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1881
Christian and Margaretha Oertel, an elderly childless couple, started caring for two orphaned sisters on their 46-acre farm in Cabot, PA. The couple then decided to donate their land to a group of Pittsburgh-area pastors to create a faith-based mission for orphans and the elderly - the Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Home for Orphans and the Aged.