Campisano, Frank Jr.

Notes:

Birth:
Details of the birth are not known at this time.

Frank married Hood, Pearlene Jo [Group Sheet]

Harley married Winter, Vera 17 Jan 1932, Washington, D.C., USA. Vera (daughter of Winter, Louis Heinrich Hermann and Luelf, Allovine A.) was born 4 Mar 1913, Drake, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA; died 24 Aug 1949, McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: a minister in the Methodist Church
• Graduation: 1904, Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Occupation:

     The following biographical sketch was published about 1905 by the St. Louis German Conference of the German Methodist Episcopal Church.

     Louis H. Winter, der diese Gemeinden gegenwärtig als Prediger bedient [Bem, Laduc, Champion City], wurde im Jahre 1876 am 13. August im nördlichen Teil von Warren County, Mo., geboren und als Erstling von seiner frommen Mutter im Gebete dem Herrn geweiht, und ihrem Einflusse ist es zuzuschreiben, daß der Sohn heute als Prediger im Weinberge des Heern arbeitet. Seine Eltern vereinigten sich später mit der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche und er selbst wurde bei einer anhaltden Versammlung unter der Arbeit von Br. A. Köwing in seinem 17. Lebensjahre zu Gott befehrt. Dem inneren Rufe Gottes, der ihn ins Predigtamt berief, folgend, verdiente er sich zunächst die Mittel, um zu seiner ferneren Ausbildung eine Hochschule besuchen zu können, und trat in seinem 22. Lebensjahre als Student in das Central Wesleyan-Kollegium in Warrenton, Mo., ein. Er stand in seinem letzten Studienjahr, als die Kirche ihn auf sein jetzges Arbeitsfeld sandte, auf dem er jetzt Seelen für seinen Meister zu gewinnen sucht.

     Here is a translation:

     Louis H. Winter, who currently serves as the pastor of these congregations [Bem, Laduc, Champion City], was born on 13 August 1876 in the northern part of Warren County, Missouri, and as the first-born was blessed by his devout mother's prayers to the Lord, and it is because of their influence that the son now labors as a minister in the vineyards of the Lord. His parents later joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and he himself was brought to God in his 17th year through a lasting meeting held by Brother A. Köwing. Responding to God's calling to serve Him in the ministry, he earned the means to be able to attend college to further his education, and in his 22nd year entered Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton, Missouri. Now in his last year of study, the Church has sent him to his current field of activity in order to win souls for his Master.

     In the course of his life, Rev. Winter served churches in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas and Kansas.

Graduation:
Louis graduated from Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton.

Buried:
Louis was buried in Zion Cemetery.

Died:
Louis's place of death has been reported as either Bellflower or Montgomery City, Missouri.

Louis married Luelf, Allovine A. 9 Nov 1904, New Truxton, Warren County, Missouri, USA. Allovine was born 1877–1878; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:

     To date, the source of this woman's name has been marriage records and some researchers have reported the spelling of her given name as "Allowine."
     In my reading of the application for a license to marry and of the marriage license, she was identified as Miss. Allovine A. Luelf. On one occasion, the recorder spelled her surname "Lulfe," but this I judge to be a simple clerical error.
     I believe that it is very possible for the "Allovine" which appears in the marriage records to be a phonetic spelling of "Alvina," a German given name which appears elsewhere in the family history, especially among in the Luelf family.
     However, until I can find reliable documentation that "Alvina" is the correct spelling, I shall reluctantly continue to use "Allovine."
     The approximate date of birth currently used is based on calculations from data in the marriage records.

Notes:

Married:

     According to marriage records in Warren County, Missouri, "Louis H. H. Winter," age 28, of Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, and "Miss. Allovine A. Luelf," age 26, of Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, received a marriage license at Warrenton on 7 November 1904 and they were married on 9 November 1904 at New Truxton, Warren County, by Pastor William Wilkening, "a minister of the Gospel."