Has anyone ever written a little history of the Grossnickle COB, comparable to the ones that Austin Cooper has done for four other churches???? I am beginning to imagine that part of my ancestry came through there, as well as the part which is known to have come through Broad Run. Thank you from John McLeod At 02:30 PM 7/17/08 -0400, "Emmert F. Bittinger" <ebitting@bridgewater.edu> wrote: >An easy source for materials on Brethren History is the Brethren Press, 1451 >Dundee Ave., Elgin, Ill. 60120-1694. You could order an inexpensive paper >back on Brethren History. Ask for "Heritage and Promise" a paperback, I >think perhaps even less than $10.00, but I am not sure. Emmert Bittinger > > > ------------------------ >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 E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude]

Hello John, To answer your question. I don't have a copy of a separate history of the Grossnickle Church, but I would suppose that the local leople do have such a history written up. However, the book by Prof. J. M. Henry, History of the Church of the Brethren in Maryland, (1930s) has a sizable history of the congregation, with a special emphasis on Daniel Leatherman, founder of the congregation. This book, of course, is now very rare and long out of print. I am wondering about your statement that "my ancestry came through there". McLeod, of course, is not a German name, and these people would have been German speaking. You may not have meant that they were Brethren at that time? Of course, the wife sometimes married out of the church. How did you mean that? I checked my J. M. Henry book, but no McLeod name is indexed there, but the index is quite inadequate, still unlikely that your ancesters on the MdCleod side were Brethren.? ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McLeod" <jm6@hubwest.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:49 AM Subject: Re: [BRE] Brethren history resources > Has anyone ever written a little history of the Grossnickle COB, > comparable > to the ones that Austin Cooper has done for four other churches???? > I am beginning to imagine that part of my ancestry came through there, as > well as the part which is known to have come through Broad Run. > > Thank you from John McLeod > > At 02:30 PM 7/17/08 -0400, "Emmert F. Bittinger" > <ebitting@bridgewater.edu> > wrote: >>An easy source for materials on Brethren History is the Brethren Press, >>1451 >>Dundee Ave., Elgin, Ill. 60120-1694. You could order an inexpensive paper >>back on Brethren History. Ask for "Heritage and Promise" a paperback, I >>think perhaps even less than $10.00, but I am not sure. Emmert Bittinger >> >> >> ------------------------ >>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 E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude] > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude] > > > ------------------------ > 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

Hello Emmert, Thank you for your prompt reply. In response to your message appended below: 1) I have ready access to a microfiche copy of Henry. It has a great deal about the key figures, e.g., Leathermans, Fergusons, but does not delve into the minor characters for which I am looking. 2) This inquiry has nothing to do with McLeods. My McLoed ancestry came to America in 1907 and has no connection whatsoever with Brethren. 3) Only one quarter of my ancestry were Brethren, and that only some ways back. This branch goes through my maternal grandfather, Hugh Miller, born 2nd August 1867 in Doniphan County, Kansas. Hugh's parents, John Slifer Miller and Sarah Elizabeth Long, were married 9th May 1855, Reverend John Emmert of the Manor Church of the Brethren presiding. Sarah was first cousin to the Elder David Long who preached at the little church on the Antietam battlefield on the last Sunday before the great battle, with gunsmoke already hanging on South Mountain in the distance. Henry has a good deal to say about him. 4) I have found reason to suspect that I might be descended from the Joseph Miller who witnessed the will of Elder Daniel Leatherman and was executor of the will of William Ferguson. This is clearly the same Joseph Miller who was listed as an heir in the will of the Henry Miller whose wife was Catharine Bigler. Henry does mention the name, but only just barely. I need to find more details to determine the truth of this hypothesis. At 07:26 AM 7/20/08 -0400, "Emmert F. Bittinger" <ebitting@bridgewater.edu> wrote: >Hello John, > To answer your question. I don't have a copy of a separate history of >the Grossnickle Church, but I would suppose that the local leople do have >such a history written up. However, the book by Prof. J. M. Henry, History >of the Church of the Brethren in Maryland, (1930s) has a sizable history of >the congregation, with a special emphasis on Daniel Leatherman, founder of >the congregation. This book, of course, is now very rare and long out of >print. > I am wondering about your statement that "my ancestry came through >there". McLeod, of course, is not a German name, and these people would have >been German speaking. You may not have meant that they were Brethren at >that time? Of course, the wife sometimes married out of the church. How >did you mean that? > I checked my J. M. Henry book, but no McLeod name is indexed there, but >the index is quite inadequate, still unlikely that your ancesters on the >MdCleod side were Brethren.? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John McLeod" <jm6@hubwest.com> >To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:49 AM >Subject: Re: [BRE] Brethren history resources > > > > Has anyone ever written a little history of the Grossnickle COB, > > comparable > > to the ones that Austin Cooper has done for four other churches???? > > I am beginning to imagine that part of my ancestry came through there, as > > well as the part which is known to have come through Broad Run. > > > > Thank you from John McLeod > > > > At 02:30 PM 7/17/08 -0400, "Emmert F. Bittinger" > > <ebitting@bridgewater.edu> > > wrote: > >>An easy source for materials on Brethren History is the Brethren Press, > >>1451 > >>Dundee Ave., Elgin, Ill. 60120-1694. You could order an inexpensive paper > >>back on Brethren History. Ask for "Heritage and Promise" a paperback, I > >>think perhaps even less than $10.00, but I am not sure. Emmert Bittinger > >> > >> > >> ------------------------ > >>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 E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude] > > > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude] > > > > > > ------------------------ > > 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 >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude]