1904-1908, Freeport District, 1908-1912. Pastor Mendota, Illinois, 1912-1914.
Presiding elder Chicago District, 1914-1918. Pastor Ebenezer Church, Highland Park, Illinois, 1918-1920, First Church, Streator, Illinois, May 1920-1924.
Presiding elder Freeport district, 1924-1927.
Superintendent Evangelical Deaconess Hospital, 1927. Pastor Lockwood Avenue Church, Chicago, 1928-1931. District superintendent Chicago District, 1931-1935.
Author: History of the Illinois Conference, 1937.
Member General Conference 8 times. Historian Illinois Conference Evangelical Church since 1927. Member National Social Science Society, Pi Gamma Museum.
Married May East. Kandall, May 29, 1889 (deceased). Married second, Ada Weibel, March 16, 1899. Children: Ralph Kandall, George Stephen, Paul Josiah, Charles Willard.