"B.E." Benjamin Elias Kesler was born 1861 in Franklin Co VA, s/o Stephen Kesler & Sophia Sink. He married his first wife Mattie Lorrea or Laura in 1884 near Rocky Mount VA and in that year was elected to the ministry. They lived in VA until at least 1895 and at the time of her death in 1916 they were living in MO. The Brethren Encyclopedia lists Mattie's maiden name as Hunt, however her obit in the Gospel Messenger gives it as Hurt. ----- Original Message ----- From: <m.cook1@juno.com> To: <Brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 12:33 AM Subject: [BRE] B.E.Kesler > B.E.Kesler remained in Southeastern Missouri until 1938, when he and his > wife Lulu moved to Goshen, IN. There was a Dunkard Brethren congregation > at New Madrid. Some of the members continued to live near Farrenburg. > The Eby family moved from Farrenburg to the West Fulton, OH congregation, > near Wauseon, OH. Members of the Eby family are still at West Fulton. > When the Keslers moved to Goshen, IN there was a large congregation there. > That had been one of the early congregations organized soon after the > separation meeting at Plevna, IN. > Milton Cook