SCHAFROTH Charles (c.1825-1871)

Name: Schfroth, Charles
Born: c.1825
Place Bavaria
Ordained: c.1851
Place Ordained: Bavaria
Years of Service: 1852-1853, 1860
Died: 11/15/1871
Place Died: Bavaria ??
Burial Info: Unknown. Returned to Bavaria in 1865.
Notes:
SCHAFROTH, CHARLES. Born and ordained in Bavaria, Germany. He oame to U. S. A. and Viceennes in 1851. Was pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Madison, from April 1852 t1ll April 1853. On May 21, 1853 he and Father Sohonot of Trinity Churoh, Cincinnati, sailed from New York to Germany on the steamship “Herman”. In March 1854 he is pastor of Wapakonetta, Ohio, and procured five hundred Gulden ($200.00) from the Bavarian mission society for h1s par1sh. (Whrfrd. March 30, 1854.) March 1855 he is yet in oharge of Wapakonetta. In 1655 he was a short time at Carrolton, Ky. On May 5, 1855 he and Father Voll of Covington started from Cincinnati on a tour to Germany. “Father Voll will return 1n fall.” (Whrfrd. May 6, 1856). In August 1857 he wss given charge of Jamestown, (Dayton) Ky., St.Francis Church, in place of Father Herzog who returned to Switzerland. (Whrfrd. September 3.) December 1857 he is yet at Jamestown and also December 26, 1858 when he preaohed the dedication sermon at the blessing of St. Stephen’s Church, Newport. In 1860 he retired from Jamestown to st. Boniface Church, Louisville, and occasionally came over to Jeffersonville for services in 1860. In 1863 he resides at Trinity Church, Columbia, Pa., and attends Harrisburg, Pa. Here he was till sometime in 1865, when he returned to Bavaria, where he held a small chaplaincy till he died on November 15, 1871. (Whrfrd. January 24, 1872.) ¹

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