Background
Heischmann, John Jay was born on August 7, 1858 in Lyons, New York, United States. Son of Charles Theodore and Marie A. (Nauen) Heischmann.
Heischmann, John Jay was born on August 7, 1858 in Lyons, New York, United States. Son of Charles Theodore and Marie A. (Nauen) Heischmann.
Educated Knapp’s Institute, Baltimore, Maryland., and Collegiate Department, Bloomfield (New Jersey) Theological Seminary. Graduate Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1879. Doctor of Divinity, Susquehanna University, 1891.
Church, 1879; pastor Saint Peter’s Church, Brooklyn, New York, October 8, 1878, senior pastor, October since 1914(congregation grown from 225 to 2,000, and church property now valued at $238,000). Actively identified for more than 48 years with interests of the church. Many times delegate to Pennsylvania Ministerium and General Council.
President New York Conference, 1899-1902.
President Ministerium of New York and adjacent States, 1902-1905. Delegate to United Lutheran Church, 4 times.
Chairman Lutheran Liberty Loan Committee for Brooklyn and Long Island, 3d and 4th loans, 1918. Vice-president German section Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences, 1913.
Director Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mount Airy, Philadelphia, 1891-1895, 1918, 22.
President Bedford Protestant Ministers’ Association, 1925. Entered on 50th year of pastorate, October 8, 1927. Dean of Protestant clergy of Brooklyn.
Home: Brooklyn, New New York
Married Caroline M., nee Ruoff, August 7, 1879. Children: Ruth A., Paul T. (deceased), Bruno J. (deceased), Emma J., Marie West. Ordained ministry Evangelical.