German Church Dedication at Chuckery

On May 18, 1892 the Marysville Evening Tribune reported that the German (Lutheran) Church at Chuckery was nearly complete and awaiting a proper dedication.  Today that church is known as St. Paul Lutheran Church, a congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri-Synod.  But, in 1892, that church had a much longer name.  It was the founded as the Plains Branch of St. Johns Lutheran Church.  St. Johns Lutheran Church was, and still is, about 10 miles away on the Plain City-Marysville Road (present-day State Route 736).  The dedication that was announced in the Marysville Evening Tribune was eventually held on May 29, 1892.  At that time, the Plains Branch sent forth a call to the Missouri Synod asking for a pastor to lead their church.  And, that call was denied due to an extreme shortage of pastors for the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.  The congregation was asked to wait another year before reapplying for a pastor.  And, so the small congregation remained a part of St. Johns Lutheran Church for the next year.