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49. Rev. Theodore Bollinger&#13;
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51. Rev. Klein&#13;
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56. Rev. Kratz&#13;
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65. Rev. Schuler&#13;
66. Rev. Tingler&#13;
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68. Rev. Carl Russom&#13;
69. Noah Neuenschwander Niewander Elder, Bluffton, O.&#13;
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Above names provided by Rev. Frank W. Goetsch and [?] Goetsch as remembered these clerics.&#13;
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