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Rev A. B. Koplin
Rev. A. B. Koplin, D.D., was born in Summit
County, Ohio, on July 7, 1835 and died in Hellertown, Pa., March 5, 1917. He
studied in Summit Academy and Heidelberg Academy, the latter at Tiffin, Ohio,
and from which he was graduated in 1855. He then studied theology and was
ordained May20, 1856. He served charges at Stoyestown, Elk Lick, Pa., Defiance,
Ohio, a second pastorate at Elk Lick, Catasauqua, and Hellertown, Pa. This
latter charge he served nearly forty years. Franklin and Marshall College
conferred upon him the degree of M. A., and Heidelberg University made him a D.D.
in 1885. Dr. Koplin was in a full sense "the father" of Phoebe
Deaconess and Old Folks' Home, Allentown. He was the first president of the
Board of Trustees and served in that office until his death. He is survived by
his widow, one son and four daughters.
Obituaries
including Portraits and Biographical Sketches, Almanac and Year Book for the
Reformed Church in the United States, 1918, page 49
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