One Township's Yesterdays Chapter LI Zion Church - History and Genealogy of Lake Maxinkuckee

One Township's Yesterdays Chapter LI

Zion Church

THE ORIGINAL CHURCH REGISTER of Zion gives an historical sketch of the organization of the congregation. The handwriting is old-fashioned and the ink is faded and brown. The words are as follows:

JOHN ROMICK
ANNE ROMICK
JOHN ZECHIEL
ROSEANNE ZECHIEL
SIMON WOLLFROM
MARGARET WOLLFROM
JOHN ADDLER

Magdalena ADDLER
FREDERICK STAHL
CHRISTEANNE STAHL
ELIZABETH DIDMYER
MARY WOLLFROM
G. A. MORLOCH

(MORLOCH)
ELIZABETH MORLOCH
REJINA STAHL
Wm. GOOD
MARY SHALL
REBECCA EDINGER

Thus on the 1st Day of April 1866 the Zions [Zion] Congregation the Marshall Co. Mission was Constitutionally organized in connection and supervision of the St. Joseph Classes, Synod of Ohio and Adjacent States of the German Reformed Church."

In a later church register of the congregation a transcript of this sketch appeared, with the spelling of a number of names changed, and perhaps brought more up-to-date. Other changes were made throughout the text, but the quaintness and sincerity of the original warrants its preservation as first set down. The insertion of two or three of the parenthetical explanations comprises the only changes made in the above ropy as compared with the original.
The pastors of Zion Church, from the year 1865 onward, have been given the following mention in the church records:

There occurred a vacancy in the records from the pastorate of the Rev. JESSE SCHLOSSER until the Rev. JEROME B. HENRY became pastor of the congregation, September lst, 1877, His labors ended in August, 1882, when he was called to Preside over the Collegiate Institute at Pleasantville, Ohio.

The Rev. WILLIAM F. FROM commenced his pastorate in September, 1883, the charge having been vacant for one year. He closed his labors at the expiration of his year, preaching his farewell sermon August 17th, 1884.

The Rev. PETER J. SPAMGLER commenced his labors, November 2nd, 1854, at which time he preached his first regular sermon to the congregation. A protracted service, conducted by Brother SPANGLER, is mentioned, commencing on Friday evening, March 20th, 1885, and continuing until the Sabbath, April 5th, 1885. On this occasion ten persons were admitted into the church and five children were baptized.

The Rev. N. H. LOOSE commenced his labors November 1st, 1887. His pastorate ended, June 1st, 1889.

The Rev. SAMUEL SHAW entered the pastorate, June 1st, 1889, and continued until October 1st, 1892. Of interest is a program, inserted in the records, of the Fourteenth Annual Sunday School Convention of the St. JOSEPH Classes, held in the First Reformed Church at Three Rivers, Mich., and lasting two days. The Rev. SAMUEL SHAW took part in the program of the last day, May 20th, 1891, when he delivered an address, "Unruly Scholars--How Best Gain their Attention."

The first officers of Zion Church are mentioned in the records of the congregation as having been elected as follows:

April 1st, 1866, JOHN ROMIG was elected Elder for two years, and JOHN ZECHIEL, Elder for one year. JOHN ADLER was elected Deacon for two years, and FREDERICK STAHL, Deacon for one year. These Brethren were installed into their respective offices on the same day of their election by the Pastor.

April 28, 1867, FREDERICK STAHL was elected Elder for two years, and JOHN ZECHIEL, Deacon for two years. May 26th, 1867, they were installed by the Pastor, and continued to serve for three years. April 16th, 1868, SIMON WOLFROM was elected Elder for two years, and JOHN ROMIG, Deacon for two years, and on the 30th of the same month were installed by the Pastor and each continued in office for three years.

The elections of 1870, 1871, and 1872 are then mentioned. At a meeting at the house of JOHN ZECHIEL on March 29th, 1872, three Trustees were elected:

to serve for the term of three years, and until their successors should be chosen. The Rev. JESSE SCHLOSSER was chairman of that meeting. Mrs. CHRISTEANNE STAHL was secretary of the congregation at that time.

On January 1st, 1879, L. C. ZECHIEL was elected as clerk of the congregation. On January 1st, 1854, CHARLES H. STAHL was elected congregational treasurer. In April, 1886, LEWIS F, STAHL appears on the records as clerk, and also for several years thereafter. LOUIS C. ZECHIEL was elected as clerk, January 10, 1892. He continued as such until 1909, when CLAUDE R. NEWMAN assumed the duties, continuing until the present year, 1934.

The Elders of Zion Church and the term of office of each are on record as follows:

Here occurs a vacancy in the records until Rev. J. B. HENRY became pastor. During this vacancy, however, it is known that the office of Elder was mostly filled by JOHN and JACOB H. ZechieI [ZECHIEL].

JOHN ZECHIEL, 1878-
JACOB H. ZECHIEL, 1878-80
LOUIS F. STAHL, 1880-84
JACOB H. ZECHIEL, 1884-85, 1885-87
L. F. STAHL, 1886-88
JACOB H. ZECHIEL, 1887-89
L. F. STAHL, 1888-90
L. C. ZECHIEL, 1889-91
L. F. STAHL, 1890-92
JACOB H. ZECHIEL, 1891-93;
LOUIS C. ZECHIEL, 1892-
JACOB H. ZECHIEL, 1893-
LOUIS C. ZECHIEL. 1894-96
L. F. STAHL, 1895-
WILLIAM G. ZECHIEL, 1896-

ALBERT C. WOLFRAM, 1897-
LOUIS C. ZECHIEL, 1898-
ALBERT C. WOLFRAM, 1898-
L. C. ZECHIEL 1900-
ALBERT C. WOLFRAM, 1901-
L. C. ZECHIEL, 1902-
A. C. WOLFRAM, 1903-
WM. G. ZECHIEL, 1905-
CLAUDE R. NEWMAN, 1910-
WATSON ROMIG, 1913-
JOHN A. NEWMAN, 1920-21
HENRY MILLER, 1921-
EDWIN HOOVER, 1922-
HARRY LEOPOLD, 1930

The Deacons of Zion Churn [Church] terms of office are on record as follows:

Here occurs a vacancy in the records until September list, 1877, during which time the office was mostly filled by LOUIS F. STAHL, WILLIAM J. Good and BENJAMIN. D. EBLING.

WILLIAM J. GOOD, 1878-80
LOUIS C. ZECHIEL, 1878-81
CHARLES H. STAHL, 1880-82
BENJAMIN D. EBLING, 1881-84
SOLOMON ROMIG, 1882-84
HENRY ZECHIEL, 1884-
LOUIS F. STAHL, 1884-86
EZRA BLANCHARD, 1885
HENRY ROMIG, 1886-87
L. C. ZECHIEL. 1856-88
CHARLES H. STAHL, 1887-89
L. C. ZECHIEL, 1888-90
CHARLES H. STAHL, 1888-91
MARTIN MAHLER, 1888-90;
ALBERT C. WOLFRAM, 1890-92
CHARLES H. STAHL, 1891-93
JOHN C. ZECHIEL, 1892-
JOHN DITMIRE, 1893;
JOHN C. ZECHIEL, 1895-
LOUIS C. ZECHIEL, 1896-
CHAS. H. STAHL, 1897-

WILLIAM G. ZECHIEL, 1898-1900
Chas. H. STAHL, 1899-
ALBERT F. STAHL, 1901-
CHAS. H. STAHL, 1901-
JOHN W. ROMIG, 1902-
WILLIAM G. ZECHIEL, 1903-
WATSON ROMIG, 1904-08
ZINA DUDDLESON, 1905-17
CLAUDE R, NEWMAN, 1908-10
WATSON ROMIG, 1910-12
JEROME ZECHIEL, 1912-13
JOHN DITMIRE, 1914-18
HENRY MILLER, 1917-21
DICK NEWMAN, 1918-24
DICK HEDGES, 1921-26
SAMUEL KALEY, 1922-29
HARRY LEOPOLD, 1924-
PAUL HOOVER, 1926-29
KLINE SALES, 1929-
J. DICK NEWMAN, 1929

In November, 1885, according to the old records of Zion Church, "the committee of reconstruction of the Marshall and Winamac Charges met at Marmont in Special Classis to transact business relating to above named Charges. The Division was as follows: Marmont, Twin Lakes, Zions Congregations from Marshall Charge and Bruce Lake, and Marshland, (Delong) from Winamac Charge to constitute the Middle or New Charge.

"December lst, 1888, by a call of Brother B. F. GOOD, the Consistory of the new Charge was organized at Marmont, Indiana. Brother HANSAKEL was appointed Chairman, and Brother L. C. ZECHIEL, Recording Secretary, and Brother B. F. GOOD, Corresponding Secretary.

"After some suggestions made by some of the members present in regard to naming the Charge, it was on second Ballot voted to be called Marmont Charge."

The Marmont Congregation had been organized nearly four years previous, on March 11, 1885. Zion was the parent church. The Rev. PETER J. SPANGLER, their pastor of Zion, became also pastor of the Marmont Charge.

"The particular branch of the Reformed church with which we stand identified," L. C. ZECHIEL says in a historical review, "was composed of German and Swiss emigrants to this country. It was not long until the organization known as the German Reformed church was effected. Its principal stronghold was in Pennsylvania and the adjoining states. Confining its work primarily to the German immigrants for many years her growth was no doubt much retarded, but as the English language became more dominant in the states as well as the church the word German was about forty years ago dropped from the name and the church is now known as the Reformed Church in the United Stales [States].

"In course of time this portion of Hoosierdom which we inhabit became settled and among the settlers were those who in the East were members of either the Reformed or Lutheran church. The home missionary was not slow in following in their wake and so it was that in about the year 1855 Rev. BASSLER commenced to preach here in the old log school house situated about a quarter of a mile south and east of this church (Zion). Following the Rev. BASSLER came Rev. FRITCHIE and Rev. FICKES, both holding services in the German language. Commencing about the year 1860 Rev. JONAS J MICHAEL of Winamac, the first English Reformed minister in this section of the country, began a pastorate continuing for several years. During the same time a Rev. NICOLAI preached occasionally in the German language. For a time the congregation ....
___CHIEL, 1894-96; JOHN DITMIRE, was vacant, being then known as the Marshall County Mission.

On January 1, 1865, the Rev. JESSE SCHLOSSER of Pleasant Grove, now Kewanna, took charge of the congregations, the charge being then composed of Bruce Lake, Twin Lakes, St. John's and Pleasant Grove congregations. The Zion congregation had, however, never been constitutionally organized as a part of the Reformed church, so on the evening of March 29, 1866, such all organization was commenced with the following charter members:

JOHN ROMIG
ANNA ROMIG
SIMON WOLFRAM
MARGARET WOLFRAM
JOHN ADLER
MAGDALENA ADLER
JOHN ZECHIEL
ROSINA ZECHIEL
FREDERIC STAHL

CHRISTEANA STAHL
ELIZABETH DITMIRE
MARY WOLFRAM
GEORGE MORLOCK
ELIZABETH MORLOCK
REGINA STAHL
WILLIAM J. GOOD
MARY SCHALL
REBECCA ETTINGER

An election was held resulting in the choice of the following brethren: JOHN ROMIG, elder for two years; JOHN ZECHIEL, elder for one year; JOHN ADLER, deacon for two years; FREDERIC STAHL, deacon for one year. On the following Lord's day morning, being April 1, 1866, the officers thus chosen were solemnly ordained and installed into their respective offices and thus was completed the organization of Zion congregation of the Reformed church and so continues to this present time.

As many of the older members of the congregation were Germans the preaching service was partly German. Sometimes both the English and German languages were used in the same service.

"For many years the public services were held in the KALEY school house, being the buliding [building] (in 1916) by Brother HENRY MILLER, while cottage prayer meetings were regularly held at the homes of the members. These prayer meetings were well attended and looked forward to with joyful anticipations as seasons of spiritual refreshing no less than as times of happy social intercourse.

The people did not go in automobiles, nor yet in surreys, driving over fine gravel roads at the rate of 10 to 25 miles per hour; rather, our fathers were plodders, hitching to their farm wagons, driving sometimes horses, sometimes ox teams through sand and mud and over corduroy bridges, and some even walked, the mother carrying the baby in her arms, the father the next oldest in his arms and perchance another on his back, all the while rejoicing in the prospect of a spiritual as well as temporal feast of good things in store at the end of the journey. In those days none were too poor to go to church and Sunday school. Boys and girls came to Sunday school barefooted, and very few had other Sunday clothes than the clothes of the following week put on clean on Sunday morning. Those were my boyhood days, and it is with a mingled feeling of regret that I note the changes that have taken place. Thus time went happily on.

"In those early years the Sunday school was in session only during the warm months of the year and was held as a union Sunday school by the two dominant church organizations of the community - - the Reformed and Evangelical people. The literature was bought jointly, consisting of testaments, song books without notes, and German primers. The custom was to select a superintendent from one church one year and from the other church the next. Primitive as everything was, the Christian people of the community served well their day and generation . ' "

About the year 1872, there came into the neighborhood a Protestant Methodist minister by the name of Douglas who, together with the Rev. CANDO, commenced protracted meetings resulting in a "great revival." As a result of the meetings a Protestant Methodist class was organized. When the meetings closed, about the first of March, a Sunday school was organized.

Zion congregation at length decided to build a church. The present edifice was erected and was dedicated by Rev. JESSE SCHLOSSER on May 4, 1873. From that time the congregation prospered and grew so that at one time the Sunday school had an enrollment of nearly 200 and the congregation more than 150.

At one time four different church organizations held stated services in Zion community. Two disbanded long ago, while a third removed its organization and house of worship to Culver, and Zion alone remains.

In early days, religious services in the southwestern section of the township were usually held in what was commonly known as the "KALEY Schoolhouse." The Reformed Church was then but a Mission point. To these services, some came on foot, some on horseback, some with ox-cart and others on their log wagons with seat-boards laid across the wagon-bed. None came in top-carriages their or even rubber-tired buggies, according to the STAHL Family History. JACOB PETER STAHL recalls that on numerous occasions he as a child was carried to services on the arms and shoulders of his parents. The distance from the STAHL home to the KALEY school was about four miles.

"Worship was conducted in the Community School House district No. 8," which the writer designated as the "School House Church." "This arrangement continued for a number of years and was open to all denominations down to the year 1872," the year that the Zion's Reformed Church building was erected on its present site.

It was in that same year that the Emmanuel Church, of the Evangelical Association, was erected about one and one-half miles to the east of this location. After this, use of the schoolhouse as a place of worship ceased. Thus, the old schoolhouse, with its crude and meager accommodations, had served its sacred purpose and borne its fruit. The church was early designated as the "Zions [Zion] Congregation of the Reformed Church of the Marshall County Charge of the St. Joseph Classis of the Ohio Synod."

Information as follows is given regarding the pastors of Zion in the Pastoral Register of the church:

(There being no record, these items above, concerning the Reverends SPANGLER, SCHEEL and RICHTER, are recorded from memory.)

JEROME B. HENRY, Sept. 1, 1877-Sept. 1, 1882
WILLIAM F. FROM, Sept 1. 1883-Sept. 1, 1884
PETER J. SPANGLER, Nov. 2, 1884-July 1, 1887
N. H. LOSSE, Nov. 1, 1887-June 1, 1889
SAMUEL SHAW, June 1, 1889-Oct. 1, 1892
J. W. BARBER, Nov. 10, 1892-July 1, 1900
HENRY N. SMITH, July 1, 1900-Dec. 15, 1941
S. ELMER KLOPFENSTEIN, Jan. 15, 1902-Apr. 15, 1907
A. J. MICHAEL, May 15, 1907-June 15, 1915
J. W. BETCHEL, Oct. 17, 1915-Oct. 15, 1917
G. P. FISHER, Dec. 20, 1917-Nov. 1, 1919
J. F. TAPY, Jan. 1, 1920
C. A. LANG, to July, 1931
HARVEY HARSH, Mar. 1, 1932

That was the extent of the information given by the church register about the pastors who have served in Zion Congregation, and the years their pastorates commenced and ended. Information from another source gives the name of Rev. JONAS J. MICHAEL as pastor around the year '61.

The old church register gives the following concerning visiting ministers:

Other items from the church register:
At a congregational meeting, January 8, 1893, it was decided to take action with reference to building a parsonage at Marmont.

From the church register is obtained the following data relating to the trustees of Zion, and the years of their service:

JOHN ZECHIEL, 1872-1898
JACOB H. ZECHIEL, 1872-1898
LOUIS F. STAHL, 1872-1898
A. C. WOLFRAM, 1895-
L. C. ZECHIEL, 1893- (parsonage trustee)
A. C. WOLFRAM, 1898-
Arthur W. ZECHIEL, 1898-
ALBERT F. STAHL, 1898-

C. W. NEWMAN, 1909-
ZINA DUDDLESON, 1909-17
JOHN W. ROMIG, 1909-
JOHN DITMIRE, 1917-18
HENRY MILLER,-
HARRY LEOPOLD,-
JOHN NEWMAN, -

In ink of a faded brown, an early record in the church register gives the "Names and dates of receptions and dismissions, etc. of the Members of the Zions [Zion] Congregation of the German Reformed Church, Marshall County, Indiana. April 1st, 1866. J. SCHLOSSER, Pastor."

The following first eighteen members were all received by letter at the beginning, April 1, 1866. (The name by marriage, given here in parentheses, was added later to the record):

FREDERICK STAHL (died Jan. 24, 1874)
CHRISTEANNE STAHL
JOHN ROMICK (died Feb. 3, 1884)
ANNE ROMICK (died Mar. 28, 1882)
JOHN ZECHIEL
ROSEANNE ZECHIEL
SIMON WOLLFROM (died Jan. 1857)
MARGARET WOLLFROM (died Nov. 8, 1833)
JOHN ADDLER

MADGELENA ADDLER
ELIZABETH DITMYER
MARY (WOLLFROM) GOOD
G. A. MOLOCH
ELIZABETH MOLOCH
REGINA (STAHL) ZECHIEL
WILLIAM GOOD
MARY SHALL
REBECCA (EDINGER) WILLSON

Four members were received by letter April 3, 1867, making a total membership of twenty-two. These four were

These were the original members of Zion Church.

The number of members reported to the classis, covering several years in the 'eighties and 'nineties, were recorded as follows:

1885 --	57
1886 --	45
1887 --	38
1895 --	52
1896 --	91
1898 --	93
1899 --	97
1901 --	94

It will be noted that WILLIAM GOOD was one of the first members of Zion Church congregation. This pioneer resident of Starke County was among the last original members of the church to pass away. His death occurred at Knox, Indiana, November 20, 1933. He had reached the advanced age of eighty-seven years, nine months and nineteen days. In '49, at the age of three years, he came with his parents from Seneca County, Ohio, to Starke County, Indiana. The family emigrated by wagon. Most of WILLIAM J. GOOD's life was spent in Starke County. He was united in marriage to MARY WOLFRAM on March 1, 1868. Soon after his marriage, he joined the Zion Reformed Church. With neighbors of the Zion community, he had hauled the lumber and helped with the building of the Zion church edifice. He also helped later in platting the cemetery and hauled the first corpse to be buried in it. He and his wife were from the beginning ardent and faithful supporters of Zion Church.

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.

An event of importance, the fiftieth anniversary of the Grace Reformed Church of Culver, prompts the writer to add a few items that he believes to be of interest, beyond those carefully recorded facts already included in a published history of Grace Reformed Church, prepared especially for anniversary week.

The historical notes here presented may add but little of appreciable value to that which has been written before; they may be counted as little side-lights perhaps, and as such may serve to illumine, however faintly, the pages of the chronicle of our churches. The writer here dwells especially on the quaintness of the old-time church records, from which has been gleaned the greater part of the material.

Grace Reformed Church

The Marmont Congregation of the Reformed Church, St. Joseph Classis, was organized on March 11, 1885. with the following officers and members:

and Charter Members:

JOHN and ROSINA ZECHIEL
HENRY and LOSETTA ZECHIEL
JOHN W. and MARILDA SOUDER
OLIVER and MARGARET MORRIS
DAVID and MARY REED

ORA BRAWN
JOSEPH and EMMALINE BENNER
EZRA and SARAH BLANCHARD
JOSEPH and MARY BENDER
ELIZABETH BEHMAN

In an old record book or the congregation we read: "At a (Consistory) meeting held at Twin Lake Congregation Nov. 15, 188(5), SPANGLER was elected Pastor of Marmont Congregation for the term of one year from Date." And later: "November. 1886, at a Joint Consistory held at Plymouth Reformed Church LOOSE was elected Pastor for the term of one year," etc. In November, 1887, at a Joint Consistory held at Plymouth Reformed Church, Reverend N. H. LOOSE was elected Pastor for another year.

Rev. SAMUEL SHAW was called to the Marmont Charge in 1888, and remained three years, four months, till November 1, 1892.

Rev. JOSEPH W. BARBER was called in November, 1892.

Rev. HENRY N. SMITH began his work, July 1, 1900, as Pastor in the (and here we have the full title) Marmont Charge of the Reformed Church in the United States, Ohio Synod, St. Joseph Classis. He was installed, October 17, 1900, by the Reverend MATHES from Goshen, Indiana, and Reverend Hartman from Plymouth.

The succeeding pastors were:

Rev. S. ELMER KLOPFENSTINE (1902;1907)
Rev. A. J. J MICHAEL (1907-1915)
Rev. J. W. BECHTEL (1915-1917)
Rev. G. P. FISHER (1917-1919)

Rev. J. F. TAPY (1920-1925)
Rev. C. A. LANG (1926-1931)
Rev. HARVEY E. HARSH (1932- )

An event of no small importance was the building of the church edifice. The Marmont Reformed Congregation held a meeting at the home of Reverend SHAW, October 25, 1889. Brother JOHN ZECHIEL, in behalf of himself and his children, made the following proposition and requests: "That he and his children will in memory of the deceased wife and mother erect and enclose a church edifice. The congregation shall assume to raise a sum sufficient to finish and furnish the building on the inside." JOHN ZECHIEL and family requested that an inscription be placed in a suitable position upon the building: "Erected to the memory of ROSINA ZECHIEL, wife of JOHN ZECHIEL."

The Reformed Church in Culver was built in 1890.

The edifice, while being built, was to be under the control of a building committee chosen by the congregation, and when complete to be under the control of trustees chosen by the congregation. "Said JOHN ZECHIEL would ask that the. Congregation assist in the procuring of the grounds and in hauling the necessary logs to the mill." The congregation accepted the proposition unanimously. The brethren elected then to a building committee were:

The Rev. SAMUEL SHAW acted as president and L. C. ZECHIEL as secretary pro tem of this meeting.

From the Marmont Congregation of the Reformed Church, August 15,1897, a committee of three was appointed, HENRY ZECHIEL, HENRY KOONTZ and DAVID SMITH, "to investigate the cost of putting in a furnace in the church and the cost of building a coal and wood house and the cost and estimate of heating by stoves." In due time the committee reported in favor of a furnace. The idea was to raise funds and purchase a furnace of the Wrought Iron Range Company of St. LOUIS. In July, 1900, Father ZECHIEL moved that the furnace committee be continued with SAMUEL BUSWELL in the place of HENRY KOONTZ. WALTER HAND was chosen then to do the soliciting.

About the time of the furnace committee's inception, a congregational constitution was drafted.

Some time in the summer of 1897, a change of the church name was brought about by the change in name of Marmont to Culver (City).

At a meeting of the Zion Church congregation in January, 1914, CLAUDE R. NEWMAN and JOHN W. ROMIG were appointed as a committee to visit, in conjunction with a similar committee of Grace congregation, the Delong and Bruce Lake congregations with the view of bringing about the reconstruction of the Culver charge. After various meetings of the joint consistories of the charge and the visit of a committee of the Classis, the charge was divided on August 12, 1914, Grace and Zion congregations constituting the Culver charge.

The following are some of the names of the members of Grace Church Consistory who have served at. different periods throughout the history of the church; the record, however, is not complete as here given:

Elders - -

JOHN ZECHIEL (1885-1909)
DAVID REED (1885- )
HENRY ZECHIEL (1886-1909)
OLIVER MORRIS (1888- )

JOHN W. SOUDER (1891- )
L. F. STAHL (1897-1909) ALBERT F. STAHL (1899-1909)
WILLIAM HAND (1899-1909)

S. G. BusweIl [BUSWELL] (1899-1909)
J. H. ZECHIEL (18991909)
DAVID H. SMITH (1899-1909)
CHARLES ZECHIEL (1899-1909)

Deacons - -

JOHN W. SOUDER (1885-1890)
OLIVER MORRIS (1885- )
EZRA BLANCHARD (1887-1893)
OLIVER MORRIS (1887- )
HENRY ZECHIEL (1890- )
HENRY OYLER (1891-1896)

SAMUEL ULERY (1892- )
MOSES MENSER (1894- )
SAMUEL BUSWELL (1895-1909)
DAVID H. SMITH (1897-1909)
JACOB H. ZECHIEL (1899-1909)

WILBUR BROWN (1899-1909)
WALTER HAND (1899-1909)
JOHN ZECHIEL (1899-1909)
ALBERT F. STAHL (1899-1909)
AUSTIN ROMIG (1899-1909)

Inthe above list, dates are given only up to the end of the year 1909 and are incomplete; likewise, during the period from 1885 to 1909, there may have been other members not mentioned on these records, which apparently are the only ones available, perhaps the only ones extant.

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