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Born 15 April 1877 at Neu-Schönsee, [[Zagradovka Mennonite Settlement (Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)|Zagradovka Mennonite Settlement]], [[Russia|Russia]], Peter Wiens was the son of Jacob J. and Maria Quapp Wiens. (Maria was daughter of Johann Wiens [1814-1891], and Helen Quapp [1818-1882]). Peter attended the Zentralschule at Neu-Schoensee. He was one of four Russian Mennonite young people who were encouraged by [[Goerz, David (1849-1914)|David Goerz]] to come to [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] in 1901; he graduated from Bethel Academy in 1904, then studied medicine in Brooklyn, New York. In 1906 Wiens married [[Wiens, Aganetha "Agnes" Harder (1884-1951)|Agnes Harder]], with whom he served as a missionary in [[Mauhadih Mennonite Mission Station (Mauhadih, Champa, India)|Mauhadih]] and Basna ([[Jagdeeshpur Mission (Garh Phuljhar, Madhya Pradesh, India)|Jagdeeshpur]]), [[India|India]], 1906-1915, 1917-1925, 1927-1937, working as an evangelist, educator, builder, and horticulturist. Wiens frequently joked that he was a PhD, a "poor Hindi doctor.” He was pastor at Upland, [[California (USA)|California]] (1915), and [[Hutchinson (Kansas, USA)|Hutchinson]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], (1926), during furloughs. He worked in the [[Mennonite Library and Archives (North Newton, Kansas, USA) |Mennonite Historical Library]] at [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] and preached in congregations, 1937-1945. Peter J. Wiens died 7 June 1945.
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