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Black plaque № 23989

Schulenburg, TX, United States

United Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery. (Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery) The Swiss Alp community was settled about 1865. Within a short time, the Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran Church was established and began meeting on land given by John and Christina Knippa in 1867. The first

recorded burial on this site is that of Emma Gertraut Ritter, who died in October 1867. She was soon followed by Anna Rudi, the wife of Pastor C. C. Rudi. Ten more church members were interred here be

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