Outagamie County, WI - "New London 1865"
       
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Subject: newspaper article "New London 1865"
Submitted by: county coordinator 
EMAIL: jmmarasch@aol.com
Date Submitted: 15 March 2000
       
Source: New London Press newspaper article from Bicentennial issue, undated.

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                        New London 1865
     The Wolf River in New London was already clear of ice on March 10, 1865.
     At 9 a.m., April 15, the following dispatch was received at Appleton: "PRESIDENT LINCOLN DIED
THIS MORNING AT 7 O'CLOCK AND 22 MINUTES".  No doubt, the sad news reached New London the
same day either from Appleton or Oshkosh.
     During the year of 1865, the Dedolph and Lipke Stave Factory was built at the foot of Wyman Street. 
It manufacturedflour barrel staves and headings.  In an article entitled, "Waupaca County Veterans", by Sheldon Bradt, it
mentioned the fact that Chas. Lipke accompanied the New London boys who went to war.  The volunteers
received bounties which during that time were large sums of money.
     Lipke was entrusted the responsibility of turning this money over to their dependents or invest it until
they returned.  No doubt, according to Sheldon Bradt, Mr. Lipke brought more money toNew London during the pioneer days than any other man.  He and his partner Ernest Dedolph invested the
money in building a stave factory, "Dedolph, Lipke and Company", which became the largest of its kind in the
state.
     The local Methodists were members of the Appleton Distict.  Rev.  J.D. Cole was assigned to New
London in 1865.  His family being without food and many necessities made it necessary for him to sell his horse
and buggy.  Therefore, he was compelled to walk on Sundays, unless someone loaned him a horse.  He
eventually became a well-known minister and presiding elder of this district for sometimes.
     Rev.  Carl Waldt, German Lutheran Church of Oshkosh, accepted a call.  His health had suffered from
the burden of his work.  Up to now, St. Paul's of New London was a member of the Oshkosh Parish.  Rev. 
Thedore Jaekel of Zittau, or the old Winchester Parish may haveadded a few churches of this area that were formerly served from Oshkosh.  Rev.  Jackel was an old fashioned
circuit rider.
     There's reason to believe that St. Paul's Congregation constructed a small church that was about the size
of a small country school.  The church records began in 1865 and the Little Prairie school at this time may have
been in the process of phasing out.
     Late in Nov. 1865, Townsend & Company of New London established a daily line of stages between
Appleton and New London, and from Oshkosh to Shawano.  The stage left New London at 6 a.m., arriving in
Appleton in time for the passengers to make the afternoon south-bound train.  Immediately after the arrival of the
morning train, the stage left for New London, via Hortonville.
     On Dec. 30, 1865, the United Brethern in the New London Circuit was organized at the Cole
Schoolhouse in the Town of Bovina.