Maximilian
Jewett (1607-1684)
Born
in England, immigrated in 1638 and came to Rowley, Massachusetts in
1639 with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers. He became freeman in 1640, which shows
that he was a member of the Congregational Church. He was one of the
first two deacons in the Rowley Church, ordained in Dec 1639.
Thomas
Blossom ( -1633)
Born
in England, went to Holland with the Pilgrims, started to America in
1620 on the Speedwell, had to return to Holland. He immigrated in
1629 to Plymouth; was a deacon from 1629-33.
Sarah
Bond Coffinberry (1849-1939)
Her
obituary states that she was a charter member of the Hubbard
Congregational church.
James
Bond (1821-1849)
Licensed
to preach by Baptist church in Iowa, came to Oregon in 1847, where he
preached in “a little Baptist chuch in Skipanon, Clatsop County. He
organized Sunday schools there and in Astoria.” He was accidently
shot and died in Feb 1849.
James
Monroe Bond (1847-1914)
Born
in Iowa, to Oregon in 1853, then to California in 1868. In 1890
entered medical college and became a doctor. Were members of the
Seventh Day Adventist church. By 1905 one son was minister and two
were missionaries for that church.
Commodore
Perry O’Neal (1835-1919)
His
obituary states that he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church.
Ludwig
Falk (c1815-1899)and Anna Louise Falk (1832-1901)
They
are listed in the Evangelical Church Records at Nakel, Posen, Prussia
[now Poland]. Immigrated to the US in 1858, settled in Wisconsin.
Their family is listed in the records of St. Peter’s Lutheran
Church, Muscoda, WI [1878-1891] and they were charter members of the
St John’s Lutheran Church, Avoca, WI, which was established in
1891.
Lester
Albertson (1907-2004)
He
was baptized at the Christian Church, Halsey, OR in 1926. His
obituary states that he was an elder and Sunday School Superintendent
there. He later transferred his membership to the Brownsville
Christian Church. He and his wife Wilma Falk (1912-1982) met at a
church party.
Gerald
Falk (1927-2014)
He
served as an elder at the Brownsville Christian Church and then an
active member at Harrisburg Christian Church.
Sylvia
Ward (1902-1935)
After
studying to be deaconess in the Methodist Church, she went to China
as a missionary in 1934. She died there in 1935 of typhus fever.
Thomas
Frazier (1788-1861)
First
minister of Quakers in Henry County, Iowa. 1830’s
