Joseph Spangler Kieffer

Background

Kieffer, Joseph Spangler was born on February 3, 1842 in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Ephraim and Eleanor (Spangler) Kieffer.

Education

Brother Henry Martyn K. Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1860. Graduate Theological Seminary Reformed Church in the United States, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1866.

(Doctor of Divinity, Franklin and Marshall, 1884, Doctor of Laws, 1910. Doctor of Laws, Heidelberg University, Ohio, 1911).

Career

Ordained Reformed Church ministry, 1866. Pastor Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 1866-1888, Hagerstown, Maryland., January since 1868. Associate editor Reformed Church Messenger, since 1884.

President General Synod, Reformed Church.

Member board visitors Theological Seminary Reformed Church.

Achievements

• Joseph Spangler Kieffer has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board regents Mercersburg Academy.

Connections

Married Mary M. Clark, November 11, 1869.

Father:

Review Ephraim Kieffer

Mother:

Eleanor (Spangler) Kieffer

Spouse:

Mary M. Clark