The founding fathers of the first Lutheran congregation in Clinton County in 1873 were:

HUSSMANN, Hermann
SEBENING, August
DEFEND, Ernst
HANSON, Niels
WOKER, William
DUEKER, Frederick
WOKER, Henry
LOGES, Henry
BOEDEKER, Phillip
SCHROEDER, August
BLUMENKAMP, Gehardt
BASSEN, Frederick
KNOLHOFF, John
KARRAS, William
JENNING, Carl

Source: Trinity Lutheran Church, Hoffman Illinois 1874 - 1974, Booklet.

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