Susanne A Kohl
Author
Publisher
Heritage Books, Inc
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
xvii, 83 p. : ill., maps, ports.
Language
English
Description
Wilhelm Schmidt (1803-1839) was born in Germany. After studying at the University of Halle, he immigrated to America in 1826. Wilhelm settled first in Philadelphia and then moved to Ohio where he was influential as a Lutheran minister. In 1830 he founded the first Luthern seminary west of the Alleghey Mountains. He died at a very young age in 1839.