Over the years, there have been some pastors who have served Lutheran congregations in Perry County that had roots in this county. Perhaps one of the most notable was Rev. Adolph Vogel, who was born in Frohna and went on to serve Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg for many decades. Rev. A.M. Lohmann was baptized … More Rev. John Hellwege’s Great-Grandpa, John Hellwege
You will be reading a story today about a girl who spends her childhood in East Perry County, but moves away, possibly as early when she was a teenager and never returns to live in this area again. In the case of today’s birthday girl, she went from Missouri to Nebraska, and finally to Colorado. … More Frohna to Pueblo, With a Stop in Elkhorn
A surname entered East Perry County back in the 1840’s that had its origins in Pennsylvania. That surname was Hartung. In a previous post about a character in this Hartung family, it documented the fact that this family had been in the United States as early as the 1700’s. That post was titled, From Muddy … More Hartung (Or Is it Harting?) and Hester
The birthday boy for today’s post is Paul Joseph Mangels, who was born on January 14, 1885, so today would be his 140th birthday. Paul was the son of Gerhard and Martha (von Glahn) Mangels. He was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. His baptism record from that congregation’s books is pictured below. Because … More A Mangels-Mueller Match
I have put together an entirely different type of article today. Instead of my usual post telling the story of people, I will be discussing buildings. More specifically, I will be focusing on a special type of interior church architecture…the pulpit altar. Before I proceed, I want to tell you how I was inspired to … More Pulpit Altars – Architectural Doctrine
Today, you will read the story of two sisters who were lifelong singles. Until the time near their death, these two are found on the same census page. And most of their time, they lived in or near Frohna. One of the sisters has a birthday today. Ernestine Sophia Militzer was born on December 1, … More Ernestine and Lina – Militzer Maidens
I have previously written the story about the parents of today’s birthday girl. That post was titled, The Buchholz and Gentil Soap Opera. As that title implies, that story included some drama. I encourage you to read it to get some background on today’s main character. Today’s tale begins in Perry County, but it remains … More A Buchholz/Crisler Pair
Today’s birthday boy is named August Carl Lueders. August’s grandfather, whose story was told in the post, Frohna Entrepreneur, could also be called an August Carl. In addition, his uncle was named August Carl. I believe when today’s birthday boy was born, his parents wanted to give him a name that either honored his grandfather … More August C. Lueders – St. Louis Pharmacist
One of the aspects of today’s story is that some members of the Heise family continued to gravitate back to the town of Frohna. Let me begin by telling you a little about the father of today’s birthday girl and his two wives. Andrew Heise came to America in 1861, and there is evidence that … More Harry Wheeler – Granite City Boilermaker
Edgar Dreyer has been a great contributor to the research library at our museum. He single-handedly translated the records of several local churches from German into English, and I know his efforts have been a great help to me in my research for these blog posts. Today, I will tell the story of Edgar’s grandparents. … More Edgar Dreyer’s Grandma and Grandpa
