As published on pp. 187-88 of the Fiftieth Session of the Synod, St. Peter’s Church, Lexington County, South Carolina, on November 5, 1870

Obituary of Rev. Christian G. Reitzel-Christian G. Reitzel was born March 30, 1805, in Guilford County, North Carolina. On the 15th day of November, 1827, he entered into the holy estate of matrimony with Miss Delilah Ingold, with whom he had eleven children.

September 17, 1835, he entered the ministry as a Deacon. September 16, 1841, he was ordained to the Office of Pastor, in Rader’s Church, Rockingham County, Virginia.

In the year 1841, he located in Catawba County, North Carolina, and took charge of the St. Peter’s, Miller’s and Zion’s congregations, in that county, and of Friendship Church, in Alexander County, and served them til 1849.

On the 14th day of February, 1850, his first wife departed this life. A few years after this event, he married a second time. By this union, he had six children.

On the 2 day of October, 1870, he departed this life: aged 65 years, 6 months, and 26 days. He was buried at St. Peter’s Church, Catawba County, North Carolina. His funeral services were rendered and a sermon was preached by Rev. J. M. Smith, on 2 Tim 4, 7, 8.

While he was a plain, humble, common man, he possessed excellent native talents and fine mental capacities and powers. He was well indoctrinated in the teachings of Divine Revelation and the sound principles of the Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, derived from the Holy Scriptures. He was very exact and rather critical. He was a faithful, zealous preacher, a devout Christian, a good neighbor, a reliable citizen, an affectionate husband, and a kind father.

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