Mansfielders who donated money to the Nieder-Modau Parish

	Richland Co., Ohio
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	Mansfielders who donated money to the Nieder-Modau Parish
	From the handwritten chronicle of Nieder-Modau parish, 1922

	Submitted by Donna Tivener

This is a list of all the people in Mansfield who donated money to replace the bell on the church in Nieder-Modau, Germany surrendered during W.W.II. On the list is Karl & Johannes Heuss. The church minister wrote: " New Year's day of 1922 brought the good news for our church community that former inhabitants of Nieder-Modau now living in America had collected money for a new bell instead of those who had been surrendered during the war.". The equivalent of 18.235 marks was transferred to Reverend Hermann Von Der Au in Nieder-Modau by the president of the deutscher Hilfsverein, Pastor Kienle of Mansfield. The donations listed under No. 2 -20 were collected by Karl Heuss who deserved well of us by this action. May God reward all of them their faithfulness for their native place and church!" According to the church books of Nieder-Modau, Peter Ludwig, brother of Karl and Johannes Heuss's mother, both were in Mansfield, Ohio by 1852. Two brothers remained in Germany. The father, Peter Heuss died in France in 1838 before he could ship out to American. The source of the above information is from Helmut Schmahl, of West Germany, sent to Jeff Heuss of Colorado Springs, Co. 18 June 1987.
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Surnames included on this page: Heuß (Heuss), Fischer, Poth, Ackerman, Wagner, Ritter, Schmuck, Arras, Wirtz, Floskarzin, Kern
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