Christine Sophie Tesabein BRINK

<p>St. John's Lutheran Church of New Minden, Illinois lists her name as Ilsabein rather than Tesabein.</p><p><p>Burial records from St. John's Lutheran Church of New Minden, Washington County, Illinois show the following information:</p><p><p>Christine Sophie Ilsabein Brink died of congestive intermittent fever February 11 at 8 p.m. at the age of 26 years, 2 months, and 1 day. Burial February 13 at 12 noon with a grave address. She was a Christian unmarried lady as long as she was known by others among us until her end. She experienced severe spiritual attacks before her end.</p><p><p>She wasthe second person to be buried in their new cemetary in the year 1847. This cemetary is to the north of the church. There is no record of where they started burying the bodies and most of the stones have deteriorated and are no longer around. At that time there were no family plots. Bodies were buried in the order of death.</p><p>Information was provided by LuAnn Sprehe, Secretary of St. John's, New Minden, on March 15, 1995.

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