13 with purest motives, pursued his object. He would never consent to receive a salary or become a hireling as he termed it, and sometimes suffered from need of food rather than ask the church for the means to obtain it. He died at Goshen, Nov. 17th, 1808. John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder was born at Bedford. Eng., March 12, 1743. At the age of eleven he emigrated with his parents to Bethlehem, Pa. He attended school two years, and after serving some time as a cooper’s apprentice, was called to assist Post in the mission work at Tuscarawa. In 1772 he assisted Zeisberger in establishing the Moravian missions in this county, where he devoted fifteen years of his life to the good of others. After returning from Ohio he was employed for nine years as a teacher at the missions. In 1792 he wTas requested by the Secretary of War to accompany Gen. Rufus Putnam to Vincennes. He was commissioned in 1793 to assist at a treaty with the Indians of the lakes. He held various civil offices in Ohio and upon the organization of Tuscarawas county in 1808, was elected an associate judge, which position he resigned in 1810,
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