Rev Wm. Brand

Rev. William Brand served the congregation as its pastor, both at the old church and at the temporary church building erected on the present church lot, corner Broadway and West Fifth Avenue, while the present church edifice was being erected.  Pastor Brand came here from Milwaukee, at which place he had been serving a Lutheran congregation.  During his ministry the old church and parsonage property was taken over by the L. & N. Railway Company.  The congregation realizing that the progress of time demanded the relinquishment of its long used location, willingly surrendered its property for railroad purposes.  Pastor Brand and family were the first to live in the present parsonage on Broadway at its completion. After a service of only a little over two years,  Pastor Brand accepted a call to Pittsburg [sic], Penn.  Since that time Pastor Brand served several different congregations, and some years ago departed this life.

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