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| | The History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois |
 | | About nine members of the Lutheran congregation at Strasburg, residing quite a distance from the ch urch, asked for an honorable dismissal for the purpose of forming a new congregation, and to erect a church in their midst. |
 | | Moawequa is located on the Illinois Central Railroad, about 25 miles from Shelbyville by the highway, 33 miles by railroad, and 114 miles from St. Louis, At last accounts, R.I. Smith was the clerk of the church. |
 | | Jacob C. Smith, of Marshall, Illinois, added interest to the mission by teaching one of his popular singing schools in the court-house, during May, 1874, closing with a jubilee concert, and giving part of the proceeds for the purchase of an organ for th e society. |
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