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| Born | (1841-10-02)October 2, 1841 Brüninghorstedt,Hanover,Lower Saxony |
| Died | March 17, 1919(1919-03-17) (aged 77) Columbus, Ohio, US |
| Education | Concordia Seminary andNorthwestern College |
| Spouse(s) | Christiane Maria Buenger, Louise Darst |
| Church | Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod andOhio Synod |
| Ordained | 1865 |
Congregations served | German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel, St. Louis, MO |
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Frederick William Stellhorn (2 October 1841 – 17 March 1919), an AmericanLutheran theologian, was born in Brüninghorstedt, a community inWarmsen theLandkreis ofHannover, inLower Saxony (Niedersachsen),Germany.
Stellhorn was born at Brüninghorstedt[1] in the Kingdom ofHanover,Germany, son of Johann Peter and Katharina (Wesseli) Stellhorn. He immigrated to the United States when he was twelve. His father died of cholera inFort Wayne, Indiana, in September 1854, leaving his mother widowed with two young children. His older brother helped provide for the family. He attended German language Lutheran parochial schools in Fort Wayne. In the fall of 1855, Stellhorn entered thePractical Theological Seminary of theLutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) in that city.
Frederick married Christiane Maria, daughter of Ernst and Amalie (Weber) Buenger, inAltenburg, Missouri, on January 9, 1866. They had seven children. After her death he married Louise, daughter of Rev. Henry and Mary Louisa (Beilharz) Lang and widow of Fletcher Darst, in 1901.
From Fort Wayne he went to St. Louis, Missouri. to finish hisclassical education and three years later, in 1865, he was graduated fromConcordia Seminary there. He entered the office of the Holy Ministry in the LCMS. Shortly afterward, he suffered sunstroke and had to resign his first call. He re-entered the ministry in 1867 in a small parish which allowed him to regain his strength and study academic subjects. Two years later, in 1869, he entered theWisconsin Synod'sNorthwestern College inWatertown, Wisconsin, to continue his interest inclassical education. Two years later in 1871 he was called to teach atConcordia College in Fort Wayne.
In Fort Wayne he spent six years in the upheaval that culminated in the Predestination Controversy of 1880.[2][3] He became apersona non grata due to his outspoken opposition to the leader of the LCMS,C. F. W. Walther. This disagreement led to his being invited to join theEvangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio in 1881, and he was called toColumbus, Ohio, to serve as professor ofGerman language inCapital University and professor in the Ohio Synod'sEvangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary. He also served as thehousefather of the institution,[4] but his term of office as housefather was short. To a man of his academic habits, the petty annoyances that go with that job were distasteful.
His term of office as professor of German was long, and it was not until late in life when natural decline made it necessary for him to have less work that he was relieved. His influence in theGerman language department made itself felt in the synod because it was largely due to him that the late 19th and early 20th century pastors of the Ohio Synod were known to preach well in German.[4] He continued teaching at Capital University until his death at age 78.
He served as editor of theLutherische Kirchenzeitung prior toRichard C. H. Lenski and also edited theTheologische Zeitblatter.
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