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Those who gave this faithful service to the public without remuneration, and often at the sacrifice of personal interests, should receive public recognition and appreciation.
School Buildings.
In 1856 commodious buildings were erected in the Second and Fifth wards, and the schools were graded into high school, grammar, intermediate and primary departments, the old acad- emy becoming the central or high school of the system. With its several departments in which were pursued studies taught in our best academies, with its ability to graduate pupils with a thor- ough English and classical education, the old academy became a magnet of superior force and an important factor in municipal affairs.
A demand for more room secured the erection of a high school building in 1858 at a cost of $40,000, and in 1859 the high school department, with Levi Cass as principal, was transferred to its new location.
An increase of population soon rendered additional accommo- dations necessary, and in 1866 and 1873 buildings were erected in the First and Fourth wards. In 1876 requisite appropriation
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was made for the Lincoln school building, which was erected on tlie site of the old academy.
Since then the Second ward school house has been rebuilt, new buildings have been erected in the Fifth, Fourth, First and Third wards, and also the new high school building; thus, year by year the school property has been increased until now its valuation may be approximately estimated at $300,000, with ac- commodations for nearly 3,000 pupils.
The High School.
The high school proper was organized in 1856. The first class of three was graduated in 1858. Since the first commence- ment in the old academy building, which occurred without public exercises, the school has graduated 988. Of this number 513 have graduated within the past ten years, of whom 203 are boys and 310 girls. In the preceding thirty-nine years 113 boys and 362 girls have graduated. The goodly proportion of boys who con- tinue in school in recent years is doubtless due to the school curriculum, which includes manual training, a commercial course and other practical features. The third floor of the old Jefferson school building was used for the high school rooms from 1859 to 1895. In the fall of 1895 the school was moved to the present commodious high school building on High street.
There are today eight courses of study. The equipment in- cludes three well supplied laboratories for the science course, a manual training department with sufficient lathes for wood and iron turning, a domestic science course with sewing and cooking facilities and ample room throughout the building for 450 stu- dents. Fourteen teachers are employed.
Kindergartens.
In 1903 the overcrowded condition of the primary schools, together with the fact that large numbers of small children of the minimum school age were enrolled in the schools, led the Board of Education to establish the public kindergarten as a part of the school system. There are four large kindergartens in the city, with an enrolment of 250 pupils.
Reminiscences.
The "Great Teacher" once placed potential emphasis upon the "Fruit" as the criterion for estimating individuals and in-
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stitutions. The young people who have gone out from the Janes- ville schools bear striking testimony to the value and efficacy of the educational institution, as well as the homes and churches, from which they came.
One old time pupil, Ira Dutton (Father Joseph), sacrificed family, home and country upon duty's altar and has devoted his life's purposes to the lepers in the Sandwich islands.
Frances Willard attended the Sabbath school held in the old academy on High street.
Clarence Antisdel, of the class of 1882, is a prominent mis- sionary in southern Africa.
James Sutherland, the first superintendent of schools in Janes- ville township in 1848, and of the city schools after its first char- ter, introduced and championed the normal school bill through the state senate in 1857.
In April, 1864, Principal Samuel P. Lockwood, accompanied by a large number of the high school boys, responded to one of the last calls for volunteers and left the school room as captain of Company A, Fortieth regiment. The five boys of the grad- uating class were among the number who enlisted, and their diplomas were awarded to them by the Board of Education the following June. The boys of that graduating class included S. C. Burnham, DeWitt Davis, Ira C. Fredendal, Silas P. Gibbs, Rufus Ressiguie.
Space forbids the mention of other prominent men and women who have graduated from or been connected with the city schools. The professions of medicine, law, dentistry, the ministry, and teaching have been successfully filled by the graduates and stu- dents of the schools. The trades have received additions of skilled workmen and faithful employees from her ranks. Some of the most successful business enterprises of the country have been managed or aided by some of the thousands of young people who received their early education in the Janesville public schools. Thousands of intelligent and successful homes have re- ceived their greatest inspiration and happiness when former school girls of Janesville came to preside over their destiny.
H. C. BUELL, Superintendent of Schools, Janesville, Wis.
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BELOIT CHURCHES.
The First Congregational Church of Beloit, Wis., was organ- ized by Rev. W. M. Adams, in the large kitchen at the east end of Caleb Blodgett's house, northeast corner of State and School streets, December 30, 1838, with these twenty-four charter mem- bers : Deacon Peter R. Field; wife, Hannah, and son, Alfred L .; her sister, Mrs. Nancy Crane; nephew, Robert P. Crane; niece, Sarah T. Crane, and son-in-law, Horace Hobart, all from Cole- brook, N. H. Three were from Groton, N. H .; Benjamin I. Tenny and wife, Ann, and Mrs. S. Cummings (later Mrs. McEl Henny) ; Asahel B. Howe and wife, Betsey; Henry Mears and wife, Louisa, and her sister, Maria Clark; Ira Hersey and wife, Omittee; Eliza- beth Field (wife of Alfred), Amanda Cooper, Chauncey Tuttle and wife, Amy; Sophronia Blanchard, Mrs. Cordelia Blodgett Hackett and Martha Blodgett. At the first communion season, January 27, 1839, were added Samuel G. Colley and wife; his sis- ter, Mrs. Ann Jane Atwood, and Mrs. Esther Crosby.
At first this church received home missionary aid to the amount of $75, but thereafter became independent of aid. Meet- ings were held in private houses until the Union school house was built, by private subscription, in the fall of 1839, at the northeast corner of School and Prospect streets. In that house the Metho- dists and Episcopalians held services on alternate Sunday morn- ings, and the Congregationalists every Sunday afternoon and evening. April 7, 1840, Rev. W. M. Adams reported a Sunday school of twenty scholars, organized during the previous year, the first superintendent being the surveyor, John Hopkins. The first child baptized (in November, 1839) was the infant son of Deacon Hobart, Horace R., (now, 1908, editor of the "Railway Age," Chicago).
In November, 1840, Rev. Dexter Clary became the minister (1840-1850), and Mrs. Sarah M., his wife, came with him. (She
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lived here until her death, in 1899, at the age of ninety-two years.) The corner stone for their first building, "the old stone church," was laid at the northwest corner of Broad and Prospect streets, July 6, 1842, and the completed building was dedicated January 3, 1844. In May, 1843, Benjamin Brown joined that church, where his wife was already a member, and in 1845 their infant son, William Fiske (the editor of this county history) was baptized there by the Rev. Mr. Clary. There also, December 25, 1843, had occurred the funeral services of Dr. Horace White, leader of the New England colony. In this church, August 7, 1844, was held the first convention which met to consider the organization of a college, leading finally to our Beloit College.
The succeeding ministers were : 1850-1851, Rev. A. L. Chapin ; Rev. W. S. Huggins, to November, 1852. H. N. Brinsmade, D. D., 1853 to 1861; Simon J. Humphrey, D. D., 1861 to 1864; George Bushnell, D. D., 1865 to 1884; Cyrus Hamlin. D. D .. 1885 to 1895; George R. Leavitt, D. D .. 1895 to 1906: Wilfred A. Rowell, 1907.
In 1852 the first building was lengthened twenty feet and the front approach changed. The new brick building on the hill, northeast corner of Church and Bushnell streets, was dedicated July 6, 1862, and seats with the galleries 1,200. The chapel at the north end was erected in 1873. Plans are now (1908) ma- tured for changing this chapel to a modern structure.
This church is organized for the usual forms of christian service, and has a present membership (January 1, 1908) of 327 resident and 149 non-resident; total, 476. Of these, three arc missionaries in this country-Rev. and Mrs. Cyrus Hamlin. Tou- galoo, Miss., and Rev. Thomas L. Riggs, Oahe, S. D .; and seven are foreign missionaries-Mrs. T. D. Christie, Tarsus, Asia ; Mary H. Porter, Henry D. Porter, M. D. and D. D., and Mrs. Elizabeth Chapin Porter, Rev. Dr. Arthur H. Smith and Mrs. Emma Dicken- son Smith, and Mrs. Isabella Riggs Williams, all of China.
Their first pastor. Rev. Dexter Clary, kept a register of mar- riages and deaths. As there is no record elsewhere of these facts his account for those earlier years is given here, so as to help preserve a valuable record. The original book, with the con- sent of Dr. Clary's grandson, R. J. C. Strong, M. D., of Beloit, Wis., will be deposited in our new state historical library build- ing, at Madison, Wis.
WILLIAM FISKE BROWN, M.A .. D.D.
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Register of marriages :
1841-July 12. Wm. C. Boilvin, Ill., to Juliette Bird, Pec- atonic $ 5.00
September 1. Hiram Hill, Beloit, to Caroline
Cheney, Beloit 2.50
September 2. Saml Hersey, Picatonic, to Han-
nah Cole, Beloit 1.00
1842-Mch. 20. David Merrill, Whitewater, to Agnes Fonda, Beloit 3.00
June 30. Lucius J. Fisher, Beloit, to Caroline E. Field, Beloit (This was undoubtedly Lucius G. Fisher. Mr. Clary made a mistake as to his mid- dle initial .- Ed.) 5.00
Sept. 1. Chs. H. Conrad, Rockford, to Harriet Brad- ley, Roscoe 5.00
Sept. 26. Edwin Bicknell, Beloit, to Jane A. Fisher, Beloit 5.00
Oct. 26. Doct. Geo. W. Bieknell, Patosi, to Abigail Rawson, Mendon, Mass. 5.00
1843-Mch. 6. Saml O. Wells, Michigan, to Lucinda Holmes, Janesville 5.00
May 27. Joseph Roahriz, Indiana, to Arabella Day- ton, Beloit (late of Milwaukie) 1.00
June 5. Thos. B. Talcott, Pickatonic, to Sophia Willard, Picatonic 5.00
Oct. 11. Chs. C. Wright to Harriet Talcott, Picatonic 5.00
1843-Eli Hayes, Beloit, to Naomi K. Curtis, Beloit. 2.00
1844-Feb. 8. Mr. Blackinton, Lydia Smith, all of Rockfd 4.00
Apl 2nd. Lawson Carrier to Amelia A. Carrier, Ill. 2.00 June 3. Peter Smith, Rock Grove, Ill., Julia Cham- berlin, of Clinton, Wis. 5.00
Nov. 27. John B. Saxby, Beloit, Harriet Warner, Beloit. Sent the certificate to Kimbal, Dec. 17, by Revd. Mr. Buckley. 3.00
1845-Apl. 6. Geo. C. Albee, Pickatonic, Ill., Susan C. Mills, Beloit 1.50
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August 15. Saml Hinman, Prairieville, Eliza M. White, Beloit $ 5.00
Gave certificate myself to Kimbal.
Nov 22. Revd. J. D. Stevens, Plattville, Esther Humfrey, Victor, N. Y . .
Dec. 9. John Benedict to Sarah Ann Herick, of Turtle, Wis. 3.75
Dec 11. Abram River, Beloit, Agnes Stenhouse Beloit 3.00
Sent the 3 above certifts to the office by H. Ho- bart.
1846-Mch 10. Dr. Dexter G. Clarke to Sarah Jane Moore, all of Beloit.
Sent certificate by J. M. Keep. June 6, 46. D. C. (His initials .- Ed.).
Apl. 27. Sd. C. Field to Mrs Marthan A. Cooper .. Sent certificate, June 6, by Mr. Keep.
Aug. 11. Joseph Carr to Azuba L. Cheney. 3.00
Sept. 28. William Castle to Martha L. Washburn. . 5.00
Sent the 2 last certificates by G. L. Becker.
Dec. 10. John Jaquish to Betsey Abernathy, of Illinois (Married at Beloit) 1.00
Sent certificate by Revd. Mr. Adams.
1847-June 29. Edwin R. Wadsworth to Emeline Eames. 5.00 gave certificate myself to Kimball's clerk, Augt. 3d.
Aug. 20. Honl. A. H. Jerome, Mantins, N. Y., to Charlott J. Murray, of Clinton 10.00
24. Philip F. Chamberlin, of Niles, Michn., Harriet Hill, Beloit. 2.00
Nov. 6. Geo. W. Gillet, of Clinton, Sarah Murry, Clinton 2.00
Sent the last 3 certificates tc Kimbal by A. B. Howe.
Dec. 9. James M. Works, of Rockford, Selvina Hersey, of 5.00
29. Arthur L. Kincaid to Murial H. Per- kins 3.00
1848-Jan. 20. T. C. Manchester to Julia E. Parish. 10.00
Gave the 3 last certificates to Kimball's clk., my- self, Feb. 22, '48.
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1848-May 18. Abram W. Parker, of Janesville, to Sophia Howe, Beloit $ 5.00
28. Clark G. Antisdal to Harriet Newell .. 2.50
July 13. Mr. Lewis Spencer, of Union, to Miss
Maryann Newton, of Rockton, III. 5.00
Sent the last three certificates to Kimbal by G. L. Becker, July 19.
1848-Oct 24. Mr. Geo. W. Mitchell, Beloit, to Miss Lucy Pierson, do. 5.00
Sent by A. L. F., Dec. 26.
'49-Jan. 3. Mr. Thos. Hoskins to Miss M. J. Clarke ... 2.50
Jany 11. Lyman S. Thompson to Julia A. Kin- caid
Sent Ths H's certificate to Janesville, Mch. 26, by B. Fish.
Apl. 25. David Williams, of Mount Zion, Wis., to Jane Jones, Beloit. 2.00
Sent the licence by him to Recorder same day.
1849-May 30. H. H. Gray, Esqr., to Harriet M. Peet .... 10.00 June 15. Mr. Benj. A. Kent to Miss Elizth W. Brown 5.00
Sent the 4 preceeding certificates to Jno. Nichols by S. Hinman, July 28.
July 29. Abram Conant to Cathn E. Freeland, both of Roscoe, Ill .. 2.00
Oct. 28. John L. Thomas to Caroline E. Goss .. 5.00
Sent the two last by G. L. Fowler, Oct. 29, to J. Nichols.
1849-Dec. 26. Chelsea Thompson to Cynthia Hyatt .... 5.00 1850-Jan. 2. Jasan C. Wadsworth, of Jefferson, Wis., to Isabella Moore, Beloit. 4.00
Sent these two to J.ville by Revd. H. Foot, Jan. 21
24. Franklin Allis, Beloit, to Elizabetlı D. Gordon, of Turtle. 5.00
Sent the certificate to J. Nichols, Esq., Feb. 22, by mail.
1850-Feb. 25. Capt. Edward Kirby, of Jefferson (late from London), to Miss Lucy Jane Reed, of Beloit. Witnesses, Mr. and Mrs. Reed, parents. 5.00
Sent to J. Nickles by Mr. Emer, Me 14, '50.
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1850-Oct 9. Geo. Henry Woodward to Mary Caroline Hollister, of Beloit. Witnesses, H. T. Woodward & Cornelius Hollister. $ 3.00
'. 16. Nelson Tiffany, Manchester, Ill., to Miss Miriam Elizabeth Benedict (Late of Perrington, N. Y.), now of Beloit. Witnesses, Chs H. Warren, Caroline Hanchett 2.00
Mailed these two to C. C. Townsand, Nov. 8th ; also two from A. L. Chapin, & paid $1 for fees. D. Clary.
(Although Dr. Clary's pastorate ended in 1850, July, when he became an agent of the American Home Missionary Society, his home continued to be Beloit for the rest of his life. A few later items of this record are added as being of special inter- est .- Ed.)
1853-Mch 1. John W. Beadle to Phebe F. Morse, Rockton, Ill. 3.00
1854-Oct 16. Washington James, Beloit, to Cordelia Macklem, Sharon. Witnesses, Orlando Macklem. George Irish 5.00
" 31. Chs Lewis Anderson, M. D., of St. An- thonys Falls, Min-a to Marial H. Howe, of
Beloit. witnesses, Sarah M. Clary, Lucy Brown .. 5.00 1856-Jan 1. Noah Stephen Humphrey to Harriet Marion Beedle witnesses Stephen O. Humphrey, John W. Beedle 2.50
1856-July 23. Jesse M. Sherwood, of Manitowoc, to Jane B. Durgin, Beliot. Witnesses, Ezra Durgin, S. C. Field 10.00
Certificate mailed same day to the Register, Janesville.
Sept 18. John Rosenkrans, Beliot, to Mary W. Perkins, Beloit. Witnesses, Sarah M. Clary, Sophia Field 5.00
Sent certificate same day to register by mail.
1856-Oct 2 Rev. Warren Bigelow, Black River Falls, Wis., to Lucy Woodward. Witnesses, Benj Durham, Henry Hollister
Sent my certifte same day to Janesville by mail.
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1857-Sept 8 Henry Partridge Strong to Sarah Maria Clary, Beloit. Witnesses, Mr. Strong (Jantes), Mr. Fowler (James).
Sept 23 mail certificate for Janesville.
1859-Nov 30. Henry Edwd Hamilton, of Chicago, to Caroline Jane Raymond, Beloit. Witnesses, Horatio J. Murry, John Hammond. $10.00
Sent certificate to register, Janesville.
1865-Jan 26. Geo HI. Crosby to Adelaide L. Hammond, both, Turtle. 6.00
Witnesses, Thos Crosby John Hammond all of Turtle.
Sent certificate to C. C. Keeler, by mail, Jan 28, '65.
The Second Congregational Church, Beloit, Wis. The Second Congregational Society was organized January 5, 1859. Public services of worship were first held in a hall at the southwest corner of Bluff and Bridge streets (now West Grand avenue).
The Second Congregational Church was organized September 11. 1859, with forty charter members.
The first church building was erected at the northeast corner of St. Lawrence and Parker avenues and was dedicated Decem- ber 5, 1859. October 5, 1903, this church and society voted to build a new church edifice. The corner stone was laid (at the southeast corner of St. Lawrence avenue and Bluff street) Octo- ber 30, 1904, and the new edifice was dedicated October 15, 1905. Cost, about $35,000.
The successive pastors have been: Rev. J. L. Knapp, 1859; Rev. N. D. Graves, 1860 to 1866; Rev. Henry P. Higley, D. D., 1866 to 1891 (his twenty-five years of service marking the longest pastorate) ; Rev. W. W. Sleeper, nine years, 1891 to 1900. He was an accomplished musician and built up the musical aspect of the church services with especial success. Rev. B. Royal Cheney served from 1900 until his death, when traveling in Europe during the summer of 1905, by an elevator accident in Florence, Italy. In the beautiful public cemetery of that city his remains were buried and the spot is now marked with a monu- ment, erected by his many friends here. He had undertaken and carried through to virtual completion the building of a new church edifice, and had even arranged the programme of the
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dedication service. During Mr. Cheney's absence in Europe the pulpit was being supplied by Professor J. A. Blaisdell, of Beloit College. Rev. Mr. Blaisdell and Rev. Edwin A. Ralph were called as associate pastors and are still in service.
The membership of the church, September 1, 1908, was 662.
The First Presbyterian Church of Beloit. A number of those who joined the First Congregational Church did so with the understanding that whenever able to maintain a Presbyterian church they should be free to organize one. Accordingly, March 19, 1849, seventeen men and a boy met at the residence of Ben- jamin Brown, southwest corner of State and School streets (now East Grand avenue), organized themselves as the First Presby- terian Society of Beloit and arranged for the forming of a church.
The formal organization of the First Presbyterian Church occurred at the Aunt Jane Moore school house (now No. 439 St. Paul avenue), March 21, 1849. Rev. Lewis N. Loss, of Rockford, Ill., presided, and Rev. J. J. Bushnell, of Beloit College, preached the sermon, while Rev. L. Benedict, of Rockton, Ill., and Rev. Dexter Clary, pastor of the First Congregational Church, assisted. The forty-six charter members then received were: Augustine J. and Mrs. Amelia E. Battin, T. L. and Mrs. Catherine B. Wright, Robert P. and Mrs. Almira Crane, John P. and Mrs. Eunice Hous- ton, Horatio and Mrs. Frances Burchard, Benjamin and Mrs. Lucy Ann Brown, Charles and Mrs. Teressa Peck, Samuel B. and Mrs. Amanda Cooper, A. D. Culbert, David Merrill, John M. Daniels, Miss Frances B. Burchard, Mrs. Sarah M. Burchard, Mrs. Elizabeth Burr, Benjamin Clark, Fred Lathrop, Andrew B. Battin, Jesse Burchard, Asahel Clark, M. D., and Mrs. Caroline E. Clark, Chester and Mrs. Lucretia Clark, Charles and Mrs. Har- riet N. Moore, Beman Clark (the only one living in 1908), Mrs. Louisa Burchard, George H. Stocking, Lyman Johnson, E. N. Clark. M. D., and Mrs. Sarah A. Clark. O. A. and Mrs. Emma Smith, Henry and Mrs. Louisa Mears, John Fisher, Jr., and Mrs. Jane Fisher.
At the first communion service, held at the same place, April 29, 1849, Mrs. Ann .M. Culvert, Mrs. Agnes Merrill, Jacob and Mrs. Lydia Banta and Zilpah Clark were received by letter, and Lucy Ann Brown, Julia S. Peck, Augustus R. Peck and Joseph L. and Mrs. Sarah M. Jewett on confession of faith.
With Benjamin Brown, as chairman of the building commit-
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tee, the first church edifice, southeast corner of Broad and Pleas- ant streets, and costing about ten thousand dollars, was dedi- cated, July 23, 1850, substantially free of debt. The successive pastors have been: Rev. Alfred Eddy, 1849 to 1855; Rev. L. Hawes, 1855 to 1856; Rev. Charles P. Bush, 1857 to September, 1859; President A. L. Chapin and Professor J. J. Blaisdell, pulpit supplies, one year (a gratuitous service in order to help the church out of debt) ; Rev. William Adams, 1861 to 1863; Rev. David E. Beach, D. D., 1863 to 1865. Then occurred the union of the Westminster Presbyterian Church (formed on the west side in 1858) with this First church under Dr. William Alexander, 1865 to 1869. Rev. Alexander G. Wilson, D. D., served 1870 to 1871; Professor Henry M. Whitney, of Beloit College, supplied the pulpit September 1871 to June 1872. The longest pastorate was that of Rev. John McLean, November, 1872 to 1884. Rev. A. W. Bill served 1885 to 1887, and Rev. Thomas E. Barr, 1887 to 1890 ; Rev. C. D. Merrill was pastor 1890 to 1896, and Thaddeus T. Creswell from 1896 to 1905. when he left for the west on account of ill health, and is now pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Pomona, Cal. Rev. Chauncey T. Edwards, D. D., the present pastor, began his labors here with July, 1905.
In the fall of 1904 two lots, the southwest corner of Public avenue and Prospect street, were purchased at a net cost of $7,500, and June 4, 1905, the corner stone of a new edifice was laid, the building committee being L. Waldo Thompson, J. M. Farnsworth (clerk of session) and W. F. Brown, D. D. This modern gothic edifice of norman gray brick and cut stone, cost- ing about forty-two thousand dollars, was dedicated June 8, 1906. Fifteen of the young men of this church have entered the minis- try. The present membership is 355. Besides the usual Sunday school, with three departments at the church and a home depart- ment outside, there is a C. E. society, a ladies' aid society, a woman's missionary society and a men's club of about forty members, and a branch school at 1815 St. Lawrence Ave.
The West Side Presbyterian Church grew out of a union mission Sunday school, organized by Rev. Charles Kelsey, in the year 1900. A chapel was built at the northeast corner of Eleventh and Liberty streets, west side. The opening service was held December 30, 1900. The Sunday school was organized
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January 2, and the first session of the school held January 6, 1901. The chapel building was dedicated January 26, 1902.
June 10, 1903, this union mission was organized as the West Side Presbyterian Church, with twenty-six members. Rev. George W. Luther, who had begun service in December, 1902, remained as stated supply of the church until the spring of 1905. He was succeeded in May, 1905, by the present settled pastor, Rev. R. A. Carnahan.
The Ladies' Aid Society is older than the church, having been organized in 1900, and now consists of about forty-five members.
The session of the church consists of Charles Sandell, clerk ; Charles Cochran and B. A. Bernstein. The present membership of the church, October, 1908, is 112. The Sabbath school of about a hundred members meets in two divisions, with C. Sandell and M. W. Linderman as superintendents, and there is also a home department.
The German Presbyterian Church. May 23, 1869, this church was organized by Rev. Jacob Kolb, and, until 1870, services were held in the American Presbyterian Church. During that year they built a frame church with a capacity of five hundred, and cost $2,464. The pastors have been : Rev. Jacob Kolb, 1869 to 1872; Rev. Joseph Wittenberger, 1872 to 1874; Rev. Mr. Winder, 1874 to 1876; Rev. Martin Witten- berger, 1876 to 18 -. Rev. F. W. Witte followed and remained for about five years. Rev. J. Conzett, December 1, 1884 to June 21, 1891; Rev. L. Abels, October 1, 1891 to January, 1892. Sev- eral students supplied the pulpit until 1893, when Rev. J. F. Mueller took charge and remained until September, 1894. Rev. W. F. Vogt, November, 1894 to November, 1896; Rev. F. Waalkes, June 15, 1897 to February 1, 1899; Rev. E. Schuette, D. D., Feb- ruary 1, 1899 to May 31, 1900; Rev. J. Figge, December 2, 1900 to March 27, 1904; Rev. H. Krawshaar, May 1, 1904 to November, 1904. September 1, 1905, Rev. A. Krebs took charge and is still (1908) the pastor.
The church, which is located on St. Lawrence avenue, west side, in the center of the city, and the parsonage, together valued at about $5,000, have recently undergone extensive re- pairs and improvements.
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church was organized Febru- ary 28, 1841. For the first three years services were held in the
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