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THE GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH.
The German Reformed church was erected about 1880 on the north side of the village, and its spire can be seen from a long distance. No regular ser- vices are now held. Rev. C. C. Smith was the first pastor. Rev. Boomerschien of Maquoketa conducts services three or four times a year.
THE AMBER COOPERATIVE CREAMERY COMPANY.
The present creamery building was erected by Sanford and Hartman in the spring of 1880 and was afterward sold to W. H. Sanford in 1900. J. P. Younger operated the creamery a short time after purchasing the business from Mr. San- ford about 1905.
On January 1. 1906, the Amber Cooperative Creamery Company was or- ganized, and the creamery building became their property by purchase.
The original stockholders of the new organization were: John Weiss, Peter Robertson, Mary Schoon, Philip Bailey, Thomas Schoon, F. W. Folkers, P. B.
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Daly, Peter Peterson, Henry Neumaker, C. F. Porter, Jacob Schoon, C. M. So- per, John Wennekamp, Wm. Reiken, Geo. Siebels, Geo. Dorsey, John Johnson, Henry Gross, Jas. Quigley, H. E. Harms, Tobe Friess, Jos. A. Weiss, Geo. T. Tobiassen, W. R. Zimmerman, Wm. Siebels, O. T. Ruhe, H. O. Danneman, Geo. L. Schoonover, Aug. Siebels, W. E. Daly, H. A. Toengess, Herman Zim- merman, C. W. Eden, Wilke Houseman, J. G. Mardorf, Jos. N. Ramsey, Henry Harms, Alex Robertson, Geo. Zimmerman, John Doyle, Mike Martin, Thos. A. Weiss, H. D. Myrick and P. J. Hartman.
The officers at the time of organization: president, Peter Robertson; vice- president, William Siebels; secretary, O. T. Ruhe; treasurer, J. N. Ramsey; di- rectors : C. W. Eden, H. O. Danneman, H. A. Toengess, Peter Robertson, W. R. Zimmerman.
The present officers : president, Peter Robertson ; vice-president, Wm. Siebels ; secretary, O. T. Ruhe; treasurer, J. N. Ramsey ; directors : H. A. Toengess, Mike Martin, John Doyle, Thos. Schoon, J. G. Mardorf.
The creamery began business with forty-four patrons; there are now one hundred and sixty-five. The volume of business the first year amounted to nineteen thousand dollars; the second year, thirty-eight thousand dollars; the third year, sixty thousand dollars; the past or present year, seventy-two thou- sand dollars. Frank Nichols has been butter maker since the organization of the company. The cream received is all hand separator product. The business is in a flourishing condition. The secretary is a young man of energy and ability.
THE AMBER POSTOFFICE.
The postoffice at this village was first named Blue Cut, and was established August 12, 1873, with Tilghman Hartman as postmaster. Mr. Hartman was re- appointed July 3, 1878, and the name of the office changed to Amber. Philip Hildenbrand became postmaster October 4, 1887, and on August 15, 1889, he was succeeded by Wm. H. Sanford. The next man authorized to occupy this position was Frank Schwartz on July 17, 1893. Then on June 18, 1897, John A. Weiss succeeded to the office, and on July I, of the same year, Joseph A. Weiss took up the duties of the office and continued in office until December 17, 1903. when John C. Bailey, the present incumbent was commissioned postmaster.
The village of Amber does not exceed a population of fifty or sixty. The children of the village receive their education at sub-district No. 2, the school be- ing located adjacent to the village on the north.
THE WAYNE GERMAN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
The Wayne German Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Company was organized December 1, 1888, and the constitution and by-laws adopted at the same time. The articles of incorporation were signed by Harm Harms, J. H. Tobiassen, D. B. Herren, H. Hayen, J. H. A'ntons, Gerd Rickels, who signed for themselves and others. The first officers were: president. John H. Tobiassen; vice-president, D. B. Herren ; secretary, Harm Harms; treasurer, Gerd Rickels;
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trustees : August Toengess, Geo. H. Balster; appraisers: Peter Ommen, W. J. Zimmerman, J. H. Hayen.
The company insures farm property only, against loss by fire and lightning. No other insurance is permitted on the same property. The property is insured on the mutual assessment plan. There are now over five hundred members. The total risks carried on October 1, 1909, aggregated the sum of one million, eight hundred and one thousand, six hundred and twelve dollars and seventy-two cents. The total losses sustained and paid by the company since organization up to October 1, 1909, in round number aggregated the sum of thirty-three thousand dollars. The heaviest loss was in the year 1907, when the loss aggregated over nine thousand dollars.
The present officers: president, H. B. Bohlken; vice-president, Ricklef Gerdes; secretary, Gerd Harms; treasurer, Fred Plueger ; trustees : Tobe Frees, G. H. Bohlken; appraisers : Wm. C. Neiman, Tobe Houstman, Harm Rickels, Gerd Null, Henry Behrends, Fred Hansen, Geo. Mardorf, Folkert Hedden, Henry Seehausen, Garrett Schoon. This is the largest mutual insurance company in Jones county, as well as the oldest.
ST. JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
The St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church on the old Military road in sec- tion one, in the extreme northeast part of Wayne township, is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, and one of the strongest, if not the strongest German church organizations in the county. Its history is the history of early Lutheranism in this part of the state. The church was organized on January 12, 1864. Its his- tory, however, antedates its organization by several years.
The nucleus of the church is to be sought and found in a small German Lu- theran colony, comprised of nine families and one single person who, in rapid succession, had established their homes in Jones county in the neighborhood of the present site of the church, all coming across the Mississippi from Dixon, Lee county, Illinois. The colony was formed when Mr. Jacob F. Matthiessen brought his family across the Father of Waters in May, 1857. He was accompanied by his brother-in-law, Gerhard Eilers, who at the time was still an unmarried man. They were followed by the families of Anton Eilers and Johann Hinrich Kleen in April, 1858; Nanne Hanken and Wessel B. Hanken in October, 1858; Hein- rich Hanken in April, 1859, Gerhard Ahrend Zimmerman in May, 1859; Johann Jacobs in the fall of 1859 and Heinrich Jacobs in the spring of 1860.
For practically the entire triennial period of colonization, these early set- tlers were obliged to forego the blessing of public worship. When the year 1860 passed into history, they had been privileged a half a dozen times to hear a pro- fessedly Lutheran minister in their midst. Even this would have been denied them, had not a missionary by the name of Altmeyer discovered their settlement and preached for them and ministered over them as often and as much as his extensive travels through the vast area of thinly populated country permitted.
It was not until the dawn of 1861, that matters began to crystallize and take on shape towards the formation of a church body. In January of this year. the Rev. Robert Oswald, stationed at Marion, Linn county, Iowa, undertook an ex-
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ploration trip into the field abandoned by Rev. Altmeyer. From this time on some degree of regularity was established, though services were not a frequent occurrence as yet by any means. In October of the same year, however, he too found himself compelled to abandon his missionary work at this place. After a lapse of more than twelve months, another minister, Rev. George Reinsch, ar- ranged to look after the spiritual wants of the congregation and continued doing so from December, 1862, until some time in the fall of 1863.
By this time the German colony had grown to such an extent, that the ques- tion of organizing a church and calling a minister into its pastorate, was ear- nestly considered. A few deaths in the settlement about this time seemed to greatly emphasize the advisability, yes, the necessity of so doing. Therefore when the year 1864 had barely been ushered in, planning ceased, and action be- gan. On January 12th, a meeting was called for the purpose of organizing, and considering the purchase of property for the church and cemetery purposes. A constitution was adopted, and the following twenty-two signatures were affixed thereto: Anton Eilers, A. H. Hanken, A. G. Zimmerman, N. A. Hanket., Ludwig Pause, Heinrich Heeren, W. H. Helgens, Michael Heeren, J. H. Heeren, Johann T. Mueller, August Schatz, H. A. B. Toel, Tobias Tobiasser., W. B. Hanken, Albert Siemers, Heinrich Vanderhamm, J. Null, Gerhard Eilers, Jacob F. Matthiessen, Hinrich Jacobs, Hinrich J. Jacobs, Christoph Scheer. The Messrs. Jacob F. Matthiessen, Ludwig Pause and Anton Eilers were elected of- ficers.
Several reasons, as the absence of a parsonage, and the like, confronted the congregation against the advisability of immediately extending a call for a local pastor, and so action in this matter was postponed until a later date. The Rev. Herman Rehwoldt of Dubuque, who had conducted the funeral services for Mrs. John Jacobs in December, 1863, seeing the plight of the congregation, consented to arrange his affairs in such a manner as to enable him to provide this congregation also with preaching at stated intervals until they should be able to call a pastor of their own.
Being thus temporarily provided for, the newly organized congregation began immediately to arrange matters for a permanent and local ministry. The ques- tion of providing a church and a parsonage confronted them. Thus far, a small country school house, situated on what was known as the George Mckeever farm, provided ample accommodations for all. This particular schoolhouse, by the way, is still being used for school purposes today. In later years it was moved to the extreme southeast corner of Monticello township, and is now known as schoolhouse No. 6 of Lovell township.
During the summer of 1865, a building plan was carried into execution which brought church and parsonage under one roof. The larger part of today's par- sonage was the result. The upper story was arranged for holding services, and the lower story, plus the cellar, furnished a place of habitation for the pastor and his family. After all preliminary arrangements had been completed, Rev. Rehwoldt withdrew, and on December 1, 1865, the first resident pastor, Rev. G. H. Brecht was installed. .
The next six years passed by without anything particularly noteworthy hap- pening, with probably this one exception, that when Rev. Brecht had resigned
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his pastorate in March, 1869, and his successor, Rev. Franz B. Cunz had also handed in his resignation during the summer of 1870, both being called to an- other field of labor, the congregation, under the guidance of Rev. L. Osterhus. of Dubuque, who had preached here during the vacancy, extended a call for the first time to a minister of the Synod which has furnished the congregation with pastors ever since, and in which the congregation holds membership today. This new minister from the Synod, was the Rev. Lorenz Fraub, a member of the German Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states. He was installed in office on June 18, 1871, and remained at the head of the congregation until October 6, 1872.
The summer of 1872 brought about a change of vital importance for the future and this change also accounts for the fact why St. John's congregation today is no larger numerically than will be stated hereinafter. During this sum- Iner, the congregation was split because of dissatisfaction in some quarters over the location of the church property, some claiming that it should have been more centrally located. The members living toward the southwest of the church branched off, organizing a new congregation under the name of Zion's church. and built a church of their own. This was the beginning of what is today known as Zion's church of Wayne Center. This separation was a most lament- able move, for it proved a fruitful source of bitter controversies between the two congregations in later years, although it had not been thus designed.
When Rev. Fraub accepted a different call shortly after this separation had taken place, the two congregations, in good harmony, jointly called a minister to take charge of both congregations, with the expressed understanding, that he was to change his location annually, living at Sand Hill in the midst of St. John's congregation one year, and at Wayne Center in the midst of Zion's con- gregation, the next. The purpose thereof was the presumably better end gained in the catechetical instruction of the children at both places. The man thus doomed to perpetual motion was the Rev. J. H. Oetjen, who entered upon his pastoral and educational duties in April, 1873, and continued therein until July, 1879, during the last year, however, ministering over St. John's congregation only. During his ministry, in 1877, a church proper, thirty by forty-five feet was erected by St. John's congregation and the upper story of the parsonage given over to school purposes.
In 1878, Zion's church struck the final blow which completely severed all bonds that had thus far united the two congregations. On April 17th of this year, Zion's church ousted Rev. Oetjen from his pastorate, and during the same year it extended a call to its present pastor, Rev. C. C. Mardorf, a member of the Iowa Synod. which is at variance in its doctrines from the teachings of the Synodical Conference of which the Missouri Synod is a leading factor. Thus the harmony of spirit between the two congregations was lastingly destroyed.
In 1879, when Rev. Oetjen left for his new field in Wisconsin, the congre- gation called a young man, who had just finished his studies in the Concordia Theological Seminary at St. Louis, Missouri. This was the Rev. Fritz von Strohe. He was installed in September, 1879, and accepted a call to Collinsville, Illinois, June 10, 1900, after almost twenty-one years of untiring and successful labor. Rev. von Strohe was a man of more than ordinary tact and ability.
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In 1880, the congregation voted to join the Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states. In the same year, a resolution to incorporate was passed, and the Messrs. Christ Scheer, Henry Heeren and Henry Hanken were elected trustees. In 1884, a schoolhouse was built, and the entire parsonage turned over to the j:rivate use of the pastor.
On August 19, 1900, the present pastor, Rev. Wm. H. L. Schultz, was in- stalled to succeed Rev. von Strohe. In 1907 the congregation enlarged and re- modeled its church. The church at present has a membership of four hundred. and twenty-six souls, two hundred and forty communicants and fifty-four voting members. Its present officers are the Messrs. Henry Balster, R. Gerdes, Fred Plueger. Miss Eliza Balster is organist.
Of the original ten founders of the congregation, only one survives, viz., Mr. John Jacobs, now a resident of Santa Ana, California.
The complete list of pastors who have ministered over St. John's church, together with the time they have held office, is as follows: Rev. Altmeyer, no record of exact date; Robert Oswald, January, 1861 to October, 1861 ; George Reinsch, December 25, 1862, to fall of 1863; Herman Rehwoldt, July, 1864, to August 12, 1865; G. H. Brecht, December 1, 1865 to March 28, 1869; Franz B Cunz, July 25, 1869, to the summer of 1870; L. Osterhus, several months during vacancy ; Lorenz Fraub, June 18, 1871 to October 6, 1872; J. J. Oetjen, April, 1873, to July, 1879; Fritz von Strohe, September, 1879 to June 10, 1900; Wm. H. L. Schultz, since August 19, 1900. Rev. Schultz is the present pastor, a man of broad intelligence and a favorite with his congregation. We are indebted to him for his valuable assistance with this excellent history of this church.
THE ZION GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.
The German Evangelical Lutheran Zion's congregation of Wayne Center, was organized in June, 1872 The organizing members were the following: Harm Harms, Wm. Helgens, D. Poppe, Jos. Bodeker, Harm Folkers, Heins Freric !.. J. H. Harms, A. Zimmerman. Jos. Stutt, Milchel Tobiassen, Bernard Tobiassen.
Shortly after the congregation was organized, two acres of land were pur- chased from Wm. . Helgens, and one acre from Albert Siemers, one-half mile east of Wayne Center. Upon these premises an edifice, thirty by fifty was erected, two-thirds of which was used as a church, and the remainder of the building was fitted up for and used as the pastor's home. The church building was finished in the fall and dedicated in December of 1873.
Rev. J. Oetjen was the first pastor to be called, who, however in April, 1878, was induced to resign. In September, 1878, the congregation called Rev. C. Mardorf, a pastor of the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and other states, who at that time was stationed at Waterloo, Iowa. The congrega- tion soon became a member of the Iowa Synod. The congregation grew gradu- ally and today numbers over one hundred voting members.
In 1880 a parsonage was erected. In 1885 a church steeple was built and two well sounding bells were purchased. In the same year the schoolhouse was erected. In 1892 and 1902, the parsonage was rebuilt and a new addition an- nexed, until it is now a commodious and comfortable residence. In 1908, the
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church premises were enlarged. Two-thirds of an acre of land were purchased from Wm. Helgens and one-third from A. Siemers as an addition to the ceme- tery. Most of the first members have found their place of rest in this sacred cemetery ground, and the younger generation is filling their places in the church.
The Zion church is in a prosperous condition. The present pastor, Rev. C. Mardorf, has been the resident pastor continuously during the past thirty-one years, and is yet a man of strength and ability and beloved by the large congre- ยท gation.
In the summer of 1909, the German Lutheran Synod of Iowa, met at this church for their regular meeting, and the presence of so many able men from all over Iowa, was an inspiration and an encouragement to the Zion congregation. The visiting brethren were abundantly entertained in the prosperous homes of the members of the congregation.
WAYNE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Wayne Presbyterian church, is now only a matter of history. The church was organized in 1861, and the church building erected near the center of the township. The original members numbered twenty-seven, the Warner's, Daw- son's, Clark's and Hitchcock's being most of the membership. Rev. J. W. Mc- Kean, president of what is now Lenox College, preached here and also his father Rev. James McKean. In 1870, Rev. B. Wall preached here and at Anamosa. In 1871 to 1873, Rev. J. N. Wilson also served these churches. From 1874 to 1877, Rev. John Rice preached at this place with more or less regularity in con- nection with Scotch Grove. By this time, the Kansas lands were being opened, and the rush to the grasshopper state, carried off most of the church member- ship, and the church being deprived of adequate financial support, the society ran down, and the organization finally disbanded. The building was sold to P. M. Himebaugh for two hundred dollars to be used as a barn. The remaining or sur- viving members of this church united with the Presbyterian church of Scotch Grove, and with the United Presbyterian church in section 24 of Wayne.
THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This religious institution was organized May 12, 1856, with twelve members. Rev. J. A. Allan was the minister at the time of the organization. Rev. W. D. Ral- ston became pastor in 1864 when the present church building was erected and con- tinued as pastor until 1884. Rev. G. W. Morrison was pastor 1887-88. In 1879 the membership was eighty. In that year the elders of the church were, Matthew Nel- son, Robert Heasty, J. L. Acheson, James Milne, and George L. Himebaugh. The society disorganized in 1895. The church has been known locally as the "Four- horned church" because of the shape of its spire. The last pastor was Rev. C. C. Potter 1888-1893. There have been no regular services in this church during the past fifteen years or more. This church was affected in the same way and to the same extent as the Presbyterian church, the moving away of its mem- bership to other fields of activity. The church property was transferred to the cemetery association in order that the cemetery might be kept up. The church
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building yet stands on the east boundary of the township in section 24, and is used on rare occasions. The cemetery adjoins the church property on the north.
THE JONES COUNTY HOME.
The Jones County Poor Farm, or County Home as it is now called is located in the southeastern part of Wayne township, and is treated on another page as a county institution. See County Farm.
OFFICIAL ROSTER WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
First election at the house of O. G. Scrivens, April 7, 1856.
1856-Trustees : O. M. Gaut, John Goodwin, Tilghman Hartman; clerk, Jo- seph Gaut; assessor, John Clark; justices: David M. Cook, Alpheus Johnson; constables : William Nelson, Romantis Batchelder; county supervisor, O. G. Scriven.
1857-Trustees : O. M. Gaut, Tilghman Hartman, Michael Tippin; clerk, Jo- seph Gaut ; assessor, John Clark ; constables : Amos P. Himebaugh, Darius Tuck- er; road supervisors : Lawrence Schoonover, Alpheus Johnson, James Spencer, Wm. Sanford.
1858-Trustees : John Clark, Noah Bigley, Alpheus Johnson; clerk, Lawrence Schoonover ; assessor, John Clark; justices : Alpheus Johnson, Joseph Gaut; con- stables, William Johnson, Jos. Dawson; supervisors: Jos. Gaut, James Stacy, James Spencer, Tilghman Hartman.
1859-Trustees : N. Bigley, A. Johnson, L. Hitchcock; clerk, L. Schoonover; assessor, John Clark; justices : Alpheus Johnson, Jos. Gaut ; constables : Jos. Daw- son, O. B. Walkup; supervisors : O. M. Gaut, Z. Dunning, Robert Reed, Wm. P. Sanford.
1860-Trustees : D. H. Simmons, Robert Reed, Jas. Dawson; clerk, H. W. Perrine; assessor, Benjamin Batchelder ; constables : O. M. Gaut, O. B. Walkup : supervisors : A. P. Himebaugh, M. Davis, E. M. Brown, A. Sanford.
1861-Trustees : B. Batchelder, Wm. Johnson, H. Simmons ; clerk, P. Bone- witz ; assessor, J. Goodwin ; county supervisor, L. Schoonover; justices : J. Gaut. M. Davis; constables: O. M. Gaut, Geo. Bingham; supervisors: J. Byers, B. Brush, J. Milne, W. P. Sanford, J. Scaffer. T. Hartman, G. Guilford.
1862-Trustees: Henry Simmons, B. Batchelder, B. Ristine; clerk, P. G. Bonewitz ; assessor, J. G. Dawson; constables : Geo. M. Bingham, Geo. Schoon- over; supervisors : Chas. Gilkey, John Cook, Wm. Armitage, L. Hitchcock, Wm. P. Sanford, A. L. Crouch, Jos. Guilford, D. Emmet.
1863-Trustees : John Byers, John Clark, B. Ristine; clerk, P. G. Bonewitz; assessor, Henry Simmons; justices: Joseph Gaut, Minor Davis; constables : H. Hughes, E. H. Sherman; road supervisors: E. K. Davidson, A. Johnson, R. Batchelder, S. Wooster, John Clark, R. Barnhill, John Cameron, A. L. Crouch, I. N. Potter, D. Soper, M. H. Ristine, A. Sanford.
1864-Trustees : O. M. Gaut, L. Hitchcock, John Cameron ; clerk, John Bates; assessor, Henry Simmons ; supervisors : Geo. W. Simmons, A. Johnson, Henry
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Albertson, Christ Matson, Paul Warner, Geo. W. Brown, John Heasty, A. L. Crouch, O. M. Gaut, Ephraim Strawman, A. J. Albertson, W. P. Sanford.
1865-Trustees: John Cameron, A. L. Hutchins, L. Hitchcock; clerk, A. Nash ; constable, Isaac Rigby ; supervisors : A. Johnson, H. Simmons, H. Al- bertson, S. Batchelder, Jos. Gaut, John Jacobs, John King, A. L. Crouch, A. L. Hutchins, E. Strawman, Wm. McGuffy, P. Sanford.
1866-Trustees: J. C. Ramsey, John Cameron, Leonard Hitchcock; clerk, John Bates; assessor, J. G. Dawson; supervisors : A. L. Hutchins, G. H. Soper, A. Sanford, John McBride, A. C. Ross, Peter J. Hartman, L. Hitchcock, H. Sim- mons, John Tabor, Selim Worster, Henry J. Jacobs, Warren Devoe.
1867-Trustees : George Schoonover, John Byers, T. Hartman; clerk, Cyrus Stagner ; assessor, John Heasty; justices: Minor Davis, Leonard Gee; super- visors : Henry Simmons, J. C. Lawrence, John Byers, Joseph Ramsey, Baptiste Brush, George Schoonover, George Brush, L. Gee, J. H. Dickey, N. Bigley, Peter Hartman, A. Sanford, H. J. Jacobs, Cyrus Stayner, R. Reed.
1868-Trustees: Geo. W. Schoonover, Noah Bigley, Jos. C. Ramsey ; clerk, John L. Atchieson; assessor, R. R. Hays ; constables : Charles Raco, Warren De- voe ; supervisors : G. Eiler. P. G. Bonewitz, C. Matson, Paul Warner, Joseph Carlon, John L. Atchieson, John Wilkins, E. Strawman, Peter Hartman, Allen Sanford, Henry Herren, Minor Davis, R. R. Hays, L. Gee.
1869-Trustees : N. Bigley, J. C. Ramsey, A. Sanford; clerk, J. L. Acheson ; assessor, N. Bigley ; collector, J. C. Ramsey ; constables : J. D. Priest, John Stag- ner; supervisors: Joseph Cool, Charles Dickson, E. W. Miller, H. W. Perrine. Joseph Gaut, I .. Dennis, Luke Perryman, James Burroughs, J. G. Dawson, John Coon, P. Hartman, A. Sanford, Henry Herren, G. W. Fisher, D. Soper.
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