Johnson County, Missouri Genealogy Trails Source: "History of Johnson County, Missouri" by Ewing Cockrell, 1918 Transcribed by Karen Hammer - 2009 The German Baptist or Dunkard church of Post Oak township was organized January 25, 1869. Their first church building was completed in 1871. The first members were John J. Harshey, Catherine Harshey, S. S. Mohler, Mary A. Mohler. D. M. Mohler, May Mohler, E. Mohler, Anna Mohler, Samuel Fulker and May Fulker. Elder John J. Harshey was the first minister. The Dunkard cemetery, in section 21. township 44, range 25, was started in 1869. ________________________ This is the Mineral Creek Church - at Leeton MO. My father pastored the church during WWII - I started school there in 1941. I recognize some of these names (at least, I had heard of them). The church parsonage farm (where we lived) was the Martin Mohler homestead farm. The original church was on MO-2, just west of Leeton. The cemetery is at the original church site. The Samuel Mohler farm was just west of the church (elderly children - Harry Mohler and Anna Pentecost lived there in the 1940s), the Martin Mohler farm was north a half mile, on Mineral Creek (we called it the "Big Creek"). Our Elder was James Mohler, youngest son of Martin - I was to his home many times, he lived a couple miles on north of us and pastored the Warrensburg Church. Former District Executive, James Bailey was a grandson. Merle C Rummel

To update Merle's information and for those interested in locating Brethren burials in Johnson County MO, there are 4 major burial grounds for Brethren related to 4 of the 9 churches established in Johnson County, MO, from prior to the Civil War to present day. The Wampler cemetery is the oldest, the Roop cemetery the youngest of the four. The major Dunker cemeteries were: Mineral Creek/Leeton cemetery mentioned by Merle. This is now the city cemetery for the town of Leeton and is located just to the west of the town. It is the largest of the Brethren cemeteries. The Centerview city cemetery, located at the edge of the town of Centerview was the original Dunker cemetery to the Centerview church. It, too, is large. The Wampler Cemetery, aka Dunker Cemetery, about 10 miles northwest of the town of Knob Noster, is related to the Walnut Creek church which split during the 1881-2 divisions. The Roop Cemetery located about a mile south of the town of Warrensburg is the smallest of the four cemeteries but contains nearly all Brethren burials. It was connected to the South Warrensburg church begun in the 1880's. All four of these cemeteries are well cared for and continue to be used by Brethren in Johnson County. More recently, the two city cemeteries in Warrensburg are also used by Brethren. All but the Mineral Creek cemetery is on-line. Jane Davis. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:13:30 -0400 > Subject: Re: [BRE] Bowmans of Johnson County Missouri > > > > Johnson County, Missouri Genealogy Trails > > Source: "History of Johnson County, Missouri" by Ewing Cockrell, 1918 > > Transcribed by Karen Hammer - 2009 > > The German Baptist or Dunkard church of Post Oak township was organized > January 25, 1869. Their first church building was completed in 1871. The > first members were John J. Harshey, Catherine Harshey, S. S. Mohler, Mary > A. > Mohler. D. M. Mohler, May Mohler, E. Mohler, Anna Mohler, Samuel Fulker > and > May Fulker. Elder John J. Harshey was the first minister. > > The Dunkard cemetery, in section 21. township 44, range 25, was started in > 1869. > > ________________________ > > This is the Mineral Creek Church - at Leeton MO. > > My father pastored the church during WWII - I started school there in 1941. > I recognize some of these names (at least, I had heard of them). The > church parsonage farm (where we lived) was the Martin Mohler homestead > farm. > > The original church was on MO-2, just west of Leeton. The cemetery is at > the original church site. The Samuel Mohler farm was just west of the > church (elderly children - Harry Mohler and Anna Pentecost lived there in > the 1940s), the Martin Mohler farm was north a half mile, on Mineral Creek > (we called it the "Big Creek"). Our Elder was James Mohler, youngest son > of Martin - I was to his home many times, he lived a couple miles on north > of us and pastored the Warrensburg Church. Former District Executive, > James Bailey was a grandson. > > Merle C Rummel > > > ------------------------ > 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:[email protected] > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message