The Lorenz family were Adventists, and emigrated
from Messer, Russia (near Saratow), to America,
and lived in Dayton, Ohio. Edmund attended Otter
bein University, Union Biblical Seminary, Yale
Theological Seminary, and the University of Leip
zig. He served as pastor of the High Street United
Brethren Church in Dayton, Ohio (1884-6), and as
president of Lebanon Valley College, Annville,
Pennsylvania (1886-8). He later founded the Lorenz
and Company music publishing house in Dayton,
Ohio. (Hide extended text)...(Read all) Source : Wikipedia