History of Woodford County . tri, HenryHeineke, John Weast;clerk, 0. L. Tucker;treasurer, 0. A. the exception ofthree years, TheodoreSchroeder has been onthe board ever since theorganization of the vil-lage. In 1876 the first brickDAN DAVIS. building was erected by Jurgen Harms and Henry Heineke. Soon after this CharkMemmen and Henry Heineke opened a brick yard and tilefactory. The next year it was purchased by Simon Peterson,who has operated and controlled it since that time. In 1902 a telephone exchange was established, a stockcompany being organized with a capital stock of $2,500
History of Woodford County . tri, HenryHeineke, John Weast;clerk, 0. L. Tucker;treasurer, 0. A. the exception ofthree years, TheodoreSchroeder has been onthe board ever since theorganization of the vil-lage. In 1876 the first brickDAN DAVIS. building was erected by Jurgen Harms and Henry Heineke. Soon after this CharkMemmen and Henry Heineke opened a brick yard and tilefactory. The next year it was purchased by Simon Peterson,who has operated and controlled it since that time. In 1902 a telephone exchange was established, a stockcompany being organized with a capital stock of $2,500. Theofficers are as follows: President, Jacob Roth; secretary, Parks; treasurer, S. L. Peterson. The exchange has 300phones in operation. The religious interests of Benson are well cared for. In1873 the Catholic church was started by Rev. Father Marger,of Lourds. The land for the building was donated by JohnWeast. It was dedicated by Rev. Father Steinberg in the period of the pastorate of Rev. Father KLuck,. TOWNS OF THE COUNTY. 207 who was assigned to the church in 1902, the Fathers Resi-dence was erected. The church is now under the care of Guilbert. The Baptist Sunday School was organized in 1874, andmet in Colemans hall for several years. In 1882 it was de-termined to build a place of worship and in 1883 the presentchurch building was dedicated and the church organizedwith 28 members. The parsonage was erected in 1902. E. Krause has been pastor for some time, but resigned totake effect August 30. In connection with the church, is acountry appointment at Jefferson school house. Here theyhave Sunday School and afternoon preaching. The earlysettlers of that part of the county organized what wasknown as the Meridian Baptist church, that held services inWashington school house in Linn township. This organiza-tion was maintained until after the building of the Baptistchurch in Minonk, when a number of its members unitedwith the church there and
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