Rev. C. L. Clausen preached at the house of Hellik Brekke.

The evidence

• “There are no records of the first meetings of the Luther Valley Church, but the Reverend C. L Clausen, from Racine county, preached at the house of Hellik Brekke on the 8th day of February, 1844, and that some kind of an organization was effected we infer from the fact that a call was made to Norway for a minister, stipulating his salary, etc.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/13-beloit-churches.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 306 / book p. 280

  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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