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John Heer Mosemann, a Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) bishop and leader, was born in [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], on 1 December 1877, the fifth of the 11 children of Philip and Elizabeth Heer Mosemann, who immigrated from near [[Trappstadt (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|Trappstadt]], [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]], [[Germany|Germany]], in 1854-1855. On 22 December 1901 he married Lillie Swarr Forry. Their six children were Paul, Martha, Esther (Mrs. [[Mumaw, John Rudy (1904-1993)|John R. Mumaw]]), [[Mosemann, John H. (1907-1989)|John]], Rhoda (Mrs. J. Clarence Denlinger), and Daniel. His formal education was limited to a short course at the Millersville Normal School 1898-99.

Mosemann became a member of the church in 1895 and was ordained a minister in the [[East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|Chestnut St. (Lancaster) congregation]] in 1904, where he served until his death in 1938, being ordained [[bishop]] in 1926. He was active in the early missionary and Bible conferences of the Eastern Pennsylvania conferences, and participated in the organization of the [[James Street Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|Rockland Street Mission]] in Lancaster, and in founding the later outposts of the [[East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)|East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church]]. In the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]] Mosemann was active in numerous capacities, serving as secretary of the Conference 1931-1937. He was a member on the Publishing Committee of the [[Mennonite Publication Board (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Publication Board]] 1924-1931, was coeditor of <em>[[The Way (Periodical)|The Way]]</em> 1917-1938, and wrote numerous tracts and articles. He was a promoter of Christian education, and served as instructor in the winter Bible school at [[Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)|Eastern Mennonite School]]. Throughout his ministry he supported his family by means of retail marketing and the manufacture of peanut butter. His death came 28 August 1938 in Lancaster, with burial in the [[Millersville Mennonite Church (Millersville, Pennsylvania, USA)|Millersville Mennonite Church]] [[Cemeteries|cemetery]].
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