Solomon Jacob Gamertsfelder

Background

Gamertsfelder, Solomon Jacob was born on October 10, 1851 in Jefferson Tp., Ohio, United States. Son of Carl Jacob and Anna (King) Gamertsfelder.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern College, Illinois, 1878, Master of Arts, 1881. Graduate Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, 1881 (Doctor of Divinity, 1900). Doctor of Philosophy, College of Wooster, 1903.

Career

Ordained ministry Evangelical Association, 1881. Pastor Cleveland, 1879-1880, Napoleon, O., 1881-1883, West Salem, O., 1883-1885. Circleville, O., 1885-1887.

Associate editor Evangelical Messenger, Cleveland, 1887-1895.

Professor systematic theology, since 1895, president, 1911-1919, president emeritus. Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, Illinois Author: A Bible Study on Prayer, 1907.

Achievements

• Solomon Jacob Gamertsfelder has been listed as a noteworthy theologian by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Emma Doctorate. Spreng, May 30, 1883.

Father:

Carl Jacob Gamertsfelder

Mother:

Anna (King) Gamertsfelder

Spouse:

Emma D. Spreng