Nicholas Nikolai Hiebert, a Mennonite Brethren teacher and missionary, was born 29 July1874 in Lichtfelde, Molotschna Mennonite settlement, South Russia, the oldest of the twelve children of Nikolai C. and Maria (Wiens) Hiebert. He immigrated with his parents to America in 1875 and settled in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. He attended McPherson College in 1897-1898. On 28 May 1899, he married Susie Wiebe. Among their twelve children were John N. C. Hiebert, president of Tabor College 1951-1953, Lando N. Hiebert, instructor at Tabor College, and Waldo Hiebert, pastor and instructor at the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary. He was appointed missionary to India by the Mennonite Brethren Church in 1898 and sailed in 1899. After selecting and opening a field he returned from India in 1901 because of ill health, and then traveled for the conference in the interest of missions 1901-1912 and served as secretary to the Mennonite Brethren Board of Foreign Missions 1903-1936. He taught district school five years, served as principal of the Mountain Lake Bible School 1912-1927, and was instructor in Bible at Tabor College 1930-1932. Residence since retirement: Salem, Oregon, 1935-1942; Blaine, Washington, 1942-1945; and Hillsboro, Kansas, 1947-d. 1957. He published Missions-Album (Mennonite Brethren Publishing House 1914) and Commentary for Sunday School Quarterly. He died at Hillsboro, 11 September 1957.

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