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(1827–February 28, 1880). B. Württemberg, Ger.; educ. in the institute of the Basel* Miss. Soc.; to Am. 1851. Pastor Ellenville, New York; asst. pastor St. Matthew's Luth. Ch., NYC, 1851–55; pastor Willamsburg (Brooklyn) and then in Brooklyn proper, New York Helped found Ger. Ev. Luth. Syn. of New* York and Other States and was its only pres.; organized Ger. Pastoral Conf. of New York and Brooklyn 1872, which disbanded at his death. See also United Lutheran Church in America, The, Synods of, 15.