Indeed, this is interesting information. Here is more information I have found. I have found three Stevicks listed for the Mt. Zion West cemetery (Cooper Township) in Gentry County. Could these be your family members? David Stevick, 9-5-1826/5-18-1909; Frankie E. Stevick 4-1-1887/5-22-1894; and Susan Stevick 1-18-1845/7-25-1912. I also have an obituary that is supposed to be from the Gospel Messenger (Brethren periodical) mor March 19, 1895, p. 191, for a Stuard. It reads: "In the Darlington congregation, Gentry Co., MO, Feb. 20, 1895, sister Maria Stuard, aged 57 years, 9 months and 20 days. Sister Stuard was b orn in Ohio, May 2, 1838. She joined the United Brethren church when quite young. In the year 1872 she united with the German Baptist or Brethren church, and lived a consistent life until death. She was b aptized by the writer in Minnesota. Wm. C. Hipes." Her name does not appear on the master list for the cemeteries of Gentry and Worth Counties, MO. Wm. C. Hipes was a Church of the Brethren minister who served churches in Plattsburg and Kidder, Missouri; Greene, Iowa; and Root River, Minnesota. He lived from 1835 to 1901according to the Brethren Encyclopedia. There are several Oylers who were ministers, again according to the BE. David Oyler (1945-____), Howard M. Oyler (1916/____), James Lloyd Oyler (1860/1938), John O. Oyler (1885/1958), and Joseph L. (1910/_____). All were Old German Baptist Brethren ministers. The most likely one to have married your great grandparents was James Lloyd Oyler who served the Eight Mile, Fairview, and Cedar Creek, Kansas churches. Some Brethren who came west did go without an organized church for a number of years. There are several instances of this when Brethren moved into a newly opened territory and had not encouraged an elder or minister to come with them. The earliest Brethren came to Missouri in 1795, before Lewis and Clark's 1804 trip up the Missouri River. George Wolf, the elder was the first Brethren minister for this group. He did not arrive until after 1800. An elder Hostetter also arrived in the St. Charles MO area around 1800 and is recorded as preaching in German to an English-speaking audience. The Cape Girardeau/White Water group did not organize until 1812 when John Hendricks came up from Kentucky at the encouragement of George Wolf, the younger who lived across the Mississippi in Illinois. Jane Davis.