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Rev Lucas Abels

Birth	:	17 Dec 1851 Germany
Death	:	12 Sep 1915 Hickman, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Hickman Cemetery, Hickman, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.6210861, -96.6292496
Description	:	Our second pastor was the Rev. Lucas Abels. On November 1, 1899, Rev. Abels was called to take charge of the Church as stated supply. Rev. Lucas Abels accepted the call and preached his first sermon on his 48th birthday, December 17, 1899. On September 8, 1900, the congregation voted to elect Rev. Lucas Abels as their Pastor. This unanimous call was accepted and the new pastor was duly installed. The membership of the Church was 120; with an attendance at Sunday School (called Sabbath School) of 145. Rev. Lucas Abels served our Church for 16 years. He was... Read More	Our second pastor was the Rev. Lucas Abels. On November 1, 1899, Rev. Abels was called to take charge of the Church as stated supply. Rev. Lucas Abels accepted the call and preached his first sermon on his 48th birthday, December 17, 1899. On September 8, 1900, the congregation voted to elect Rev. Lucas Abels as their Pastor. This unanimous call was accepted and the new pastor was duly installed. The membership of the Church was 120; with an attendance at Sunday School (called Sabbath School) of 145. Rev. Lucas Abels served our Church for 16 years. He was called home from his field of labor after an illness of several months on September 12, 1915. Rev. Abels in buried in the Hickman Cemetery. (The above was taken from the congregations own written history.) Rev. Abels was born in Ostfriesland, Germany. He attended Dubuque College and Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He was ordained to the ministry on April 23, 1874 at the Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, Iowa. He moved to Hickman, Nebraska from Ashton, Iowa. He'd served the Ashton German Presbyterian Church, as well as the one at Zoar, Iowa from 1895 to 1899. His wife was Johanna, called "Hannah."

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Rev Lucas Abels's memorial is located at: Hickman Cemetery, Hickman, Lancaster County, USA.
When did Rev Lucas Abels death?
Rev Lucas Abels death on 12 Sep 1915 in Hickman, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.6210861
Longitude: -96.6292496

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Susanna Maria Abels May

(1890 - 1984)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Hickman Cemetery
Hickman, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6210861, -96.6292496

2. Stagecoach Lake Cemetery
Hickman, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6028830, -96.6447370

3. Swiggart Family Cemetery
Hickman, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6181060, -96.5909170

4. Holland Cemetery
Holland, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5957985, -96.5997009

5. Roca Cemetery
Roca, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6581039, -96.6499710

6. Stockfeldt Cemetery
Sprague, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6116982, -96.7080994

7. Dietz Cemetery
Firth, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5449982, -96.6286011

8. Princeton Cemetery
Princeton, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5668983, -96.7052994

9. Panama Cemetery
Panama, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5821991, -96.5255966

10. Centerville Cemetery
Centerville, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6545677, -96.7482147

11. Simmons-Saltillo Cemetery
Lincoln, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7113991, -96.6735992

12. Firth Cemetery
Firth, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5250015, -96.6085968

13. Cheney Cemetery
Cheney, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7257996, -96.6066971

14. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Cortland, Gage County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5078300, -96.6252700

15. Hallam Zion Cemetery
Hallam, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5661011, -96.7600021

16. Bennet Cemetery
Bennet, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6889572, -96.5079193

17. Buhrmann Cemetery
Sprague, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6167300, -96.7810900

18. Pella Cemetery
Panama, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5555992, -96.5014038

19. John Sothan Family Cemetery
Hallam, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5871030, -96.7819980

20. Calavan Homestead Cemetery
Centerville, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6175090, -96.7890200

21. Sheridan Lutheran Church Columbarium
Lincoln, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7538670, -96.6268170

22. Lincoln Memorial Park
Lincoln, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7447014, -96.6986008

23. Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7125015, -96.7641983

24. Mount Zion Cemetery
Otoe County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6250000, -96.4449997