Historical data and life sketches of the deceased ministers of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association, 1835 to 1915 . When he retired, in 1904,he moved to Milford, Indiana. He died Dec. 4th, 1911, at Milford,Ind., and was buried in the same place. Rev. A. B. Aegerter, as-sisted by other local ministers, conducted the funeral services. G. G. PLATZ (1817-1904) The subject of this sketch is full of interest. His life waseventful, fruitful, and continued to a full old age. George was initiated into this life in the city of Colmar, Ober-Rhein,France, April 9, 1817, and depart
Historical data and life sketches of the deceased ministers of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association, 1835 to 1915 . When he retired, in 1904,he moved to Milford, Indiana. He died Dec. 4th, 1911, at Milford,Ind., and was buried in the same place. Rev. A. B. Aegerter, as-sisted by other local ministers, conducted the funeral services. G. G. PLATZ (1817-1904) The subject of this sketch is full of interest. His life waseventful, fruitful, and continued to a full old age. George was initiated into this life in the city of Colmar, Ober-Rhein,France, April 9, 1817, and departed this life April 22, 1904. Hisfather and mother were loyal members of the Lutheran Church, andGeorge, the fourth of 6 sons, was catechized in this faith and con-firmed in his fourteenth year. In 1833, March 1, his father set sail with his family for Amer-ica, settling in Erie County, Pa. Here George assisted in clearingaway the heavy hemlock and chestnut timber on his fathers farm,and teamed with an ox-team. He was deprived of all schoolprivileges in this land, but he made good use of the schooling he 239 INDIANA CONFERENCE. G. G. PLATZ had obtained in the fatherland. It was here that George wasbrought under the influence of the preaching of the Evangelical Association. He was converted toGod, January, 1840, and unitedwith the church. When he becameof age he learned the plastererstrade, which he followed until heentered the Gospel ministry. Hewas licensed as preacher on proba-tion by the Ohio Conference,March 9, 1844. The Illinois Con-ference at this time was still em-bodied in the Ohio Conference. His first field of labor was,with A. Nicolai, Mt. Carmel Cir-cuit, then a part of Illinois Dis-trict, supervised by Samuel Baum-gartner. This was an exceedinglylarge field, extending from Mar-shall, 111., down to Lawrencevilleand Mt. Carmel, then south-east-ward into Southern Indiana as faras Huntingburg, and to Troy and Rockport on the Ohio River, withwell-nigh impassable roads an
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