# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1850_S156
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Fourth Appendix.

Parish Reports of the Voting Preachers, from January 1, 1849, to the same date 1850.

(Reports were, unfortunately, not received from a good number of the pastors.)

Column headings: Pastors. — Congregations: belonging to the Synod / not belonging to the Synod. —
Number of souls. — Voting members. — Schools. — School children: local / non-local / Total. —
Baptized. — Confirmed. — Communicants. — Couples married. — Buried. — Remarks.

Pastors               Cong.inSynod  Cong.notSynod  Souls  Voters  Schools  Pupils.local  Pupils.nonlocal  Pupils.Total  Baptized  Confirmed  Communicants  CouplesMarried  Buried  Remarks
C. F. W. Walther....  1             —              944    452     4        153           271              424           194       78         3745          17              101     The congregation still has 2 assistant pastors [Pastores vicarii] and 2 churches.
A. Saupert..........  3             —              —      —       1        —             —                —             61        15         444           18              26      —
Dr. W. Sihler........ 1             —              850    —       5        148           20               168           63        14         1348          20              45      Four of the schools are in the countryside; of the buried, 31 died of cholera.
F. W. Scholz.........  1            —              82     17      1        10            —                10            5         —          69            2               11      Synodical year 1849–'50.
L. W. Habel..........  2            —              340    55      2        102           1                103           24        —          604           4               10      —
A. Hoyer.............  1            1               113    29      —        —             —                —             25        12         77            6               8       —
A. Ernſt.............  1            —               129    31      1        26            5                31            2         —          51            —               —       Latter half of the year.
A. Lehmann...........  1            1               107    22      2        15            —                15            12        7          107           6               1       Nine of the baptized children do not belong to the congregation. Of the married couples, only one belongs to the congregation.
J. H. Ph. Gräbner....  1            —               130    38      1        15            1                16            13        1          219           3               2       —
F. W. Richmann.......  3            —               750    150     2        80            —                80            57        —          571           8               17      —
J. Seidel............  2            —               187    39      1        16            —                16            13        1          324           2               4       From Pentecost 1849 to the same date 1850.
F. A. Crämer.........  1            —               236    62      1        —             11*              11            25        8          1079          5               10      * Indian children. This year ten Indian children were also baptized at the Pine River, and one Indian couple was married here in our church.
A. Schieferdecker....  3            1               270    57      —        —             —                52            7         5          —             5               19      —
O. Fürbringer........  1            —               165    37      1        —             —                15            8         5          269           2               8       —
G. H. Jäbker.........  1            1               240    44      1        —             —                46            23        —          331           2               —       —
J. Bilz...............  2           1               —      —       —        20            6                26            28        —          130           2               1       From Easter 1849 to New Year 1850.
Th. J. Brohm..........  —           —               —      —       1        25            75               100           44        5          415           4               17      —
F. Lochner............  3           —               —      —       2        —             —                —             48        11         1004          13              11      —
G. Streckfuß..........  1           —               79     15      1        19            —                19            9         1          130           —               4       —
E. G. W. Keyl.........  1           —               —      —       1        121           2                123           137       37         1126          43              49      —
A. Detzer.............  1           5               —      —       2        —             —                —             35        —          136           3               8       —