I found a new source today but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to copy the actual record to show you. I can give you a link to the resource so you can look at it yourself.
These are the records of the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. We already knew that he died on February 2, 1902 of Heart Disease. We now know that his undertaker was V. Hemberger.
Here is the link to his record. I thought these links would take you to the page, his is on page 128.
What we didn't know was what his wife died of. She died in Wisconsin but was buried at this Cemetery in Springfield. Louise was listed in the record here as Lorna Long. I know it is her as the date of death (9-22-1923) and age (82 years, 10 months) match exactly. She died of Gastroenteritis and was buried by Ellinger and Kunz. Here is the link to her record. Again, she is on page 118.
Here is the record for their stillborn child (April 6, 1869). It doesn't list if it was a male or female child. You can view the original on Page 56.
Here is the record for their first daughter who died at 10 months old. The record states that she died of "Inflamed Brain". Again these dates match up to what I have already recorded. She is on page 32 of the same link as the stillborn child.
I wish I could save these records but at least you all can see them by using the links
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| Charles and Louise Long |
Most, if not all, of the Lutheran Pastors in the Brueggeman family would have attended Concordia Seminary in Springfield Illinois. The Missouri Synod had two seminaries, one more theoretical and one more practical for the training of pastors.
From the 1967 Catalog of the Seminary:
When the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States was organized in Chicago on April 26, 1847,a request was made that the Seminary at Fort Wayne be deeded to the new Synod. This was done, and on September 7, 1847, the
Seminary passed into the control of the Missouri Synod.
At the convention of Synod in 1860, it was resolved that the Seminary at Fort Wayne should be moved to St. Louis, where it would be merged with the church's theoretical seminary. It was felt
that the two institutions could be conducted more economically when combined and that the distinctive character of each seminary could be maintained. The move to St. Louis was made in 1861.
(I wonder why it left Fort Wayne during the Civil War)
A second move of the Seminary took place in 1874, when the Synod decided that because of greatly increased enrollments and a growing demand for ministers, two terminal schools would be necessary. One seminary, it was agreed, should have an emphasis on the classical and theoretical approach to ministerial training. This school was to be located in St. Louis. The other seminary should place full emphasis on the practical as acts of kingdom service. Credit belongs to a number of members of Trinity Lutheran Church (this was Charles Long/Lange's church)
of Springfield, who offered to the Synod the piece of property to which the Seminary moved, and on which it is presently located.
The transfer of the seminary from St. Louis to Springfield took place on September 1, 1875.
