Burdge & Horst pg 150 references the Mt Zion Meeting house b. 1792 near the Beaver Creek Mennonist community (in Washington Co). This was also called Housers or Hausers by the Christian Newcomer. B&H "Apparently, as the Mennonist Congregation waned, the United Brethren and Dunkers took over the meetinghouse." [~1825?]. B&H pg 149 says "Joseph Thomas ... referred to it as Farneys after a prominent Dunker family in the Beaver Creek area" (1817). B&H pg 659 (in 1963) mentions the "unused Mount Zion Church of the Brethren at Beaver Creek...site of earlier Housers Mennonite Meetinghouse. "Benvola" is not known to me. Steve >> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:10:00 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [BRE] Meeting house in Washingotn Co., MD >> >> Does Benevola mean anything to you? The church was in Boonsboro. This is >> where I found this information: >> >> http://www.benevola.org/Pages/History_Doc.htm >> >> Do you think it's the same church? >> >> Beth Ann >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> To: >> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 12:41 PM >> Subject: [BRE] Meeting house in Washingotn Co., MD >> >> >> | List, >> | Can someone tell which congregation this meeting house belong to. >> | >> | . >> | The Gospel Messenger Feb. 12, 1889 page 110 >> | Dedication of Mt. Zion Church, Washington County, Md >> | Very near the spot where the old Mt. Zion church, or more commonly know >> as >> | Fahrney’s meeting-house, stood for about one hundred twenty-five years, >> with >> | it marks of age and dilapidation, now stands a new and substantial brick >> | house, 35x45 feet in size, with a seating capacity for three hundred >> fifty people. >> | >> | The necessity of building a new house at this place, as an assurance for >> the >> | continued protection and care of the grave-yard, immediately connected, >> has >> | long been felt. Etc >> | Dennis >> | Olympia, Wash >> | >> | >> | >> | **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy >> | Awards. Go to AOL Music. >> | (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) >> | >> | ------------------------ >> | 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. > http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008