From
Paul Riedesel (paul@riedesel.org): This
was published in the 1911 Denkschrift zum Fünfzigjährigen Jubiläum
der Deutschen Ref. St. Pauls Gemeinde. (i.e. Memorial Booklet for the
50th Anniversary of St. Paul's German Reformed Church). The book
is mostly in German and set in the old Fraktur type. The photo shows the founding members of the congregation who were
still alive. Those in cameo photos at the top presumably lived
elsewhere at the time. They were (left to right):
Catharine Holmes, Susie Riedesel (single, eventually returned to
Wheatland and is buried there as "Aunt Susie Riedesel"),
Wilhemine Keller, Flora Riedesel (wife of Henry Riedesel, then of
Lanesboro), Heinrich Hainer
Standing in the middle row were: Philip Schneider, Mrs. Penningroth,
Maria Strackbein, Louis Schneider
Seated in front were: Mrs. Philip Schneider, Florentine Schneider,
Elisabeth Riedesel (wife of John Riedesel)
All the names but Holmes, Hainer and Penningroth came from
Wunderthausen.
The identifications were written in by my great-great aunt Emma Wetter Hobbs in the 1940s or earlier.
It
includes identifications below the picture, but I will list them again here:
Leadership of St. Paul's German Reformed Church, Wheatland,
1911
Front row (Trustees): George Ott, Frank Riedesel, Theodor
Riedesel
Middle row (Elders): August Kramer, George Homrighausen,
John Hoker, P.A. Schneider
Back row: Henry Riedesel (Deacon), Pastor Gatermann,
Ferdinand Schneider (Deacon),