In the course of my research on the members of the first students at the Log Cabin College, I sometimes refer to the children of those first students as their second generation. On March 8, 1984, the last of the second generation, Marie Brackman, died in Puyallup, Washington. Her story is an amazing one. Here … More Last of the Second Generation: A Story of Two Maries
On March 1, 1916, one hundred years ago, Rev. Ernst Gustav Hermann Miessler (pictured above) died in Chicago, Illinois. He is known for his missionary work among the Chippewa Indians in central Michigan. His first wife, Johanna Pinkepank Miessler, is buried in the Bethany Lutheran Indian Cemetery. She died in 1857. Rev. Miessler changed professions … More Missionary in Michigan
The March 7, 1848 issue of Der Lutheraner contained this article: “This past Sexagesima Sunday and the day after [February 27-28] the local German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession had the pleasure of being able to dedicate its newly constructed second church in the northern part of the city. The church has … More The Second St. Louis Lutheran Church (LCMS)
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
On February 7, 1927, Theodore Wurmb died in St. Louis. Theodore has a connection to the Log Cabin College in Perry County. Theodore’s father, Theobald (von) Wurmb was one of the students in the very first class of the Log Cabin College in 1839. Theobald lived most of his life in St. Louis as a … More St. Louis Druggists
