John Frederick Weishampel (April 4, 1808 – November, 1883) was a Baltimore, Maryland minister and author. The most notable of his works is The Testimony of a Hundred Witnesses (1858), a compilation which contains one hundred religious testimonies from Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

s of different denominations. One of the testimonies in the book was written by "Church of God

Churches of God General Conference (Winebrenner)

The Churches of God, General Conference is a Baptist Christian denomination in the United States originating in the revivalism and evangelistic efforts of John Winebrenner.-History:...

" (commonly called "Winebrennerians") founder John Winebrenner

John Winebrenner

John Winebrenner , founded the Churches of God General Conference.He studied at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was ordained in the German Reformed Church in 1820...

. The town Weishample, Pennsylvania

Weishample, Pennsylvania

Weishample is a community in Barry Township, Schuylkill County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, about 20 miles northeast of Harrisburg.The town is supposedly named after Rev. John Frederick Weishampel due to his association with John Winebrenner....

 is supposedly named after Weishampel due to his association with Winebrenner.

Weishampel was a second generation Prussia

Prussia

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n-American and father of publisher John Frederick Weishampel, Jr

John Frederick Weishampel, Jr

John Frederick Weishampel, Jr. was a printer and publisher who was prolific in the mid-nineteenth century. His print shop was located at 484 West Baltimore Street in Baltimore. The most historically significant book that Weishampel published was A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a...

. He was married to Gertrude Dorothea Koehler on July 3, 1831.

External links

• The Testimony of a Hundred Witnesses (1858)