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In Smithfield township organized Christianity was introduced by the United Brethren, who had regular services at the Smith school house, later known as number six. The first minister was Rev. Samuel Chaplin. The Methodists met at Barker's and formed a class, of which Mr. Barker was the leader. The Disciples, organized by Revs. Bartlett'and Hadsell, had a church at Cedar lake.
The Big Run United Brethren church, in Stafford township, was organ- ized in the spring of 1843 by Rev. Jonathan Thomas. The charter members were: Jacob Gunsenhouser and wife, Thomas Olds and wife, David Flick- inger and wife, Stephen Hackley and wife and Mary Willard. They organ- ized at the home of Jacob Gunsenhouser, and used this place for worship dur- ing the next five years, later using the old log house on the Gunsenhouser land. A church was built during the progress of the Civil war, and services were held on alternate Sundays by the Rev. James Martin.
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The United Brethren church in Butler was organized in January, 1884, with a membership of forty people. Their frame church building was erected in the fall of 1883, at a cost of twenty-three hundred dollars, and dedicated in December, 1883. It is located on West North street. The pastors have been : Rev. Joseph Brown, W. O. Butler, 1884; J. W. Martin; S. P. Klotz, 1885; Joseph Brown, 1883; D. B. Keller; A. F. McCloe, 1889; J. S. Tedrow, J. W. Cummings, A. F. McCloe, 1900; C. H. Bell, 1902; W. H. Phetro, 1904; O. F. Landis, 1905; O. B. Wells, 1906; W. F. Parker, 1907; A. W. Phillips, 19II, and D. B. Kessinger, 1912, who is the present incumbent. There are two hundred and fifty members of the church at present, and the Sunday school numbers two hundred and sixty. There are societies as follows in the church : Ladies' Aid Society, Woman's Missionary Association and Christian Endeavor. In the Butler circuit are the Big Run, Jerusalem and Zion churches, with a combined congregation of two hundred and ninety-two peo- ple. Rev. Richhart, of Butler, has charge of them. The Newville circuit has a membership of two hundred and fifteen.
Mount Pleasant United Brethren church, in Wilmington township, is over sixty years old. In 1854 meetings were held in the house of Abraham Eakright, on section twenty, by Revs. Benton and wife. The constituent members were: William McBride, Mr. Dirrim, Abraham Eakwright and their wives, and Mrs. Levi McBride. Services were held in the Eakright house until 1861, when they commenced to use the old log schoolhouse on section 19. This organization held many successful revials. A chapel was erected at Mount Pleasant in 1870.
The Lilly United Brethren church at Moore Station was organized by Rev. Aaron Lilly in December, 1882, with twenty-seven members. Services were held in the Mooresville schoolhouse until the next summer, when they built a fine large frame church, costing fourteen hundred dollars. Services were held every alternate Sunday.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
The history of the Baptist church dates almost co-equal with the first settlement of DeKalb county. Here and there in the townships, log meet- ing houses were raised, and long served their purpose. The first regular Baptist church organized in this county was known as the "Cedar Creek church." The house of worship was a log building. It was located about one mile south of the present village of Corunna. The date of organization was in 1841 or 1842. Deacon McConly, who afterward became a minister,
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was very prominent among the early members of this denomination. Calvin Calkin, T. D. Daily and families, were other strong members of the society. The pastors of the church at various times were Elders P. H. Evans, William N. Welker, A. Town and others. This church is now defunct.
The next church organized was within the bounds of Wilmington town- ship, and had its origin in 1844. Its formation was largely owing to the energetic efforts of A. Town and R. Speer. James R. Cosper donated land for a church site so long as it would be used for religious purposes. A log meeting house was accordingly raised upon this ground. S. B. Meade was the first pastor of the church, and S. B. Ward followed shortly afterward.
Elders Baker and Whitehead held a series of meetings in Auburn and the result was the organization of a church. Upon this the Wilmington church was practically dissolved, because the members persisted in joining the church at Auburn. The Wilmington church was abandoned in 1861.
On August 13, 1852, the brethren met at the old courthouse to take into consideration the organization of a Baptist church in Auburn. Everybody agreed on the plan, and an organization was effected on September 15, 1852. Elder Ward became the first pastor, and then Elder A. Town. Having no regular meeting house of their own, the Baptists at this time held their services at the courthouse or in the Methodist or Presbyterian churches.
The new brick building of the Baptist church was completed in the fall of 1873. Elder Ward, R. P. Jones, W. Langton Sanders, J. P. Ward, H. J. Finch, T. C. Smith and O. E. Eagy were ministers until the year 1892.
From 1892 until 1913 the ministers have been : Reverends F. W. Hart. W. P. Pearce, Edwin P. Hoyt, W. A. Pavy, J. H. Martin, H. J. Finch, C. B. Janes and F. M. Reece There are now seventy-three members of the church and the Sunday school has an enrollment of seventy-one.
The Baptist church was organized on December 15, 1885, by seven ladies of Garrett, namely: Mesdames C. N. Bell, G. W. Mudd, Frank Hartsock, Effie Stewart, Sarah Cobler, Lydia Osborn, and Miss Addie Ford. The first pastor of the church was Rev. Davies, and following him have been, in part : Reverends Pavey, Chansler, Stevens, Whitney, and John Walton, who is the present minister in charge of the work. The present brick church building was erected in 1888 and 1889, and it is to the credit of the present pastor and the loyal members of the church to say that the debt incurred in the first building has just been lifted. The Baptist church has a membership of two hundred and twenty-five, and the Sunday school has one hundred and thirty-five. Among the societies identified with this thriving little church are the Baptist
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Young People's Union, the Ladies' Aid Society, the Home Mission Society, and the Pansy Club, which is devoted to charitable work. It might be said that the debt of the church was paid almost entirely by subscriptions.
ST. MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Several fruitless attempts to organize and establish the English Lutheran church in Auburn were made at different times by Revs. W. Waltman, J. Sise and C. C. Link. The need of a house of worship was great. Rev. Levi Rice made a visit to Auburn in May, 1874, and completed arrangements to preach occasionally in the Baptist church, and this continued until October 26, 1875, when, notice having been duly given, all members of the society met at the home of Jacob Walborn, where a permanent organization was made with nine- teen members. The church so formed was given the name of "The St. Marks English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Auburn." At this meeting, Levi Rice presiding, an election was held and a council chosen, namely : John Treesh, J. Walborn, Enos H. White and D. A. Sebring. Rev. Rice was engaged for one year, with semi-monthly meetings. The names of the original members are as follows: J. J. and Caroline E. Huffman, Jacob Stamets, David A. and Minerva Sebring, Jacob, Lucetta and Mary Walborn, Mary Wiles, Horace A. Hoffman, Margaret Sibert, John Treesh, William Mc- Clellan, Andrew and Elizabeth Bolander, William L. and Angeline Smith and Enos H. and Clara M. White. Of these, nine were former members, three were transferred and the rest were received by letter. The Lutherans at once purchased of the Presbyterian society their old frame church, occupying the southeast corner of lot twenty, west Auburn, and paid the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars for the property. Rev. Rice remained with this church for six years.
Rev. Samuel Kelso, of Spencerville, succeeded Rev. Rice, and stayed one year. Rev. William Waltman came next. He was a resident minister of Kendallville, but supplied this church a brief period in the early part of 1883. A permanent pastor was next secured in the person of Rev. W. D. Trover, whose engagement covered the space of four years, terminating in October. 1887. Rev. Jessup, from Leipsic, Ohio, followed, the Rev. N. J. Myers, of Noble county, in March, 1888.
During the year 1889 the society negotiated for and purchased of Mrs. Fannie Smith lot sixty-two, West Auburn, paying five hundred dollars for the property. A building committee was appointed and contracts made for a new church. Before the end of October the edifice was finished. The build-
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ing. was Gothic in style, having brick walls and slated gables, and the dimen- sions were forty-four by sixty-three feet. The tower rose to a height of eighty-five feet, supporting a bell weighing eight hundred pounds. The inter- ior of the church was finished in natural wood. The floor was bowl-shaped, descending toward the pulpit. and the seats circular and concentrically ar- ranged. Stained glass windows were installed, respectively memorials of the Sabbath school, Synod of Northern Indiana, Lewis Bowers, Jacob Walborn, Burton Brown, Samuel Cornell and the Nelsons. Two hot-air furnaces sup- plied the heat. The total cost of the building was about seven thousand dollars.
The building was consecrated for religious purposes in a sermon preached on November 3, 1889, by Dr. L. A. Godwall, of Springfield, Ohio. In Febru- ary, 1890, Rev. D. F. Kain, of Albion, Indiana, was engaged as minister, and stayed until the spring of 1891, and was succeeded by Rev. J. D. Brosy, from Pleasant Lake.
The Sabbath school was organized in the year 1877; a Ladies' Aid so- ciety in 1885, and, on November 7. 1891, a Christian Endeavor society. In 1892 a parsonage was erected on the lot east of the church at a cost of fifteen hundred dollars.
Rev. Brosy remained at Auburn until 1905, when he was succeeded by Rev. S. E. Slater, D. D., who stayed until 1909. Rev. J. H. Neuhouser fol- lowed, and he in turn was succeeded, on September 1. 1911, by the present pastor, Rev. A. B. Garman. The church at present has two hundred and thirty- three commuicant members, three hundred and eleven confirmed members, and three hundred and fifty-six baptized. The Sunday school numbers three hundred and fifty members, with thirty-four officers and teachers. The Ladies' Aid Society was organized in 1885: the Young Peoples' Society Christian Endeavor was organized on November 7, 1891 ; the Luther League in 1894: Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society in 1896, and the Lutheran Brotherhood in February, 1910. The Mission Band of seventy- five members takes charge of local relief and charity work.
St. Mark's Lutheran Evangelical church at Butler was organized in 1864 by Rev. J. W. Henderson. The church was built about 1867, under the pastorate of Rev. Henderson. It was of brick and cost originally about five thousand dollars, but has later been remodeled twice, at an additional cost of three thousand dollars. Since Rev. Henderson, the pastors have been : Revs. J. N. Morris, A. W. Burns, S. P. Snyder, William C. Barnett, Jabez Shaffer, D. F. Kain, W. Dieffenbach, S. P. Fryberger, E. E. Neibel. W. S. Oberholter, M. L. Furst, J. H. Crouse, and John B. Gardner, the present efficient and
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popular pastor, who came on May 1, 1912. At present there are eighty-one members of the church, with ninety in the Sunday school. The Dorcas So- ciety, a charitable organization, and the Luther League, for young people, are existent.
The Wittenberg Lutheran Evangelical church is one of the oldest in this territory of the synod, or in the county. It was organized by Rev. J. Cather, in 1843. The church building is valued at fifteen hundred dollars. There are twenty-three members, with a Sunday school of forty-five. There are the Dorcas Society and Luther League in this church also. Rev. John B. Gardner attends this church on alternate Sundays from Butler.
Richland Center Lutheran Evangelical church was organized by Rev. W. Waltman in 1855, with twenty-five charter members.
Fairfield Center church was organized by Rev. J. Cather in 1856, with fourteen charter members.
Sedan church was organized in 1860 by Rev. J. Waltman, with twenty- eight members.
Fairfield Center Lutheran church was organized by Rev. J. Cather in 1856, with fourteen charter members. Sedan church was organized in 1860 by Rev. W. Waltman with twenty-eight members. Rev. J. Cather founded the first Lutheran church in Concord township in October, 1849, at the home of William Doums, with twelve charter members. John Sidel, W. Walt- man, C. C. Caskey, in 1859, were pastors when the pastorate was split into that of Spencerville, St. John's, Salem and Richland. B. F. Hills, C. C. Sink, A. Leathers, E. W. Erick and S. Kelso followed. During the latter pastor's service he organized the St. Joe church and built the structure at a cost of three thousand dollars. E. K. Baker came next, and then S. P. Fryberger founded the church at Spencerville.
The Evangelical Lutheran church at Spencerville at present has one hundred and seventeen confirmed members. Rev. D. P. Heltzel has charge of the congregation, having come to the pastorate on October 1, 1912. The Sunday school has a membership of one hundred and five, with twenty officers and teachers. There is a Ladies' Aid Society and a Woman's Home and For- eign Missionary Society. The church building was erected in 1887, also the parsonage, and the cost was six thousand dollars at the time.
GERMAN LUTHERAN AND GERMAN REFORMED CHURCHES.
A society, to be known as the German Reformed Lutheran church, was successful in organization. For a time two German societies united their
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strength and resources, under the above title, and taking advantage of a donation of land for church purposes, the combined societies applied for and were granted lot number one hundred and fifty-four, which had been held for the first religious society that might make claim to and actually improve it in accord with the wishes of the giver, John Spencer.
The site having been cheaply and legally acquired, the society contracted for the erection of a small frame meeting house, to.cost but a few hundred dollars. The work was actively carried forward, so that by February, 1865, the building had been completed and dedicated a home of worship. At the dedication the attendance was much beyond the limited capacity of the build- ing, the music was good and the exercises, conducted in German, were of an interesting character.
Later the German Reformed church of St. Johns bought out the interest of the other society and on January 1, 1866, a meeting was called and a con- sistory was chosen. Peter Durmer and Jacob Kandel were elected elders and John Otto and Ernest Myers, deacons, to serve two years. The Rev. Isaac Motzinger was the first minister. He served the church acceptably until 1872, living in a small framed cabin during the period of his service. Rev. William B. Sandoe was his successor. Other preachers in order were: Philip Ruhl, 1872; John Rettig, 1879; John Winter, 1882; W. Grether, 1884; B. Ruf, 1888. Shortly after the church had been built the Evangelical Lutheran so- ciety sold their interest and for several years were without a home of wor- ship. Rev. Reichard, of Avilla, and Rev. Steinback. of Fairfield, alternated every fortnight in preaching to the society, and it was not till February I, 1873, that the members resolved upon erecting a meeting house. To this end a meeting was held at the residence of Charles Bartles, of Richland town- ship, and application was then made for a lot which had been set aside by Mr. Spencer solely for church purposes, and on obtaining possession they pro- ceeded to build upon the lot a small church, in which their services were held. Rev. Searing preached for them at intervals of several weeks and Rey. Lewis Pullman was the only resident preacher. Rev. C. B. Preuss came next.
The German Evangelical Lutheran church in Garrett, of the Missouri synod, was organized in the year 1888. with thirteen voting members. C. B. Preuss was the first visiting pastor, and he continued until 1890. His home was in Avilla. Rev. F. J. Keller was the second pastor and the first resident pastor. Otto Schumm came next ; then H. B. Kohlmeier; then C. W. Giese. The present incumbent is Rev. G. Bloedel, who took charge of the work on July 29, 1913, coming here from the state of Nebraska. The church numbers one hundred and fifty communicants, forty voting members, and three hun-
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dred and seventy-five souls. The Sunday school has a membership of fifty. The Ladies' Aid Society conducts charitable work in Garrett, and is very well organized. Rev. Bloedel teaches a parochial school adjoining the church building on the east ; he has thirty-nine scholars.
The church building is of wood, and was dedicated on October 27, 1889. The cost was eighteen hundred dollars.
The English Reformed church at Waterloo has a fine brick structure on the corner of Center and Union streets. It was built in 1872, at a cost of fifty-five hundred dollars. Rev. Henry Baer was the first pastor, followed by Rev. Fenniman, and Rev. F. F. Christine in 1880.
The Lutheran church in Troy township was organized by Rev. James Cather in 1843, in the house of John A. Zimmerman, on section thirty. The house of worship was later on section twenty-eight.
CHURCH OF GOD.
The Church of God was organized at a very early date in the city of Auburn. The pastors since 1887 have been Revs. Markley. Neill, Fuller, Harendeen, Bloyd, I. M. Thomas, H. H. Spicher, A. O. Musgrove and J. G. Wise, the present incumbent.
The church has a membership of ninety-two, with eighty in the Sunday school. Societies are: The Woman's Missionary Society and the Christian Endeavor.
ST. MATTHEW REFORM CHURCH.
The St. Matthew Reform church in Garrett was organized in the year of 1888, and the first pastor called was Rev. B. Ruff. After him, in 1893, came Rev. George Englemann. In 1899 G. M. Hersch took charge of the work, also Rev. Vollbach during a short period following. In 1906 Edward Kiels- meier was chosen for the pulpit, and for two years he benefited the church greatly. In 1908, and until 1911, Henry Clausing had charge. In 1912 Rev. Otto H. Scherry, the present able pastor, canie to Garrett, and under his control the church has taken rapid strides toward a fuller and more complete organization. The brick church building was erected in the year 1904, and cost, when completed, fifty-five hundred dollars. The church is situated at the corner of Keyser and Franklin streets and the parsonage is adjoining. At present there are eighty-eight members of the society in Garrett. The Sunday school has seventy members. Two societies, the Christian Endeavor and the Ladies' Aid Society, exist at this time, and both are of very high standard.
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PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The Protestant Episcopal church at Garrett was built in 1876 and dedi- cated in July, 1877. The land was purchased, building erected, furniture put in and everything provided for use by John King, Jr., and William Keyser, first and second vice-presidents, respectively, of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and presented as a free gift to Bishop Talbot of the Indiana dio- cese. The first pastor was Rev. B. L. Trimble. Rev. Weatherby and R. H. Dennis succeeded him, and for a period the church was closed. In the winter of 1883-4 the church was reopened, and Rev. S. M. C. Orpen came from Lima, Indiana, and preached every two weeks. Rev. Benjamin R. Phelps succeeded him. Rev. C. E. Bilger now tends the Garrett membership, which is very small.
EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.
The Evangelical Association at Waterloo was organized before the out- break of the Civil war, and in 1886 a church was built at a cost of three thousand dollars. Another authority claims this church to have been built in 1877. Rev. Geist was the pastor in charge when the church was constructed. In 1880 he left and returned again in April, 1913, and is still the incumbent. There are eighty members of the church and one hundred in the Sunday school. A Ladies' Aid Society, Young Peoples' Alliance and a Missionary Auxiliary are societies within the congregation. Some of the pastors who have served at Waterloo are: Revs. W. H. Mygrant, W. H. Freshley, D. O. Wise. C. H. Burgener, B. F. Walmer, D. E. Zechiel. G. F. Zuber and P. L. Browns. Rev. Geist visits the County Line society also, a small organization with a church-house near the county line of DeKalb and Steuben, three miles west of Ashley. There are forty members here. A mile south of Fairfield Center there is a society, but active work had been abandoned.
CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
In August of the year 1872 a Catholic priest for the first time visited the city of Auburn. Father August Young was commissioned in this capacity. He found nine Catholic families here at the time, who were: Engelbert Ashley, Joseph Ashley, William H. McIntyre, Jules Beuret. Justin Girardot, Charles Beugnot, Benjamin Goodman, Jacob Hollinger, Stephen Girardot and Patrick Murphy. For two years he had services in the home of Engelbert
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Ashley, on West Seventh street. In the meantime the present lots were secured, facing on what was then the corner of Fourth and Railroad streets. The committee in charge consisted of Engelbert Ashley, Jules Beuret and Jacob Hollinger.
The foundation for the new church was laid on June 1, 1874. A little frame structure, thirty by fifty feet, was erected and served as a place of worship until August, 1912. The church was dedicated by Bishop Joseph Dwenger, of Fort Wayne, on October 18 of the same year. The building sat close to the sidewalk, facing Fourth street and was erected at a cost of three thousand dollars, the total amount of which was paid on the day after the dedication.
The present priest's residence, adjoining the church property, was bought for one thousand, nine hundred dollars, on April 15, 1874. The congregation from the beginning increased rapidly and at this time it numbered three thou- sand souls and had no debt on the church property. At the suggestion of the bishop, Father Young changed his place of residence from Auburn to Garrett, on November 10, 1886, but continued to visit Auburn from Garrett until November 1, 1891.
The resident pastors succeeding Father Young at Auburn were the fol- lowing: Rev. Rudolph Denk, eight months; Rev. Francis P. Faust, from June, 1892, to November, 1895; Rev. Edward J. Boccard, from November, 1895, to September, 1898; Rev. Frederick J. Dandurand, from September, 1898, to July, 1900; Rev. John M. Schmitz, from July, 1900, to July, 1910, when the present pastor, Father Angermaier, took charge.
Since his presence in our midst, Father Angermaier has been doing splendid work for the material, as well as spiritual, upbuilding of the parish. A public-spirited, energetic young man, he set about at once to make the re- quired improvements on the parochial residence and church property in gen- eral. Of course, this took time and money, but with foresight and the spirit of perseverance required, he began planning the work he had in view, and the present beautiful church is the fruit of his labor. The congregation approved of his plans and supported him liberally in his undertaking.
The work of excavating for the new building started the first week in August, 1912. A concrete foundation was put in and a roomy basement sup- plied for the whole church. Rising above this are five tiers of cement blocks which raise the superstructure of the church about five feet above the level of the ground. The old frame structure was utilized because of its splendid ma- terial. The exterior of the present building measures ninety-four feet. It has a transept of forty-eight feet, giving it a seating capacity of about three hun-
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dred. A large sanctuary with vestries on either side takes up the fore part of the church. While the shell is a frame structure, the outside, finished in stucco, is an innovation in church building. Not only in the city of Auburn, but, so far as can be learned, it is the only church building of its kind in the state. It is this that attracts the attention of so many and elicits admiration and comment. Beautiful concrete steps lead to the entrance of the church, which at present sets back from the sidewalk about fifteen feet. A steeple sixty-five feet high surmounted by a gilded cross of four and a half feet adds much to the beauty of the exterior and attracts the attention of the stranger at a distance. The interior artistic decoration is the work of Signor Giovanni Gioscio, an Italian artist of Indianapolis. Two beautiful oil paintings adorn the ceiling of the church. One represents the mother of the Savior crushing the head of the serpent, according to the saying in Genesis: "She shall crush thy head; and thou shalt lie in wait of her heel." The other is a painting of Saint Cecelia, patroness of music. Two adoring angels adorn the arch of the sanctuary. The church has been completely refurnished. Oak pews finished in mission style that are very roomy and comfortable have replaced the old ones. A new Packard organ, with pipe organ effect, has been secured for the choir. A massive and beautiful altar, worth no less than two thousand dollars, was the gift of the pastor from a personal friend in Fort Wayne In harmony with the side alters. it is finished in white and go'd. To the Catholic the altar is ever most intimately associated with priests and sacrifice, as is beautifully illustrated by the carvings on the panels of the altar table, the one to the left representing Abel offering a lamb as a sacrifice : the other to the right the High Priest Melchisedech, king of Salem, offering bread and wine which prefigured the true sacrifice of the New Law, represented by the carving in the center panel, Christ with His Apostles at the last supper changing bread and wine into His sacred Body and Blood. A beautiful red velvet carpet covering the floor of the sanctuary and heavy cork matting covering the floor of the auditorium are the gifts of Schaab & Brother Company to the congregation. All this with a splendid electric illumination from walls and ceiling gives the church a most beautiful and pleasing interior.
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