A minister was ordained at Schohairie, N. Y., and began pastoral duties in Chicago; his work had resulted in the organization of a Chicago congregation in 1848.

The evidence

• “He afterwards spoke of this place as a home to him during his school days at Beloit. (He was often at our house and my father had a high regard for him.—Ed.) In 1848 Anderson's missionary work resulted in the organization of a congregation in Chicago. He was ordained at Schohairie, N. Y., during the summer of 1848, and returning to Chicago began his pastoral duties. He soon introduced regular English services in his congregation, placing the English on an equal footing with the Norwegian.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/18-scandinavians.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 471 / book p. 437

  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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