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CHURCHES INCORPORATED IN COUNTY.
Though the Methodist church at Alexandria may have been the first to effect a formal organization it was not the first to file its articles of incor- poration, that distinction being accorded the First Methodist Episcopal church of Osakis, the record of whose incorporation opens the record of incorpora-
NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, ALEXANDREA.
SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. ALEXANDRIA.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA.
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tions in Douglas county, the first page of Book A of the record of incorpora- tions for that county carrying the following :
"We, Charles Griswold, presiding elder; F. H. Tubbs, preacher in charge; L. H. Webster, E. F. Chase and Marquis Bowhall, stewards, and Simon Coons, class leader of the congregation accustomed to attend divine ยท worship at Osakis in the county of Douglas and state of Minnesota cele- brated under the ministration and jurisdiction of the Methodist Episcopal church, said officers constituting the quarterly conference of said church at and for the said town of Osakis, do hereby certify that we, the said officers in said quarterly conference, assembled at the school house in West Union in the county of Todd, in said state, on the 24th day of February, A. D. 1869, did and hereby do, in conformity to the constitution, rules and usages of the Methodist Episcopal church and by virtue of the authority in us vested by said constitution and rules, and in pursuance of Section eighty- eight (88) of Chapter thirty-four (34) of the General Statutes of Minne- sota, appoint and constitute Simon Coons, Lemuel H. Webster, William B. Glover, Esdore F. Chase, Harlow F. Curtis, Donald Stevenson and Michael H. Coons trustees of the said church and congregation at the said town of Osakis by the corporate name of The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Osakis, by which name the said trustees and their successors shall, as a cor- poration, forever hereafter be called and known. In testimony whereof we hereunto subscribe our names and affix our seals the 24th day of February, A. D. 1869. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of James Chambers, Elias G. Pike, King E. Bohall, Charles Griswold, presiding elder; F. H. Tubbs, preacher in charge; L. H. Webster, steward; C. F. Chase, steward; M. Bohall, steward; Simon Coons, class leader, of the Methodist Episcopal church at Osakis, Minnesota." This article of incorporation was attested by James Chambers, notary public, and was filed for record in the office of the register of deeds of Douglas county on October 18, 1869, at 9 o'clock a. m.
About this time began that notable influx of immigration of the Scan- dinavian peoples to this section of Minnesota and the next congregation to file articles of incorporation in the office of the register of deeds of Douglas county was the Swedish Evangelical Falun Congregation of the town of Osakis, which was organized at a meeting held at the house of John Johnson, James Magny, president, and Leonard Forsgren, secretary, the congrega- tion at that meeting electing Adam Anderson, Peter Lundgren and Peter Hanson, trustees. This second article of incorporation was filed for record on April 19, 1872.
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Seventy-three distinct congregations have filed articles of incorporation in the office of the register of deeds of Douglas county. Of course not all of these congregations are now existent, not a few of them having dis- banded for one reason or another and some others having merged with other .congregations, giving up their own separate identity, but the larger part of them are still continuing and flourishing, the religious needs of the people of the county being provided for by no fewer than fifty-four church organ- izations conveniently located in the towns and rural neighborhoods through- out the county, and nearly all are supplied with comfortable and tasteful houses of worship. These societies comprise the following: Congrega- tional, one; Episcopal, one; Adventist, one; Plymouth Brethren, one; Meth- odist Episcopal, two; Free Methodist, two; Presbyterian, four; Swedish Baptist, two; Swedish Mission, three, and thirty-two Lutheran churches, as follow: Danish, one; Finnish, one; Norwegian Free church, one; United and Synod Norwegian, ten; Swedish, thirteen, and German, six. The Cath- olic churches number five and in most of these services are held in both English and German. A prominent and valuable feature of most of these societies is a well organized and well attended Sunday school, with a County Sunday School Association uniting them for mutual benefit and support.
NAMES OF THE VARIOUS CONGREGATIONS.
Following will be given a brief summary of the organization of the various church congregations which make up the list of seventy-three above referred to. This list is made up from the record of incorporations in the register of deed's office and is set out in the order in which the articles of incorporation were filed, not in the order in which the various congregations were organized; for it is noted that many of the congregations did not incor- porate until long after they had been well established as definite religious bodies, having substantial houses of worship and holding regular services. The first two congregations to file articles of incorporation have been noted above. The next was that of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Park- ers Prairie, which was organized at a meeting held at the house of Benjamin Roadruck, in the township of Leaf Valley, November 13, 1872, Benjamin Roadruck, Albert Tull and Cyrus Smith being elected trustees of the con- gregation.
On July 1, 1872, "the male persons of full age belonging to the reli- gious society heretofore known as the Norwegian Evangelical church of Evansville and vicinity" met at the house of P. Ohlson in the town of Evans- ville and elected Thomas Bordson, John Davidson and P. Ohlson as trustees.
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On June 3, 1872, the congregation of the Norwegian Evangelical Luth- eran church of Moe, Solem, Grant and Alexandria met at the parsonage of the church of Moe and elected John Arneson, Charles Peterson, Ole Endre- son, Roar Benson, Ole E. Lien, Ole Thompson and Lorentz Johnson, trustees, the articles of incorporation being signed by Ole Amundson and Andrew J. Urness.
On May 20, 1872, the "First Congregational Church and Society of Alexandria" was incorporated at a meeting held in the church theretofore occupied by said society in Alexandria by the election of William E. Hicks, George F. Sims and Robert C. McNeil as trustees.
On March 25, 1872, at a meeting held at the school house at Osakis, professors of the Baptist faith organized a congregation of that communion and elected L. Fail, Rollin Sanderson, John Daesusha, Charles Gilbert and A. Doesing, trustees, the Rev. William M. Wells and Abram Doering attest- ing the minutes of the meeting. .
On June 17, 1872, the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church at Pelican Lake adopted a constitution and elected Jan G. Llalt, Aslak Gunder- son and Ole P. Bowerset, trustees, the articles of incorporation being attested by T. Nettleson, chairman, and Knut Melby, secretary.
The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church of Ida was incorporated on November 5, 1874, by the election of Martin Nelson, Amund Bjorga and August Olson as trustees, the articles of incorporation being signed by Gil- bert Brackken and Gudbrand Anderson.
At a meeting held at the home of Andrew Olson at Alexandria on October 6, 1875, the congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran church of Alexandria incorporated by electing Ole H. Nelson, David Anderson and Andrew Olson as trustees, the articles of incorporation being signed by Chr. Sangstad and David Anderson.
On September 21, 1875, at a meeting held at the home of L. K. Aaker, the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church of Alexandria was incorporated by the election of C. M. Hanson, L. K. Aaker and John Sundblad as trustees, the articles of incorporation being signed by L. Johnson and Thoms Oadson.
On February 7, 1876, at a meeting in the town of Lake Mary those in that vicinity holding to the profession of the United Brethren in Christ, incor- porated under the corporate name of the United Brethren in Christ by elect- ing John Robinson, Robert McClellan, George Ingersol, Eyar Langdon and H. Laufman, trustees.
At a meeting held at the home of William M. Wills at Alexandria on
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April 22, 1876, the First Regular Baptist church of Alexandria was incor- porated by the election of John McFarland, John O. Lindquist and William McAboy as trustees.
At a meeting held at the school house in district No. 15 in the township of Osakis on March 27, 1877, "Our Lord's Scandinavian Evangelical Luth- eran Church of the Town of Osakis Under Authority of the Wisconsin Synod" was incorporated by the election of M. J. Kyed, P. T. Peterson and L. Solum as trustees, the articles of incorporation being attested by Jacob Anderson and A. I. Stadstad.
The Christian Lake church, which had existed since the year 1871, held a meeting in the school house in district No. 58, Lund township, on May 10, 1877, and incorporated by the election of Christian Nilsson, Ole Wahlin and Daniel Anderson as trustees, the congregation adopting a constitution in conformity with that used and recommended by the Swedish .Augustana Synod, Andover, Illinois.
At a meeting held at the house of S. A. Sandberg on May 17, 1869, the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church of Ida was incorporated by the election of A. Sandstedt, C. G. Johnson and Charles Johnson as trustees. The meeting was presided over by the Rev. S. F. Westerdahl, chairman, and P. G. Anderson was secretary.
On June 12, 1877, at a meeting held at the house of Peter E. Julin in the township of Moe, the congregation of the Finns church of Holmes City lake was incorporated by the election of Peter E. Julin, John Watson Lehto and Herman Jacobson as trustees.
On June 10, 1878, at a meeting held at the house of Frank Engstran, the Svenska Lutherska Augustana Synod Forsamlingen in Spruce Hill was incorporated by the election of Ole Johnson, Frank Egstran and Erik Nelson as trustees, the articles of incorporation being attested by Axel Peterson and N. P. Hegblad.
At a meeting held at the house of Lewis Hanson in the town of Osakis on February 19, 1879. the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran church of Osakis, which was organized on October 2, 1873, was incorporated by the election of Hans Jenson, Knud Smith and Peder Boeson as trustees, the articles of incorporation being attested by Ole Thompson and Elling Hal- grinson.
On July 28, 1879, at a meeting held in the village of Osakis, Our Lord's Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran church of Osakis was incorporated by the election of J. P. Simonson, Jens Lyseng and Ole Broughton as trus-
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tees, the articles of incorporation being attested by J. P. Simonson, Martin. Rasmuson and Ole Broughton.
At a meeting at the home of G. Klatt on August 25, 1879, the persons attached to the Alexandria Mission of the Evangelical Association of North America incorporated the Salem church of the Evangelical Association. The meeting was called to order by the Rev. E. F. Movius and Fr. Kurell, Sr., Aug. Kruger and G. Klatt were elected trustees.
At a meeting held in the Union church at Osakis on March 25, 1879, Rev. F. N. Walcott, chairman, and Thomas Bolles, clerk, the Union Religi- ous Society was incorporated by the election of Harvey Mills, Chester S. Boss and William H. Sevens as trustees.
On April 23, 1878, at a meeting held in the school house on section II, Solem township, the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church in Solem was incorporated by the election of Paul Nilson, R. Bentson and Paul Larson as trustees, the articles of incorporation being attested by W. S. Stadstad and Christian Olsen.
The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Evansville was incorporated at a meeting held on February 3, 1883, by the election of Anders Johnson, John Bylander, C. B. Johnson and C. J. Johnson as trustees.
The congregation of the First Swedish Baptist church of Alexandria met at the American Baptist church in Alexandria on January 1, 1883, and with the Rev. Martin Dahlquist as chairman and N. A. Peterson as clerk incorporated by electing John Leverson, John Falk, John Jern, N. A. Peter- son and Martin Dahlquist as trustees.
The Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Evansville was incorporated as the Swedish Lutheran Zionsborg Congregation on May 6, 1885, by the election of Ole Alberts, Per Erickson and Erick T. Malmgren as trustees.
At a meeting held on October 20, 1886, the Swedish Evangelical Church Svea of Alexandria was incorporated by the election of M. Lungren, N. J. Johnson, A. P. Erickson, Andrew Peterson and C. H. Larson as trustees. John E. Hedberg was chairman of the meeting and J. E. Peterson, clerk.
The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Association of Oscar Lake was incorporated at a meeting held on June 30, 1885, Lars Fahlin, John Matson and H. L. Lewis being elected trustees, the articles of incorporation being attested by C. G. Johnson and C. A. Peterson.
The first board of trustees of the First Baptist Society of Alexandria was elected on May 18, 1885, A. R. Campbell, John McFarlane and N. L. Page being thus elected, the articles of incorporation being attested by C. B. Rockwell, chairman, and John A. Mckay, clerk.
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At a meeting held on January 15, 1887, the Swedish Evangelical Luth- eran Church Lekvalten of Holmes City was incorporated, the chairman of the meeting being John E. Hedberg; clerk, S. O. Hegenius, and the trustees elected, John Smith, John Bergstrom, Olaf O. Sodergren and John Backelin.
The constitution of the Ebenezer church of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession of Leaf Valley, incor- porated, was filed for record, January 24, 1887, the articles of incorporation being signed by Christian Froeming, Carl Grosenick, William Schmidt and August Hertig.
A certificate of election of trustees of the First Baptist church of Alex- andria, signed by Rev. Thomas S. Eigelberner, chairman, and L. S. Kaiser, clerk, and filed for record on May 20, 1887, certified to the election of L. S. Kaiser, Almon Morse, John McFarlane and Robert McFarlane as trustees.
The St. Petre Norsk Evangelical Lutheran Menighed in the village of Brandon was incorporated on January 23, 1888, the incorporators being Johan O. Berg, Board Solberg, Ole Enderson, E. Engebrightson, Niels Niel- son and Engebret Torkelson, with the following officers: President, Johan O. Berg ; secretary. Ole Enderson; treasurer, Board Solberg; trustees, Ole Enderson, Board Solberg, Johan O. Berg, Niels Nielson, Engebret Torkel- son and E. Engebrigtson.
At a meeting held in the court house hall on May 5, 1888, at which E. Hallgren was chairman and Ole Olson, clerk, the Swedish Baptist church of Alexandria was incorporated by the election of Nils Peterson, John Severt- son and John H. Broms as trustees.
The Eastern Moe Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church in section I in the township of Moe, at a meeting held in that church on November 8, 1886, presided over by L. Carlson, chairman; George R. Botner, clerk; was incorporated by the election of Syvert J. Vibstad, Theodore Thompson and Carl J. Peterson as trustees.
At a meeting held on April 3. 1889, at the residence of P. J. Vickstrand on the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 30 of La Grand - township, Nils Anderson, chairman, and Emil Johnson, clerk, the Svenska Kristna Forsamlingen of La Grand township was incorporated by the election of P. J. Vickstrand, Nils Anderson and Emil Johnson as trustees.
The Free Methodist church of Alexandria was incorporated on April 27, 1889, at a meeting presided over by William H. Black; M. F. Childs, clerk ; William H. Black, J. W. Glines and V. D. Nichols being elected trustees.
At a meeting held at the church of that congregation on May 16, 1889, L. Johnson, chairman, and Nils Ekblad, clerk, the Swedish Evangelical
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Lutheran Fryksande church of Urness was incorporated by the election of Nils Ekblad, John R. Randstedt and Nils J. Lindstrom as trustees.
The Svenska Kristna Missions Forsamlingen in the town of Ida was incorporated on February 8, 1890, at a meeting held at the residence of J. E. Norgren on the northeast quarter of section 29 of that township, A. G. Berg- strom, chairman, and Erick Johnson, clerk, and A. G. Bergstrom, Emil Peterson and John Johnson being elected trustees.
The First Congregational church of Osakis was incorporated on May 20, 1890, the articles of incorporation being signed by C. N. Armstrong, Frances A. Sargent and Lizzie G. Armstrong.
At a meeting held in the school house in Evansville on August 6, 1890, the congregation of the Presbyterian church there, Rev. James Godward, chairman, and Charles L. Thomson, clerk, was incorporated by electing Will- iam Beach, Christ Nelson and John Kron as trustees.
Den Svenska Kristna Forsamlingen of Spruce Hill at a meeting held at the residence of Mary Peterson in the northeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 29 on November 21, 1890, Frans Anderson, chairman, and Andrew Larson, clerk, was incorporated by the election of Andrew Larson, Alfred Lingren and Joseph Johnson, trustees.
The First Free Methodist church of Alexandria was incorporated at a meeting held at the parsonage of that church on March 28, 1891, Richard Boothroyd, chairman, and John W. Glines, clerk, Jacob Roth, Richard Boothroyd, Elizabeth Covel and Elmira Glines being elected trustees.
At a meeting held on April 2, 1891, C. Aeberle, chairman, and Carl Brockopp, clerk, the Evangelical Lutheran Zions Congregation of the Un- altered Augsburg Confession was incorporated, the articles of incorporation being signed by C. Aeberle, C. Brockopp, W. Lemke, M. Haberer, J. Stoppel, Carl Schulke, Carl Beltz and Andrew Roth.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church Society of Osakis, at a meeting held at the church of that society at Osakis on November 1I, 1891, W. B. Hill, chairman, and Euphemia Imre, clerk, was incorporated by the election of W. B. Hill, Randall Perkins, Samuel Johnson and G. L. Fry as trustees. -
At a meeting held on April 4, 1892, Frank Johnson, chairman, and Mattis Clark, clerk, the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church of Spruce Hill was incorporated by the election of Frank Johnson, Peter Hanson and A. Osterberg as trustees.
The Emanuels Church of the Evangelical Association of North America at Alexandria was incorporated at a meeting held on June 17, 1895, A. H.
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Utzinger, president, and Mrs. Rosa Zimmerman, secretary, August Engel. Frank Griebenow and Gustav Klatt being elected trustees.
The German Evangelical St. Michael's church on section 8 in the town- ship of Carlos, was incorporated at a meeting held at that church on July 8, 1896, Herman F. Miller, chairman, and August Leucke, secretary, Frederick Kitzman, August Leucke and August Blank being elected trustees.
The Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession at Carlos was incorporated at a meeting held on February 16, 1897, A. Bartz, chairman, and J. Schwertfiger, secretary.
The Swedish Evangelical Mission church of Christina Lake was incor- porated at a meeting held at the residence of Olaf Larson in Lund township on July 6. 1897, N. D. Anderson, chairman, and M. Thornberg, secretary, George Larson, Frederick Olson and N. D. Anderson being elected trustees.
The Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Emaus Congregation of Osakis was incorporated on July 30, 1898. J. P. Simonson, James P. Johnson, N. P. Jacobson, Lars Christenson, Andrew Johnson, E. H. Erickson, C. W. Lar- son, R. J. Simonson, C. P. Hanson, T. W. Schleppergril. Soren Hanson, Lars Jacobson, Karl Berry, R. P. Clauson, Peter Larson and P. J. Stenmore signing the articles of incorporation; J. P. Simonson, president ; James P. Johnson, secretary: Erick Erickson, treasurer, and C. P. Hanson, Soren Hanson and N. P. Jacobson, trustees.
At a meeting held in the school house in district 30 of Carlos township, June 19, 1899, the Union Church Society of Carlos was incorporated, Will- iam A. Wheeler acting as chairman of the meeting, H. F. Miller as clerk and J. O. Stedje, H. F. Miller, August Blank, Parnell Atkinson, William A. Wheeler and Mathias Junt being elected trustees.
The Union Church Society of Hudson was incorporated at a meeting held in the school house of district No. 6, Hudson township, June 26, 1899, G. J. Strang, chairman, and Fred C. Meade, secretary, F. M. Dille, M. D. Fredenberg. Herbert Boyd, S. S. Pratt and J. J. Brown being elected as trustees.
The Catholic church of the Immaculate Conception at Osakis, in the diocese of St. Cloud, was incorporated on August 1, 1899, the articles of incorporation being signed by James Trobec, bishop; Edward J. Nagl, vicar general; P. Ildephonse Molitor, O. S. B., pastor in charge; and William Shinners and Sylvester Housen, lay members of the congregation.
At a meeting held at the dwelling house of Andrew Knudson on sec- tion 21, township 127, range 39, H. Jenson, minister : Andrew Knudson, chairman, and Torgal Nordby, clerk, the Bethesda Society, a religious society,
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was incorporated by the election of Emer O. Steen, Ole Steen and Torgal Nordby as trustees.
The Catholic church of Our Lady of Seven Dolors at Millerville was incorporated on November 27, 1899, the articles of incorporation being signed by James Trobec, bishop of the diocese of St. Cloud; Edward Nagl, vicar general; Alois Raster, pastor in charge, and Michael Kelly and J. C. Drexler, lay members of the congregation.
St. Mary's Catholic church of Alexandria was incorporated on February 27, 1900, the articles of incorporation being signed by James Trobec, bishop of the diocese of St. Cloud; Edward J. Nagl, vicar general; Otto Weisser, pastor in charge, and Adam J. Renner and Mathias N. Kroll, lay members of the congregation.
At a meeting held in the dwelling house of John M. Johnson in the east half of the northwest quarter of section 33, township 128, range 39. the same being the township of Moe, Abraham Hogana, chairman, and John MI. Johnson, clerk, the Suomalainen Ewankelis-Lutherilainen Kansallisseu- rakunta of the town of Moe was incorporated by the election of Jacob Olson, John Gustav Hiltunen and Ed. A. Johnson as trustees.
The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church of Kensington was incor- porated at a meeting held on February 11, 1901, Rudolph Vallquist, chair- man, and Charles Lilyquist, secretary, J. P. Hedberg, Charles Lilyquist and J. A. Wedum being elected trustees.
The Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession at Carlos was incorporated at a meeting held on March 21, 1902, Ferdinand Fiss, chairman, and Albert Schulz, secretary, the articles of incorporation being signed by Ferdinand Fiss, H. Bast, John Felton, Gustav Tonn, Ferdinand Zunker, Carl Scheunemann, Herman Beulke, Albert H. Schulz and William Zunker.
At a meeting held at the residence of Lars Johnson on March 17, 1903, Olaf A. Lafgren, chairman, and E. P. Wickstrom, clerk, the Scandinavian Christian Free Church of Evansville was incorporated by the election of Sven Person, A. P. Johnson and Lars Johnson as trustees.
The Evangelical Lutheran Dreieninigkeits Congregation of Millerville township was incorporated at a meeting held on September 21, 1903, Ernst Meissner, chairman, and Albert Pries, clerk, Adolph Pries, Wilhelm Klein and Karl Buse being elected trustees.
At a meeting held in the hall at 518 Main street in Alexandria on December 19, 1905, C. A. Strandberg, chairman, and George A. Anderson, clerk, the Scandinavian Free Church of God of Alexandria was incorporated
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by the election of Gottfried Kruger, C. A. Sternberg and Albert Kruger as trustees.
The Catholic church of St. Nicholas of Belle River was incorporated on February 2, 1910, the articles of incorporation being signed by James Trobec, bishop of the diocese of St. Cloud; Edward Nagl, vicar general; Ignatius Tomazin, pastor in charge, and Charles B. Pasch and A. Joseph Wolters, lay members of the congregation.
On March 19. 1906, Fred Swenson, moderator, and W. M. Dunnicliff, clerk, the First Presbyterian church of Garfield was incorporated by the election of F. L. Robbins, John A. Nelson and W. W. Dunnicliff as trustees.
At a meeting held on May 10, 1879, at the house of Swen Waginius, Rev. O. Olson, chairman, and Sven Auslund, clerk, the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church of Wennesborg in Douglas and Grant counties, was incor- porated by electing Martin Peterson, Erick Wiklund and Sv. Auslund as trustees.
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