Carla writes: > Sure wish I could place this as "my" Jacob Keim, but I have no > evidence that he was in the ministry. I do know that he taught > at Ashland College in Ohio which is affiliated , I believe with the > Mennonite Church. > Checking Ashland University (Ashland, OH) home pages I find this to be associated with the "Brethren" church. Jacob KEIM at that point in history could have been an "Elder" in the church or group of churches, performing the same functions as a minister (marriages, baptisms, funerals ect). This was a common practice in the early churches such as the COB -Church of the Brethren, Progressive Brethren and others. Many of the names mentioned in Cindy's Subject: surnames in Tuscarawas Co. are connected to both churches as well as the Mennonite and Amish groups of the present day. Art