In the 1840's, there was a Brethren (Church of the Brethren is the modern Dunkard church) preacher named John Bowman who served many different churches. You have to keep in mind preachers weren't usually stationed at one church in those days. This John served some at what is now called the Germantown Brick Church of the Brethren (close to Bonbrook). It is probably a misstep to say he served in the Bonbrook area - he in fact served all over the place in Southern Franklin County. Other facts - he could speak both German and English fluently. Source: The Brethren in Virginia, Roger E. Sappington 1973 Andy Doss (Former member of the Church of the Brethren, for 32 years) ________________________________ From: vafrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of S Rigney Sent: Tue 4/15/2008 11:00 PM To: VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAFRANKL] John Bowman, Dunkard Clergyman Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone would have any information about a Dunkard Preacher names John Bowman, ca. 1825-1860 in Bonbrook area of Franklin County. Curious if anyone knows the church that he pastored, etc. Thanks so much for any help that you can offer. Sheila Rigney Harris --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To Andy Doss, Would there be baptism records for this church or any other Brethren churches specifically 'Dunkard' with records going back to mid 1860's? What is your Doss line? Email soon. It's always nice to find a new Doss. Carl in OKC ---- "Doss wrote: > In the 1840's, there was a Brethren (Church of the Brethren is the modern Dunkard church) preacher named John Bowman who served many different churches. You have to keep in mind preachers weren't usually stationed at one church in those days. This John served some at what is now called the Germantown Brick Church of the Brethren (close to Bonbrook). It is probably a misstep to say he served in the Bonbrook area - he in fact served all over the place in Southern Franklin County. > > Other facts - he could speak both German and English fluently. > > Source: The Brethren in Virginia, Roger E. Sappington 1973 > > Andy Doss > (Former member of the Church of the Brethren, for 32 years) > > ________________________________ > > From: vafrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of S Rigney > Sent: Tue 4/15/2008 11:00 PM > To: VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAFRANKL] John Bowman, Dunkard Clergyman > > > > Hi Everyone, > I was wondering if anyone would have any information about a Dunkard Preacher names John Bowman, ca. 1825-1860 in Bonbrook area of Franklin County. Curious if anyone knows the church that he pastored, etc. > Thanks so much for any help that you can offer. > Sheila Rigney Harris > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message