Name/Title
1st Congregational ChurchEntry/Object ID
19.85Secondary Title
Church History 90 Years of History 2868-1958Description
First Congregational Church History: 90 Years of Living. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: tan card stock cover with two black and white photos of the first church building and the new church; cover title: "90 Years of Living, First Congregational Church, 1868-1958 Waseca, Minnesota. Contents: black and white photos of the interior and exterior of both churches; Rev. J. W. Stedman and family, Audrey, Joel, Marcia, Jack, Sara, Mark; parsonage, first at 608 Elm St and later at 1008 Third Ave.; charter members; several pages of church history written by Robert Hodgson; a poem writtenby Rev. P.W. Gibson, "These Ninety Years"; the new church building; acknowledgements and on the reverse an explanation of the symbolism in the church windows and brick figures.Context
Charter members: Rev. Edwin Alden, Frederick Stevens, Austin Vinton, Anna Alden, Lucy Stevens, Lydia Vinton, Wilfred Vinton, William Vinton, Samuel Hawkes, Ada Vinton, Caroline Hawkes, Edward Bennett, Gordon Henshaw, Eliza Bennett, Julia Hummiston, Ezra and Catherine Wood (and their family tree). The Wood family tree includes the names of Clayton, Weber, Muedeking, Spies, Churchill, Papke, Halle, Suemnick, Mokoff, Draheim, Sheldon, Iversen, Halstead, Kiesler and Gray. Pastors who served between 1870 and 1968: Edwin Alden, Thomas Wadsworth, Edward Starr, Levi Loring, Charles Merrill, Lucian Chaney, John Steman, James Smith, John Frizzell, Philip Holp, Stephen Updyke, Francis Carter, John Eakin, J. Lloyd, Allison Adams, Edwin Ewell, R. O Roberts, W. E. Griffith, Stewart Smith, Francis White, Elmer Gallagher, Merodach Green, Emrys Thomas, John Stedman, Walter Schilling and James Slocum.Cataloged By
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BookletClass
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BookletDate Published
1958Create Date
July 26, 2016Update Date
April 14, 2026