a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Prussia, Nov. 8,1833, and came to the United States in 1852. He soon after was converted, and began to preach in 1856; but his health failing, after filling three or four appointments, he retired from the active ministry and settled near Red Wing. He died, from the effects of a fall from his wagon, June 3, 1876. He was a member of the Northwest German Conference. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1876, p. 134.