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Diamond Jubilee of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pilot, Illinois
1859 - 1934 

 

Credits and Facts

Ladies Aid Society

President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mrs. Fred Kirchner, Jr.
Vice-President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Ed. Desen
Secretary and Treasurer . . . . . . . . Miss Hanna Hines

Diamond Jubilee Statistics

Baptisms . . . . . . 1029
Confirmed . . . . . . . 649
Marriages . . . . . . . 203
Burials . . . . . . . . . .284
Communed . . . . .19174
To these could be added large numbers if the records prior to 1878 could be found.

First Baptism, 1859
William Hertz

First Marriage, 1860
F. Kraft and Marie Wilken

First Burial, 1860
Jobst Boehning

Present Church Council Officers
Chairman . . . . . . . . . Frank Boness
Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Dau
Treasurer . . . . .  William Schlondorf

Board of Elders
George Seek
John L. Herscher
Philip Kirchner

Pastors
George Bernathal  1859 - 1862 George Bruegmann   1877 - 1885
Franz Schmidt 1862 - 1864 Carl Weber 1885 - 1898
Carl Meyer 1864 - 1867 W. H. Meyer 1898 - 1902
Franz Lehman 1867 - 1871 Carl Mueller 1902 - 1910
R. Koehler 1872 - 1875 Gust Groenow 1910 - 1923
August Schuessler   1875 - 1877 O. C. Taege 1923 - 1934

Pastor in Our Synod Hailing from Zion Church
Carl Noffke, Wilcox, Neb.

Jubilee Committee
John L. Herscher
Henry Dickman
Wm Niehus
  

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