In Craik's History of the Brethren in Kansas I find another Stump from this same bunch with a connection to McPherson College. A biographical sketch on John Wilby Deeter on p 288 mentions that he married a Stump: "In August, 1913, Brother Deeter was united in marriage with Miss Effel N. Stump, a graduate from the Normal department of McPherson College. During the two years following graduation, the young couple taught in the public schools of Bloom, Kansas. While there Brother Deeter took his turn in preaching in the Brethren church. In the winter of 1913-1914 they attended Bible Institute at the college and while in attendance received encouragement from President Kurtz to secure better educational preparation for service in the church...." So Effel's husband went to Yale to get a B.D. from the Yale School of Religion in 1918. Effel is in my records (taken from Prof. Harley H. Stump's notes) as Nancy Effel Stump, d/o Rev. John W. Stump and Louisa Bradford Weaver. That makes her a sister to Levi A Stump who was teaching in the Normal Department at Mac. She had a twin sister, Alice Edith. ("Alice was 20 minutes older than Effel.") In Prof Stump's notes Effel married "John H. Detter," with children Wendell, Harlan & Gladys Detter Nichols named. However, Deeter is a good old Brethren name, and I believe Gladys Nichol was a member of the Wichita church where I grew up; her son was, I think, the vice principal of my high school a mere 45 years ago, but he didn't come to the Wichita church. On the other hand, I could have made a typo when entering those names, but it's hard for me to imagine anybody as precise as Prof Stump getting the name wrong..... Anyway, Effel, Levi A's sister, got her teacher training in the same dept at McPherson College where he was on staff. Effel's husband taught for a time in the Extension Dept at Mac and was still teaching in the Bible School at Mac in 1921, when Craik's book went to press. Maybe we can figure all this stuff out yet. Happy hunting. Jan T