York County PA Archives Biographies.....Koller, Jesse C.  
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SOURCE: Prowell's History of York County Pennsylvania Volume II, pages 828 -  
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REV. JESSE C. KOLLER, D. D. was born October 24, 1839  in Springfield 
Township, on the farm which was the birthplace of his father, Henry 
KOLLER, who was born in 1811.  He married Miss Annie M. CRAMER, who was 
born in Codorus Township, York County, in May, 1817, daughter of Henry 
CRAMER, an old resident and highly respected citizen of that Township. 
To Henry and Annie M. (CRAMER) KOLLER were born seven children, namely: 
Jesse C.; Henry, who resides in Ohio; Catherine, wife of David 
CUNNINGHAM, of York County; Eli, a  resident of Glen Rock; Ellen, wife 
of Alexander GOTWALT, of York Pennsylvania; Rebecca, wife of H. S. 
STECK, of York County; and William, deceased.  The father died in 1852. 
     Jesse C. KOLLER spent the first 14 years of his life on the old 
homestead, after which he devoted himself to the acquisition of a higher 
education. For a time he attended the Shrewsbury Academy, then taught by 
Dr. Dinsmore, and later became the student at Cumberland Valley 
Institute. Here he completed the preparatory course essential for his 
admission to college.  Matriculating at Pennsylvania college at 
Gettysburg, he graduated from that institution in 1865.  Having decided 
upon the ministry as his life's work, the young man then entered the 
theological seminary at Gettysburg, from which he graduated in 1867.  It 
is noteworthy that in his long career in the ministry, Rev. KOLLER 
labored in but two pastorates.  In the fall of 1867, shortly after his 
graduation, he accepted a call from the congregation at Glen Rock, where 
he remained for nine and a half years.  Then the spring of 1877 he was 
called to the pastorate at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Hanover, 
where his labors were uninterrupted.  Then in the spring of 1877, the 
degree of D.D. was conferred upon him to his Alma Mater.  For years he 
held a trusteeship in the theological seminary at Gettysburg.  He has 
held some important appointments on the boards of Lutheran Synod, as 
well as among various other Synod.  At present he is a member of 
Lutheran publication board. 
     In 1870 Dr. KOLLER married Alice G. HEATHCOTE, daughter of William and 
Catherine (ALLISON) HEATHCOTE of Glen Rock. To Rev and Mrs. KOLLER have 
been born four children, namely: the Rev. Paul W., Pastor of the 
Lutheran Church at Hudson, New York, who in 1902 married to Miss Mary 
BOLLINGER, daughter of Jesse BOLLINGER, a prominent citizen of Hanover: 
J. Morris, at home; Leonard, a graduate of Gettysburg College and now 
superintendent of the Arts and Crafts Department of the I. C. S. of 
Scranton, Pa; and Elsie E. at home, an accomplished musician of more 
than local renown.