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)

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. >

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

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