Wayne, Whats your private email address? Thanks, Steve On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Wayne Webb <SpiWebb@aol.com> wrote: > Morning Fellow List Members, > > I have decided to share some of my dearly held treasures. To that end > I am willing to send a mass mailing to anyone who would like a digital copy > of the Gospel Messenger for the week of January 4, 1887. > > To keep it manageable for myself I request that those interested email > me privately, not wishing to clog this list, and I will post to all at one > shot. I will send it out tomorrow evening at midnight. Those who send in > their request after that time will be left out in the cold. > > So if you are interested email me privately. > > Wayne Webb > Editor: Brethren Roots > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Wayne, I'm interested too but couldn't find your private e-mail address Carol -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Steve Hardman Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:37 AM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRE] Gospel Messenger Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan. 4, 1887(complete) Wayne, Whats your private email address? Thanks, Steve On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Wayne Webb <SpiWebb@aol.com> wrote: > Morning Fellow List Members, > > I have decided to share some of my dearly held treasures. To that end > I am willing to send a mass mailing to anyone who would like a digital copy > of the Gospel Messenger for the week of January 4, 1887. > > To keep it manageable for myself I request that those interested email > me privately, not wishing to clog this list, and I will post to all at one > shot. I will send it out tomorrow evening at midnight. Those who send in > their request after that time will be left out in the cold. > > So if you are interested email me privately. > > Wayne Webb > Editor: Brethren Roots > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wayne I tried to sent the request direct to you but I don't think it went thru, so will get it to you here. Sorry! Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Webb" <SpiWebb@aol.com> To: "Brethren Mailing List" <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:48 AM Subject: [BRE] Gospel Messenger Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan. 4, 1887(complete) > Morning Fellow List Members, > > I have decided to share some of my dearly held treasures. To that end > I am willing to send a mass mailing to anyone who would like a digital > copy of the Gospel Messenger for the week of January 4, 1887. > > To keep it manageable for myself I request that those interested email > me privately, not wishing to clog this list, and I will post to all at one > shot. I will send it out tomorrow evening at midnight. Those who send in > their request after that time will be left out in the cold. > > So if you are interested email me privately. > > Wayne Webb > Editor: Brethren Roots > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1310 - Release Date: 3/4/2008 > 8:35 AM > >

Morning Fellow List Members, I have decided to share some of my dearly held treasures. To that end I am willing to send a mass mailing to anyone who would like a digital copy of the Gospel Messenger for the week of January 4, 1887. To keep it manageable for myself I request that those interested email me privately, not wishing to clog this list, and I will post to all at one shot. I will send it out tomorrow evening at midnight. Those who send in their request after that time will be left out in the cold. So if you are interested email me privately. Wayne Webb Editor: Brethren Roots

Bro. Wm. M. Lyon's address is now Union Bridge, Md., where his correspondents should address him. Two were added to the Beach Grove church, Madison Co., Ind., recently, by baptism. So Bro. D. R. Richards informs us. Bro. D. C. Moomaw reports a good meeting at the Valley church, Botetourt Co., Va. Hope we shall have a full report of the meeting soon. The General Missionary Committee meets in Mt. Morris on Tuesday, Jan. 4th, 1887. Considerable business will come before the Committee. Bro. Hope is at this time laboring for the Brethren at Ames, Iowa. He will remain there several months, and may be addressed at that place until March 1, 1887. >From Three Oaks, Mich., we have a letter, containing money for an Almanac. The writer failed to sign his name, and will have to do without the Almanac until he sends his name. Just now our office is crowded with work. Bro. Amich works far into the night, and yet the letters accumulat on his hands. Our brethren will please have patience, and all will receive attention in due season. (Note from Wayne: Sounds like Bro. Amick and I share a lot in common for the exception he did it without a computer ) Bro. J. C. Murray is expected to begin a series of meetings at the Silver Creek meeting-house near this place on the 25th inst. (NOTE: Illinois) Bro. Elias Mongold, of Strickler, Washington Co., Ark., would like to hear from his brothers and sisters in the flesh. He had lost all track of them. If any should read this notice, they will please address Bro. M. as above. Bro. Jas. R. Gish, writing from Stutthart, Ark., Dec. 17, says: "Jst returned from Fairmount, where we had six meetings. Attendance was fair and attention good. Found the people friendly and sociale. In the vicinity of this place we expect to form our settlement of Brethren. It is about six miles from the railroad. The town is just starting, with a railroad graded, which, it is thought, will soon be finished." We have the following good news from Bro. J. C. Murrary, of North Manchester, Ind. He says, "We closed our meetings at Edna Mills, Dec. 17, with thirteen additions by baptism. When we commenced our meeting at this place, there were fightings without and fears within, but, blessed be the name of the Lord, he has triumphed gloriously and his name was honored with the above results. Came home to rest and have commenced meetings in our own congregation." May the Lord bless his labors! Bro. S. W. Hoover, of Dayton, O., spent a few days with us, recently, looking up the interest of the Tract Work, of which he is Foreman. Bro. Hoover is full of seal for the work, and has the energy and push to make things move. He left Mt. Morris with a substantial reminder that the brethren here are ready and willing to assist in the good work of spreading te gospel. During his stay with us he preached once at the Silver Creek meeting-house, and twice in the College Chapel. We were all sorry that his stay was so short. Come again, Bro. S. W. By request we publish the address of the Treasurers of the General Mission Board and of the Brethren's Tract Work. All money for the Tract Work should be sent to J. A. Hepner, Treasurer, Dayton, Ohio. Money for Home and Foreign Missions and for building meeting-houses, should be sent to D. L. Miller, Treasurer, Mt. Morris, Ill. Please keep this notice for future reference. Wanye Webb Editor: Brethren Roots

Please include me in the mass mailing as described by you below. R. W. Brock Wayne Webb wrote: > Morning Fellow List Members, > > I have decided to share some of my dearly held treasures. To that end I am willing to send a mass mailing to anyone who would like a digital copy of the Gospel Messenger for the week of January 4, 1887. > > To keep it manageable for myself I request that those interested email me privately, not wishing to clog this list, and I will post to all at one shot. I will send it out tomorrow evening at midnight. Those who send in their request after that time will be left out in the cold. > > So if you are interested email me privately. > > Wayne Webb > Editor: Brethren Roots > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Alternate spellings for Sights may be Sites and Seitz. Linda

I would like info on the Christian Eyeman (maybe Eyman) family who was born in Germany middle of the 17th century. Son Henry was b. in PA. Married Catherine Sights. Their da Elizabeth R. was b. 1833 in Monroe County and was a member of the Bear Creek COB in Hancock Co.IL She married James McClintock. I Would appreciate knowing more if anyone has info. Jan.

THE OTHER BECKER-STUMP MARRIAGE: The Becker-Stump marriage that most of us have heard of is that of Elizabeth Becker (daughter of Elder Peter Becker) and Jacob Stump (son of Julian Stump and his second wife Maria). The Beckers and the Stumps were Brethren together in Düdelsheim from 1711, and emigrated together from Krefeld in 1719 with the first major wave of Brethren. The other Becker-Stump marriage that most of us have not heard of is that of Maria Catharina Becker (brother of Valentine Becker who emigrated with Alexander Mack in 1729) and John Stump (oldest son of Julian Stump and his first wife Elizabeth, and therefore half-brother of Jacob Stump). This marriage took place November 11, 1726, Christ Church, Philadelphia. Because Maria Catharina [Becker] Stump arrived in the new world some years earlier than her brother, Valentin Becker, and because her marriage to John Stump caused quite a stir with Conrad Beissel for "having married too near a relation," I believe that Maria Catharina [Becker] Stump was part of the Becker-Stump contingent that came over in 1719. Valentine Becker was a young man who was left behind in Krefeld. He married Stintgen Frantzen, October 23, 1723, Evangelisch, Krefeld. Stingen's name was spelled "Stinkee" on the Ship Allen list in 1729. Actually Stintgen ("Stinkee") is the equivalent of Christine or Christina. Having established that Valentine Becker and Maria Catharina [Becker] Stump were siblings, there remains the task of ascertaining their parentage. I suspect that they were from the Marienborn, Düdelsheim, Stockheim area in Hessen. I also suspect that they were fairly closely related to Elder Peter Becker. Despite Peter Becker's famous name, we still don't know about his birth family. Dwayne Wrightsman

Yes it is the same person. I have some data of him. Not sure how much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Davis" <jespat@verizon.net> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 11:03 AM Subject: [BRE] Pepple > > Is it possible that Rev. D. I. Pepple and Dorsey I. Pepple are the same > person? > Thanks, > Jesse Davis > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.2/1305 - Release Date: 2/29/2008 > 6:32 PM > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is it possible that Rev. D. I. Pepple and Dorsey I. Pepple are the same person? Thanks, Jesse Davis -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.2/1305 - Release Date: 2/29/2008 6:32 PM

My Brethren ancestors were not from Kentucky, they landed in Kansas, Indiana, Ill, Mich, etc. I knew from early on that my mother's mother who died when she was 13, was Brethren. I didn't fully understand as a child what that meant. When I started doing genealogy in the early 80's I was shocked to find out how many Brethren ancestors I had on both my mother's and father's side. I wonder how many others today are in the same condition of being totally unknowing about their roots. I have learned to keep my thought to myself when I meet an obviously Brethren (to me) name, because if I ask they just do a sort of double take and said "Huh?" When you consider the normal migrations of families and then what was really a great diaspora of families in WWII there are thousands of descendants of Brethren who have no notion of their ancestors religion or way of life. I find this Brethren list a wonderful was to catch up on my history. Merle, you in particular, have really opened up a lot of history and put it online for us. Thanks, Ruth Hoese ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Rogers" <rogers922@intrstar.net> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [BRE] Early brethren in Cape Girardeua & Bollinger Co's. MO > I do find churches >> (Baptist or Methodist, usually) with the family names of known Brethren >> who were there -back before 1800. >> >> I wish I was able to trace these families in each known church area. >> >> Merle C Rummel > > > I do wonder if they are aware of their beginnings. Hopefully some of the > families will be into genealogy and begin the process back. Maybe we could > help them a bit by placing a notice on the boards for the family names and > the area, and then suggest they look to Brethren roots for further > research. It may, in the end, save a whole lot of time and frustration to > some, especially if they are following a line along with a religion. > Lutheran, Methodist or Baptist today doesn't mean ancestors 200 years ago > were the same. As this list has pointed out on many occasions, you attend > whatever chuch you can find when yours is not available. > > Many Blessings, > Janet Rogers > >

The Bible Monitor began publication in October, 1922. It was edited by B.E.Kesler of Poplar Bluff, MO. It was way too late to record any information concerning the Francis Stump family of Kentucky. The connection of the Stump family with the Monitor is through the Clarence Stump family of IN and PA. For several years, a son, Paul Stump, of Englewood, OH has been the chairman of the Publication Board of the Dunkard Brethren Church, which has oversight over the Bible Monitor. The Editors of the Bible Monitor have been B.E.Kesler, 1922-1932; L.W.Beery, 1932-1946; Howard J. Surbey, 1946-1969; Walter Bird, 1969-1975; Milton Cook 1975 - Milton Cook _____________________________________________________________ Click here to get you high school diploma (GED) in days http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3l9xo0BXKLrUIR5UKkX7rlrj4DrkxeiCgRxwtrFR13tNp21S/

Paul Stump is of the Stumps of Elkhart Co IN (Solomon and Daniel), who moved there about 1840 from Vaughn twp Upper Canada (Ontario - north of Toronto) - going there in 1804 from Berks Co PA (Abraham Stump). The family came from the Palatinate to America about 1713 to Schoharie Co NY, to work in the "Naval Stores", then moved down to Berks Co ma;ybe 20 years later. I am of the same family. Merle C Rummel > the Clarence Stump family of IN and PA. For several years, a son, Paul Stump, of Englewood, OH has been the chairman of the Publication Board of the Dunkard Brethren Church, which has oversight over the Bible Monitor. > >

Janet, I have found in recent years (through genealogical research) that some of my own family was with the Brethren faith. I was reared in the Baptist Church and now attend the Methodist. That is primarily because it is the one in the area (as you say--we are rural). I live in MO and your email intrigues me. I have been looking to see if my Tucker family may not also have had Brethren roots. Have you encountered any members of the Brethren Church by the name of Tucker? Any help sincerely appreciated. Joan (Tucker) Flatt --- Janet Rogers <rogers922@intrstar.net> wrote: > I do find churches > > (Baptist or Methodist, usually) with the family > names of known Brethren > > who were there -back before 1800. > > > > I wish I was able to trace these families in each > known church area. > > > > Merle C Rummel > > > I do wonder if they are aware of their beginnings. > Hopefully some of the > families will be into genealogy and begin the > process back. Maybe we could > help them a bit by placing a notice on the boards > for the family names and > the area, and then suggest they look to Brethren > roots for further research. > It may, in the end, save a whole lot of time and > frustration to some, > especially if they are following a line along with a > religion. Lutheran, > Methodist or Baptist today doesn't mean ancestors > 200 years ago were the > same. As this list has pointed out on many > occasions, you attend whatever > chuch you can find when yours is not available. > > Many Blessings, > Janet Rogers > > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring > Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists > (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams > mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

I do find churches > (Baptist or Methodist, usually) with the family names of known Brethren > who were there -back before 1800. > > I wish I was able to trace these families in each known church area. > > Merle C Rummel I do wonder if they are aware of their beginnings. Hopefully some of the families will be into genealogy and begin the process back. Maybe we could help them a bit by placing a notice on the boards for the family names and the area, and then suggest they look to Brethren roots for further research. It may, in the end, save a whole lot of time and frustration to some, especially if they are following a line along with a religion. Lutheran, Methodist or Baptist today doesn't mean ancestors 200 years ago were the same. As this list has pointed out on many occasions, you attend whatever chuch you can find when yours is not available. Many Blessings, Janet Rogers

Hello Merle, I've just read your e-mail, Reference your research "earliest Kentucky." 1. I have collateral lines in Cape Gireadeau, Mo. which may help other researchers. 2. Do you know surnames of families "refused" by "Annual Meeting"? 3. Since I "wandered" around before contact with your Brethren records, I have found Francis Stump records very sparse, but I do have documented Francis Stump records in Bedford, Fayette and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania. I have very clear Stump records from my husband and his ancestors back to about the 1880s - including Francis (The Elder) - land transactions and his will - after that they have all been Methodist. So far, 1. No record of his marriage to Rachel Martin, but it does seem to be generally accepted. Do have copy of her marriage (after Francis death) to Philip Kimmel. 2. No official record of David Washabaugh's name change to David Stump, but do have record of his marriage - 1811 - as David Stump - to Catharine Ripple. Do have many records of her Ripple family. David and Catharine Ripple Stump had a son, named Francis. No record of his marriage, but census records show him with a 5-year old son, emigrating to Edgar County, Ill. No record of a mother of that son. Record in Edgar County, Ill. of that Francis' marriage to a Penelope Wood. Complete records of their children down to my son - last male of the line. I have set out the gist of my husband's earliest ancestors. If you have any comments, I will appreciate them. Thanks so much for your help, Liz Stump ----- Original Message ---- From: Merle C Rummel <cliff@rtkonline.com> To: brethren@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 6:58:40 AM Subject: Re: [BRE] Early brethren in Cape Girardeua & Bollinger Co's. MO This is part of what I'm finding in earliest Kentucky - not all the Brethren moved on to Illinois-Missouri. Many stayed local - but not as Brethren, since Annual Meeting had refused them. I do find churches (Baptist or Methodist, usually) with the family names of known Brethren who were there -back before 1800. I wish I was able to trace these families in each known church area. Merle C Rummel > > The Gospel Messenger Nov. 29, 1902 page 765 Vol. 40 No. 48 > What I found in the Cape Girardeau and Bollinger Counties, Missouri > Nov. 7 I left home for Cape Girardeau, Mo.; > Here also I > found Bakers, Myers, Rhodes, Decks, Berry, Marricks, Drums, Scrums, Hahn’s, > Wygles, Crites, Welties and Youngs. Many, many are the > great-great-grandchildren. > ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is part of what I'm finding in earliest Kentucky - not all the Brethren moved on to Illinois-Missouri. Many stayed local - but not as Brethren, since Annual Meeting had refused them. I do find churches (Baptist or Methodist, usually) with the family names of known Brethren who were there -back before 1800. I wish I was able to trace these families in each known church area. Merle C Rummel > > The Gospel Messenger Nov. 29, 1902 page 765 Vol. 40 No. 48 > What I found in the Cape Girardeau and Bollinger Counties, Missouri > Nov. 7 I left home for Cape Girardeau, Mo.; > Here also I > found Bakers, Myers, Rhodes, Decks, Berry, Marricks, Drums, Scrums, Hahn’s, > Wygles, Crites, Welties and Youngs. Many, many are the > great-great-grandchildren. >

Wow! I can not daily check my email, but i appreciate all of the information that you were willing to share. My sisters and father (Steven R) are also very interested in the information that I am receiving. Thank you again. Please let me know if you have further details that can aide on my journey. Andrew On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Mary Ann Rhodes <milrho@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Mary Elizabeth, > The only Stump's I am familiar with are the descendents of Solomon and > Samuel Stump in Ohio and Nebraska. I do have a Mary Elizabeth and a Francis, > children of Solomon. I know nothing about the Rhoads brethren. The only > Francis in the BE is the one that went to Kentucky, and I have no access to > the Monitor. > Mary Ann > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Elizabeth Stump" <liztuc@sbcglobal.net> > To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 4:07 PM > Subject: Re: [BRE] Interested in Kesler lineage > > > > Mary Ann Rhodes -- does the Brethren Encyclopedia, The Monitor show any > > reference to the Brethren Group which included Francis Stump and several > > Rhoads ( several spellings) - in the Group in Muhlenberg-Logan Counties > > late 1700s through about 1810? > > > > Thx Liz Stum p > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Mary Ann Rhodes <milrho@bellsouth.net> > > To: brethren@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:10:11 AM > > Subject: Re: [BRE] Interested in Kesler lineage > > > > Andrew, > > Sorry, the date of B.E., Sr's birth is 1861. Was late lst night when I > > typed > > the response. > > There is a reference to him in the Brethren Encyclopedia; The Monitor (Sep > > 1, 1952) that may be his obituary. The day of his death? Someone on this > > list may be able to find that for you. > > There are also references to Brethren books; S. Missouri Arkansas (1964) > > pages 189, 208, 247-52; S. Illinois (1950) pages 240-241; Colorado (1963) > > page 54; N.Missouri (1945) page 142; and N. Illinois (1941) page 110, > > Kansas > > (1922) pages 179, 240. > > These books have been a great help to me for my "elders and ministers." > > They > > can be obtained from your library form inter loan. They normally come from > > one of the Brethren libraries with no cost. > > Mary Ann > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrew Kesler" <catlob@gmail.com> > > To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 8:36 PM > > Subject: [BRE] Interested in Kesler lineage > > > > > >> Greetings! My name is Andrew D Kesler. I am the son of Steven Kesler > >> s/o Benjamin Kesler s/o Benjamin E Kesler. I live in Goshen, IN and > >> "the wife of the descendant B.E. Kesler" that you mentioned in one of > >> your former emails is my grandmother Mariam. I am very interested in > >> learning more of my fathers family heritage and, if possible, would > >> really enjoy being included in your emails. I just signed up to be on > >> the Brethren email group. Please let me know if this is the right > >> forum to submit an inquiry such as this. > >> Thanks > >> Andrew Kesler > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------ > > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > > ------------------------ > > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > > ------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------ > > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > > ------------------------ > > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > > ------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.0/1296 - Release Date: 2/24/2008 > > 12:19 PM > > > > > > > ------------------------ > > > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Here is a little some out of the Gospel Messenger. Ira P. Eby sure walk a fair distance to get this information. Dennis Roth Olympia, Wash The Gospel Messenger Nov. 29, 1902 page 765 Vol. 40 No. 48 What I found in the Cape Girardeau and Bollinger Counties, Missouri Nov. 7 I left home for Cape Girardeau, Mo.; stayed that night with wife and daughter who are attending the State Normal. Saturday I went on my search for lost but not forgotten sheep of our Brotherhood that wandered here as early as 1800. Judge Frank Williams of the Cape said he attended their meetings when he was a small boy. He is now 78. While the name “Dunkard” is familiar with the old people, all else concerning them is as a dream. The doctrine is lost. Trine immersion is known but the why is lost. Having obtained the name of Judge Andrew Miller, of Millerville, I left Cape for Jackson by hack – distance of ten miles. The next day being Sunday and no hack running. I was on my way by daylight with lunch in hand. I walked ten miles to Millersville, found Andrew Miller, son of John Miller, who came to Cape County over one hundred years ago. Andrew was born in 1825; was a member of the Brethren church at one time and is the only one living there that had ever been a member in this county. About 1850 the Universalists came in and swept the country and flourished for fifteen or twenty years; the Spiritualists came in and the two have joined together and are doing some work, but are not as strong as a few years ago. Old Bro. Andrew spoke of Eld. Geo. Wolf, David and Peter Wygle who went to Illinois. Daniel Hendricks who went to Jasper County, Missouri, and James Hendricks who died and is buried here. Monday morning I left for Lutesvlle, twenty miles away. I walked twenty-five miles by the time I reached the home of Henry Winters, where I received a most cordial welcome. Henry is a son-in-law of Jesse Lutz, whose father and mother were members. His father, Jacob Lutz, was about eight years old when they came to Missouri. Jacob married Sophia Lorrance. Five of their children are living, ranging in age from forty-eight to seventy-four years. Here also I found Bakers, Myers, Rhodes, Decks, Berry, Marricks, Drums, Scrums, Hahn’s, Wygles, Crites, Welties and Youngs. Many, many are the great-great-grandchildren. Was there ever a call for Macedonia? There is one from here. Did the eunuch need a Philip, so does this place. Great monuments of cold marble have been erected in honor of men of war, but O! my brother, here is needed a monument of sacrifice and love for these children, in honor to their great-great-grandfathers who were soldiers of the cross of Christ. Who is ready to help build? Do not delay. The county is full of old people. Soon they will all be gone, and it will be much harder to begin the work. Cape Girardeau and Bollinger Counties have excellent opportunities the Brethren of limited means, and if old people are any index of the healthfulness of a country, it is surely healthful here, for there are so very many old people. I saw the house where Brethren John Miller and James Hendricks preached and where they held their feasts, and also the place where they baptized. How sacred these places seemed to me, and as I walked where these old soldiers of the cross walked I wept and prayed. Lutesville is 133 miles form St. Louis on the Belmont Branch of the Iron Mountain R. R.; has about six or seven hundred inhabitants. Just one six is Marble Hill, the county seat of Bollinger County, with about the same number of inhabitants. The Mayfield Smith Academy controlled by the Missionary Baptists, is located here. I returned Wednesday. May the Lord add the Blessing. Ira P. Eby. **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)