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Indexed source

Gooch, John O. A History of Bethel United Methodist Church, 1858-1975. n.p., 1975. R 977.865 G645H

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Personal name index

Last Name	First Name	Page	Photo	Notes
	Albertha	29
	Alvin	29, 33
	Corinne	30, 33
	Jim	28		Brother of Mrs T C McRaven
	Paul	29, 31		Brother of Mrs T C McRaven
[McRaven]	Mac	27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35
a' Kempis	Thomas M	27
Aldrich	Irvin	30
Alexander	W, Rev	5, 52		Pastor 1861--1863 (occasionally) Meramec Circuit
Allen	Jude R C	54
Alt	John	54
Andrew	Alexander	54
Arnott	Mrs	55
Ashbrook	Blanche	53
Ashbrook	Harry H	53
Ashbrook	Julia	53
Ashbrook	L Letcher	53
Ashbrook	Levi L	53
Ashbrook	Levi L, Mrs	53
Ashbrook	Nenie	53
Ashbrook	Walter L	53
Athey	Bertha	29
Athey	Carrie, Mrs	14
Athey	Helen	26, 29
Athey	Ray	29
Athey	Ruth	26
Atwell	Harry	17
Atwell	I P	53
Atwell	J	55
Atwell	Lesley	17
Atwell	William	49
Austin	Richard	13		former slave owned by Mr Frazier
Bacon	Family	3
Bacon	William	53, 54
Bader	Family	28
Bailey		55
Baker	Levin, Mrs	55
Ball	James Jr	54
Ball	James Sr	54
Barker	Miss	28
Bartold	J Oliver	43
Bates	Henry E	53
Baum	J, Miss	55
Beck	William	54
Beckman		54
Berry	Edward	54
Blacketer	William R	54
Blinn	E T, Mrs	7
Bogy	Lewis V	54
Bohning	Carl	39, 42
Bonine	James	55
Bopp	Sebastian	55
Breckenridge	George	55
Brendle	Rev	52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Brockman	Clara	55
Brockman	Family	3
Brockman	James	54
Brooks	John	54
Browing	Wesley J, Rev	3		First Pastor Meramec Circuit 1858--
Brown	Family	4
Brown	Henrietta	53
Brown	James	4
Brown	James S	53
Brown	John	3
Brown	John T	53
Brown	John T, Mrs	53
Brown	John, Mrs	55
Brown	Joseph	53
Brown	Peter M	8, 53, 54, 55
Browning	Wesley J, Rev	4, 5, 52		Pastor 1858--1960
Buchanan	James	1		President of the United States
Buckhardt	Frederick	53
Bumberry	Joseph	55
Burton	Robert, Mrs	50
Busch	Charles J	53
Calvin	John W	54
Carpenter	R C, Mrs	17
Carpenter	R C, Rev	18, 19, 52		Pastor 1920--1923
Carpenter	Rev	18, 52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Carr	Alferd	53
Chick	T H	54
Chiles	Mrs	55
Clay	Oliver	17
Clayton	William D	54
Coleman	Norman J	54
Collins	F J	53
Collins	Rev	52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Colman	R G	54
Compton	W F, Brother	3, 5, 52		Pastor 1863, Meramec Circuit
Connell	Mrs	25, 26
Connell	R, Mrs	17
Coolidge	Calvin	21		President of the United States
Corless	Cornelius	53
Corless	Family	25
Corless	Russell	16
Corless	Sarah	53
Courtney	Ann M	7
Craig	O C, Rev	14, 18, 52		Pastor 1912--1914
Crosby	Fanny	27
Cummings	Andrew	55
Cuppels	Samuel	54
Davis	John H	53
Dean	Dr	17
Dean	V, Mrs	17
Defoe	L C, Jr	54
Defoe	Levi, Sr	53
Deutschmann	George	39
Dohn	C J, Rev	52		Pastor 1911--1912
Donyes	Ludwig	54
Donyes	Martin	54
Dosenbach	E L	55
Doss	John W	53
Douglas	Stephen A, Senator	1
Dozier	Family	3
Dreinhoffer	Charles	54
Dreinhoffer	H	55
Dupree	Arthur	42
Eatherton	Alexander	54
Eatherton	George	53, 55
Eatherton	I R	53
Eatherton	John B	53, 55
Eatherton	R	55
Eatherton	Spencer	17
Eatherton	Willard	17
Eddlemon	Rev	52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Edwards	Justin	53
Eisenhower	Dwight	41, 46		President of the United States
England	Rev	52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Eoff	Paul	43
Eoff	Susan	55
Essen	Hugo	37, 39, 59	59
Essen	Victor	38, 39
Farris	Granville	53
Fauulkner	Family	3
Fick	Frank C	17
Ficke	Herman	53
Fink	Jacob	54
Finney	T M, Rev Dr	3, 52		Pastor 1866--1868
Franklin	Ann, Mrs	54
Franklin	Mrs	25
Frazier	Clifford	55
Frazier	George	54
Frazier	George Linn	55
Frazier	Gertrude	55
Frazier	J S, Rev	8
Frazier	Joel R	8, 53, 553
Frazier	Joel R, Mrs	53
Frazier	John S, Rev	52		Pastor 1872--1874
Frazier	Kate, Mrs	55
Frazier	Mr	13		slave owner
Frazier	Russell Tippet	55
Fridley	Edith	25, 27, 32, 34		(Grauer)
Fridley	Family	25
Fridley	Isaac	54
Fridley	J W	21, 49
Fridley	Marvin	21
Fridley	Mr	16, 18
Fridley	Raymond	31
Fridley	Roy	28, 31
Funk	Mildred, Mrs	3, 38
Funk	Sharon	3
Gaehle	Albert	17
Gaehle	Fredrick	54
Gaehle	Gertrude	42
Gaehle	Irene	28, 29, 30
Gaehle	Tip	34
Garnett	G W	9
Garrison	Sharon, Mrs	50
George	R C, Rev	32, 33, 52		Pastor 1940--1943
Gillham	S S	53
Givens	James	9
Glaser	Joseph	54
Godbey	J E, Dr	3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 52		Pastor 1863--1864, Pastor Asbury Church, St. Louis, Fifth Pastor Meramec Circuit
Godbey	John Emory	4
Gooch	John O, Rev	iii, 52		Pastor 1973--
Gordon	J M, Rev	52		Pastor 1914--1916
Grant	Ulysses S	10		President of the United States
Grauer	Edith	19
Grauer	Edith, Mrs	iii, 16
Grauer	Everett	42, 43
Grauer	Everett, Mrs	43
Graves	Family	3
Greene	C L, Rev	52		Pastor 1916--1918
Gruben	Ed	17
Gudermuth	John	54
Gudermuth	Powell	53
Guhne	Gustav	53
Haag	William	54
Haehne	Melvin	30
Hairston	Irene, Mrs	iii
Halkaway	T T	54
Hall	James H, Dr	54
Hanning	Simon	53
Hardt	C T	53
Harmon	Wesley J M, Rev	52		Pastor 1957--1961
Harper	W K, Rev	48, 52		Pastor 1961--1966
Harris	William	53
Harrison	William H	53
Hartmann	George	54
Hartmann	William	54
Harvey	B B, Mrs	38
Harvey	B B, Rev	33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 42, 43, 52		Pastor 1948--1953
Hauchin	Family	3
Hauhart	Cecilia Shields, Mrs	13
Hauser	Keith, Rev	33, 39, 52		Pastor 1944--1946
Headrick	Mrs	27
Headrick	S C, Rev	27, 31, 32, 39, 52		Pastor 1934--1938
Heimann	Ernest	54
Heltzel	David	8, 10
Heltzel	M D	55
Heltzell	D S	53
Heltzell	D S, Mrs	53, 55
Hencken	Frederick	55
Hencken	Henry	54
Hencken	Peter	54
Heneman		54
Hewitt	C D, Rev	52		Pastor 1923--1925
Hicks	Irl R, Mrs	55
Hicks	Irl R, Rev	5, 12, 52, 55		Pastor 1875--1879 (Meramec Circuit)
Higgins	George W	55
Hill	Rev	52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Hillebrand	Charles	55
Hillebrand	Charles H	11
Hillebrand	E, Mrs	17
Hirt	H P	54
Hiss	Alger	37
Hockensmith	J S	54
Hohmann	Mrs	25
Hollaway	Mrs	53
Holley	William	54
Holloway	William S	6
Holms	George S	53
Homann	William	54
Homes	J A	55
Hoppenburg	Gustave	54
Horneker	George	54
Howard	Mr	54
Howell	John F	53
Howell	Rodolphis	53
Humphreys	Edward	54
Isbell	Hugh, Rev	39, 52		Pastor 1925--1927
Jaeger	Elsie, Miss	iii
Johnson	[Lyndon]	46		President of the United States
Johnson	J W, Rev	52		Pastor 1879--
Johnson	Janes	54
Johnson	William	17
Jones	Judge	54
Kaes	Philip	53
Kaine	Charles	54
Kamler	Alexander	54
Kellar	Nicholas	55
Keller	Jacob	54
Kelly	J C	55
Kelly	John C	53
Kelpe	Henry	53
Kennedy	James W, Rev	48, 52		Pastor 1966--1973
Kennedy	John F	46		President of the United States
Kennedy	Robert, Senator	46
Kern	David	54
Kern	J H, Rev	39, 52		Pastor 1927--1929
Kern	John	17
Kern	John, Mrs	38, 39
Kesselring	Fred	43
Kesselring	Marie, Mrs	iii
Kessler	Louis	53, 55
King	Edward	54
King	Henry	54
King	John	54
King	Martin Luther [Jr]	46
King	Robert	55
King	Samuel	55
Klump	Martin	54
Knappmeier	Fred	17
Kraus	John	53
Kreienkamp	Herman	54
Kroenung	Casper	43
Kruschev	[Nikita]	46
Lee	Robert E	3
Leftwich	Wm F, Dr	8
Lehman		54
Lehwald	Herman A, Rev	31, 33, 34, 39, 52, 43		Pastor 1943--1944, 1946--1948
Leiweke	Arthur	30
Letcher	Giles C	53
Letcher	John	8, 10, 53, 55
Letcher	John, Mrs	53, 55
Letcher	Julia	53
Lewis	Caswell	55
Lewis	Family	4
Lewis	John B	53
Lewis	L M	53
Lewis	M D	9
Lewis	M D	54
Lewis	Philander P	8, 53, 54
Lewis	Rufus A	53, 55
Lincoln	[Abraham]	1		President of the United States
Link	George N	53
Lispen	Family	3
Locker	Bauldin	7
Locker	Lucky	7
Locker	R B	55
Long	G	54
Long	J W	54
Longenheather		54
Longstreth	C, Mrs	42
Luccock	Halford	50
Markley	Nichol, Rev	52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Marshel	Christian	55
Mason	Lizzie	55
Mason	Thomas	54
McAnally	Rev Dr	11
McCarthy	Joseph, Senator	37
McCullough	James	53
McElhinny	Andrew	55
McGinnis	Frank C	54
McLoon	Lillie, Mrs	14, 21
McLoon	Mr	49
McLoon	Mrs	15, 16, 17, 18, 25
McNamee	Mrs, Sr	53
McQuiban	Mrs	17
McRaven	Mrs	39
McRaven	T C	42		[Mac]
McRaven	T C, Mrs	25
Meyers	Charles	54
Miller	Corinne	28
Molz	Charles	54
Monroe	Mamie, Mrs	37
Mottert	John	42
Muckensturm	Leopold	53
Mueller	Charles	55
Mueller	Herman	55
Mueller	Katie	25		(Wright)
Murphy	Andrew	54
Murphy	George T	54
Nixon	Richard	37, 46		President of the United States
Oliver	John	53, 55
Oliver	John, Mrs	55
Orr	Margaret	7
Orr	Robert	55
Orr	Thomas	54, 55
Orr	William	17, 54, 55
Ossenschmit	William	54
Overbeck		55
Parker	Hugh	7
Parker	Hugh, Mrs	7
Parkhurst	Dr	54
Paschall	W H, Rev	52		Pastor 1910--1911
Pauls	Ferdinand	54
Payne	E G	54
Peck	Major	11
Pendleton	Winston	43
Pillman	Family	3
Pillman	Fred	54
Pillman	Henry	54
Poertner	August	25
Poertner	August, Mrs	25
Poertner	John	43
Poertner	William	54, 55
Popp	Henry	53
Presley	Elvis	41
Pugh	Croline	7
Pugh	Richard	53
Pugh	Samuel	53
Radforth	A T	53
Rainwater	Charles C	54
Rathbun	Hubert	42
Reed	Lillie, Mrs	55
Rettker	Frederick	53
Rhea	Allen	55
Rice	Rev	52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Robinson	Rev	52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Rosenbaum	C W	54
Rouie	Francis	53
Saferite	Edwin R, Rev	36, 44, 52		Pastor 1955--1957, Ed
Sandford	John	53
Sappington	Cynthia	55
Sappington	G W	7
Sappington	George	53, 55
Sappington	J W	7
Sappington	James	55
Sappington	Joseph	53, 55
Sappington	Mrs, Sr	53
Sappington	Sinthia	7
Schakel	Henry	53
Schelp	F	53
Schindler	Connie	32		Conrad
Schindler	Conrad	32		Connie
Schmidt	Henry	54
Schoenfeld	Karl F, II	48
Schrader	Harry	24
Schueller	Charles	55
Schulze	Frederick	53
Schweitzer	John E, Rev	35, 36, 42, 44, 52		Pastor 1957--1955 (Jack)
Schweizer	Jean, Mrs	35		Mrs Jack
Scott	Dred	1
Sheffield	Marvin	54
Shepard	Samuel	54
Shields	James	53
Shotwell	Kenneth	53, 55
Showmaker	Harry A, Rev	26, 27, 39, 52		Pastor 1929--1934
Shreiner	Jacob	54
Slater	A, Rev	52		Pastor 1874--1852
Slicer	Chris	54
Smith	G Pitman	53, 54
Sontag	John A	54
Springer	J A W, Rev	5, 52		Pastor 1860--1861 (Meramec Circuit)
St Clair	John H, Rev	52		Pastor 1870--1872
Starkey	Dr	43
Starkey	L M, Mrs	38
Starkey	L M, Rev	38
Steele	George K	53
Steines	Alvin	6, 28, 30
Steines	Frederich	54
Steines	Herbert	17
Steines	Marvin	30
Stevens	R G	53
Stewart	Charles	55
Stewart	Samuel	53
Stock	Emma	53
Stone	Thomas J	55
Stossberg	William	53
Stoy	F M	53
Strecker	Evelyn	36
Strecker	Henry	iii, 41
Strothkamp	Louis	53
Stuart	Sam	55
Sutton	A	54		(Glacier)
Sutton	Henry L	54
Tally	Rev	52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Taylor	Richard	53, 55
Thomas	Emil, Sheriff	54
Thomas	Mr	54
Thomas	Mrs	54
Thomas	Thomas	53
Tinnell	Rev	52		Pastor ?--1910
Tippett	Family	4
Tippett	P L, Mrs	3		[Philip, Mrs]
Tippett	Philip	4, 6, 7, 8
Tippett	Priscilla	7
Toeiechn	Fred	54
Toelle	Jane	53
Trog	George	55
Trower	Samuel G	53
Truman	Harry	37		President of the United States
Tucker	Frank C	2
Turner	Mr	10
Tyler	Family	3
Upton	Rev	52		Pastor (After 1879 Before 1910)
Villman	H	54
Von Gruben	August	53
Votaw	L D	53
Votaw	W A	53
Walcott	David B	54, 55
Walker	Katherine	54
Wallenstein	Henry	53
Walsh	James	14
Walsh	James, Mrs	14
Wardenburg	Adam	54
Wardenburg	Richard	54
Ware	W N, Rev	32, 39, 52		Pastor 1938--1940
Warfield	Daniel S	6, 9, 54, 55
Warfield	Daniel, Mrs	17
Warfield	Fannie	55
Warfield	John	55
Warfield	Margaret, Mrs	6		Mrs Daniel S
Warfield	Nannie	55
Warner	Thomas	54
Watkins	E D Jr, Rev	35, 36, 43, 52		Pastor 1953, Ed
Watso	Marshal John	54
Watts	H N, Rev	52		Pastor 1868--1869
Weber	H S	55
Wells	Erastus	54
Wetterer	Frank C	53
Wetterer	Joseph	53
Wetzel	George	54
Wheary	Rev	52		Pastor 1918--1920
Whitsett	I C	53
Willey	Bennie	17
Williams	William, Rev	5, 52		Pastor 1864--1866 (Meramec Circuit)
Winn	William	53
Wirtz	Thomas	54
Wood	John L, Rev	48
Woods	S R, Dr	54, 55
Woody	Florence, Mrs	53
Woody	John D	55
Wright	Amelia, Mrs	3
Wright	Family	25
Wright	J T	17
Wright	J Thomas	20
Wright	James	2, 3
Wright	Lester	21, 29, 31, 42
Wright	M, Mrs	17
Wright	Raymond	49
Wright	T M	53
Wright	T M, Mrs	54
Wright	Thomas M	8
Wright	Tom	25
Wright	Tom, Mrs	27
Wulf	F, Mrs	54
Wulf	Fred	54
Zimmerman		54

Photos of buildings and groups

Subject	Page
Bethel Church, 1858--1967	56
Bethel Church, 1867--1875	56
Bethel Church, circa 1875	57
Chancel, decorated for the 75th Anniversary Celebration	58
Bethel, 1950	58
Breaking Ground for the New Education Building, 1963	59
"Surely God Is In This Place"	59