Natives of Virginia, James and Esther Fowler sold a significant amount of their property and relocated to Arkansas along with their children and slaves in the early 1820s.
The preparations made by Mary Messer to discuss her late father s military service became a family affair, highlighted by photographs and other military mementos strewn across tables in her home near Russellville.
The story of John Gottlieb Asel parallels that of many children of immigrant families making their journey to Missouri in the mid-1800s. Many of these individuals, inspired by the bold pioneering spirit demonstrated by their parents, carved out a living in their new homes and went on to build businesses while strengthening the rural communities in which they settled.
Following a disagreement that unfolded during the mid-1980s at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Honey Creek, 42 baptized church members made the decision to leave the congregation and explore the possibility of establishing a new church in the area.