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St John’s Church marks sesquicentennial in Cooper’s Grove
A long history of St John’s in Cooper’s Grove highlighted by its 1849 founding, 1874 dedicatory church, and 1873 construction period. The article recalls early ministers, land purchases, brick and stone building details, and the congregation’s charity during German immigration era and regional disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amer
Ernst A. Brauer
Dunckley’s Grove
Addison
Cooper's Grove
St. John's Congregation
S. Fort Time
Wolfgang Simon Stubnatzy
E.J. Magnus
Henry Werfelmann
John Koebler
Cicero, Avenue
183Rd Street
Homewood
Blue Island
Joliet
Matteson
St. John's
Germany
Nebraska
St. John’s
St. John’s Church
Tlinois
Wilhelmina Fink
John Pepenbrink
Elisa Willer
Will County
Christoph Heinrich Karl Hassberg
St. John’s Cemetery