Background
Harpster, John Henry was born on April 27, 1843 in Center Hall, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Frances Harpster.
Harpster, John Henry was born on April 27, 1843 in Center Hall, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Frances Harpster.
Education interrupted by Civil War, in which he served, 1861-1865, captain and staff officer, 2 Corps, Army of Potomac. Twice dangerously wounded in battle. After war student in institutions at Selinsgrove and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
(Doctor of Divinity, Wittenberg College, Springfield, O., 1893).
Professor Michael Jacobs, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1882. Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1871. Missionary at Guntur, India, 1872-1876.
Returned with impaired health.
Resided in California. Pastor Ellsworth and Hayes City, Kansas, 1879-1881, Trenton, New Jersey, 1882-1884, Canton, O., 1884-1893.
Reëntered foreign mission work, 1893. On furlough, 1902; returned to India as director of the Mission of the General Council, December 1902.
Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Married Julia, daughter