90.480.5

90.480.5
On July 10, 1987, six members of the United Church of Christ, Congregational in Ames traveled to the old Wittemberg Cemetery, about five miles north of Newton, Iowa. They unearthed the remnants of the tombstones of the White family. Rev. John White, originally from Connecticut, helped found the Congregational church in Ames in 1865. He served the Wittemberg church until his death at the age of 37 on March 23, 1872, from consumption (tuberculosis). Here Lawrence Hammerly of the Wittemberg Congregational church, in the left of the photograph, watches as a member of the Ames delegation digs for tombstone shards.
Citation: 90.480.5
Year: 1987
Categories: Churches, People, Misc.