Thomas Hartman Leinbach
Thomas Hartman Leinbach [1]
an earnest and successful minister of the German Reformed Church, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, January 18, 1802. He studied privately under the Reverend Dr. F.L. Herman; was licensed and ordained in 1822. After serving for several years a few congregations, located partly in Lancaster and partly in Berks County, he accepted a call from the Tulpehocken charge, where he concluded his long and useful ministry, March 31, 1864. Father Leinbach was celebrated as a "catechist," which eminently fitted him for the particular field to which he was called. He was besides a very able, earnest, and effective preacher; and a most conscientious and successful pastor. See Harbaugh, Fathers of the Germ. Ref. Church, 4:175. (D.Y.H.)
