Rupley, George A. (1880-1961)

On February 5, 1880, Anna Alleman Rupley gave birth to a son, George Alleman Rupley. She and her husband Simon G. Rupley welcomed the new addition to their home in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. George attended Mercersburg Academy and after completing his secondary education, enrolled at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1902 and a master's degree in 1906.

He attended Gettysburg Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from 1909-1910, but received a bachelor of divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York, in 1912. He was ordained in Syracuse, New York, on September 26, 1912, into the New York Synod of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran in the United States of America (General Synod). On October 15, 1912, the Rev. Rupley married Sarah May McKaig.

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