County of Cemetery: Lafayette County.
Text of Corner Stone and Marker:
U. A. C.
1860. 1880.
This Corner stone is from St. Paul's "Old Brick Church"
1860 - 1905
Erected on this site in 1860 and enlarged in 1880 during
The Pastorate of Rev. F. J. Biltz.Text on Monument:
South Face:
This Monument was erected A.D.
1952, at the location of the
first sanctuary of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
First Log Church 1844
Brick Church 1860
Present Church 1904.
East Face:
This memorial is dedicated
to the 175 members of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
who served our country in
World War II, and in loving
memory of the following who
paid the supreme sacrifice
Edward Green
Vernon Henning
Norbert Meyer
Arnold Oetting
Elmer Pape.
North Face:
THIS MEMORIAL IS IN MEMORY
OF SERVICEMEN WHO PAID THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
Korean War: Dennis Deke Died 1954.
Vietnam War: William D Kindle died 1968.
Stanley Martens died 1969.
West Face:
This memorial is dedicated
to the 65 members of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
who served our country
in World War I and
in loving memory of
EDWARD LOHMAN
who gave his life for our country.
Massacre Site Marker: (located about 1 mile away):
MASSACRE SITE
On August 22, 1861, "State Guard" troops under Col. Edwin W. Price plundered this community taking household goods, farm animals and merchandise from Brockhoff's store.
Sunday, Oct. 5, 1862, sixty drunken "Bushwackers" captured eleven men, and at this spot they murdered Henry Brockhoff, Henry Hartmann, and Christian Oetting and wounded four others.
On July 13, 1863, near here 35 renegades murdered Conrad Bruns, Louis Fiene, Dietrich Karsten and William Scharnhorst.
Four miles east of here on October 10, 1864, local militia lost 26 men fighting guerrillas led by Dave Poole of Quantrill's Band.
Burial Site for those massacred is here in this cemetery. Text at cemetery:
CIVIL WAR CASUALTIES
Buried in the vicinity of St. Paul's Cemetery are members of the congregation who died as a result of Civil War guerrilla activity from September, 1862 to October 10, 1964. The victims include: Heinrich Steinbrink, Heinrich Eickhoff, Christian Oetting, Heinrich Brockhoff, Heinrich Hartmann, Louis Fiene, Conrad Bruns, Dietrich Kastens, Wilhelm Scharnhorst, Louis Walter, Hermann Brinkhoff, Friedrich Grottmann, Fr.D. Brackmann, Louis Stuenkel, J.H. Friedrich Meyer, Heinrich Bruns, Friedrich Bruns, Hermann Wolters, W. Peper, Heinrich Freitag, Wilhelm Brackmann, Friedrich Dittmer, Diedrich Droege, and Bernhard Reggers.
Some History of the Lutheran and German Town:
CONCORDIA
German immigrants, seeking economic improvement, began settling here in 1838. Their post office was Cook's Store, a coach stop on the Sedalia-Lexington Road, 2½ miles west of here.
Opposed to slavery, they were loyal to the Union in the Civil War.
On May 17, 1865, the Lutheran pastor, Franz Julius Biltz (1825 - 1908), became postmaster and named this town "Concordia" since the war had ended, and there was now hope for concord between North and South. The Rev. Biltz served the community for forty-one years as faithful pastor, courageous leader, and founder of Saint Paul's College (1883).