St. Paul United Church of Christ, Columbia, Illinois:

Death Index, 1855 -1923

Compiled by Robert Buecher, 2001-2020

Email: rgb7847@aol.com

[revised: 26 April 2025]

Note: STPC stands for St. Paul Cemetery in Columbia

The following entries are found in the death/burial records of ST. PAUL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 127 North St. Paul Street, Columbia, Illinois 62236. They were translated & indexed from the original German by Robert Buecher, 5865 Robert Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63109.

The majority of the information for each entry is only an ABSTRACT of the original record.
Additional information MAY be found in the original record that is NOT found in this index. This index contains about 1,500 entries. The congregation was founded in 1849 as an Evangelical Church with the existing death records first starting in 1855 [* see note below]. Death records for 1855 thru 1938 can be found on Microfilm Roll # 1006419; items 3-5; at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Information enclosed in brackets [ ] is NOT found in the original record but has been added by Mr. Buecher either as a correction or for clarification. When words in the original records were written with an umlaut [two dots over the vowels "A", "O", or "U"], they have been typed here as "AE", "OE", or "UE".

Wernig, Hessen Darmstadt there are several entries for deaths of residents from the village of Wernig, located in Hessen Darmstadt. This village sold their property to the Count of Solms-Laubach in January 1841. The inhabitants then moved in-masse to Monroe County. Most were protestants and settled in either Waterloo or Columbia, IL.

Pr. & Prec. = precinct        Tp. = township

1855 - 1923 Deaths

Pastors 1849 - 1923:

1849-1854

 Rev. C. Schrenk
Oct 1854 - Dec. 1861

 Rev. Gottlieb Steinert
Dec 1861 - Dec. 1863

 Rev. M. Fotsch
Jan 1864 - Oct. 1866

 Rev. Theodore Klingsohr
Oct 1866 - July 1870

 Rev. Emil Otto
Aug 1870 - July 1872

 Rev. L. Reymann
Jul 1872 - April 1873

 Rev. W. Wahl
May 1873 - May 1875

 Rev. Julius Hoffmann
May 1875 - May 1880

 Rev. Carl Kautz
Jul 1880 - Sept. 1883

 Rev. Julius Hoffmann
Dec 1883 - April 1890

 Rev. L. H. Buehrig
Apr 1890 - Aug. 1893

 Rev. Theodore F. Krueger
Oct 1893 - 1908

 Rev. Gottfried Doernenburg
Jun 1909 - Dec. 1923

 Rev. William Schlinkmann

NOTE:
According to page 10 of the "DIAMOND JUBILEE OF ST. PAUL'S EVANG. CHURCH, COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS, 1849-1924", the earliest records were deposited in the cornerstone of the church building built in 1887.