Rev. Wilson Lee Remsberg Collection

The Rev. Wilson Lee Remsberg was an alumnus of Gettysburg College, graduating in 1874. In 1877, Rems­berg was or­dained a min­is­ter of the Gos­pel by the North­ern Il­li­nois sy­nod of the Gen­er­al Synod. After or­di­na­tion, he served ma­ny charges, in­clud­ing 36 years in Funks­town and Bak­ers­ville, Mar­y­land. He re­tired in De­cem­ber 1935.Remsberg helped com­pile the first hym­nal of the Lu­ther­an Gen­er­al Synod, Augs­burg Songs No. 1, and se­ver­al East­er ser­vic es.