Short Name: |
Jacob Erb |
Full Name: |
Erb, Jacob, 1804-1883 |
Birth Year: |
1804 |
Death Year: |
1883 |
Erb, John [Jacob?]. (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1804--April 29, 1883). United Brethren in Christ. Licensed at 17, ordained 1825; then sent to northwestern United States to establish churches. Pastor Old Otterbein Church in Baltimore, 1841-1848; Bishop for 12 years. Compiled Eine Sammlung von Geistlichen Lieblichen Liedern (1830) in Harrisburg; also A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ, Circleville, 1835 (with William Rhinehart); also with Rhinehart the Hymn Book of the United Brethren in Christ, 1837.
--Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives