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Here
are a few old photos from the Plumer Settlement area. Click on the camera icon (  ) next to the description to see the
image. Please contact Keith Brandt, the site WebMaster, at Keith.J.Brandt@gmail.com, if you have any
additional photos related to Plumer Settlement, or if you can help identify some of the
unknown individuals in some of these photos.

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Photograph taken at Green Hill Farm about 1898. Among
those shown in this photo are Christian Beck (1828-1898) and Henry Green (1833-1915),
shown as #4 and #6 respectively, who were among the signers of the Salem Lutheran Constitution in about 1874.
Courtesy of Randy Beck, Council Bluffs, Iowa. |

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Photograph of Brandt family taken about 1903. Jürgen
Brandt (1817-1906), shown #7 in the photo, was also a signer of the Salem Lutheran Constitution. Courtesy of Henry
Brandt, Council Bluffs, Iowa. |

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Photograph of Confirmation Class at Salem Lutheran
Church, taken April 19, 1925. Courtesy of Mary Plumer, Omaha, Nebraska. |

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Photograph of Confirmation Class at Salem Lutheran
Church, taken about 1927. Persons in photo identified by Ellie Cox (Arvada, Colorado) and
Dorothy (Green) Buch, Glenwood, Iowa. |

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Pastor Samuel Estel, Pastor of Salem Lutheran Church
from 1872-1874. He was instrumental in writing the church's constitution, legally
incorporating the congregation, and developing plans for the cemetery. Pastor Estel later
served St. John's Lutheran in Pierce, Nebraska from 1874-1883, and then was called to
serve in Fountain Bluff, Illinois. Photo scanned from 1971 Centennial Book of St.
John's Lutheran, courtesy of Vickie DeJong, Pierce, Nebraska. |

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Pastor H.E. Hoff, Pastor of Salem Lutheran Church from
1889-1922. Photo courtesy of Greg Hoff, Omaha, Nebraska. |

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Salem Lutheran Parsonage built ca. 1869. Pastor
Henry E. Hoff and his family lived here from 1889 until 1905 when the Parsonage
burned. Behind the house was a barn. Courtesy of Greg Hoff, Omaha, Nebraska. |

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View of Salem Lutheran Church from the cemetery (abt.
1916). Courtesy of Dave Plumer Ewing, Wayne, Nebraska and Mary Plumer, Omaha, Nebraska. |

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Photos of Salem Lutheran Church before 1956
renovation, and Service of Re-dedication (September 22, 1956). Courtesy of Mary Plumer,
Omaha, Nebraska. |

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Photo of "new" barn showing the house in the
background (abt. 1900). Courtesy of Edna Plumer, Council Bluffs, Iowa.. |
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