Today’s story is almost too sad to be written, but I feel I must. The story centers around the family of John Michael and Caroline (Lang) Sandler of the Perryville area. Both John Michael and Caroline arrived in America in 1840 by coming through Baltimore, Maryland. Yet they both arrived on different ships on different … More Watching So Many Children Die
In ancient Rome, there was a goddess named Felicitas. She was the goddess of happiness, abundance, and good luck. A coin once had an image of Felicitas shown on it. Felicitas is shown holding what is called a caduceus, a symbol often used to represent medicine, and a cornucopia, a symbol for abundance or plenty. … More Felicitas?
It was a sad day for the German Lutherans in Altenburg on August 19th in 1849. On that day, their beloved pastor, Rev. Gotthold Heinrich Loeber, died at the age of 52. He is said to have died from typhoid fever, but I would submit that exhaustion may well have been a factor in his … More Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant
