CHAPTER XV.
CHURCHES AND RELIGION. (CONT'D)
From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
by H. F. Andrews
FRIEDMANS EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF ROSS.
Friedmans Evangelical church, at Ross, was organized in March, 1900, with the following charter members: Rev. A. Raecker, Chris Bauer, William Weiderstein, John Nakies, John Koenig, Charles Heuss, William Deist, William Lhrenkransz, Christ Mack and Egbert Drussel. They erected a church edifice the same year, with a seating capacity of one hundred and fifty, at a cost of one thousand five hundred dollars. The present membership is fifty.
Those who have served as pastors are: 1899-1900, A. Roecker; 1901-1903, H. J. Faust; 1904-1906, M. J. Knolls; 1907-1908, E. C. Granner; 1909-1910, R. J. Simon; 1911-1914, O. Mehnert. The present pastor is Rev. Clinton F. Smith. The services are held in the German language, excepting that every two weeks, at night, the Rev. C. L. Fuller, from Mt. Zion, preaches in English language.
MT. ZION EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Mt. Zion Evangelical church, located in section 27, Viola township, was organized in school house No. 8, in the year 1883. The leading members in organizing were William Morland, Nels Olsen, James Yeager, Jesse Snively and Harve Gipple. The church building, a frame structure, thirty-two by forty-four feet in size, was erected, with a vestibule eight by fourteen and spire twenty-three feet high, in 1887, at a cost of two thousand dollars.
The pastors who have served this church are the Revs. Knoll, Day, Heiliman, Astleford, Throp, Plummer, Buttman, Lehman, J. H. Yaggy, Fickinger, O. M. Yaggy, C. D. Wendel, H. Alber, M. O. Mehnert and the present pastor, Rev. C. L. Fuller. The present membership is forty-one. The church has a good parsonage property adjoining the church.
FAIRVIEW CLASS, EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Fairview class of the Evangelical church is located in the school house in district No. 4, Greeley township. Having no church building, they worship in the school house. The class was organized in 1891, with a membership of ten, and the present membership is fourteen. A large portion of the time this class has been idntified [sic identified] with the Evangelical church in Audubon, but a portion of the time it has been connected with Mt. Zion, as at present.
Rev. J. H. Yaggy was instrumental in organizing the class and was its first pastor; then followed Rev. Astleford, Rev. M. J. Connor, Rev. J. Wirth, Rev. George Heileman, Rev. O. M. Yaggy, Rev. C. D. Wendel, Rev. C. H. Schlesselman, Rev. J. C. Schwab and the present pastor, Rev. C. L. Fuller.
HAMLIN EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
A class of the Evangelical church was organized at Hamlin Station about 1891 and a church building erected. Some of the charter members were Robert Campbell and wife, D. Brandstatter and wife, H. Young and wife and J. Skinner and wife. This church never had a large membership, and their ranks were so depleted by removals that it was found difficult to keep up the organization; consequently, it was decided to sell the building and disband the organization, which was accordingly done. The building was sold to the Danish Lutherans in 1906, who have since occupied it and have a flourishing membership.
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2018, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, pp. 217-218.
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