Henry Harbaugh Apple was an American

United States

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 clergyman and educator born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

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. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1889 and from the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in 1892. Ordained to the ministry of his denomination, he became pastor

Pastor

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 of St. John's Church in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 (1892) and of Trinity Church in York, Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania

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. In 1905 he was president of the Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church. In 1909 he was chosen president of Franklin and Marshall College.