A Brief History Of Raders Lutheran Church Near Timberville Virginia Rockingham County From May 20 1765 To April 11 1921 PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. As the self-sacrificing labors performed and the marked distinction won by the several ministers who served Rader's Lutheran Church so interlap in its History, the incorporation of sketches of their lives in its pages is deemed appropriate. Few country congregations have enrolled so many ministers who have attained such eminent reputations. The biographies were prepared by the writers whose names are attached to the sketches except those transferred from the History of the Tennessee Synod, and in the main the photographs are striking likenesses of the pastors whose biographies are illustrated. PAUL HENKEL. 1754--1825. Paul Henkel was born December 15, 1754, near Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. His parents were Jacob Henkel and Barbara Dieter, whose parents had come from Wurttemberg, Germany. Molested by the Indians, Paul Henkel's parents and other relatives in 1760 traveled under great hardship northward, and settled first in Loudoun County, Virginia, then crossed the Potomac into Maryland, thence traveled westward for safety, and recrossed the Potomac River into Hampshire County, and a year later, continued their journey southward into Hardy County. These journeys were made from fort to fort in pursuit of safety, as protection was found only in palisades connected with these forts. Life in these stockades was like living in a prison, yet Paul Henkel owes his early knowledge of German and English to the fortunate presence of teachers found in them. Other Lutherans had come from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, to these two counties. In course of a few years the faithful pastor of Hebron Church in Madison County, Rev. John Schwarbach, visited the neighborhood, gathered the Lutherans into congregations, and built...