However, first he ministered to Germans in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the nearby settlement of Friedheim, Preble Township, in northwest Adams County, whose pastor, Jesse Hoover, had died in May 1838.
Er diente jedenfalls zuerst den Deutschen in Fort Wayne und der nahegelegenen Siedlung Friedheim im nordwestlichen Adams County, deren Pastor, Jesse Hoover, im Mai 1838 verstorben war.