Others may have better insight into this than I, but I think you would not be considered a "real" member of the Dunkards until you had been baptized, even if you had been born into a Dunkard family. It seems fairly common that this adult baptism would be when one was about 18-20. It seems [meaning that I don't actually KNOW this, but circumstantial evidence suggests] that one would have to be a member of the Dunkards (ie baptized) to marry in the Church. Within my familes many females married around 20, while the males tended to be closer to 30. Therefore it was common for females to be baptized shortly before marriage. Admittedly it was also common that if one married a member of a different faith (say a Mennonite marrying a Dunkard), that the woman would join the husband's church. Thom Flory -----Original Message----- From: BDunquez <BDunquez@aol.com> To: brethren <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 9:11 pm Subject: [BRE] Jane Cox follow up. After more research on Jane Cox and rereading her obit, she had been a Dunkard for 65 years. She died in Jan 1888 and was born in Jan 1800. She married Abraham Hendricks in 1820. After reading this again, she may have not been of the Dunkard faith until she married Abraham Hendricks. At the time of their marriage she would have been around 20 years old. They moved to Liberty, Adams County, Ill in late 1820 and stayed there until 1853, then they moved to Texas. They came back to Daviess Co Mo in 1855. So the Brethren Churches would be in Cape Girardeau, Mo, then Adams Co Illinois, then Daviess Co. Mo. I know there was a religious movement into Texas around 1850, and possible Abraham Hendricks came with that movement, preaching the Dunkard faith. Again, I am trying to find my Cox line, and looking for Jane Cox's father and mother. Thanks Betty