After 1870, most Quakers in the Midwest gave up many of their traditional ways and became more like other Protestants. Accompanying this change was considerable growth in membership. It's possible that your Elliotts were drawn into Friends during this time. And Giles may well have had earlier Quaker connections. After 1870, many ex-Quakers who had lost their membership when they married out of meeting came back, as those rules were discarded. Tom Hamm >Sorry, I sent before I was ready....... > >Elizabeth and Ephriam were married by a ME minister, but later are >members of the Quaker church in Woodland, Sauk Co., WI. Does this >indicate they became Quakers after marrying? > >Looking forward to learning a lot for this group, >Susan >Sacramento Valley of CA > >-------------- Original message -------------- > >> I am new to Quaker research. I am researching: >> >> Elizabeth Wissler/Whisler b. 3 Dec. 1815 d. 2 Feb 1887 Woodland, >>Sauk County, WI >> (1) Giles Columbus Elliott b. abt. 1812 NC d. 1838 IN >> (There is some conflicting information reguarding this. >> Some say Elizabeth was married to a Christopher Elliott. >> This is one of the first things I am setting out to solve.) >> (2) Ephriam Bundy m. 3 Sept 1840 Henry Co., IN d. 12 June 1888 Woodland, >> Sauk County, WI >> >> >> ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >> Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: Send an email to: > QUAKER-ROOTS-L-REQUEST@RootsWeb.com > The ONLY word in your message should be UNSUBSCRIBE.