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The strongest evidence is that Barbara was a member or at least attended the Peace Lutheran Church is the marriage record of Barbara and Julius Kirmse.
2565 p.35 Julius Kermson To Mar Bet. Barbara Kraus I subscriber, do hereby certify that I have this day Julius Kermson & Barbara Kraus in the holy bonds of Matrimony. Perryville 20th Nov 1866. In Peace Luth Pastor Recorded July 15th 1867. Attest James C Noell Recorder By Wm A Castam Depty
Information Source
Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
Notes
- Perryville is the county seat of Perry County, Missouri where the marriage was recorded. Rev. Friedrich C. Bessel was pastor (1863-1872) of the Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church and also served as pastor (1864-1866) of Salem Lutheran Church, Farrar, Missouri of which Julius was a founding member (1859-1915).
- There is no record of Julius and Barbara’s marriage in the Salem Lutheran Church records. And, the records of Peace Lutheran Church were destroyed when the parsonage burned in 1942. In an attempt to recreate the history of Peace Lutheran and Friedenberg, the Friedenberg Lutheran Historical Society prepared a book, “Friedenberg Remembrances: A Story of Peace, Faith and Life” from a variety of sources (See Chapter: Friedenberg Remembrances). Neither Julius nor Barbara are mentioned in this book.
- Since, their marriage is not listed in the Salem Lutheran Church records and the recreated history and list of members in the Peace Lutheran history is from incomplete sources,, and Rev. Bessel officiated the marriage of Julius and Barbara, it is assumed that the wedding did occur in the church or parsonage of Peace Lutheran Church.
- This would have been the second log cabin church because in 1852, the congregation moved to the south side of Cinque Homme Creek at a location known as Frankenberg and worshipped there until 1885.