A pastor served congregations in Illinois until 1851, then was called to Wisconsin.

The evidence

• “In 1847 he moved to Mission Point, La Salle county, Illinois, having been called thither the previous year, and organized congregations at Leland, Fox River and Lisbon. He served there until 1851, and then being called to Wisconsin, organized congregations at Racine, Milwaukee and Muskego, which he served two years. In 1853 he responded to a call to Fox River and remained there till 1856, when he accepted a call to the Evangelical Lutheran church at Clinton, Wis., where he labored nearly thirty years.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34d-biographical-4.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 501 / book p. 987

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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