Dr. Moses Kieffer and Catharine Smith

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Husband Dr. Moses Kieffer ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Moses Keefer 3
           Born: 5 May 1814 - Franklin Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 3 Feb 1888 2
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         Father: Christian Keefer (1768-1822) 4 5
         Mother: Mary Poorman (      -      ) 3

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Caldwell (1820-      ) 6 - 8 Nov 1868 6

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Wife Catharine Smith ⁶

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Children

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1 M Augustus R. Kieffer ⁶

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           Born: 2 Apr 1842 7
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Hall (1848-      ) 7
           Marr: 25 Dec 1866 7

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2 M George Smith Kieffer ⁶

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           Born: 26 Sep 1844 7
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         Spouse: Sallie E. Sexton (1848-      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Moses Kieffer

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He entered a preparatory school at York, Pennsylvania, at the age of seventeen, and was graduated at Marshall College, Mercersburg, in 1837. He was licensed to preach in 1840, and was pastor at Waterstreet, Huntingdon County, 1840-44; Hagerstown, Maryland, 1844-51, and Reading, Pennsylvania, 1851-55. While at Reading he built the Second Reformed Church. In 1855 he was chosen president of Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, over which he presided for thirteen years, besides filling a professorship in the Theological Seminary. He resigned because of ill health and then filled a Presbyterian pulpit at Sandusky, Ohio. Believing that country life would be beneficial to his health he returned to his native county, and was pastor of the Grindstone Hill charge, 1870-71; Greencastle, 1871-74; and Gettysburg, 1874-84. His last work was as a missionary at Sioux City, Iowa.

He grew to manhood in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and in 1838 was graduated from what is now Franklin and Marshall College, receiving the highest honors of his class. On completing his college education he entered the theological department of that institution, where he remained two years, and at the same time was employed as tutor in his alma mater, teaching one hour per day. His first pastoral charge was at the Water Street Church in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, accepting the call to that church in 1840, and serving the charge four years. He then accepted a call at Hagerstown, Maryland, where he was minister in charge seven years. From Hagerstown he went to Reading, Pennsylvania, and was there actively engaged in the ministerial work for five years. In 1855 he was elected president of Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, Ohio, over which he presided nearly thirteen years, and of which he was the second president. When he took charge the college was in its infancy, and being anxious that it should succeed the Doctor performed the work of two men, doing all he possibly could for the prosperity of the institution, and in his efforts overtaxed his strength, which compelled him to resign his position. Following this the Doctor was supply preacher at Sandusky City, Ohio, for one year and a half. He then returned to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, locating at Greencastle, where he was minister in charge of a church until 1874. That year he came to Gettysburg, where he was pastor in charge ten years, and where he is now living a retired life. During the late war, when the rebels burned Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Dr. Kieffer was publisher of the Quarterly Review and other publications of his church, and the publishing house and office were, with the buildings, destroyed, and with them the manuscript of a work he had ready for publication. His contributions to the religious press were many. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion a Catholic, but not a Roman.

1 Editor, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 358.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 471.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 467.

4 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 813.

5 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 466.

6 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 472.

7 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 480.