Saint John Lutheran Church (Eagle Lake, Illinois) Records

Record Group

Identifier: Collection ID-0076

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes historical information and copies of the following Official Acts:

Baptisms 1854-1911
Confirmations 1855-1911
Marriages 1854-1909
Deaths 1855-1910

List of Pastors

1854-1868 Rev. W. Gustav Polack I
1869-1885 Rev. Jacob F. Nuoffer
1885-1911 Rev. Carl Brauer
1911-1938 Rev. Richard D. Piehler
1938-1947 Rev. Carl F. Selle
1947-1952 Rev. Walter J. Link
1952-???? Rev. Herbert J. Teske

Dates

Creation: 1854 - 1911

Biographical / Historical

Saint John was organized in 1854 as a daughter congregation of Zion (now Trinity) Lutheran Church, Crete, Illinois. Saint John joined the LCMS in 1860. The present church building was built in 1866. This congregation was the mother church to Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Beecher, Illinois. In 1943, the constitution of the church was translated into English and two English services per month were introduced. In 1944, a basement was dug under the church buillding.