Is there any further information on Arthur Vance Kimmell? He was my grandfather. Thanks. Bob Kimmell At 07:59 PM 10/1/00 EDT, you wrote: >I will be happy to check the ministerial lists to see what kind of >biographical information Brethren Encyclopedia gives on any Dunkard >(Brethren) pastor. >Of course, you know that many Dunkard ministers and their families tell jokes >on the topic of Dunkard ministers. When one old man said that his father >had been a Dunkard pastor, supposedly the response he received was something >like: "Well, so was my old man, but he finally found AA...." > >As to the Kimmels listed they are: > >Kimmel, Charles E 1884-1956 >Kimmel (Kimmell), David 1826-1897 (MINE!) >Kimmel, Harvey H, 1862-1953 >Kimmel, Homer D 1914 [-1999] >Kimmel, J T (no dates, but was address for Mishler OH in 1894.) >Kimmel, John A 1831-1898. >Kimmel, John M (1866-1958) >Kimmel, Joseph L 1856-1931 >Kimmel, Josiah R 1826-1897 >Kimmel, Josiah Regal, 1851-1917 >Kimmel, Lewis, 1836-1907 >Kimmel, Michael (1881 addr for Lanark IL) >Kimmel, Milton L, 1886-1965 >Kimmel, Myers P c1920 - >Kimmel, Theodor Acroyd 1929-1965 >Kimmell, Arthur Vance, 1880-1955. > >If anybody wants additional info on any of these folks, I will happily put >the cat out and then pass on what it says about any of the above. > >As to other Kimmels in the Brethren Encyclopedia "Lists" volume, there are >two amongst the authors: > >Kimmel, Jo 1931- "Steps to Prayer Power." Nashville TN, Abingdon Press. >"Stop Playing Pious Games, " Nashville TN, Abingdon Press 1974. 126 pp. > >Kimmel, John M. 1866-1958. "Chronicles of the Brethren, Comprising a Concise >History of the Brethren or Dunker Church from Its Organization in Europe in >AD 1708 to Its Separation in America in AD 1881 and the Subsequent History of >the OId German Baptist Church to and Including the Years AD 1900. Covington >OH, for the author by the Little Printing Co. 1951. 324 pp. reprinted by >Economy Printing Concern Inc. 1972. > >I know who John M. Kimmel was and how he fits into the family. He also >edited THE VINDICATOR and Old Order Brethren periodical. I don't know who >Jo Kimmel is, but her name appears as a citation re Theodore A. Kimmel, and >she may be the same person as Joan Stuckey Kimmel, his wife. > >John M. Kimmel has his own Brethren Encyclopedia entry on page 693, in >addition to appearing in the Lists volume. There are also individual entries >for Joseph L. Kimmel (page 693) and Lewis Kimmel (p 693), as well as Theodor >Acroyd Kimmel, same page. Also for Arthur Vance Kimmell (pp693-694). The >entry for Kimmel Family on page 693 is fairly brief, but a photo of an old >Kimmel farmhouse is on p 694. > > "Kimmel Family. The father of the American Kimmels is believed to be >Johann Michael Kimmel (1661-1734). A group of Kimmels arrived in >Philadelphia in 1751 on the St. Andrew, from Rotterdam via Cowes, England. >Their descendants spread out to W. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, >Illinois, and Kansas, for the most part. Some members of the family joined >the Ephrata Community in the 18th century. This family has produced dozens >of ministers and educators. Lewis Kimmel was one of the first Brethren >ministers to attain college degrees; in 1874 he organized the Plum Creek >Normal School. J M Kimmel edited THE VINDICATOR and compiled the CHRONICLES >OF THE BRETHREN. Theodore A. Kimmel died in an airplane accident in >Madagascar 91965) while serving as a relief administrator. Kimmel family >members have been prominent in several Brethren denominations. GFB" > >Citations include (yes, of course) Austin Cooper's Brothersvalley book; R B >Strassburger and W J Hinke, eds., PIONEERS (1934) 1:457; COLONIAL AMERICA >(1967) index; W. PENNSYLVANIA (1916); KANSAS (1922). > >Happy Sunday evening. > >Jan T > > > > >