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 Historical Sketch and Program 
 
 The Open Door 
 
 1848-1923 
 
 St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church 
 Dixon, Illinois 
 
DEDICATION 
 
 To the glory of God, to the memory of Rev. Jacob 
 Xeff Burket, and to the other sainted and living 
 Pastors and Church Members who have built St. Paul's 
 Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, this brochure is 
 gratefully and humbly dedicated. 
 
Rev. Jacob Neff Burket, First Pastor 
 
 Rev. Burket began his ministry in Lee County, Illinois, May 7, 
 1848 and organized St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church August 
 20, 1848. He came from Allegheny Synod that year, and was re- 
 ceived' into the Illinois Synod at its third session. With Father 
 Stroh and two others, he served on the committee appointed by 
 the Illinois Synod at its meeting in Oregon, 1850, and helped draft 
 the first constitution of the Northern Illinois Synod in the house of 
 Dr. Thummel a mile north of Prairieville on May 14, 1851. This 
 committee also while in Dr. Thujnmel's home made arrangements 
 for holding the first session of the new Synod at Cedarville, Stephen- 
 son County, the following September. 
 
 He preached his farewell sermon to the Dixon congregation, 
 August 25, 1850 and returned East. 
 
 Rev. Burket was of sturdy pioneer stock and of Lutheran an- 
 cestry. He was born October 19, 1823 in the old homestead in 
 Sinking Valley, Blair County, Pa., where his grandfather had settled 
 in the pioneer days of Pennsylvania. 
 
 He was married in Carlisle, Pa., May 27, 1845 to Mary A. Christz- 
 man of Gettysburg. They had ten children. 
 
 He died at Washington, D. C, Feb. 28, 1883 and was buried at 
 Gettysburg, Pa. 
 
JUBILEE SERVICES 
 
 November 18-21 
 
 Sunday, 10:45 a.m. 
 \)u. John F. Seibert, Genera] Secretary Board of Home Missions and Church 
 Extension. 
 Address, "Sevent y-five Years of Home Mission History." 
 Special numbers, t he Choir: 
 
 Harvest Anthem — Maunder. 
 
 Solo, selected ....... Mrs. C. E. Powell 
 
 7:30 p.m. 
 Dr. John M. Bramkamp ..... President Illinois Synod 
 
 Address, "The Members — A Prime Factor in the Congregation's Growth." 
 Special numbers, Young People's Choir: 
 
 Anthem, "When Shadows (lather" — Wilson. 
 Quartette, "The Sunset Hour." 
 Duet, "I'm A Pilgrim." 
 
 Monday, 7:30 p.m. 
 
 Dr. S. S. Waltz, Executive Secretary, The Brotherhood, United Lutheran 
 
 Church. Pastor of Congregation*1874-1879. 
 Address, "The Church's Contribution to the Community." 
 Greetings Mr. F. D. Palmer, Mayor of the City of Dixon. 
 
 Rev. Aubrey S.Moore, Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, President 
 
 Dixon Ministers' Association. 
 Special numbers, Orchestra. 
 Young People's Choir: 
 
 "How Excellent is Thy Name" — Fearis. 
 
 Solo, selected ..... Miss Kith Mossholder 
 
 Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. 
 
 Dr. W. L. Rutherford, Pastor of Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Chicago. 
 Pastor of Congregation, 1904-1910. 
 Address, "Faithfulness Crowned." 
 Dr. E. C. Harris, Pastor St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sterling, 111. 
 Address, "The Historical Connection of St. Paul's, Dixon and St. John's 
 Sterling." 
 Greetings Rev. G. P. K\bzle, President Northern Conference and Pastor 
 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mt. Morris. 
 Rev. P. H. Stahl Superintendent Nachusa Home 
 
 Rev. D. P. Heltzel, Pastor St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 
 Nachusa, 111. 
 Special numbers, Choir: 
 
 Anthem, 'Ancient of Days" — Ashford. 
 Ladies Quartette. 
 
 Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. 
 
 Choir: 
 
 Sacred Cantanta: "The Crown of Life" . . . Geo. B. Nevin 
 
 Mrs. E. M. Goodsell Mrs. Dwight Chapman 
 
 Director Organist 
 
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church 
 
 Historical Sketch 
 
 of St. PauPs Evangelical Lutheran Church 
 By Pastorates 
 
 Rev. Jacob Neff Burket — May 7, 1848 - August 25, 1850. 
 "Persuant to previous notice a meeting was held after preaching on 
 the 20th of August 1848 in the barn of John N. Burket for the pur- 
 pose of organizing a congregation." A constitution was presented 
 by the pastor and signed by the sixteen original members of what 
 was then called "The First Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of 
 Lee County, Illinois". 
 
 It was a plain, medium sized barn, 40 by 66 feet, with an oak 
 frame, hand hewed, and pine siding hauled from Chicago, the 
 nearest market. 
 
 In 1849, Rev. Burket reported to Synod two churches, eighty 
 communicants and four Sunday-schools; Oregon, with other points, 
 having been served by him. 
 
 Rev. Ephraim Miller, D.D. -- May 4, 1851 - April 18, 1852. 
 Ordained October 15, 1846 at the initial meeting of the Illinois 
 Synod in Hillsboro, where Father Trimper was then pastor. He 
 came to Illinois in 1841 from Pennsylvania, began conducting the 
 Hillsboro Academy in 1843, and did much missionary work before 
 coming to Dixon. 
 
During this pastorate, the congregation mel in the Gravel School- 
 house east of Dixon on a corner of the Burkel farm a quarter-mile 
 from their home. It was made of large stones and "ravel, plastered 
 over on the outside. Its windows were small. Its benches were 
 unfinished pine with no paint, and cadi could scat a dozen children. 
 
 Rev. Charles Young - May 9, 1852-Aug. 12, 1853. Entered 
 the ministry in IS 14 and later traveled to Illinois from the East with 
 his family and relatives. They made the trip in wagons. 
 
 Rev. Young preached in the Gravel Schoolhouse, conducting a 
 service in German once in four weeks. The Sunday-school was 
 always in English. 
 
 Rev. William Uhl -- 1853-185."). November 12. l853ismemor- 
 able for a meeting in the Gravel Schoolhouse with John X. Burket 
 chairman and Rev. Win. Uhl secretary, at which time resolutions 
 were adopted, changing the congregational name to "St. Paul's 
 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lee County and State of Illinois," 
 making the elders, deacons and presiding pastor the trustees of 
 the congregation; and authorizing the recording of the organization 
 in the recorder's office at Dixon. 
 
 That same day the German portion withdrew, and after com- 
 pleting their organization, called Rev. Charles Young to their pastor- 
 ate 1 . The separation lasted until about 1870. 
 
 The English members authorized their names to be recorded anew, 
 Dec. 26, 1853. "Win. Uhl. pastor" is name 101 on the list. 
 
 Rev. Uhl will always be remembered as the one whose untiring 
 efforts had much to do with the building of the First Church, begun 
 duiing the summer of 1854 and dedicated September 30, 1855. "The 
 fine brick church" cost 84,000. The expense was so low because 
 the pastor did much of the work himself. 
 
 Rev. David Harbaugh -- July 29, 1855 - July 27, 1856. The 
 "First Church" was built on the west side of what is now Crawford 
 Avenue. The parsonage, erected the following year, was on the 
 coiner at Fourth Street and the church on the lot north. The church 
 was a plain building of red brick with four windows on each side 
 and two on each end. It had a steeple and bell. The main entrance 
 was reached by a long flight of wooden steps. The basement floor, 
 in three rooms, was on the ground level. 
 
 Preaching and Sunday-school services were held in the room 
 upstairs, reached from the entrance through a narrow vestibule 
 with two doors, one leading to each aisle. The pews were square, 
 pine seats painted white. 
 
 The walls were plain white plaster, with lamps attached at sides 
 of the room. The chancel was at the west end of the church. The 
 high pulpit, with a lamp on either side, almost hid the minister when 
 seated behind it. The room was heated with two wood stoves. 
 
There was a small organ — a 
 rarity in those days — and a choir 
 of at least four, who used the 
 seats south of the chancel on the 
 balcony in the rear of the room 
 above the entrance. They had 
 hymn books with words only, 
 and other books with the tunes. 
 The music, it is said, helped 
 the church attendance. 
 
 Rev. Harbaugh resigned and 
 went to Mendota. He was the 
 first pastor in the first church 
 building. 
 
 Rev. William Uh l — 
 Sept. 7, 1856 - July 4, 1858. 
 The Northern Illinois Synod 
 held its Sixth Annual Conven- 
 tion in the new church at 
 Dixon, October 8, 1856. Its 
 president, S. W. Harkey, in 
 his report, gave a splendid 
 appreciation of St. Paul's pas- The Pastor 
 
 tor, Wm. Uhl and the "neat 
 
 brick edifice." Rev. Uhl's second pastorate closed when he went 
 to the charge at Nelsvar. He again returned to Dixon in 
 1860, because of ill health, and purchased a large flour mill. 
 He gave freely of his time and means in church work at St. Paul's 
 and elsewhere. He severed his Sy nodical connection of forty years 
 by taking his letter March 16, 1891 to the Synod of California. 
 He died in Los Angeles. 
 
 Rev. John L. Guard — 1858-1861. Four preaching stations 
 were cared for by Rev. Guard in 1858. 
 
 The membership of St. Paul's increased to 152 during his pastor- 
 ate. There was a "blessed season of grace" during the winter of 
 1858-59, with baptisms and confirmations recorded in '60 and '61. 
 
 Rev. Guard preached occasionally in the first house of worship 
 built by St. John's, Sterling — "the little white church in the locust 
 grove", then beyond the city limits. 
 
 Rev. J. R. Keiser — 1862-1865. This pastorate was a quiet, 
 anxious period for the church, and records are few. Very many 
 young men who were to be its earthly guides as pastors or laymen 
 during the next forty years, were at the front in the War and a 
 large number of old leaders had also gone, some never to return. 
 One of the latter was William Young, the first superintendent of 
 
the Sunday-school. He was wounded in the war and died in a 
 hospital at Washington before its close. 
 
 Rev. Abraham A. Trimper -- 1865-1870. The increasing con- 
 gregation, after the Civil War, found the old First (lunch inadequate 
 and the site unsatisfactory. At a meeting March 1, 1867, Wm. 
 I'hl offered a resolution that a committee be appointed to secure 
 subscriptions and gel plans for a new church and sell the old building. 
 The next January, Dr. Panic's lot on the corner of Second and Hen- 
 nepin was purchased as a site for the new church. The old build- 
 ing was torn down in 1879. The congregation met in the Court 
 House after their old home was sold until the 4 new church was ready 
 for use. 
 
 As built in 1868, the present church was a neat brick structure, 
 42 by SO feet, two stories high, with the auditorium above as now. 
 It cost $14,664.81. The church was dedicated Feb. 14, 1869. Rev. 
 (i. A. Bowers, of Hillsboro preached the dedicatory sermon. 
 
 The Northern Illinois Synod held its annual convention of 1869 
 in the new church. 
 
 Services were held outside of Dixon in 1867, but division of the 
 pastorate was considered definitely Jan. 24, 1870, into the Brick 
 Schoolhouse, Zion, and St. Paul's. 
 
 The English and German congregations reunited prior to the 
 spring of 1870, after having had separate organizations sixteen years. 
 
 ''Father Trimper" resigned the Dixon pastorate to visit churches 
 in the interest of the new college at Carthage. 
 
 Rev. Nathaniel W. Lilly - - 1870-1874. A revised constitu- 
 tion was adopted by the congregation at a meeting April 7, 1872, 
 the time of the annual election. A committee had been at work 
 on it for some time. 
 
 A. C. Specht became secretary of the church council May 4, 
 1873 and was one of its officers until Christmas, 1886. 
 
 May 4, 1873 was Dr. O. B. Blackman's first Sunday in Dixon, 
 having decided to begin his practice of medicine in the pleasing little 
 city. He became superintendent of the Sunday-school the next year 
 and was a leader in various departments of the church for over 36 
 years. 
 
 Rev. S. S. Waltz, D.D. — August 23, 1874 - February 16, 1879. 
 Three Synodical gatherings were entertained during this pastorate: 
 the first a Sunday-school convention held by Synod, Dec. 7, 8, 9, 
 1875; the twenty-eighth annual convention of the Northern Illinois 
 Synod, Sept. 12, 1878; and the first session of the Woman's Mis- 
 sionary Society, the organization of which had been proposed at 
 the Synod of 1875. 
 
 Rev. Waltz was married after coming to Dixon. Their home 
 housed many happy church gatherings and aided materially in 
 building up the general social standing of the congregation. The 
 
present parsonage, built in 1876, 
 was planned similar to the house 
 they occupied on the North Side. 
 
 In the fall of 74, the side oil 
 lamps in the church were replaced 
 with gas. The old lamps, worth 
 about $40, were donated to the 
 Carthage congregation. 
 
 The old benches in the Sunday- 
 school room were replaced with 
 chairs. A bookcase was purchased, 
 and Mr. George Atkins made the 
 secretary's desk now in use. 
 
 A new impetus was given to 
 church affairs by Pastor Waltz, 
 through his cheery manner and 
 ability to make friends among all 
 classes. Both congregation and 
 school increased. There was an un- 
 usual proportion of men teachers. 
 He resigned to do work for the 
 Home Mission Board. 
 
 Rev. Carl B. Caughman 
 Missionary Pastor to Jeypore, India 
 
 Rev. Luther L. Lipe 
 
 Mrs. Caughman 
 
 July 20, 1879 -July 27, 1885. This 
 pastorate has been called the 
 "musical period" of the church. 
 The improvement in congrega- 
 tional singing was marked, as Rev. 
 Lipe was a good song leader. There 
 was a steady growth in both 
 Church and Sunday-school. 
 
 ( /ommunion service once in three 
 months, was adopted Nov. 29, 1879. 
 
 When the pastor resigned May 
 31, 1885, he was reelected, but in 
 July went to the "difficult mission" 
 in Lincoln, Neb. Rev. Wm. Uhl 
 was asked to preach "whenever it 
 was convenient for him to do so." 
 
 Rev. John Mosheim Ruth- 
 rauff — Nov. 7, 1885-Sept. 1, 
 1895. Anniversary services were 
 held Nov. 12, 1893, celebrating 
 twenty-five years in the present 
 church building and forty-five of 
 church organization. 
 
The Northern Illinois Synod held its fortieth annual convention 
 at Dixon in L890. 
 
 A "S. S. Institute", held by Synod July 17-19, 1887 at the Gov- 
 ernor Charters place north of Dixon, became the present Hock River 
 Assembly. 
 
 Constitution revised January 17, 1886. 
 
 Theodore 1 Moeller resigned as secretary Sept. 2, 1889, after serv- 
 ing since March 13, 1883. He was succeeded by A. J. Kay, who 
 was secretary until his resignation Dec. 18, 1904. 
 
 Miss Mary Fleck resigned in 1886, having taught the youngest 
 children in Sunday-school for over twenty years. She died in 1892. 
 
 The organization of a young people's society was discussed late 
 in 1891. Busy Bees were active 1 in 1894, and the Boys' Brigade 
 was organized. 
 
 Water was ordered put into the parsonage, June 6, 1886. In 
 1893, repairs costing $862.20 were made on church and parsonage. 
 
 Seventy new members were added to the church in 1894, "the 
 Largest number ever received in any one year" up to that time. 
 The Sunday-school grew rapidly, the Endeavor Society nearly 
 doubled its membership. 
 
 January 1, 1895, the officers of the church were to be a pastor, 
 four elders, six deacons. 
 
 The pastor resigned June 2, 1895, having been elected President 
 of Carthage College. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Frank Dornblaser, D.D. — October, 1895 - Nov. 
 1, 1903. The Semi-Centennial Jubilee and Re-dedication, cele- 
 brated in 1898, was made memorable by the presence of many former 
 pastors and the enlargement and beautifying of the church. The 
 services Sunday, December 18, and Monday, were preceded by a 
 recital on the new pipe organ Friday evening and a special prayer 
 service the Wednesday before. 
 
 The Jubilee Year was characterized by great activity in all 
 branches of church work, liberal giving, enthusiastic cooperation, 
 never surpassed in the previous history of the church. The appor- 
 tionment was paid in full, notwithstanding the increased burden of 
 local expenses. 
 
 A two-story addition of 25 by 40 feet was made to the east side 
 of the church building, and an organ loft to the west side with room 
 below for the S. S. library and a class room. Memorial windows of 
 stained glass were put in, and the walls redecorated. A total of 
 $7,000 was spent, including the pipe organ. 
 
 The last communion in the old church, as originally built, was 
 on July 3, 1898. Services were held in the old stone church across 
 the street while the building was unfit for use. 
 
The Interior 
 
 The pastor made a trip of eight months to Palestine and other 
 foreign countries, in 1899. Rev. G. A. Bowers served during his 
 absence. 
 
 A memorial service for Dr, Ruthrauff was held May 11, 1902, 
 after his death May 6, while President of Wittenberg College. 
 
 Resolutions were passed Feb. 1, 1897 on the death of Rev. 
 Wm. Uhl. 
 
 The first deaconesses, Mrs. A. J. Kay and. Miss Sophia Andres, 
 were elected Jan. 1, 1898. 
 
 The pastor's next charge was Grace Church, Chicago. 
 
 Rev. W. L. Rutherford -- Feb. 7, 1904 - June 10, 1910. The 
 Sixteenth Convention of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission- 
 ary Society of the General Synod met in St. Paul's Church, Dixon, 
 May 25-28, 1909, celebrating its Thirtieth Anniversary. 
 
 The Northern Illinois Synod met in Dixon October, 1908. 
 
 A new constitution and by-laws were adopted Jan. 2, 1905. 
 
 Revival meetings were conducted in Dixon, February, 1904, by 
 Evangelist William A. Sunday. That synodical year, 176 members 
 were received into St. Paul's church, bringing the enrolled member- 
 ship to 626, over 500 of whom were regular communicants. 
 
 The first teacher training class of the Sunday School graduated 
 at the Assembly auditorium Aug. 3, 1905. 
 
The Cradle Roll started June 1, 1907. Mrs. W. E. White, Superin- 
 tendent. 
 
 Use of the single envelope system began 1907. That year $1,466.21 
 was expended for improvements on church and parsonage. 
 
 Rev. Frank DeGraff Altman, I). I). —September 1910 - Sept. 
 L5, 1919. Reception October 21. Installation Nov. IS by Dr. 
 Dornblaser and Rev. Hersch. 
 
 Improvements costing $5,839.42 were made during the building 
 season of 1917. which on Nov. 30 were paid in full, with $9.46 in 
 the repair fund. The outside of the church received a coating of 
 stucco in order to preserve the building and present an inviting ap- 
 pearance. The inside was redecorated and the indirect lighting 
 system installed. 
 
 Rebuilding of the pipe organ was begun September 1913 and a 
 recital given on it Feb. 12, 1914. Latest improvements were put 
 in. all costing $1 .150. 
 
 May 5, 1912 tin 1 time of the annual meeting was changed from 
 January to October. Reports given October 9, 1916 showed the 
 church "in the best financial condition in many years if not in its 
 entire history." 
 
 Dr. Orville B. Blackman died October 1(5. 1910. then a member of 
 the council and an active worker in church and school since 1873. 
 Another "beloved physician" was called Dec. 11, 1911. Dr. A. L. 
 Miller, an elder in the council, director Carthage College and Rock 
 River Assembly, treasurer Xachusa Orphanage. 
 
 Theodore Moeller resigned as elder March 24, 1911, and was 
 elected Elder Emeiitus. 
 
 On Dec. 2, 1915 resolutions on the retirement of C. Gonnerman 
 as treasurer for thirty years were read. He joined the church about 
 1870 and is still active in the council. 
 
 Samuel Hoon resigned as secretary of the Sunday School Sept. 1, 
 1916 having served continuously since 1880. 
 
 The council was enlarged Jan. 16, 1916 to consist of a pastor, six 
 elders and eight deacons. 
 
 The Woman's Relief Corps presented a flag to the church with 
 special patriotic service, Nov. 19, 1916. 
 
 Dr. Altman's resignation June 27, 1919 to take effect September 
 15, was accepted with regret that the condition of his health would 
 not permit his longer service, as his work had been a "blessing in 
 spiritual things and a great help in things material." 
 
 Rev. Lloyd Warren Walter -- Dec. 1, 1919 - . Came from 
 Evanston, 111. Reception Jan. 13, 1920. 
 
 Diamond Jubilee of church organization was celebrated in 1923. 
 by the meeting of Illinois Synod May 22-2.5. when 176 delegates and 
 many visitors gathered in the newly decorated auditorium. The 
 improvements totaled $3,183.97. including redecorating of church 
 
auditorium, primary room and both halls, enlarging of chancel and 
 addition of altar and lecturn, and many minor repairs. 
 
 The Jubilee Services celebrated November 18-21. 
 
 The World War service flag was taken down Jan. 2, 1920. 
 
 Church and community were saddened by the loss of a leader, 
 in the passing of the pastor's wife, Mrs. Anna May Walter, Dec. 27, 
 1922. His father, Mr. Isaiah L. Walter of Middleburg, Pa. died 
 Sept. 21, 1923, while visiting at the parsonage. 
 
 Dr. F. D. Altman died Oct, 20, 1922 in Lincoln, Neb. He was 
 born Aug. 7, 1855. 
 
 Luther League was organized in the fall of 1919. The Junior 
 Department of the Sunday School was organized in May 1923. 
 
 Adult Catechetical instruction began in 1921. 
 
 October 1923, St. Paul's began the support of a missionary pastor, 
 Carl B. Caughman, to Jeypore, India. 
 
 May the next seventy-five years be as fruitful, — yea more fruitful 
 in wisdom and zeal for God. 
 
 REV. AND MRS. CARL B. CAUGHMAN 
 
 Beginning with October 1st, 1923, the congregation assumed 
 a large portion of the support of Rev. Caughman who is now our 
 pastor in the Jeypore field, India. This is one of the forward steps 
 of the Church which will make memorable its seventy-fifth anniver- 
 sary. 
 
 Mr. Caughman is a graduate of Newberry College and of the 
 Lutheran Theological Seminary, Columbia, S. C. His home address 
 is Burns, Miss. He was ordained at the meeting of the Georgia 
 Synod in 1922. He married Lyda Russell of Magee, Miss. He was 
 commissioned on October 8, 1922 in Luther Place Memorial Church, 
 Washington, D. C. He is still studying the language, while being 
 employed in assisting the older missionaries at Jeypore, Vizagapatam 
 District, India. This is the former Breklum German Mission, which 
 our Board has controlled and financed since the outbreak of the 
 war in 1914. The work is done among a few Telugus, but mostly 
 in the Oriya language among very primitive hill tribes in the domain 
 of the Maharajah of Jeypore. It is perhaps the most interesting- 
 work along evangelistic lines in our mission field. 
 
 Our eyes will now be turned definitely toward this field and our 
 prayers will ascend that the Lord will richly bless Rev. Caughman 
 and his young wife, — the Lord's and our ambassadors to regions 
 beyond. 
 
ROLL OF PASTORS 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 J. H. BURKET 
 
 
 
 
 1848-1850 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 Ephraim Miller 
 
 
 
 
 1850-1852 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 ( Jharles Young 
 
 
 
 
 1852-1853 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 William Uhl 
 
 
 
 
 1853-1855 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 David Barbaugh 
 
 
 
 
 1855-1856 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 William Uhl 
 
 
 
 
 1856-1858 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 J. L. (Hard 
 
 
 
 
 1858-1861 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 J. R. Keiser 
 
 
 
 
 1862-1865 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 A. A. Trimper . 
 
 
 
 
 1865-1870 
 
 ♦Rev. 
 
 X. W. Lilly 
 
 
 
 
 1870-1874 
 
 Rev. 
 
 S. S. Waltz, D.D. 
 
 
 
 
 1874-1879 
 
 Rev. 
 
 L. L. Lipe 
 
 
 
 
 1879-1885 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 J. M. RUTHRAUFF, D.D. 
 
 
 
 1885-1895 
 
 Rev. 
 
 T. F. DoRNBLASER, D.D. 
 
 
 
 1895-1903 
 
 Rev. 
 
 W. L. Rutherford, D.D. 
 
 
 
 1904-1910 
 
 *Rev. 
 
 F. D. Altman, D.D. . 
 
 
 
 1910-1919 
 
 Rev. 
 
 Lloyd W. Walter 
 
 
 
 1919- 
 
 *Deceased. 
 
 CHURCH COUNCIL 
 
 August 20, 1848 
 
 Rev. Jacob Neff Burket, Pastor 
 
 ELDERS 
 Nathan Hetler 
 Philip Mowrer 
 
 DEACONS 
 John N. Burket 
 Jacob Shoop 
 
 CHURCH COUNCIL 
 
 November 18, 1923 
 
 Rev. Lloyd Warren Walter, Pastor 
 
 ELDERS 
 Conrad Gonnerman 
 Owen Clymer 
 George Schrock 
 Wm. E. Trein 
 Walter E. White 
 C. M. Hursh 
 
 DEACONS 
 L. C. Johnson 
 Clarence Wickey 
 John Martinson 
 Alonzo Boyer 
 Merritt Scholl 
 Hugh H. Emmert 
 E. F. Herbst 
 Seavey Moeller 
 
The Church and Parsonage, 1910 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS 
 
 John N. Burket 
 Mary Burket 
 John Moyer 
 Elizabeth Moyer 
 Philip Mowrer 
 Mary Mowrer 
 Catherine Grow 
 Nathan Hetler 
 
 August 20, 1848 
 
 Catherine Hetler 
 Jacob Shoop 
 Catherine Shoop 
 Nancy Smice 
 Lydia Courtright 
 Catherine Parmer 
 MagadaleneKlintik 
 Mary A. M. Burket 
 
 HOLY COMMUNION 
 
 October 28, 1848 
 
 Rev. Jacob H. Burket, Pastor 
 
 John N. Burket 
 
 Mary Burket 
 
 Philip Mowrer 
 
 Mary Mowrer 
 
 Nathan Hetler 
 
 From other Lutheran Congregations 
 
 Charles Holler 
 Mrs. Charles Holler 
 
 Mrs. Paul B. Hains 
 
 Mary A. M. Burket 
 John Moyer 
 Elizabeth Moyer 
 Catharine Grow 
 Catharine Palmer 
 Lydia Courtright 
 
 Mr. Summers 
 Paul B. Hains 
 
COMMITTEE ON 75th ANNIVERSARY 
 Lloyd W. Walter, Pastor 
 
 L. W. Newcomeb 
 ( )\yen Clymer 
 W. E. White 
 W. E. Trein 
 
 E. H. RlCKARD 
 
 ( 'larence Wickey 
 L. C. Johnson 
 B. G. Robinson 
 H. M. Rasch 
 *j. c. schuele 
 Mark Smith. Sr. 
 Miss A. L. Geisenheimer 
 Mrs. Otto Beier 
 Miss Eleanor Powell 
 
 'Deceased. 
 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 
 
 The committee wish to express their appreciation to 
 those who have assisted graciously and faithfully in 
 the gathering of facts and the making of this brochure. 
 They would especially make acknowledgment of the 
 efforts of Miss Ethel Kay for the Historical Sketch. 
 
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