My uncle (married my mother's sister) was one of the Brethren Mocks from northern Bedford county, Pennsylvania. I cannot give you any more information about his family except to say that I am pretty sure his father's name was John. My uncle's siblings who I knew were John Elwood Mock, Helen Mock Metzler and Gladys Mock Shaner. This is not much, I realize, but I just had to add that I do know there were Brethren Mocks in Bedford county. ................................ Valerie A. Metzler, M. A., C. A. Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian 114 Ruskin Drive Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602 814 940 0493 fax 940 0493 vmah@keyconn.net On 18.02.2008, at 17:18, KTompk7744@aol.com wrote: > My husband's mother is a descendant of William Mock (1836-1909) and > Sarah > Ellen Blackburn (1840-1918). William was a s/o John C Mock and > Annie Allison > of Bedford County, PA.. > > William fought in the Civil War and in some accounts is declared to > have > died in the war, but it wasn't our William; it was a cousin named > William Mock > who was killed in the Civil War. Our William was already married > at the time > he became a soldier and had at least two children. In the 1860 > census, he > and Sarah Ellen are living in St Clair Twp, Bedford Co.. William > is HOH but > is "farm labor," and the young family is living with 71-year-old Amos > Edwards, who is "farmer" though not HOH. (Sarah Ellen grew up in > St Clair Twp in > the household of Amos Edwards, but we have not found why. Her > census data > says she was born in "IA", which could mean Iowa or perhaps > Indiana, given the > date. We don't know who her parents were. We think Amos Edwards > and the > Blackburns were likely Quaker.) > > After William came home from the war, the family moved west. In > 1870 they > lived in Bureau County, IL, and 1880 they were in Henry Co. IL. > By 1900 > they had moved to Clay County, Nebraska. William and Sarah Ellen > had 13 > children. > > When we went to the Mock genealogy conference in Bedford, PA, > several years > ago, we were fortunate enough to be able to tour several of the > Mock and Mauk > sites, including the burial site of Peter Mock (1742-1817) and > Elizabeth > ?Sample? Mock, thought to be our emigrants. We also had Sunday > morning > services in the Mock Log Church and had a chance to tour the > cemetery there. I > have not tried (yet) to trace the ancestry of the Christian Mock > who donated > the land for the church site, but am inclined to think it is worth > investigating whether there is an unsuspected Brethren tie there > for our family, since > Christian and William were apparently in the same township in the > same county > at approximately the same time. > > Thanks for your response. > > Jan T > > . > > > > **************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) > > ------------------------ > 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 >

Does anyone know anything about the Dunkards at Will's Creek? A relative sent me a copy from a webpage about the congregation; they never built a house of worship, and no record of members can be found. My Andrew Shaffer family lived there before moving to Cambria County. Anyone with more on Shaffers or Wills Creek, I'd be happy to hear from. Also, their son Levi and wife Catherine went to Black Hawk County, Iowa, where he helped establish Maple Grove Community, which migrated to Kasas, and there disbanded. Anyone know anything about this community? It sounds like it might have been a community patterned after the Early Church in the Book of Acts. (Levi & wife both died in Beatrice, NE, and are buried there. Anything on that congregation would be welcome, too.) Cordially, Wanda Barrett --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.