Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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In flfecmoriam RE . JOSEE’H H. HENDRICKS was born on lii«- father’s farm, in Upper Providence Township. December 21. 183.1. t the age of seventeen he entered what was then known as Freeland Seminars, now Ursiims College, and the following year. 1852. lie became a school teacher at Milford Square. Itucks Comity, and taught at that place four consecutive winters. During the summer months lie attended the seminary at Freeland and subsequently bccanx the assistant principal. In 1856 he became assistant teacher in English at Freeland Seminary, and two years later was promoted to teach the higher mathematics. He was a member of the Mennonite Church, and. according to the usage of that Church, was in i860 elected on trial as a preacher, and on June 25. 1861. he was ordained as a minister of the Gospel. The church at Collegeville. of which lie was the first and only pastor, serving for a period of forty three years, had its origin in the Christian Society, which dates back to the year 1855. and was started by about forty former adherents of the Mennonite Church. That same year t 1855) meeting house was built at Collegeville. I11 February. 1862. he was elected pastor of this church body, which later grew and developed into the present Trinity Reformed Church. Collegeville. About the same time with the establishment of the Collegeville Church, and foi the same reasons, came the Skippark Church, which was organized in 1863. I)r. Hendricks was its first and only pastor. During his long pastorate of more than two score years Dr. I lendrieks missed hut three church services on account of sickness. Dr. Hendricks was elected a member of the Hoard of Directors of Ursinus College on June 22. 18X7. and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board at the same time. On June 13. 1809. he was elected secretary of the Hoard and of the Executive Committee, which position he held up to the time of his death, which occurred November 21. 1905, 8 o’clock 1’. M. ■ I

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II n flDemoriam IaRI l.A.XDC 'i’.SON 1.1.. I).. f« I twelve year ;• director of I'rsinus A College, and treasurer if the institution, was born in Collegevillc, fitober 13, 1851 I laving an ardent desire to scetire a good education, after completing the course in the township public schools, he entered I'rsinus College, from which he graduated in 1876. with the degree of Hachelor of Art . He then took up the study of law. and was admitted to the bur October 1. ;S8o. lie soon cstablislted a profitable practice as the result of his untiring energy and legal knowledge. In 1881 thi Norristown Trust Company was organized, and Dr. Hobson wa it treasurer and trust officer from that time until bis death. In financial affairs he wa very prominent, as i shown by the honorable positions he held. He was vice president of the National Hankers Association and president of the Trust Company section of the State Hankers' Association. In 1905 the College con ferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Dr. Hobson was widely known in the Reformed Church and in Christian Ktideav r circles. He was an elder in the Trinity Church, Collegevillc. and superintendent • the Sunday school. He represented the congregation in the annual meeting of the Philadelphia Cla i for many years, was a representative of thi CJassis to the Eastern and General Synods. He had been a member f the General Hoard of Home Missions for a number of years. Dr. I lobson was married to a daughter of iIk- late Rev. Joseph 11. Hendricks, D. I). IK i survived by bis widow and three children. Frank H.. '03: Anna Mabel. •. and Kathryn, a former student in I'rsinus Academy. He died at In home in Collegevillc. at n.45 o’clock P. M.. January 10. 1906. There is a world above. Where parting i% unknown; A long eternity of love Formed for the good alone; And faith beholds the dying here. Translated to that glorious sphere. »o