Johann Leonhard Georg Mezger, called George, was born the son of a woodcutter in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany, on 18 Dec 1857, and baptized in the St. Andreas church there on 21 Feb 1858. George had brown hair and eyes, and wore glasses and, in adulthood, a neatly trimmed beard.
At the age of 18, George emigrated to the U.S. alone, along with a group of other young men, to be educated at the Lutheran Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He arrived in New York on 23 Aug 1875 on the S.S. Mosel sailing from Bremen.
George graduated from the Fort Wayne seminary in 1878, then went to St. Louis for further training. He was ordained in 1881. He apparently maintained contacts in the Fort Wayne area, for he married 23-year-old M.S. Margarethe Foellinger in Allen County, Indiana, on 13 Aug 1882.
Reverend George's first calling was in Waterloo, Iowa, where he remained only a short time, as he was installed in Okawville, Illinois on 1 May 1885. In Okawville, George's wife Margarethe died of complications from childbirth on 19 Dec 1888. Nearly two years later, on 14 Sep 1890, George married a second time, to the 30-year-old spinster Elizabeth Eirich, in St. John's Lutheran Church, New Minden, Illinois.
In the fall of 1896, George became a professor at the Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, thus ending the phase of his career in the congregational ministry. George's wife, Elisabeth, passed away on 17 Sep 1921 at the age of 61, after an illness of two years, which might have been complications due to diabetes. In 1923, George left for Germany, to serve as a professor at the Seminary in Berlin-Zehlendorf, and also to serve as a representative of the Missouri Synod for Europe, in which capacity he traveled extensively around Europe. He never returned to America, and was buried in Klein-Machnow, Germany, upon his death on 3 Nov 1931.
Children with Margaret Foellinger:
George (m. Sophie)
Hermine Emmeline Margaret (m. Paul Llewellyn)
Anna Elise Bertha (d. infancy)
Children with Elizabeth Anna Eirich:
Agnes Charlotte Hulda (m. Louis Heinecke)
Friedrich Michael Paul
Walter
Hedwig Anna (m. William Mundinger)
Martha (m. Henry Woxen)
At the age of 18, George emigrated to the U.S. alone, along with a group of other young men, to be educated at the Lutheran Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He arrived in New York on 23 Aug 1875 on the S.S. Mosel sailing from Bremen.
George graduated from the Fort Wayne seminary in 1878, then went to St. Louis for further training. He was ordained in 1881. He apparently maintained contacts in the Fort Wayne area, for he married 23-year-old M.S. Margarethe Foellinger in Allen County, Indiana, on 13 Aug 1882.
Reverend George's first calling was in Waterloo, Iowa, where he remained only a short time, as he was installed in Okawville, Illinois on 1 May 1885. In Okawville, George's wife Margarethe died of complications from childbirth on 19 Dec 1888. Nearly two years later, on 14 Sep 1890, George married a second time, to the 30-year-old spinster Elizabeth Eirich, in St. John's Lutheran Church, New Minden, Illinois.
In the fall of 1896, George became a professor at the Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, thus ending the phase of his career in the congregational ministry. George's wife, Elisabeth, passed away on 17 Sep 1921 at the age of 61, after an illness of two years, which might have been complications due to diabetes. In 1923, George left for Germany, to serve as a professor at the Seminary in Berlin-Zehlendorf, and also to serve as a representative of the Missouri Synod for Europe, in which capacity he traveled extensively around Europe. He never returned to America, and was buried in Klein-Machnow, Germany, upon his death on 3 Nov 1931.
Children with Margaret Foellinger:
George (m. Sophie)
Hermine Emmeline Margaret (m. Paul Llewellyn)
Anna Elise Bertha (d. infancy)
Children with Elizabeth Anna Eirich:
Agnes Charlotte Hulda (m. Louis Heinecke)
Friedrich Michael Paul
Walter
Hedwig Anna (m. William Mundinger)
Martha (m. Henry Woxen)
Johann Leonhard Georg Mezger, called George, was born the son of a woodcutter in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany, on 18 Dec 1857, and baptized in the St. Andreas church there on 21 Feb 1858. George had brown hair and eyes, and wore glasses and, in adulthood, a neatly trimmed beard.
At the age of 18, George emigrated to the U.S. alone, along with a group of other young men, to be educated at the Lutheran Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He arrived in New York on 23 Aug 1875 on the S.S. Mosel sailing from Bremen.
George graduated from the Fort Wayne seminary in 1878, then went to St. Louis for further training. He was ordained in 1881. He apparently maintained contacts in the Fort Wayne area, for he married 23-year-old M.S. Margarethe Foellinger in Allen County, Indiana, on 13 Aug 1882.
Reverend George's first calling was in Waterloo, Iowa, where he remained only a short time, as he was installed in Okawville, Illinois on 1 May 1885. In Okawville, George's wife Margarethe died of complications from childbirth on 19 Dec 1888. Nearly two years later, on 14 Sep 1890, George married a second time, to the 30-year-old spinster Elizabeth Eirich, in St. John's Lutheran Church, New Minden, Illinois.
In the fall of 1896, George became a professor at the Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, thus ending the phase of his career in the congregational ministry. George's wife, Elisabeth, passed away on 17 Sep 1921 at the age of 61, after an illness of two years, which might have been complications due to diabetes. In 1923, George left for Germany, to serve as a professor at the Seminary in Berlin-Zehlendorf, and also to serve as a representative of the Missouri Synod for Europe, in which capacity he traveled extensively around Europe. He never returned to America, and was buried in Klein-Machnow, Germany, upon his death on 3 Nov 1931.
Children with Margaret Foellinger:
George (m. Sophie)
Hermine Emmeline Margaret (m. Paul Llewellyn)
Anna Elise Bertha (d. infancy)
Children with Elizabeth Anna Eirich:
Agnes Charlotte Hulda (m. Louis Heinecke)
Friedrich Michael Paul
Walter
Hedwig Anna (m. William Mundinger)
Martha (m. Henry Woxen)
At the age of 18, George emigrated to the U.S. alone, along with a group of other young men, to be educated at the Lutheran Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He arrived in New York on 23 Aug 1875 on the S.S. Mosel sailing from Bremen.
George graduated from the Fort Wayne seminary in 1878, then went to St. Louis for further training. He was ordained in 1881. He apparently maintained contacts in the Fort Wayne area, for he married 23-year-old M.S. Margarethe Foellinger in Allen County, Indiana, on 13 Aug 1882.
Reverend George's first calling was in Waterloo, Iowa, where he remained only a short time, as he was installed in Okawville, Illinois on 1 May 1885. In Okawville, George's wife Margarethe died of complications from childbirth on 19 Dec 1888. Nearly two years later, on 14 Sep 1890, George married a second time, to the 30-year-old spinster Elizabeth Eirich, in St. John's Lutheran Church, New Minden, Illinois.
In the fall of 1896, George became a professor at the Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, thus ending the phase of his career in the congregational ministry. George's wife, Elisabeth, passed away on 17 Sep 1921 at the age of 61, after an illness of two years, which might have been complications due to diabetes. In 1923, George left for Germany, to serve as a professor at the Seminary in Berlin-Zehlendorf, and also to serve as a representative of the Missouri Synod for Europe, in which capacity he traveled extensively around Europe. He never returned to America, and was buried in Klein-Machnow, Germany, upon his death on 3 Nov 1931.
Children with Margaret Foellinger:
George (m. Sophie)
Hermine Emmeline Margaret (m. Paul Llewellyn)
Anna Elise Bertha (d. infancy)
Children with Elizabeth Anna Eirich:
Agnes Charlotte Hulda (m. Louis Heinecke)
Friedrich Michael Paul
Walter
Hedwig Anna (m. William Mundinger)
Martha (m. Henry Woxen)
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