Sources

[1] History of the Lutheran Church in N. C.; Patrick Beaver Library, Hickory NC

[2] Page 228 of Lifting High the Cross for 200 Years, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, Conover NC; Mark Smith, Gateway Press , Baltimore MD 1998

[3] Ibid, pg 297

[4] Ibid, pg. 299

[5] Ibid, pg 300

[6] Ibid pg 300

[7] ibid Pg 278