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REV. ERHARDT RIEDEL, Pastor of the German Lutheran Church, Bloomington; was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1824; came to America in 1848, and first located in Wentworth Co., Ohio, where he was licensed as preacher under Dr. W. Sihler, who was President of the Senate of Ohio, Missouri, and other States; he has taught school and preached in different parts of Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa; in Franklin Co., Mo., he taught school about two years; thence to Cape Girardeau Co., thence to Cape Girardeau City, where he remained about nine years, engaged in preaching; Rev. Mr. Riedel was also located, for a short time, in Dubuque, Iowa, thence to Cook Co., Ill., about twenty-five miles south of Chicago, where he remained about seven years; while there, his congregation erected a very handsome church, at a cost of $22,000; from Cook Co., came to Bloomington in 1876; here he has done much good in the church and the schools.