Thanks, Tom, for all of your information. Any idea where the records of the Sunsbury meetings (circa 1840-1860) might be located? From one of your other posts I was able to contact folks at the Deer Creek MM for information on their records and am waiting a response. The person I'm trying to track down is my g3grandmother Martha A. Sharp, who later became Martha Denbow. She was from a Quaker family back in Harford County, Maryland, and was -- according to family story -- thrown out for "marrying out of meeting." I don't think she ever affiliated with the Quakers after moving to Monroe County, Ohio, but I thought it worth looking into. Most of her children are buried in a rural Methodist cemetery, though she is in a private cemetery. Her second husband (John Denbow died in 1862 while serving in the U.S. Army fighting the late Rebellion) was instrumental in founding the Buchanan Presbyterian church, near Lewisville, Ohio, in Monroe County. John himself is an interesting character. He was never to my knowledge a Quaker but he apparently shared his wife's Quaker sentiments on slavery and joined the Union army at age 63, by telling the recruitment officer that he was 44. We have photo of him, and he does look young for his age. Thanks, again, for all of your help. Carl [email protected] wrote: > According to James H. Norton's very useful Ph.D. dissertation at Case > Western "Quakers West of the Alleghenies and in Ohio to 1861," "Sunsbury > Meeting was located in Sunsbury Township, Monroe County, near Jerusalem. > A Meeting for Worship was established in 1825 by Somerset Monthly Meeting. > Sunsbury was divided by the Separation of 1828, with both branches > carrying on meetings. It appears that the Hicksite meeting did not enjoy > a long duration of existence. The Orthodox group sided with the > Conservative Friends in 1854. Sunsbury Preparative Meeting was laid down > in 1865 and the Meeting for Worship by 1867." Since Susnbury never became > a monthly meeting, pertinent records to 1828 will be found in the Somerset > Monthly Meeting. After the Hicksite Separation, the Orthodox members > remained part of Somerset Monthly Meeting, while the Hicksites would have > become a branch of the Hicksite Stillwater Monthly Meeting. > > As for Alum Creek Monthly Meeting, the Benedict family, who were Orthodox, > were committed abolitionists, and probably had sympathies with > Anti-Slavery Friends. I don't know of any separation there in the 1840s, > however. > > Tom Hamm > > > As I remember my Interstate 71 exits, Sunsbury is nearest to Alum Creek > >> Monthly Meeting in Morrow County, OH: >> http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST57L >> I do not know of a specific Anti-Slavery separation in Alum Creek MM, but >> the Congregational Friends may have attracted some members of the Hicksite >> Alum Creek meeting farther north in Morrow County and over in Knox County. >> http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST58L >> >> As to the Congregational Friends, Tom Hamm's book, GOD'S GOVERNMENT >> BEGUN: THE SOCIETY FOR UNIVERSAL INQUIRY AND REFORM, 1842-1846, is the >> most >> comprehensive source. You might focus on pp. 108ff (PRAIRIE HOME) or pp. >> 122ff (HIGHLAND HOME). The nearest identifiable monthly meeting was >> Goshen >> (Congregational) MM in Logan County. >> http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST807L >> In October when I was researching another question in the Alum Creek >> (Orthodox/EFI) minutes, I saw several entries that suggested some >> anti-slavery sympathies in the 1840s. These Ohio meetings were still part >> of Indiana YM until 1856, so they were in part caught up in the >> anti-slavery >> separation of that time. >> >> Tom Hill >> >> Thomas C. Hill >> Cincinnati, OH and >> Charlottesville, VA >> [email protected] >> Website: WWW.QuakerMeetings.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carl J. Denbow >> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 11:51 PM >> To: Quaker-Roots >> Subject: [Q-R] Monthly Meetings in Northern Maryland and Nearby Areas of >> Pennsylvania >> >> * * * >> >> Also, there was a meeting in the Sunsbury area of Monroe County, Ohio, in >> the 1830-1860 period. Does anyone know of records of this meeting? >> Alice >> Dana Adams, in her book "The Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery in America >> 1808-1831," says that the anti-slavery society meeting at the Sunsbury >> meeting house in Monroe County, Ohio, was extremely radical in both its >> published addresses and its constitution. If these records exists (Adams >> quotes from them), then I would think other records of the meeting itself >> would also exist. >> >> Thanks for any help you can give me. >> >> Carl >> >> ==================================================================== >> Carl J. Denbow >> 17 Coventry Lane >> Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 >> >> (740)592-2133 (h) >> (740)593-2204 (o) >> (740)591-8471 (c) >> >> [email protected] >> www.denbow.org >> www.78ohio.org >> >> PaternalLines: DENBOW, EMMONS, GIGAX/GYGAX, HALDEMAN, HANLEY, >> ROSE, SHARP,SMITH, STEVENS, TENNER/TANNER, TIPTON, THOMPSON, WILLIAMS. >> MaternalLines: BJORNSON in U.S. (No surnames before 1870 in Old Country, >> traditional Icelandic naming system used.) >> ==================================================================== >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > -- ==================================================================== Carl J.Denbow 17 Coventry Lane Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 (740)592-2133 (h) (740)593-2204 (o) (740)591-8471 (c) [email protected] www.denbow.org www.78ohio.org PaternalLines: DENBOW, EMMONS, GIGAX/GYGAX, HALDEMAN, HANLEY, ROSE, SHARP,SMITH, STEVENS, TENNER/TANNER, TIPTON, THOMPSON, WILLIAMS. 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Carl Denbow, Tom Hamm noted that Sunsbury was a preparative meeting under Somerset Monthly Meeting, now named Chestnut Ridge. Its records were abstracted in Hinshaw as reported in my MMNA entry. http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST82L The 1840-1860 minutes and vital records for the monthly meeting were also microfilmed by the Ohio Historical Society in 1991-92. Copies of the microfilm were stored at the OHS, the Barnesville Ohio Public Library, Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College, Guilford College, Malone College and Earlham College. Tom Thomas C. Hill Cincinnati, OH and Charlottesville, VA Note new e-mail address: [email protected] www.QuakerMeetings.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Carl J. Denbow Sent: 23 January 2009 11:57 AM To: Quaker-Roots Subject: Re: [Q-R] Monthly Meetings in [Monroe County, Ohio] Thanks, Tom, for all of your information. Any idea where the records of the Sunsbury meetings (circa 1840-1860) might be located? From one of your other posts I was able to contact folks at the Deer Creek MM for information on their records and am waiting a response. The person I'm trying to track down is my g3grandmother Martha A. Sharp, who later became Martha Denbow. She was from a Quaker family back in Harford County, Maryland, and was -- according to family story -- thrown out for "marrying out of meeting." I don't think she ever affiliated with the Quakers after moving to Monroe County, Ohio, but I thought it worth looking into. Most of her children are buried in a rural Methodist cemetery, though she is in a private cemetery. Her second husband (John Denbow died in 1862 while serving in the U.S. Army fighting the late Rebellion) was instrumental in founding the Buchanan Presbyterian church, near Lewisville, Ohio, in Monroe County. John himself is an interesting character. He was never to my knowledge a Quaker but he apparently shared his wife's Quaker sentiments on slavery and joined the Union army at age 63, by telling the recruitment officer that he was 44. We have photo of him, and he does look young for his age. Thanks, again, for all of your help. Carl [email protected] wrote: > According to James H. Norton's very useful Ph.D. dissertation at Case Western "Quakers West of the Alleghenies and in Ohio to 1861," "Sunsbury Meeting was located in Sunsbury Township, Monroe County, near Jerusalem. A Meeting for Worship was established in 1825 by Somerset Monthly Meeting. Sunsbury was divided by the Separation of 1828, with both branches carrying on meetings. It appears that the Hicksite meeting did not enjoy a long duration of existence. The Orthodox group sided with the Conservative Friends in 1854. Sunsbury Preparative Meeting was laid down in 1865 and the Meeting for Worship by 1867." Since Sunsbury never became a monthly meeting, pertinent records to 1828 will be found in the Somerset Monthly Meeting. After the Hicksite Separation, the Orthodox members remained part of Somerset Monthly Meeting, while the Hicksites would have become a branch of the Hicksite Stillwater Monthly Meeting. > > As for Alum Creek Monthly Meeting, the Benedict family, who were Orthodox, were committed abolitionists, and probably had sympathies with Anti-Slavery Friends. I don't know of any separation there in the 1840s, however. > > Tom Hamm > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Carl J. Denbow >> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 11:51 PM >> To: Quaker-Roots >> Subject: [Q-R] Monthly Meetings in Northern Maryland and Nearby Areas of Pennsylvania >> >> * * * >> >> Also, there was a meeting in the Sunsbury area of Monroe County, Ohio, in the 1830-1860 period. Does anyone know of records of this meeting? Alice Dana Adams, in her book "The Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery in America 1808-1831," says that the anti-slavery society meeting at the Sunsbury meeting house in Monroe County, Ohio, was extremely radical in both its published addresses and its constitution. If these records exists (Adams quotes from them), then I would think other records of the meeting itself would also exist. >> >> Thanks for any help you can give me. >> >> Carl >> >> ==================================================================== >> Carl J. Denbow >> 17 Coventry Lane >> Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 >> (740)592-2133 (h) >> (740)593-2204 (o) >> (740)591-8471 (c) >> [email protected] >> www.denbow.org >> www.78ohio.org >> ====================================================================