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Moravia History Brought By Pastor Details Early Settlers
The Moravia Iowa community was settled in 1850 by Moravians from Salem North Carolina. Early founders included Joseph Stauber Theophilus Vierling Ephraim Conrad Amelia Reich and families. Land was bought for a church and parsonage with town lots and a graveyard. The Moravians shared a church with Baptists and Methodists as the village grew to about 200 inhabitants by 1856. The Moravian church disbanded in 1879, with the final pastor James Hamen. The piece also covers Moravian roots from Bohemia and the Unity of Brethren, noting Herrnhut and broader church history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Lowe
Salem
North Carolina
Joseph Stauber
Theophilus Vierling
Ephraim Conrad
Amelia Reich
Constantine
Louisa
Charles Herbst
Qermere
Charles Barstow
Henry A. Schultz
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
United Brethren In Christ
Henry
Ephraim
Iowa
James Hamen
Moravian Church
Harry E. Stocker
A.L. Bautz
Woodvale Drive
Madison
Wis
John R. Weinligk
Bohemia
Luther
Wittenberg
Germany
John Hig
Peter Chelchicky
Unitas Fratrum
Unity of Brethren
Pietium
Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf
Herrnhut
Lord’s Watch
Sean