Tag: Quast

My Quast Quest

February 24, 2017

I have spent way too much time researching today’s story.  And after all is said and done, I still have questions. Johann Martin Quest was one of the original immigrants.  He came to America aboard the Johann Georg and up the Mississippi River aboard the Clyde.  Here we see him listed on the Johann Georg … More My Quast Quest

A Call is Delivered

February 8, 2016

After the death of Otto Herman Walther in January of 1841, Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Louis called Otto’s brother, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, to be their next pastor on February 8th.  Rev. C.F.W. Walther was serving two congregations in and around Perry County, Missouri at the time.  The congregation chose a shoemaker named Martin … More A Call is Delivered