BIO:  Daniel Jacob HAUER, D. D. York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Hanover Borough and Penn Township, Pg 64

DANIEL JACOB HAUER, D. D., was born in Frederick, Md., March 3, 1806; is the son 
of George and Catherine (Shellman) Hauer, and is of German descent, his 
ancestors having come from Lorriane.  Dr. Hauer received his elementary training 
in the public schools of Frederick, Md., and prosecuted his classical studies at 
Frederick College.  In 1823 he began the study of theology under Rev. D. F. 
Schaffer, D. D., and three years later he was licensed ad interim to preach by 
the synod of Maryland and Virginia.  His labors for some time, as missionary, 
were within the confines of Virginia, and then he accepted a call from 
congregations in Guilford and Orange Counties, N. C.  In 1829 he was ordained by 
the synod of North Carolina, at Wythe Court House, Va.  In 1828 he accepted a 
call from several churches in Montgomery, Roanoke, Floyd and Botetourt Counties, 
Va., and there he remained until 1832, when he removed to Lovettsville, Loudoun 
Co., Va., where he laborer until 1845, when he came to Jefferson, Md.  In 1853 
he was called to the Manchester charge, Maryland.  The degree of doctor of 
divinity was conferred upon him in 1859 by Irving College, in Carroll County, 
Md.  From 1862 until 1872 he was pastor of the Abbottstown, New Oxford and East 
Berlin congregations in Adams County, Penn., together with St. Peter’s Church, 
in York County.  In 1872 he took charge of the Manheim charges, York County, and 
in 1881 of the Spring Grove charge of his present pastorate.  In 1855 he was 
elected president of the Maryland synod, and in 1862 of the Melancthon synod of 
Maryland.  He is the only survivor of the founders of the synod of Virginia.  He 
has spent fifty-nine years in actual ministerial labor, and though he is passing 
into the sere and yellow leaf, his years sit lightly upon him.  His marriage 
occurred, in 1828, to Miss Henrietta Warner, of Baltimore, Md.  Of seven 
children born, three yet survive.  Dr. Hauer is one of the prominent clergymen 
of York County, and a leading citizen of Hanover.