Biographical information, 1827-1985.

Kunze, John C. (John Christopher), 1744-1807

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John C. Kunze was born in Saxony at Artern on the Unstrut and graduated from the University of Leipzig in 1763. He came to America in 1770 to assume a pastorate in Philadelphia, Pa. under the tutelage of Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg, the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America. In 1784, Kunze moved to New York City and served as pastor of Christ Church, located at the corner of William and Frankfort streets. From 1784 until 1787 and again from 1797 until 1799, he taught oriental languages at Co...

Pitcher, James, 1845-1905.

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Hartwig, Johann Christoph, 1714-1796

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Wagschal, Louis F., 1889-

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Hartwick Seminary

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Established in 1797 as the first Lutheran Seminary in the United States. John Christopher Hartwick (1714-1796) was born in Molschleben, Germany and educated at the University of Halle. He arrived in America in 1746 an ordained Lutheran minister. He had a strong desire to establish a seminary and send missionaries out to Christianize the Indians. To this end he made numerous deals and eventually was successful in obtaining the majority of a 24,000 acre patent from the Indians in Otsego County, Ne...

Sternberg, George Miller, 1838-1915

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Born at Hartwick Seminary, Otsego County, New York, on June 8, 1838, George Miller Sternberg received a medical degree from the Maryland College of Physicians in 1860. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, on May 28, 1861; Captain, May 28, 1866; Major (Surgeon), December 1, 1873; Lieutenant Colonel (Surgeon), January 12, 1891, Brigadier General, Surgeon General, May 30, 1893; and retired from the Army on June 8, 1902. During the Civil War, he began his service with the Army of ...