Pastoral Records of Charles H. Riedesel, Wheatland, Iowa
[Published in " Blossoms on the Thistle: An Account of the Lives and Christian Ministry of the Rev. and Mrs. Charles H. Riedesel 1871 to 1960 ", p. 14. Written by Gerhard A. Riedesel, a son of the Rev. Riedesel. See editor's notes. ]
BAPTISMS |
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| 5-27-1896 | John Franz Reinhold Mussig | Wheatland |
| 6-17-1896 | Leonhard Johann Zogg | " |
| 7-19-1896 | Martha Maria Burrichter | Smithtown |
| 9-13-1896 | Ida Ernestine Dickmann | " |
| 10-18-1896 | Arthur Ludwig Heinrich Riedesel | Big Rock |
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Harry Wilhelm Ludwig Riedesel | " |
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Edna Emma Riedesel | " |
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Lucy Maria Katharicia Riedesel | " |
| 10-30-1896 | Ludwig Wilhelm Heinrich Jung | Wheatland |
| 11-19-1896 | Harry Orlando Witte | " |
| 11-22-1896 | Johann Ludwig Mohr | Smithtown |
| 4-11-1897 | Johan Heinrich Brandt | " |
| 5-30-1897 | Rose May Mowry | Wheatland |
| 10-10-1897 | Alma Louise Ott | Smithtown |
| Emil George Busch | " |
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CONFIRMATIONS |
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| Friedrich Dickmann | Smithtown | |
| Dora Tinnefelt | " |
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MARRIAGES |
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| 6-10-1896 | Rudolph George Steen & Caroline Bloss | Calamus |
| 12-16-1896 | Jess T. Kimball & Anna Nissen | Wheatland |
| 12-17-1896 | Henry Ott & Louise Lydia Riedesel | Wheatland |
| 12-30-1896 | Louis G. Schneider & Lena Schneider | Wheatland |
FUNERALS |
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| 6-11-1895 | Mrs. Blumer | Wheatland |
| 10-10-1896 | William Pieper | " |
| 11- 4-1896 | Rosa Mayer | " |
| 11-17-1896 | Emil Jahan | " |
| 11-27-1896 | Mrs. H. Gill | " |
| 12- 9-1896 | Louis Johann | " |
| 1-24-1897 | H. Tebbe | " |
| 2- 7-1897 | Anna Jahn | " |
| 3- 2-1897 | Mrs. M. Kolb | Smithtown |
Editor's notes : Charles H. Riedesel (1871-1960) was the youngest child of the Wheatland pioneers, L. Henry and Elisabeth (Schumacher) Riedesel. Charles was born in Wheatland, educated at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio, entered the German Reformed ministry, and was hired in 1896 as assistant pastor of St. Paul's Church in Wheatland. The charge included the now-defunct Smithtown German Reformed Church near Lost Nation. He also preached regularly at nearby Big Rock. In 1897, he left to lead a church in North Carolina. In the spring of that year, Charles had married Elise Marie Zipf, the daughter of the senior pastor at St. Paul's.
The four Riedesel children baptized on 10/18/1896 were the offspring of Friedrich and Christina (Horstmann) Riedesel.
Louise Lydia Riedesel who was married in 1896 was the daughter of George and Elisabeth (Gerhart) Riedesel of Wheatland. The Otts were also early Wheatland settlers.
See www.riedesel.org for more extensive genealogical information.
Paul Riedesel
Minneapolis