My great-great grandparents immigrated to Perry County, Missouri in 1838-1839. They were part of a German Lutheran immigration which endeavored to establish a Lutheran community in America.
This blog is intended to share the stories of this Perry County community, both past and present. One thing the early colonists considered essential was a Christian education. With that in mind, they built a log cabin to be used as a school. This log cabin college would later become what is presently known as Concordia Seminary, a school for the training of pastors of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. That school is now located in St. Louis. The original log cabin college was built on property that I now own here in Perry County, and that is why I chose the title for this blog. The actual log cabin can be found in Altenburg, next to Trinity Lutheran Church.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Great Grandma Wilhelmina

My great grandmother was Friedricke Wilhelmina Justine (Seibel) Schmidt.  She was born on October 8, 1846 and died on February 6, 1905.  She married Gottwerth on May 25, 1865.  They had six children:  Anna Caroline, Maria Freidricke, Ernst Friedrich, Emmanuel Gotthold (my grandfather), Louisa Wilhelmina, and Clara Christiana (the only one who was alive during my lifetime, and I was able to meet). 
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