-------- Original Message -------- Subject: PML Search Result matching Lutheran ANDNOT LUTHERAN-ROOTS* Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 09:03:18 -0800 From: "~~Leslie~~" <ShandyBeast@starlink.com> To: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu ============================================================ A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================ Source: MO-ABSTRACTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Mo-Absts] 26 Dec 1999 [snip] ------ Source: the "Constitution-Tribune" newspaper Chillicothe, Livingston Co, MO Friday, 12 Nov 1999 Obits: [snip] Deceased: Thelma Bessie PHARES (d 4 Nov 1999) funeral service at St John's Lutheran Church in Chillicothe burial in Tekamah, NE --------- [snip]

Hello subscribers, Here's one more message, then I have to get ready for an appointment. Will send more later today. -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mdtaffet@syr.edu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: PML Search Result matching Lutheran ANDNOT LUTHERAN-ROOTS Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 06:45:49 -0800 From: judy bedford <cypagent@centuria.com> To: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu ============================================================ A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================ Source: SILVIUS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Harrold's Zion Lutheran Church WM CO PA --- In Harrold Zion Lutheran Cemetery and church funeral Record 1885- 1996 there are 13 Silvis Anna Margaret 1874 section 4 Row A Stone 23----- Charles O. 1904 " 4 " A " 24 Edith C. 1907 " 4 " A " 24 Geraldine A. 1915 " 6 " C " 5 Jacob H. Jr. "Bus" 1910 " 4 " B " 25 Jacob Henry 1875 " 4 " A " 23 John M. 1899 " 4 " B " 24 Lester C. 1915 " 6 " C " 5 Lydia W. ----- " 4 " B " 25 Margaret M 1880 " 4 " G " 2 Richard A. 1945 " 4 " A " 25 Sara J. 1901 " 4 " B " 24 Virtue 1876 " 4 " G " 1 Judy

Hello subscribers, This one person posted several obituaries, so I will now try to condense the remainder into a group post here. -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mdtaffet@syr.edu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: PML Search Result matching Lutheran ANDNOT LUTHERAN-ROOTS Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 04:28:10 -0800 From: Pat Hampton <hamptdr@earthlink.net> To: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu ============================================================ A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================ Source: GC- Watonwan Co. Mn Obituaries URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/WatonwanObits?read=6 Subject: Julius Ulvestad Obituary Surname: Ulvestad ------------------------- 17 May 1901---OBITUARY Julius Christian Ulvestad was born in Rosendale township this county October 18, 1872 and died in Madelia Wednesday morning May 15, 1901, of consumption. [snip] The funeral will take place tomorrow. A short service will be conducted at the West Lutheran church at 9 o'clock in the morning and from there the remains will be taken to the farm in Rosendale where the regular services will be held, he will be interred in the Rosendale cemetery. [IT:(MADELIA TIMES-MESSENGER, Madelia, Watonwan County, Minnesota, May 17, 1901, Page 1):IT] [remainder snipped] ************************** Source: GC- Watonwan Co. Mn Obituaries URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/WatonwanObits?read=7 Subject: Lewis Adolph Ulvestad Obituary Surname: Ulvestad ------------------------- 07 Aug 1907---DEATH OF ADOLPH ULVESTAD---The Dread Disease, Consumption, Conquers After 2 Years' Struggle Adolph Lewis Ulvestad, Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Ulvestad, was born in Rosendale township, Nov. 12, 1874, and lived on the farm until 1898, when, with his brother, Julius, he came to Madelia and went into business in the old Syndicate block. Here they carried on a very successful business until the summer of 1901, when Julius died. Shortly afterward Adolph accepted a position as janitor in the public school building, which position he held for 2 1/2 years, resigning on account of ill health. [snip] The funeral services will be held from the West Lutheran church at 12 o'clock, noon, next Monday. Rev. L. E. Green officiating, and interment will be made in the Rosendale cemetery. [snip] (MADELIA TIMES-MESSENGER, Madelia, Watonwan County, Minnesota, Friday, August 7, 1907) *************************** Source: GC- Watonwan Co. Mn Obituaries URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/WatonwanObits?read=8 Subject: Anna Ulvestad Ellertson Obituary Surname: Ulvestad, Ellertson ------------------------- 01 Jun 1956---Last Rites Wednesday For Mrs. T. Ellertson Mrs. T. Ellertson of Madelia passed away at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis Saturday evening May 26 at 9:20. Anna Dorothea Ulvestad was born February 1, 1877, on the farm of her parents, Truls and Unni Ulvestad, in Rosendale township. She was baptized and confirmed in the Rosendale Lutheran Church and grew to young womanhood in that community. She was active in the affairs of the church all of her life and helped organize and was the first president of the Rosendale Ladies Aid. September 9, 1908, the deceased was united in marriage to Thormod Ellertson and to this union were born four sons (one of whom died in infancy) and one daughter. The children who survive her are: Melvin E. and Adolph J. of Los Angeles, California, Mrs. Owen Moe (Unella) of Minneapolis and Arthur T. of Madelia. Also surviving are five grandsons and five granddaughters. Her husband passed away in 1948 and her parents and three brothers also preceded her in death. [snip] Funeral services were conducted at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Madelia Wednesday afternoon, May 30 at 1:30 with Pastor Adrien Olson conducting the service. Elmer Fardol of Ames, Iowa, provided the special music. Interment was at the Trinity Lutheran cemetery, with Ole Smith of Bingham Lake, Arden Hammond of Minneapolis, Kris Teigum, Leslie Tande, Loren Haugen and Bob Teigum acting as casket bearers. Those from out-of-town who attended the funeral services were Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Ulvestad, Mrs. A. O. Ulvestad, Helen Ulvestad, Lucille Kjorlaug, Helen Hoislin, Mrs. John Russell, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hammond and Mrs. Robert Schoening of Minneapolis, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Tiede of LeCenter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meyers of Albert Lea, Mrs. Don Fenske and Virginia and Irene Nelson of Blue Earth, W. R. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Ole Smith of Bingham Lake, Mrs. O. A. Ulvestad and Elvin Ulvestad of Butterfield, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Helland of Fairmont and Mrs. Esther Berg of Truman, Minn., and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Thompson of Algona, Iowa. ************************* Source: GC- Watonwan Co. Mn Obituaries URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/WatonwanObits?read=10 Subject: Anne Serine Ulvestad Obituary Surname: Ulvestad, Jackson, Norbo ------------------------- 1918---Mrs. L. O. Ulvestad As a blessed surcease from suffering, death came to Mrs. Anna Ulvestad at the family home at 3:10 o'clock last Sunday morning. (1918) Mrs. Ulvestad's illness has covered a period of about seven years being cancer of the spine. At all times she has received the most devoted care by her children and everything humanly possible had been done to relieve her sufferings. The maiden name of the deceased was Anna Serine Jackson, and she was born September 9, 1851, in Dane County, Wisconsin, near the city of Madison. When she was five years of age the family removed to Fillmore County, Minnesota, where she grew to young womanhood and was united in wedlock to Lewis O. Ulvestad in April, 1871. Immediately following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Ulvestad located on a farm in Rosendale township, this county, and prospered there. Mr. Ulvestad's death occurred May 14, 1900, after which the widow removed to Madelia and this village has continued ever since to be her home. [snip] The surviving members of the family are ten children. They are: Dr. Oliver Ulvestad of Chicago; Isaac Ulvestad of Woodside, Montana, Albert Ulvestad of Lake City, Iowa; Rev. Arnold O. Ulvestad of Spokane, Washington; Mrs. Clara Nelson of Madelia; Carl Ulvestad of Amenia, North Dakota; Dr. George Ulvestad of Chicago, Miss Agnes, Reuben and Edwin Ulvestad of Madelia. The three last named and Oliver, George and Albert Ulvestad were here for the funeral. Funeral services were held from the home at 1 o'clock and at the West Lutheran church at 1:30 on Tuesday afternoon, and services were also held at the Rosendale church at 3 o'clock. Interment was at the Rosendale cemetery.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: PML Search Result matching Lutheran ANDNOT LUTHERAN-ROOTS Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 04:25:56 -0800 From: Pat Hampton <hamptdr@earthlink.net> To: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu ============================================================ A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================ Source: GC- Watonwan Co. Mn Obituaries URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/WatonwanObits?read=5 Subject: Ole Andreas Ulvestad Obituary Surname: Ulvestad ------------------------- 1933---Ole Ulvestad Dies From Paralytic Stroke Many of our readers will be grieved to learn of the death of Ole Ulvestad, son of Mrs. Unni Ulvestad and brother of Mrs. Thormod Ellertson of Madelia and father of Mrs. W. R. Smith, of Springbrook, which occurred at his home in Butterfield, last Saturday. >From the Butterfield Advocate we take the following obituary: "Ole Andrew Ulvestad was born in Arendahl, Fillmore county, Minnesota, April 23, 1869. He passed away at 1 o'clock Saturday, Jan. 7, 1933, being 63 years, 8 months and 15 days old at the time of his death. "In 1870, when he was one year old, Mr. Ulvestad moved with his parents to Rosendale township, in Watonwan county. He attended the schools of Rosendale township and Madelia high school, where Mr. Hammond, who later became governor of Minnesota, was his teacher. Mr. Ulvestad later attended Mankato Normal School for two years. [snip] "On October 10, 1895, he was united in marriage to Josephine Johnson at the Long Lake church, Rev. Thorkveen officiating. To this unison three children were born: Louise (Mrs. W. R. Smith) of Madelia, Elvin and Jerome of Butterfield. These three children together with the widow mourn the loss of the kind, loving father. One grandson, Ole Elvin Smith, also survives. His aged mother and one sister survive, three brothers preceding him in death. "Mr. Ulvestad was a faithful member of the Lutheran church all his life. He was confirmed by the late Rev. L. E. Green and has been a member of the Lutheran church in Butterfield since it was organized. During his active career he served on the village council for five years and was mayor of the village of Butterfield for two years. "For the last two and one-half years he has been ailing almost constantly with heart trouble, but the immediate cause of his death was a stroke. "Funeral services will be held on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at the house and at 2:00 o'clock at the Lutheran church. Rev. Evenson and Rev. Holtan will officiate. Burial will be in the family lot in the Butterfield cemetery. The pallbearers will be former friends and business associates: J. O. Ness, Gust Miller, A. B. Schwieter, Chas. Dueffert, N. E. Gustafson and C. O. Olson." [IT:(MADELIA TIMES-MESSENGER, Madelia, Watonwan County, Minnesota):IT] [repetition snipped]

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: PML Search Result matching Lutheran ANDNOT LUTHERAN-ROOTS Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 04:23:24 -0800 From: Pat Hampton <hamptdr@earthlink.net> To: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu ============================================================ A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================ Source: GC- Watonwan Co. Mn Obituaries URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/WatonwanObits?read=4 Subject: Unni Neshagen Ulvestad Obituary Surname: Ulvestad, Neshagen ------------------------- Feb 1940---Death Angel Calls Mrs. Uni Ulvestad Mrs. Uni Hagen Ulvestad, one of this community's oldest and most dearly beloved women, passed away at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. T. Ellertson, near Madelia, on Monday, January 29, 1940, at the advanced age of 95 years, nine months and seven days. She had been confined to her bed for several months, suffering from the infirmities of old age. Mrs. Ulvestad was the daughter of Kirsten and Kari Hagen. She was born in Borgun, Sogn, Norway, April 22nd, 1844, and the old family bible gives record of her baptism on May 15th of that same year. In 1855 she came to American with her parents, arriving in New York on July 4th, after a voyage of eight weeks. They came directly to Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, where she grew to young womanhood and where she was confirmed by Rev. H. A. Preus, a pioneer pastor. In 1863 the family moved to Fillmore county, Minnesota, where, in 1867, she was married at Arendahl by the Rev. F. C. Clausen. In 1870 the young couple came to Watonwan county, Minnesota, and located on a farm in Rosendale township, where they lived until they moved into Madelia in 1899. Mr. Ulvestad died in 1916 and soon afterward Mrs. Ulvestad went to live with her daughter, Mrs. T. Ellertson, remaining there until the time of her death. Mr. and Mrs. Ulvestad were the parents of five children. Their four sons, Ole, Andrew, Julius and Adolph, preceded their mother in death. Their daughter, Mrs. T. Ellertson (Anna) is their only surviving child. Mrs. Ulvestad is also survived by seven grand-children and by one great grandchild. Mrs. Ulvestad was a pioneer member of the Rosendale Lutheran church and of its Ladies' Aid. She became a member of Trinity Lutheran church of Madelia in January, 1926. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. L. W. Halvorson, at Trinity Lutheran church, at 2 o'clock this (Friday) afternoon, and burial will be at the Rosendale cemetery. The pallbearers will be Melvin Ellertson, Arthur Ellertson, Adolph Ellertson, Jerome Ulvestad, Elvin Ulvestad and Willard Smith. [snip]

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: PML Search Result matching Lutheran ANDNOT LUTHERAN-ROOTS Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 04:21:54 -0800 From: Pat Hampton <hamptdr@earthlink.net> To: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu ============================================================ A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================ Source: GC- Watonwan Co. Mn Obituaries URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/WatonwanObits?read=3 Subject: Truls Ulvestad Obituary Surname: Ulvestad ------------------------- 05 May 1916---TRULS OLSON ULVESTAD AND MR. JAMES M. TRAVIS HAVE ENDED LIFE'S JOURNEY Last Friday evening the spirit of Mr. Truls Olson Ulvestad, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Watonwan county took its flight, as the result of an attack of pneumonia from which he had suffered only a few days. [snip] Deceased was born in Sogn, Norway, May 2, 1840, and came to America in 1850, settling in Dane county, Wisconsin. The family moved to Fillmore county, Minnesota in 1863, and on Feb 3rd, 1867 he was united in marriage to Miss Unni C. Hagen. In 1870 Mr. and Mrs. Ulvestad moved onto a farm in Rosendale township, this county, where they lived for 29 years. The moved to Madelia village in 1899. They were the parents of four boys and one girl, but only two of the children, Ole A. Ulvestad of Butterfield and Mrs. Anna D. Ellertson of Rosendale, are left with their mother to mourn his loss. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. L. P. Thorkveen of St. James and Rev. A. A. Reece of Madelia, at the West Lutheran church and at the Rosendale church. Interment was in the Rosendale cemetery. Those from out of town who attended the funeral are: Mrs. Gertrude Mondale of Minneapolis, Peter Ulvestad and Miss Martha Ulvestad of Whalen, Minn., Mr. Benjamin Campbell of Utica, Minn., Dr. Geo. Ulvestad of Chicago, Reuben Ulvestad of Minneapolis and Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Thompson of Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Hello subscribers, Now that my papers are done, I am back from my Christmas trip, and my e-mail is once again available to me, I can begin to send you these messages that have been stored up for a while. I've been sick, so couldn't get to it as early as I wanted to. I have segregated these messages by type, and will be sending the more informative messages first. By informative, I mean the obituary and biography posts. The query posts will come a little later. I will also try and isolate those posts that relate to specific Lutheran churches, and send them earlier as well. The messages that come from GenConnect board postings include the URL that will take you to the posting itself, so I will edit these messages to remove any extra info. If you desire the extra info, you can always go visit the original message via the link included here. I always try to indicate where I have edited a message by placing a [snip] placeholder. -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS -------- Original Message -------- Subject: PML Search Result matching Lutheran ANDNOT LUTHERAN-ROOTS Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 04:12:39 -0800 From: Pat Hampton <hamptdr@earthlink.net> To: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu ============================================================ A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================ Source: GC-Fillmore County Obituaries URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/FillmoreObits?read=131 Subject: Elizabeth Ulvestad Anfinnson Obituary Surname: Ulvestad, Anfinnson ------------------------- 1949---Elizabeth Anfinson After several years of gradually waning health and strength, Mrs. Elizabeth Anfinson passed quietly away from this life on the early afternoon of Oct 11 at the Connor's Rest Home at Albert Lea. [snip] Mrs. Anfinson was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Ulvestad, early settlers of north of Lanesboro and was born to them on July 23, 1872. She was baptized and confirmed at the North Prairie church by the late Rev. N. Arveson and in childhood attended the home district school. In the year 1896 she was united in marriage to Anfin Anfinson who preceded her in death. Besides her years in Lanesboro she also lived for some time at Decorah, Iowa. She was a devout member of the Bethlehem Lutheran church, its Aid and Mission Circle and a regular attendant at its services while here. The funeral services were held from the Bethlehem church Friday afternoon conducted by her pastor, P. J. Nestande and some members of the Ladies Chorus furnished the music. Interment was in the family lot at the Big Canoe cemetery. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Anna Ostrem of Lanesboro and one brother, Peter J. Ulvestad of Rochester, besides a number of nieces and nephews. The following nephews and one grandson acted as pallbearers: Henry, Oscar, Adolph Ostrem, Milton Hall, Albert Johnson and Jerry Ostrem. Relatives from out of town who attended the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Anfinson last Friday were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Arveson of San Antonio. Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Arveson of Hartland, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Arveson of Albert Lea, Alma Arveson, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anfinson, Clara Anfinson, Mrs. Elizabeth Anfinson and Mr. and Mrs. Faucett, all of Decorah, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Ulvestad, B. J. Bothun and Martin Ostrem of Rochester.

Today in History (January 3): 1521 At age 38, Luther was excommunicated by papal bull "Decet Romanum Pontificum" issued by Pope Leo X; term Lutheran was used in the bull in order to stigmatize them as heretics and separatists from the Church - the insulting epithet was adopted as a badge of honor; Luther was accused for challenging abuses in church; Luther soon after went into hiding for eight months at the Wartburg Castle, where he began his famous translation of the Bible into German 1816 Frederick William Conrad, Lutheran editor and pastor in Midwest, born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania 1831 Christoph Ludwig Eberhardt, Michigan Synod missionary and president, born in Lauffen, Wuerttemburg 1834 Birth of Ferdinand Doederlein; immigrated to America in 1859; attended seminary at the Neudettelsau Indian Mission and later served as missionary to the Crows (d. 1915) 1837 Friedrich August Schmid(t), professor at St. Louis, Luther Theological Seminary, born in Leutenberg, Thuringia, Germany; graduate of St. Louis Seminary (1857); pastor at Eden, New York and Baltimore; teacher at Luther College (1861-72); Norwegian Synod professor at St. Louis Seminary (1872-76); Luther Seminary (1876-86); Antimissouri Seminary (1886-90);Augsburg Seminary (1890-93); United Norwegian Church Seminary (1893-1912); edited various Lutheran publications and authored a number of books; created D.D. by Capital University (1883) 1908 Gustav Adolf Theodor Felix Hoenecke, studied theology at Halle; came to America with the Berlin Missionary Society and the Wisconsin Synod; pastor in Farmington; professor at Watertown, Wisconsin; pastor in Milwaukee; editor, theologian, homeletician, and author; "generally acclaimed, within and without his synod, as one of the great men of the Lutheran Church of this country; died at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 1915 Death of Ferdinand Doederlein; immigrated to America in 1859; attended seminary at the Neudettelsau Indian Mission and later served as missionary to the Crows (b. 1834) ----- If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (January 2): 1750 F. A. C. Muhlenburg, Lutheran pastor and statesman, born 1810 Johann Friedrich Buenger, follower of Stephan, emigrated to America; born at Rosswein, Saxony, into a family of clerics that reached back to theReformation; student at Leipzig University (1829-37); helped found and was one of the first instructors at Concordia College in Altenburg; teacher in St. Louis; pastor in St. Louis; Walther called him "the American Lutheran Valerius Herberger"; president of Western District (1863-75); founder of Lutheran Hospital in St. Louis as well as the Orphans' Home and the Old Folks' Home there 1828 Birth of Jeremiah E. Rankin, American Congregational clergyman, in Thornton, New Hampshire; ordained in 1855, he served pastorates in five different states; became president of Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1889; best remembered as author of the hymns "Tell It to Jesus" and "God Be with You Till We Meet Again" 1872 Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe, pastor at Neuendettelsau, Bavaria; German patron of Lutheranism in America; responsible for sending missionaries to America who became founders of Missouri and Iowa synods, died 1883 Charles Porterfield Krauth, theologian, leader of Lutheranism in America, died 1893 Magnus Fredrik Haakanson, Augustana Synod pastor, died 1914 Birth of Rachel Saint, American missionary, in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; member of Wycliffe Bible Translators, was responsible for the conversion of Dayuma, the first Auca Indian converted to Christ; Rachel's brother, Nate Saint, was among the five American missionaries martyred by the Auca Indians of Ecuador in 1956 1918 During January, the first issue of "American Lutheran" is published 1921 Religious broadcasting began with an Episcopal service over KDKA, Pittsburgh; Calvary Episcopal Church sponsored the program 1924 Sabine Baring-Gould, prolific English author; wrote "Now the Day Is Over" (LW 491) and "Onward, Christian Soldiers" (LW 518); died at the age of ninety at Lew-Trenchard; an Anglican clergyman with extraordinarily wide-ranging interests and literary achievements; wrote many books on history, biography, poetry, and fiction 1927 Junius Benjamin Remensnyder, president of General Synod, died ----- If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (January 1): 1484 Ulrich (Huldreich) Zwingli, born at Wildhaus, Switzerland; Swiss reformer; as a parish priest in Zurich, he left the Roman Catholic Church in 1525 after news of his secret marriage in 1522 was made public; he helped translate the Scriptures into German-Swiss and was instrumental in spreading the Reformation to German and Italian cantons in Switzerland 1701 This date became January 12 in the Swiss Canton of Basel when it adopted the Gregorian calendar (created by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582) to replace the older, more inaccurate Julian calendar (created by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.) 1729 One of the men whose influence was largely felt in the early American Colonial church was Dean Berkeley, later Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland, who came to Newport, Rhode Island, in January 1729, with the purpose (unaccomplished, however) of founding a university in the colonies 1750 Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, Lutheran pastor and congressman, born in Trappe, Pennsylvania 1784 In colonial America, the Methodist movement within the Anglican Church officially seceded, forming a new Protestant denomination: the Methodist Episcopal Church 1811 David Frederick Bittle, president of Roanoke College, born this month in Frederick County, Maryland 1819 Philip Schaff, hymn translator, American church historian, born in Chur, Switzerland; coming to America in 1843, he became an outstanding leader in the German Reformed Church; out of his immense literary output, perhaps his two most famous works are his eight-volume _History of the Christian Church_ *** (1858-92) and his three-volume _The Creeds of Christendom_ (1877) *** See note below 1825 Milton Valentine, president of Gettysburg College and Seminary, was born near Uniontown, Maryland 1844 Wilhelm Sihler preaches his inaugural sermon in Pomeroy, Ohio; after emigrating to America, upon the advice of his pastoral friends and the Dresden Mission Society, he came to Ohio; through the _Lutheraner_ he became acquainted with Walther and the other confessional Lutherans; in 1845, he, with others, withdrew from the Ohio Synod because of its unionistic position 1848 The Lutheran Swedes of Lockridge, Iowa, organized a Lutheran congregation and called a young shoemaker from Stockholm, Mr. Hakanson, to be their pastor 1850 The first issue of "Friedensbote", organ of Kirchenverein (German Evangelical Church Society of the West) was published this month 1855 C. F. W. Walther published the first edition of _Lehre und Wehre_, a professional journal for pastors 1870 First issue of the "Lutheran Witness" 1871 The Church of Ireland was officially disestablished; owing its origin to St. Patrick, the church very early retained her independence from Rome; between 1200 and 1500, as the influence and authority of English government grew stronger, the Irish church became more and more dependent upon the state; it underwent its own reformation but a general spiritual decline during the early 19th century led to the 1869 Act of Disestablishment, which went into effect two years later 1878 The Ohio Synod (a member of the Synodical Conference) conferred the degree of D. D. on Professor C. F. W. Walther; several years later the Ohio Synod accused the Missouri Synod of "Crypto-Calvinism" which erupted into the Predestinarian Controversy which caused the Ohio Synod to withdraw from the Synodical Conference 1893 "Lutheran Guide" begins publication; editor was Pastor A. W. Meyer 1907 Churches of God, General Assembly, (Holiness Church) changed its name to the Church of God during the month; it is a fundamentalist, Arminian group 1918 This date became January 14 in Finland, Russian-held Poland, and western Russia when those governments adopted the Gregorian calendar 1925 Lutheran schools in Australia, closed in 1916 by order of the government, were allowed to re-open during this month 1945 The Christenlehre (children's sermon, more or less) at St. John's, Bingen (Decatur, Indiana) was now conducted in English 1948 Church fellowship was established between the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Germany and the LCMS this month 1949 Czechoslovakia created from Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, and part of Silesia 1955 English scholar and Christian apologist C. S. Lewis, after nearly 30 years of teaching at Magdalen College, Oxford University, assumed the newly created professor's chair of medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University 1961 The American Lutheran Church begins functioning 1961 Church of the Lutheran Confession formally elected its first officers in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota 1963 The Suomi Synod becomes part of the LCA 1963 LCA begins full operation 1964 National Evangelical Lutheran Synod (Finnish) of Canada merges with the LCMS 1967 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada begins functioning during January 1967 During January, LCUSA was established 1971 SELC joins Missouri Synod *** Schaff's History of the Christian Church Vol VII is available as e-text on the "internet" at URL http://www.bible.org/docs/history/schaff/vol7/httoc.htm ----- If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (December 30): 1823 American revivalist Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) was licensed to preach; a former lawyer, he had taken up preaching from his conversion; he became the most effective evangelist America has ever seen; over half a million people were converted under his ministry 1838 Hanover College was chartered by the Presbyterian General Assembly of Indiana; the school had been founded by Rev. John Finley Crowe the previous year as a seminary "in the wilderness" for training ministers 1843 Cumberland University was chartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, under Presbyterian auspices; the school had been founded the previous year If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (December 29): 1778 British capture Savannah, Georgia 1821 Matthias Sheeleigh, director of Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg, born in Charlestown, Chester County, Pennsylvania 1839 Philipp Friedrich Adolph Theodor Spaeth, president of General Council, born (or October 29) in Wuerttemberg (d. 1910); educated at Tuebingen; private tutor in Italy, France, and Scotland until 1864, when he accepted a call as associate pastor of Zion Church in Philadelphia; in 1867 he became pastor of St. Johannis; in 1873 he became professor in the Philadelphia Seminary, was president of the General Council (1880-88) and of the Pennsylvania Ministerium (1892-95); wrote biographies of Dr. Mann and Dr. C. P. Krauth (whose son-in-law he was); besides being a historian, he was a liturgical scholar, was a gifted pulpit orator, and wrote a number of homiletical works 1841 Howard College was chartered in Marion, Alabama, under Baptist sponsorship; the campus relocated to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1887 1851 Henry Jacob Schuh, president of Western District of the Ohio Synod, born in Bauernhoff of Maisbach, Germany 1851 The first YMCA in the U.S. was organized in Boston, Massachusetts 1860 Holston Synod organized in Sullivan County, Tennessee; it included congregations in Tennessee and western Virginia; it shared with its mother synod its doctrinal basis, but repudiated its peculiar notions as to theological seminaries, incorporation, and synodical treasuries; from 1867 to 1872 it belonged to the General Council; from 1874 to 1886 to the General Council; from 1886 until it merged with the United Lutheran Church, with the General Synod, South; in 1922 in merged with the Synod of Southwestern Virginia and the Synod of Virginia into the Lutheran Synod of Virginia 1876 Philip P. Bliss, religious composer, died in a tragic railroad accident near Astabula, Ohio (b. 1838); the train in which Bliss and his wife were riding plunged off a bridge into a ravine 60 feet below and burned; Bliss survived the fall, but returned to the wreckage to rescue his wife; he perished with her in the fire; Bliss was only 38 years old; he had written and composed many hymns, [more information avalable] 1898 First Lutheran General Conference held in Philadelphia 1925 The Board of Trustees of Trinity College in Durham, North Carolina, changed the name of the school to Duke University in exchange for a $40 million trust fund from the estate of James B. Duke, recently deceased founder of the American Tobacco Company If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

I was confirmed in a Missouri Synod Church in Iowa in 1970. I attended 4 years of confirmation classes (we envied the other kids in town-4years was the longest of any church!) The focus was on faith and the Bible, of course, but they did not teach the history of the evolution of the Lutheran Church in America or relate it to my ancestors. I regret that now, and I am enjoying the "Birkholz lessons!" Happy New Year, Angie

Today in History (December 28): 1775 First state constitution in the United States adopted in New Hampshire 1832 St. Louis University was chartered under the Roman Catholic Church at St. Louis, Missouri; founded in 1818 as St. Louis Academy, and known as a college since 1820, it was the first Roman Catholic university to be established in the U.S. west of the Allegheny Mountains 1838 Greensborough Female College was chartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, under the Methodists; in 1913 the name of the school was changed to Greensboro College for Women, and was changed again in 1920 to Greensboro College 1857 George Leonard Peter Mezger, professor at St. Louis Seminary and Zehlendorf, Germany, born in Braunschweig, Germany; graduated from St. Louis Seminary in 1881; pastor in Waterloo, Iowa (1881-85); near Okawville, Illinois (1885-95); Decatur, Illinois (1895-96); professor at Concordia Seminary (1896-1926); professor of Theological Seminary in Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany, beginning in 1923; D.D. (Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisconsin); editor of various theological publications 1864 Addison Teachers' Seminary dedicated If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

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Today in History (December 27): 1742 H. M. Muhlenberg recognized as duly appointed pastor of Lutheran churches in America at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Philadelphia; Muhlenberg, by preaching and faithful pastoral and missionary work, soon began building churches and establishing congregations in parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 1797 Birth of Charles Hodge, the leading American Reformed theologian of the 19th century, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; having studied theology under Archibald Alexander, Hodge began teaching at Princeton Seminary in 1820; with the exception of two years (1826-28), he remained at Princeton the rest of his life, 58 years in all; during a half-century of teaching and writing, Hodge instructed over 3000 students; [more details available] 1877 First Lutheran Diet in America held in Philadelphia (through December 28) 1893 Birth of Samuel ("Sam") Shoemaker, American Episcopal clergyman andwriter, in Baltimore, Maryland; ordained in 1921, he was rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in New York City from 1925; .... Shoemaker became a popular lecturer, counselor, and radiospeaker; he helped Alcoholics Anonymous develop its "Twelve Steps" formula; [more details available] 1898 Third Lutheran Diet in America held in Philadelphia (through December 29) 1899 American temperance leader Carry Nation raided and wrecked her first saloon in Medicine Lodge, Kansas; in 1901 she began wielding a hatchet, to help expedite her work, as she went on similar rampages in Wichita and Topeka, Kansas, and other cities in Iowa and Illinois If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (December 25): 1723 The German Baptists (the Dunkards) held their first immersion service in American at Germantown, Pennsylvania 1821 Birth of Clara (Clarissa Harlowe) Barton, American humanitarian and founder of the American Red Cross, in Oxford, Massachusetts; her heroic services to American Civil War wounded brought her to a nervous collapse several years later; while recuperating in Europe, Barton worked with the International Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland; she returned to the U.S. and helped organize the American chapter of the Red Cross in 1881; she was elected its first president, and served from 1881-1904; Barton, a universalist, was also an advocate of temperance, women's rights, and improved social conditions 1836 Michael Wolf Hamma, president of General Synod, born in Richland County, Ohio 1865 Birth of Evangeline Cory Booth, English social reformer and general of The Salvation Army, in London, England; daughter of William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army, she supervised field operations in Great Britain, Canada, and Alaska; in 1904 she was promoted to commander of the American branch of the S.A., and in 1934 was elected General of the International Salvation Army; before her retirement in 1939, she published several books and also authored many well-known Salvation Army hymns If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord Today in History (December 24): 1784 Christmas Conference at Baltimore for the purpose of forming the Methodist Episcopal Church; Methodism was officially organized; Francis Asbury was consecrated the first Methodist bishop in America a few days later; the Methodist church did not officially separate from the Church of England, however, until 1791 1784 American statesman James Madison published his famous _Remonstrances Against Religious Assessments_ in Virginia; this document advocated the separation of church and state, which became a growing ideal in the new American nation 1869 Henry Bernard Hemmeter, president and professor at Conover; president of Concordia Seminary - Springfield; born in Baltimore, Maryland; graduated from St. Louis Seminary in 1892; [More details available] 1870 Death of Albert Barnes (b. 1798), American Presbyterian clergyman and Bible expositor; he pastored at Morristown, New Jersey, from 1825-30 and at the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1830-67; he was examined by the Second Presbytery in Philadelphia in 1835 for espousing an unlimited atonement; although he was acquitted, his ideas became the catalyst for the 1837 split in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.; [More details available] 1871 The Northside Tabernacle in Chicago was dedicated by Dwight L. Moody; this tabernacle became the original structure of what is today the Moody Memorial Church 1881 Adolph Theodore Esaias Haentzschel, professor, author, born in Addison, Illinois 1895 Edmund Bohm, assistant pastor of St. Matthew's, New York City; first director of Concordia Institute, Hawthorne (now Bronxville), New York; died If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (December 23): 1855 Fred. Brunn, Sr., president of the Northern Illinois District, born in Steeden, Germany; graduated from St. Louis Seminary in 1876; pastor at Jefferson (Mayfair, Chicago), Illinois (1876-81); Strasburg, Illinois (1881-95); Oak Glen and Lansing, Illinois beginning in 1895; vice-president of Northern Illinois District (1907); president of Northern Illinois District beginning in 1913 1862 Birth of Amos R. Wells, American Christian educator; from 1891 until his death in 1933, he was editorial secretary of the newly organized United Society of Christian Endeavor, forerunner of the youth fellowship organizations in today's churches; beginning in 1901, Wells also edited _Peloubet's Notes for the International Sunday School Lessons_ 1870 Ernst Henry Engelbrecht, Field Secretary for Walther League, professor at Concordia - River Forest, born at Farmers Retreat, Indiana; graduated from Addison (River Forest) Teachers Seminary in 1891; teacher at Kendallville, Indiana (1891-1901); Immanuel in New York City (1901-11); St. Matthew's in New York City (1911-15); professor at Concordia Teachers' College, River Forest, beginning in 1915 1875 Henry Peter Louis Studtmann, president of Texas District, president of Concordia - Austin, born in Chicago, Illinois; graduate of St. Louis Seminary in 1897; pastor in Beloit, Wisconsin (1897-1900); Crowley, Louisiana (1900-04); Riesel, Texas (1904-26); member of Board of Missions and editor of _Texas-Distriktsbote (1915-20); vice-president of Texas District (1918-20); president (1920-26); became president of Concordia College, Austin, Texas, in 1926 1895 Ernest W. Eckhardt, St. Louis, 1920; pastor in Gering, Scottsbluff, Hooper, Nebraska; circuit counselor; secretary of Nebraska. District. Pastoral Conferences; Board of Support; president of Fremont Lutheran Orphanage Board of Directors; retired, 1965; born in Byron, Nebraska If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (December 22): 1582 This date became January 1, 1583, in Belgium when that nation officially adopted the new Gregorian calendar; ... the new calendar by Pope Gregory XIII was designed to keep time with the solar calendar; by 1950, the Gregorian calendar had been adopted worldwide 1770 Birth of Father Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (d. 1840), "Apostle to the Alleghenies," in the Hague, Netherlands; born the son of a Russian nobleman, Gallitzin was converted to Catholicism in 1787; he arrived in America five years later, attended Baltimore Seminary, and was ordained into the priesthood in 1795; he devoted the remainder of his life to his work as a frontier missionary; sometimes called "Father Smith," Gallitzin built up the Catholic church in the Alleghenies (parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia), exhausting his personal fortune in the process; Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, was named for him 1826 Ulrik Vilhelm Koren, Kristiana University, 1852; emigrated to America, 1853; first Norwegian pastor to settle west of the Mississippi; pastor at Washington Prairie, Iowa (1853-1910); procured land for Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; taught there several years; Iowa District president; author; president of Norwegian Lutheran Church in America; born in Bergen, Norway 1837 Mercer University was chartered in Penfield, Georgia, under Baptist support; in 1871 the college moved to Macon, Georgia 1862 William Dallmann, vice-president of Missouri Synod, English and Missouri Synod leader, writer, born at Neu Damerow, Pomerania; graduated from St. Louis Seminary in 1886; pastor in Marshfield, Missouri; Baltimore, Maryland; New York City, New York; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; president of English Synod (1899-1901); vice-president of English Synod (1901-09); vice-president of Missouri Synod beginning in 1926; D.D. (St. Louis); editor of _Lutheran Witness_ (1891-95); author of numerous theological books 1862 American revivalist Billy Sunday lost his father in the U.S. Civil War, five months after he had enlisted in the Union Army; William Ashley ("Billy") Sunday was only one month old 1896 Victor Bartling, professor at Concordia - Milwaukee, born in Waterford, Wisconsin; graduated from St. Louis (1919); pastor at Bismarck, North Dakota (1919-24); Fargo, North Dakota (1925-26); professor at Concordia in Milwaukee beginning in 1926 1899 Death of Dwight L. Moody (b. 1837), American evangelist; born in Northfield, Massachusetts, he went to Boston at 17 to work as a clerk in his uncle's shoe store; he was led to faith in Christ there through his Sunday-school teacher, Edward Kimball; in 1856 he moved to Chicago, and by 1860 was preaching there full time; with organist and Gospel singer Ira D. Sankey, Moody conducted revivals in the British Isles 5 times in 31 years (1860, 1870, 1873-75, 1881-84, and 1891); his Northfield, Massachusetts, conferences for college students led to the formation of the Student Volunteer Movement; Moody also founded the Chicago (now Moody) Bible Institute (1886); he married Emma C. Revell (sister of religious publisher Fleming H. Revell), who taught him social graces and bore him three children 1908 Philip Andreas von Rohr, president of Wisconsin Synod, died (b. 1843); graduate of Buffalo Synod Seminary (1863); pastor at Toledo; Winona, Minnesota (1866-1908), which parish grew to be the largest in Minnesota; joined Wisconsin Synod 1877; president of Wisconsin Synod from 1889 until his death in 1908; left the Buffalo Synod in 1866 to form a separate body, which, as its last president, he dissolved peacefully in 1875; forceful, practical, endowed with sound judgment and keen and ready understanding, he is largely responsible for the development of the Wisconsin Synod and its missions and institutions during his term of office If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404