4. | Bierbaum, Andreas Johann Heinrich was born 31 Oct 1852, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA (son of Bierbaum, Hermann Heinrich and Gosejacob, Catharine Wilhelmine); died 16 Sep 1914; was buried , Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA. Other Events:
- Baptism: 14 Nov 1852, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
- Education: 1868–1870, Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA
- Census: 1870, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA
- Education: 1870–1874, Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, USA
- Occupation: 1874–1914; minister of the German Evangelical Synod of North America
Notes:
Birth:
The place of birth has been reported in secondary sources as both St. Charles County, Missouri, or as Marthasville, which is in Warren County. The exact location of the family home at the time of the birth has not yet been determined.
Baptism:
The birth and baptism of Andreas were recorded in the baptismal register of the German evangelical church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as the Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).
Education:
He studied for two years at Central Wesleyan College.
Census:
According to the 1870 enumeration, Andrew Bierbaum, age 17, was a college student living in a household with 38 other college students. No information is given about the educational institution, but it seems likely that this was the seminary founded at Marthasville in 1850 as the Evangelisches Predigerseminar (Evangelical Preacher’s Seminary). It eventually became the present-day Eden Theological Seminary, at Webster Groves, Missouri.
Education:
He studied at the seminary founded at Marthasville in 1850 as the Evangelisches Predigerseminar (Evangelical Preacher’s Seminary). It eventually became the present-day Eden Theological Seminary, at Webster Groves, Missouri.
Occupation:
He was ordained on 5 July 1874 in Die Deutsche Evangelische Synode des Westens (The German Evangelical Synod of the West). The denomination was known after 1877 as Die Deutsche Evangelische Synode von Nord-Amerika (German Evangelical Synod of North America); after 1925, as the Evangelical Synod of North America. In 1934, the denomination merged with the Reformed Church in the United States to become the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Another merger, in 1957, with the Congregational Christian Churches, resulted in the United Church of Christ.
Rev. Bierbaum served as pastor of the church in Holstein, Missouri from 1879-1886, during which a new parsonage and a new brick church were built. In 1884, the congregation changed its name to the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein. Rev. Bierbaum returned to serve the church in 1888-1890. From 1890-1897 he was the pastor of Evangelische St. Johannis Gemeinde (St. John's Evangelical Church) at Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
The following biographical sketch was published in 1885.
Rev. Mr. Bierbaum is a native of St. Charles county, born on his father's farm in that county, October 31, 1852. His early youth was spent on the farm, assisting at such work as he could do and attending the neighborhood schools. However, while he was yet a youth his parents removed to Warren county, where they made their permanent home. In 1868 young Bierbaum entered the Central Wesleyan College, at Warrenton, where he took a two-years' course. He then matriculated at the Missouri Seminary, where he studied for four years, and on the 5th of July, 1874, was regularly ordained a minister of the Evangelical Church of North America. He shortly received a call from Wisconsin and went to that State, where he was engaged in the work of the ministry for five years. While there, on the 15th of October, 1874, he was married to Miss Ernestine Fiebig, a daughter of August Fiebig, of Sheboygan county, that State. Mr. Bierbaum returned to Warren county in 1879, and has since been occupied with the duties of the ministry in that county. He is a man of fine scholarly attainments, thoroughly versed in theology, an able and eloquent preacher, and, above all, a profoundly ernest and zealous Christian minister. Mr. and Mrs. Bierbaum have 5 children: Herman H., Daniel, Paul, Theodore and Emma. Mr. B. was the sixth in the family of 10 children of H. H. and Wilhemina (Gosejacob) Bierbaum, both originally from Germany.
A biographical sketch of Rev. Herman H. Bierbaum, published in 1907, included this brief chronology of Rev. A. J. H. Bierbaum's career.
Rev. H. H. Bierbaum, pastor of the Evangelical Trinity church of the town of Brookfield, comes of a family which has many representatives in the same work. His father, Rev. A. J. H. Bierbaum, was born in Marthasville, Mo., Oct. 31, 1849, and married Miss Ernestine Fiebig, who was born Feb. 5, 1853. The former was ordained for the ministry in 1874, his first charge being at Prescott, Wis., where the subject of this sketch was born on Oct. 24, 1875. His next charge was at Rhine, Sheboygan county, and he remained several years at each point. He then returned to Warren county, Mo., taking a church at Holstein, where he remained for twelve years. Later he spent two years in Denver, Col., then several years in Missouri, six years at Ada, Wis., several years in Iowa, and then came to Milwaukee, which is his present residence. He has suffered from poor health which has necessitated considerable travel and some changes of residence. There were eleven children in the family, of whom seven are living, viz., Rev. H. H. Bierbaum, the subject of this sketch; Daniel, a minister, residing in Beecher, Ill., Paul, a minister, residing in Millville, Minn.; Theodore, a minister, residing in Old Ripley, Bond county, Ill.; Anna, unmarried, resides with her parents; Jonathan, now in college at Elmhurst, Ill., preparing for the ministry; and Emma, residing at home.
Buried:
Rev. A. J. H. Bierbaum was buried in Minier Cemetery. His wife was buried next to him; they share a gravestone.
Andreas married Fiebig, Ernestine Louise 18 Oct 1874, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA. Ernestine was born 5 Feb 1855, Cecil, Shawano County, Wisconsin, USA; died 30 Mar 1937, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA; was buried , Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]
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