Background
Springer, Rebecca Ruter was born on November 8, 1832 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Calvin W. and Harriet C. Ruter.
Springer, Rebecca Ruter was born on November 8, 1832 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Calvin W. and Harriet C. Ruter.
Educated in private schools, New Albany, Indiana, 1840-1848. Graduate Wesleyan College, Cincinnati, O., June, 1850.
As the modern name implies, Springer claimed to have a vision of a Christian heaven, and she recounts this vision in her book as well as some personal insights. My Dream of Heaven is considered by many to be a deeply inspirational book Rebecca Ruter was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 8, 1832, the daughter of Calvin West. Ruter, a Methodist clergyman in Indiana.
She attended Wesleyan Female College and graduated at the age of 18.
William Ruter Springer, the couple"s only child, was born a few years later, and went on to graduate from a private military academy in Virginia in 1880.
Married William McKendree Springer, December 15, 1859.