The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1843-01-05
OBITUARY.

Died, IN Germantown, Montgomery county, O., on
The I6;h December, Rev. CHRIS TIAN ESPiCH, in
the I'm year Of his age, after illness OF about fur
weeks. Uccasiohed by Catarrhal fever aud all eec-
ton ufthe lungs.
"Chrslan E>prch was born in the City Of Worms,
Euroi e, The 0h day Of June A. ID. 1885, his father was
Jacob Henry Lspicb, aud his mother Mariah Elizabeth
ry birth Gelauer. uy his parents, he brought
10 hO!Y baptism, IN his ntdncy aud through that holy
aVer Oiregenerallonhe became member of the Clris'
tan Church. His parents devoted him. in early life,
10 religion and useIt sciences and to that end offered
him private aud public instruction, Alter having be>
come acquainted with the dortrnes of The Evangelical
Lutheran Church he by holy confirmation in his 18th
year, became member Of the same. v hile in The
place of his nativity he devoted several years 10 the
study OF languages and other Sciences aud hen enter
ed higher school at Iedelshine under the care of DR..
" f. Bard. In his 18Th year his father died, alas too
soon Tor him-ln the beginning of the disturbances of
France, he concluded TO emiSrae TO North America, in
company with hts fiend, The Rev. John +. Weinand,
who had pastoral call To Phladelpha They leIt
Germany in the mouth If April A. -. 1885, and arri-
we'd at Philadelphia in The month ot August the same
year. lie spent few years IN Philadephia county
leichmg school, and Preachingtoa small congregation
In 1888 lie was married To Elzlbeth roxel daughter
OF Michael TroIe Of Montgomery county, Penn. In
l190 he was called to preach the Gospel, in New Co.
shenhoppen and neighhorng churches, an Nontgome-
ry county Pa aud in the year he was ordained as
pastor. In l796 he accepted call from Sunbury and
neghborhood, where he attended 10 congregations,
until the yelr 1900 at which time he took charge of
congregations in We>tmOreland county. In A. D. 1903
he emigrated TO Ne Phadelpha.in the State of Ohlo
where he organised and preached to several new con-
gregaIions; and in 1929 he accepted call from Lew.
sburs, Pre5e county; where he preached until the end
Of the year A. d. 1926. In the beginning of the year
1927 accepted call from congregations in Cham
paign county; however, the ndisPosi,on of his wife
was SUCH as to mako his duty to return with her. to
his children at New Philadelphia; where they arrived
in he,spring of 1929. Nevertheless bis companion be.
came still more unhealthy until the 18th of April 1882,
at which time she died. After her decease, he resolved
to go to Germantown, to MS children and in the same
year, during the absence ofthe Rev. Andrew HenkeI,
he took charge of his congregations. Ia 1887 he was
called during the absence of Prof Schmidt, TO fll his
vacancy in the Theological Seminary, and 10 preach
every Sabbath to the Lutheran congregation in CoIum-
bus In this vocation he abored, by divine assistance,
with success, and general satisfaction until June 1888,
when he again returned to his sons at Germantown
In 1871 he visited his son at New Philadelphia, and
was induced to take charge of the German congrega-
ton in this place. The increasing nfrmities Of age
however, made it necessary for him soon to resign the
CHARGE and relnqush all expectation ofbeing able to
labor any longer in the Gospel Ministry He returned
last fall to his children IN Germantown, where after
few months he breahed his last May he rest in peace.
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