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    1. Re: [PaDgo] Other Names, New Danville Mennonite Cemetery
    2. Hi Margaret - The site you are looking for is: http://martin.simplenet.com/Cemeteries/LancasterCo./PequeaTwp/NewDanville.html . It has a photograph of the New Danville Mennonite Church and Cemetery, and directions. Only three people have signed the "guestbook" for that site -- me and two Shenks. There is a profile of a Bishop Henry Shank in the book "Mennonites of Lancaster County" by Martin C. Weaver, Mennonite Publishing House 1931. It says (I apologize in advance for the typos I'm about to make): "HENRY SHENK, of Conestoga township, was ordained to the ministry for the lower district in the early part of 1839. Preaching nearly four years as an assistant, he was ordained as bishop of the entire district June 5, 1843. He performed the duties of his office the Church over twenty-two years when he died suddenly on Sunday, October 22, 1865, at the age of 71 years, while seated on the minister's bench with others in the New Danville meetinghouse. The end came thus suddenly after he gave his testimony to a sermon delivered by Jacob K. Brubaker, a visiting minister. He closed with the statement that his brethren had taught the Word of God, in the true sense and meaning of the Gospel, and he prayed that the grace and love of God would abide with them as a blessing unto their souls. "His funeral was very largely attended, being conducted by Bishops Joseph Burkholder, his assistant in the district, Benjamin Herr, of Willow Street, and John Brubaker of Mt. Joy, from Heb. 13:7,8." There is also a profile of Amos Shenk: "AMOS SHENK, a nephew of Bishop Henry Shenk, was ordained as a minister of the congregations of the southern end of the district in 1864, and after the death of Bishop Brubaker, he was chosen as the bishop of the entire district on September 25, 1879, at Millersville. He served the Church faithfully for a while, but during the early nineties, he ceased in the interest of his privileges conferred upon him, and his official connections with the Church were recalled; he afterwards united with the Weaverland Conference. He died October 10, 1909, at the age of 77 years and his remains repose in Millersville Cemetery." Hope this helps. Elizabeth Strickler

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