I can only speak for the Lesh's and Hoff's. Both were Church of the Brethren (German Baptists or Dunkards). Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melanie Rice" <mjrice.denver@gmail.com> To: "Bob Harter" <rharter36@myfairpoint.net>, brethren@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:26:55 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] John Brower, German Baptist minister, OH, early 1800s So, based on your knowledge of the early German Baptists in the Miami Valley, Ohio - may I conclude that a couple married by John Brower would have been of German Baptist families? Would a German Baptist minister of that era have been likely to marry a couple who was not of their faith? I know there were few if any church buildings in Miami County, OH in the first 20 or so years of European settlement. So, would a couple of another branch of Christianity have asked a German Baptist minister to marry them - if there were no other minister in the area? I ask this to try to establish the origin of the Sherow family, found in Miami County, OH circa 1810 - 1843. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Bob Harter <rharter36@myfairpoint.net>wrote: > Of possible additional interest, Rev. John Brower's sister, Elizabeth > (Betsy) Brower married John's brother-in-law, Rev. Joseph Harter,.and in > 1836 they moved to Wabash County, Indiana. According to the Wabash County > History Bicentennial Edition, 1976, "Joseph Harter, Sr., was the first > resident preacher, elder, and moderator of the German Baptist Church > (Dunkard) and preached in German." This would be referring to the North > Manchester Church of the Brethren. > John and Elizabeth were children of John Brower Sr. (1758-1812) and Mary > Magdalene Titelow (1760 - 1845). Their brother, Abraham Brower also married > a Harter, Elizabeth, daughter of George Harter and Magdalena Kitterman. > George was another brother of Rev. John Brower's father-in-law. > > Bob Harter > > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------ ------------------------------- 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