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Source: Who's Who in America
Author: John W. Leonard

Scherer, Melanchthon G. G.,
pres. NC Coll. since June, 1896;
b. Catawba Co., NC, March 16, 1861;
lived on farm in youth;
grad. Roanoke Coll., Salem, Va., 1881 (A.M.); studied theology; 
was ordained Evangelical Lutheran minister;
m. Oct. 20, 1886, Alice M. Ehrman, Va.
Held pastorates at Grafton, W. Va., 1886-90; Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., 1890-3; 
Concord, NC, 1893-6.
Twice elected and now sec. United Synod of Evang. Luth. Ch. in the South.
Author of many sermons and addresses, notably an address on The Mission of the 
Christian School.
Address: Mt. Pleasant, NC

Additional Comments:
Source:
Who's Who in America
A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States.
Volume 3
1903-1905
Established, 1899, by Albert Nelson Marquis
Edited by John W. Leonard
Chicago
A.N. Marquis & Company
Publishers
1903

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