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 380 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY Theodor Kruger, harnessniakers ; Joseph H. Kayser, upholsterer; M. Kappel, William Remshardt. wagon and carriage shops; M. Barghusen, Henry Plaas, H. Collmers, J. Vollmers, hotel and sa- loon ; Fred L. Rethschlag, Ladner Bros., J. H. Nibbe, Charles Ratz, P. Ruebke, H. 0. Schulenburg, A. Miller, L. J. Seufert, saloons; B. Gerlaeh, president R. AY. Brick Company and man- ager La Grange Mills ; George F. Gross, manager of Goodhue County Co-operative Company's grocery store; J. Stierman, super- intendent of R. AY. Shoe Company; Hugo J. Herder, secretary and treasurer Friederich & Kempe Company ; AY. C. Krise, secre- tary and manager of R. AY. Afalting Company; J. C. Seebach, treasurer La Grange Mills; Oscar Seebach, secretary Betcher Lumber Company ; W. AVeiss, secretary La Grange Mills ; AVilliam Busch, vice-president La Grange Alills ; Charles E. Beekman, president R. AY. Shoe Company. German Methodist Episcopal Church, of Red Wing. This church society was organized in October, 1855, with Rev. Gustav Zollman as pastor, and Gottlieb Ziebrasse as local preacher, and the following named persons as members of the congregation : A. Koch, Friederich and Alary Koch;, William and Katherina Koch, Margareta Koch, Lena Hoffmann. Otto Kaschube and Katherina his wife, Henry Banze, Friederich and AVilliam Sie- brasse, Margareta Siebrasse, Anna Af. Siebrasse, Herman Kalter- john, Gottlieb Post, Anna Post, Conrad Singenstrue, Charles Aiders, Sr., Louisa Alders, and Charles Aiders, Jr. After the organization of the society, and until the erection of a house of worship, their meetings were held at the residence of A. Koch. In the summer of 1856, the Red Wing town proprietors donated the society a lot for a church building at the corner of West- avenue and Seventh street. The first church in Red Wing was built on it, a small frame structure 24x36 feet, costing $400. The church was dedicated in November, 1856, by the presiding elder, Rev. H. Roth. For many years this building served as a place of worship. It was finally sold to M. B. Lewis, who moved it up the hill to Sturtevant street, where it still stands as one of the old landmarks of Red Wing. The congregation built a new church costing $2,500, which was dedicated in 1892; improvements have been made on the building since. A parsonage was built in 1902 at a cost of $1,000. Besides the Red Wing church there are two others in the county, one at Hay creek and the other at Belvidere. These two churches form a part of the Red Wing circuit and have promising congregations. The list of pastors is found elsewhere. German Lutheran St. John's Church, of Red Wing. The German Lutherans were first gathered in 1856 by Rev. Sievers. who came up by the intercession of the Lutheran pastors, of St. Louis, preaching twice and celebrating the Holy Communion with