David Bruening

Born: De­cem­ber 10, 1869, Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia. Died: May 2, 1934, Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land.

The son of Ger­man im­migrants, Brün­ing grad­u­at­ed from Elm­hurst Col­lege in 1889, and Eden Sem­in­a­ry, St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri, in 1892. He was or­dained at St. Paul’s Church, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, in Ju­ly 1892 by Ru­dolph John. He went on to serve the par­ish­es of Rose­hill, Chi­ca­go (1892-98); St. Paul’s, Pe­kin, Il­li­nois (1898-1904); St. Pe­ter’s, Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky (1904-20), and St. Mat­thew’s, Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land (1920-34). He was al­so pre­si­dent of the In­di­a­na Dis­trict of the Evan­gel­i­cal Syn­od; chair­man of the board of di­rect­ors of Eden Sem­in­a­ry; and ed­it­or of the 1917 Evan­gel­i­cal Hym­nal.

Sources: Haeussler, pp. 569-70

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