About John Jacob Esher
Lived 1823 – 1901 (aged 77). John Jacob Esher was a protestant theologian, known for Evangelical Association.
John Jacob Esher (December 11, 1823 – April 16, 1901) was bishop of the Evangelical Association in Chicago, Illinois. In 1890-1891 he presided over a schism in the Evangelical Church and his followers were dubbed Esherites and they opposed the breakaway Dubsites.
Biography He was born in the German part of Baldenheim in Alsace, France in 1823 to Johann Jakob Esher. In 1832, at age nine, he migrated with his parents to Pennsylvania and from there his family moved to Chicago, Illinois. In 1840 he attended divinity school. In 1845 he was ordained and became a charter member of the Evangelical Church. In 1890-1891 there was a schism in the Church between Bishop Dubs and Bishop Bowman with Bishop Esher. This led to the formation of the United Evangelical Church by the followers of Bishop Dubs.
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John Jacob Esher was born on 11 December 1823 in Baldenheim.
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John Jacob Esher died on 16 April 1901 in Chicago.
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John Jacob Esher was a protestant theologian.
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