Chapter 22
-- Compiled by the Cumberland Women's Club
and Published by the Cumberland Advocate
1874-1974
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History of Augustana Lutheran Church
The Swedish Lutheran Church
of Cumberland was organized April 19, 1885, by Pastor
Joseph Frodeen of Chisago City, Minnesota. The charter members of
the congregation were: Carl Nelson and wife,
C.A.
Larson and wife, Frank Anderson and
wife, Albert Johnson and wife, Johan
Hegg and wife, Isak Anderson, Hugo
Ostram and wife, Mrs. Camelia Griswold,
L.A.
Larson
and wife, Enock Lundberg, John
Johnson and wife, Andrew Anderson,
C.M.
Dahl and wife and David Johnson.
On March 16, 1887, the members of the Swedish and Norwegian Congregations met to discuss the building of the church together. The church built in 1887 was used jointly for 20 years. This church is now the Baptist church. The new church built in 1907, the present Augustana, has had many improvements of the past years, including surfacing the church exterior, removing the steeple, rebuilding part of tower, redecorating church parlors and installing carpeting. The recent parsonage was built in 1918.
Our pastors served 3 congregations, Ebenezer in rural Almena, Trinity of Lorain and Augustana of Cumberland. In 1954 the parish was divided, Cumberland deciding to go it alone.
The following pastors served
the congregation: J.J. Frodeen, (1885 organizer);
J.D.
Nelsenius (1887-1889); Anders Bengstron
(1890-1896); A.J. Malmquist (1896-1903);
E.
Edman (1903-1909); A.G. Hammerberg
(1911-1913); S.D. Hawkins (1915-1917); G.E.
Lindsten (1917-1922); A. Harry Ericson
(1923-1928); O.W. Ohlson (1929-1949); W.
Burdette Benson
(1949-1955); E.H.
Baker (1955-1968); and H.H. Hanson (1968-).
Sons and daughters of the congregation
who have gone into service of the church are: Otto
A. Olson, Jr., Central Canadian Synod; C.Walden
Hedman, Teacher at LBI, Seattle, Washington. (formerly Missionary
to Africa); David Nystrom, Pastor at McCool
Junction, Nebraska; Elaine Gonske, former
missionary to Africa; Alice Olson, former
parish worker at Forest Lake,
Minnesota; Mary
Ann Prell, returned missionary from Pakistan and David
Baker, Pastor at Corvalia, Oregon.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
The Sunday School was in existence before the congregation was organized. One of the most faithful of the superintendents of the Sunday School was Claus Carlson, who severed for many (25) years. He also served as secretary of the congregation for about the same length of time.
During the past 75 years the following have served as organists for our congregation: Axel Arons, Tilda Bengston, Miss Anna Carolina Nyman (Mrs. Charles Dahl), Miss Alice Hedlund, Miss Mayme Westin (Mrs. Carl Erickson), Miss Delia Lundstrom (Mrs. P. Steineck), Miss Violetta Lundstrom (Mrs. Carl Markgren), Miss Hilga Nystrom (Mrs. Sorem), Mrs. Axel Aronson, Miss Grace Lundstrom (Mrs. Harry Erickson), Miss Adena Markgren, Mrs. O.W. Ohlson, and Miss Mildred Carlson.
The church council of 1974
is I.N. Toftness, Mae
Anderson (Mrs.), Hubert Thoe, Wayne
Erickson, L.W. Bohn, Lloyd
Berg, Helen Savage (Mrs.), Willard
Erickson, Ronald Johnson, Les
Mathwig, Vernon Nystrom, Doug
Thompson and Harvey Christensen.
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