REV. RUDOLPH ABBREDERIS, Catholic priest, New Riegel, was born in the old country, September 18, 1850. His parents, John G. and Mary A. (Matt) Abbrederis, were natives of Germany, where they were married and remained until death. They were the parents of five children, of whom our subject is the youngest. After acquiring a classical education in Feldkirch our subject immigrated to Mercer County, Ohio, in January, 1870, and there pursued a theological course in college at Carthagena. After his ordination, August 15, 1873, he took charge of a congregation in Mercer County, and then was transferred to Pulaski County, Ind., thence to Putnam County, Ohio; and finally, in October, 1883, to New Riegel, this county, where he is pastor of St. Peter's Church.



Trancribed by Bonnie Walsh.
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.715