Amy Josephine Anderson, GW #65

Anderson, Amy Josephine  GW #65 Amy was born on 12 August 1886 in Sunbury, Pa. to James M. and Lucetta (Gaugler) Anderson.  Sadly, Amy’s father died in 1899, leaving his wife with five children still at home.  By 1910 Amy is with the Gospel Worker Society, stationed in Pittsburgh with eight other Gospel Workers.  In 1920 Amy is stationed in Detroit, Michigan.  On 17 December 1921, in Detroit, thirty-five-year-old Amy married forty-seven-year-old missionary Henry Reinhardt of Harrisburg, Pa.  Witnesses to the marriage were A. C. Spellman (Annie) and S. B. Watson, both of whom were former Gospel Workers.  Henry ministered in Harrisburg, but he was born and raised in Elyria, Ohio, which is on the Western outskirts of Cleveland.  In the 1920 census Henry is listed as assistant superintendent of Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg, Pa.  It appears the Reinhardts lived most of their lives in Harrisburg.  They appear in the 1927 Harrisburg city directory, and in Harrisburg for the 1930 and 1940 Federal census.  In the 1940 census the column for education is blank for Amy.  Henry had one year of high school. Amy and Henry had at least one child, Robert Carl Reinhardt who was born on 5 July 1923 in Brooklyn, NY.  In the 1925 yearbook for the Missionary Society (Annie Spellman’s group), Amy is listed on the board of trustees, and Henry is listed on the executive board.  Also in that yearbook we discover that both Henry and Amy were ordained missionaries.  From the Bethesda Mission website, we learn that Henry was Bethesda’s longest serving superintendent, serving as such for 26 years.  Also from that website:  Reverend Henry Reinhart, a former “booze-soaked” salesman from Cleveland, Ohio, became Superintendent of Bethesda Mission in 1925. Reverend Reinhart had stopped to scoff at a gospel street service when he remained to pray and became converted.  He abandoned his old life and vowed to do the Lord’s will; he and his wife, the young lady whose voice had touched his heart in Cleveland, devoted their lives to rescue mission work.  He was superintendent for the move into 611 Reily Street where he remained until his death in 1951 after 26 years of devoted service. Henry died in 1950 and is buried in East Harrisburg cemetery, section 42.  Amy died in March 1981 and is buried next to her husband.  The marriage notice below is from The Evening News (a Harrisburg, Pa newspaper), the 17 December 1921 issue.