REINHOLD NIEBUHR

Niebuhr, Karl Paul Reinhold (1892-1971) — also known as Reinhold Niebuhr — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Wright City, Warren County, Mo., June 21, 1892. Pastor; Socialist candidate for New York state senate 19th District, 1930; vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1958. German ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass., June 1, 1971. Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
Father: Gustav Niebuhr
Born: 28 Jan 1863 Hardissen, Heiden, Lippe, Germany
Died: 21 Apr 1913 Lincoln, Logan, Illinois
Mother: Lydia Hosto
Born: 25 Dec 1869 in Breese, Clinton, Illinois
Died: 24 Jan 1961 in Lincoln, Logan, Illinois
Spouse:
Ursula M Keppel Compton
Born: 3 Aug 1907 in Southampton, England
Died: 10 Jan 1997 in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Marriage: Dec 1931 in England

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell