The research crew at Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum recently identified a new answer to the above question. According to an old article found in the Perryville paper, Gottwerth Schmidt who died on April 14, 1926, was the last of the original immigrants to die. He also happens to be my great grandfather. We have … More Which of the Original Immigrants Was the Last to Die?
Rev. Paul Gotthilf Loeber, pictured lower middle) died on March 7, 1960. His father and grandfather were Lutheran pastors. His grandfather, Gotthold, was the first pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. His father, Christoph Heinrich, was the second pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. His son, Paul Edward Loeber was a chaplain during … More Perpetual Pastors
The research team at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum was experiencing some difficulty searching for the death records of a Carl Wunderlich who apparently died sometime in 1849. He had married in August of 1848 and his “widow” remarried in February of 1850. We finally had a “Eureka” moment when we realized that Rev. … More More Holes…and Some Handwriting
Four hundred seventy years ago, Martin Luther died on February 18th. His last written words were the ones in the title of this blog. Three hundred years after Luther’s death, the Lutheran church here in Altenburg, Missouri was draped with many yards of black cloth. On that day, which was a Wednesday, a morning service … More We Are Beggars: This Is True
On February 16, 1904, Paul Loeber married Anna Kilguss in Providence, Rhode Island. Paul was the son of Christoph Loeber, one of the students in the inaugural class at the Log Cabin College. Christoph’s father, Gotthold, was a pastor. Christoph was a pastor. And Paul was a pastor. Rev. Paul Loeber served congregations in Providence, … More A Northeast Loeber
