HARTZLER, JONAS SMUCKER: 1857-
Jonas S. Hartzler , eldest son of Samuel and Sarah Smucker Hartzler, was born on Aug. 8, 1857, in Noble County, Ind., and grew up on a large farm there. He was educated in the public schools and in a normal school. At the age of eighteen he began to teach in a school near his home and he married Fannie C. Stutzlan on Feb. 5, 1880.
Ordained to the ministry of the Mennonite Church when he was twenty-four years old, he served as pastor, evangelist, and teacher (at Elkhart Institute and Goshen College) for sixty-six years. From 1923 to 1940 he was pastor of the Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Ind. He was also secretary of the Mennonite General Conference from 1898 to 1924 and editor of the RURAL EVANGEL after 1930.
Information from Jonas S. Hartzler and the Goshen College Library.
- Mennonite Church History (withDaniel Kauffman). Scottdale, Pa., 1905.
- Among Missions in the Orient and Observations by the
Way (withJ. s. Shoemaker). Scottdale, Pa., 1912.
- Mennonites in the World War or Non-Resistance Under
Test. Scottdale, Pa., 1921.
