John Frederick William Kitzmeyer

John Frederick William Kitzmeyer

Kitzmeyer, John Frederick William (1868-1923)

Damaged photograph of John Frederick William Kitzmeyer wearing the robes of Rev. Peter Muhlenberg, a Revolutionary War era minister from Woodstock who was made famous by his 1776 call to arms and Revolutionary War service.

Rev. John Frederick William Kitzmeyer was a Lutheran Minister who served at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock Virginia from 1905-1907.

Born in Baltimore Maryland in 1868, Rev. Kitzmeyer died in Brooklyn NY in 1923. He graduated from Gettysburg College in 1890 and then Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary in 1893. Kitzmeyer was married to Annie Leith, April 20 1898.

Rev. Peter Muhlenberg's robes are currently preserved at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia PA.

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

ca. 1905

Identified by Zach Hottel.

Additional information from "Biographical Sketches of Lutheran Pastors in Virginia, 1820-1987."

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Rev. John Frederick William Kitzmeyer is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection Images 4829, 4953, and 20285.

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Glass Negative