Rev. Thomas Bancroft Reifsnyder [18312] ²

   Cause of his death was Congestive heart failure.

  Burial Notes:

He is buried in the same plot as his first wife, Vera Brewer. Enough
time had elapsed between their deaths to allow for a second casket to
be placed on top of hers.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Arrived: Colombia. ⁵

• Arrived: Cuba. ⁵

• Arrived: Mexico. ⁵

• Education: B.A. from Lafayette College, 1916, Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵

• Education: M. Div. from Princeton Theolog, 1919, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA. ⁵

• Education: Taught German, Between 1919 and 1921, Lincoln University, Chester County, Pennsylvania. ⁴ According to the university's own website, Lincoln University was the
first institution in the world to provide higher education for youths
of African descent.

• Census, 1920 Jan, Lower Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania. ⁶

• Occupation: Served as interim pastor of bo, Between 1945 and 1950, Bogotá, Colombia. ⁴

• Immigration: Arrived with Grace Navarre Wat, Abt 1950, New York, New York, New York, USA. ⁴

Thomas married Grace Navarre Watson [18337] [MRIN: 7393], daughter of Rev. Robert Watson [18349] [LH25-F98] and Georgia Millicent Maud Belyea [18355], on 1925 Jul 2 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.¹ (Grace Navarre Watson [18337] was born on 1900 Jan 7 in Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA ⁷ and died on 1996 Jul 7 in Duarte, Los Angeles, California, USA ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Arrived, 1938 Aug 3, Presbyterian Mission, Caracas, Venezuela. According to "Once in a While--News from Venezuela," a Presbyterian
mission newsletter, "The Venezuela Mission is delighted to receive
into its number the Rev. and Mrs. Bancroft Reifsnyder, who have been
transferred to Caracas from Mexico. They arrived on August third with
their four younger children: Mary, 11; Robert, 9; Ruth, 6; and David,
3. The oldest boy, Thomas Bancroft, was left in the States in school.
Mr. and Mrs. Reifsnyder come with splendid preparation, experience,
and already are making a very real contribution to the work here. We
are sorry that the work in Mexico had to be cut down, but we are glad
that Venezuela is gaining two missionaries."

  Marriage Notes:

They were married in Grace's home