Wilhelmine H. J. WAGNER, the daughter of Wilhelmine ESKE and Adolph WAGNER, and Johann Julius KOENIG, the son of Henrietta SCHULTZ and Christian KOENIG, were marred October 4, 1887. Although both lived in Gibson City in Ford County, the license was issued in McLean County, and they were married in Bloomington by the Rev. C. J. W. SAPPER, an Evangelical Lutheran pastor. Witnesses were Johann HARNLOW and Carl UTESCH. Does anyone know what church the Rev. SAPPER might have been associated with? Wilhelmine died between 1897 and 1900. There is no record in Ford County. Does anyone have access to death records or cemetery listings (particularly for any Evangelical Lutheran Church cemeteries) for McLean? By the 1900 Ford Co. census, Julius had married a woman named Mathilda, who like Julius and Wilhelmine, was also born in Germany. They are not on the IL Statewide Marriage Index. By 1910 the Koenigs had migrated to Spokane Co., Washington, apparently accompanied by their neighbors the John OLSON family, who were originally from Sweden. Any clues at all would be much appreciated. I would be glad to trade research at the Georgia Archives or the National Archives for help with McLean County. Leah in Georgia