Luther is my third great-grandfather.
The Rev. Luther Peter Gross had been seriously ill for several weeks and his death was attributed to the infirmities of old age. Realizing that his death was not far distant Mr. Gross had prepared his own obituary and made plans for many of the details of his funeral. In writing his obituary he states that:
“The Rev. Luther Peter Gross, son of Peter Gross and wife Judith was born Nov. 24, 1843, at Nazareth, Pa. Early in his youth he felt the call to the ministry and after a thorough catechetical instruction he was received and confirmed by the Rev. A. Fuchs into the Lutheran church, Dec. 12, 1853. Upon receiving a common school education he was preparing himself to enter college, but the Civil War interfered with his calculations. On February 17, 1866, he was married to Miss Louisa Moyer, daughter of Peter and Catherine Moyer. He taught school for a number of years, reading and studying meanwhile under the Revs. Ernest Reinecke, D. D., and Daniel F. Brendle, D. D.
“In 1833 he entered Heidelberg Theological Seminary and was graduated in 1885 and was received and ordained in the Ohio Synod the same year. He received a unanimous call from the Kentland Mission of Indiana where he labored successfully for three years. Receiving a call from the Canaon charge, in Wayne County, he labored there three years and the merge the Wanco charge of four congregations in Wanco, for three years.
“Long drives and exposure caused his throat to fail him, and upon the advice of doctors he relinquished the pulpit. Later he supplied a congregation near Fostoria for one year.”
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