Charles Washington Heisler (1856 - 1909)

Born 16 May 1856 in Minersville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 16 May 1909 at age 53 in Albany, Albany, New York, United States

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Biography

Charles W. Heisler was born on May 16, 1856, and died on May 16, 1909. He was the son of Washington Heisler and Sarah Kurtz.

He attended Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College), receiving his undergraduate degree in 1880 and his theology degree in 1883. After initially serving as the pastor at Belleville Pennsylvania, he was the pastor of the First English Lutheran Church in Los Angeles from 1886 to 1892, the pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Denver, Colorado from 1892 to 1898, and the First Lutheran Church of Albany, New York from 1901 to 1909. He was President of Susquehanna University from 1899 to 1901.

He was award a master's degree from Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College) in 1893 and a doctor of divinity from Wittenberg College in 1901.

He wrote several religious books.

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1860 U.S. Census, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, pop. sch. 71 (typed), dwell. 1154, fam. 1180.

1870 U.S. Census, Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, pop. sch. 14 (handwritten), dwell. 112, fam. 115.

1880 U.S. Census, Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, pop. sch. 583 (typed), dwell. 117, fam. 133.

Ancestry.com. Menands, New York, U.S., Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011 (citing Albany Rural Cemetery Internment Cards. Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York).

"A Favorite Pastor's Farewell, " Los Angeles Evening Express, April 27, 1892, p. 3.

"Into the Great Beyond," Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 26, 1895, p.1.

"Minister Dies on His Birthday," The News Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), May 17, 1909, p. 1.

"The Farewell Sermon of the Pastor, Rev. C.W. Heisler," The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), April 25, 1892, p. 4.

Frederick Simon Hills, New York State Men: Biographies and Character Studies (Argus Company; 1910), vol. 1, p. 68.

W. Stewart Wallace (comp), A Dictionary of North American Authors Deceased before 1950 (Toronto: Ryerson Press; 1951). (