One last thing I meant to include - was there a Brethren colony/ settlement/church established in Sumner Co and when? winter On Dec 8, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Andrea Colley wrote: > I hope I've done this correctly, but I'm trying to find out why my GGG > Grandfather Elder John Wise left the Ten Mile Creek Congregation in > Washington County Pennsylvania and settled in the Mulberry Grove/ > Vandalia > area. Later Elder John and his son David Mathias moved to Sumner > County > Kansas but I haven't been able to identify any reason for the move > other > than homesteading. > > I'm assuming that they travelled the Cumberland Road since it passed > through > western PA and ended in Vandalia. > > I am also unable to find where David Mathias' first wife, Martha > Louise is > buried and if Elder John had any involvement in the church in > Illinois. I > do know that he attended many annual meetings serving as moderator or > reader. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Andrea Wise Kidd Colley > > > ------------------------ > 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