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Rev. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich

Tim Bode's great-great-grandfather. Rev. Karl Wilhelm "William" Friedrich began his studies for the pastoral ministry in Germany. After he immigrated to America and completed his studies in St. Louis, Missouri, he was placed in a Lutheran congregation near Owatonna, Minnesota. While there he married Wilhelmina "Minna" Kahler from Macomb County, Michigan. In 1871 he accepted a call to serve as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Waconia, Carver County, Minnesota, where he served for 40 years.

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