KEWANEE TOWNSHIP .

German Evangelical Church , Kewanee Township . Until the erection of their church edifice in 1866, the members of this congregation held their meetings for divine service in the school-house on Section 28. They were organized here about this time with twenty-eight members. Owing to a division in the church, and the forming of another church near, the membership is now sixteen. The attendance at Sunday-school is now twenty-seven.

The following ministers have successively held the pastorate here Revs. Herman Lessner, G. F. Gruber, C. G. Haack, — Hilmer, — Rein, G. W. Regier and — Hantel. The Rev. William Meyer, pastor of the church at Princeton , Bureau County , is now :pastor in charge, preaching once a month.

 

 

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