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Astoria, Illinois. He served about forty-eight years in the free ministry, and is said to have been a great reader of the Bible. "There was no dust on his Bible," said Elder Cyrus Bucher, who knew him.
WILLIAM A. DEARDORFF was born in Jasper County, Missouri, May 9, 1880, the son of Benjamin P. and Frances Tombaugh Deardorff. He married Maude M. Miller of North Manchester, Indiana, November 20, 1904. Three sons and two daughters came into their home. In July 1893 or 1894 he was baptized by Elder J. H. Wright. His parents were pioneer settlers in North Dakota in the early days. He studied at Bethany Biblical Seminary. He has been a farm- er in North Dakota, a fruitgrower in Washington, and a carpenter. Elected a deacon on October 28, 1906, and a minister on July 5, 1908, he was ordained to the eldership on October 3, 1915. He has served the church as a min- ister in the states of North Dakota, Washington, Kansas, Iowa and Wisconsin. He was pastor at Woodland, Illinois, 1935-1937; and superintendent of the Home, Girard, Illinois, 1937-1941. He is superintend- ent of the Home at Mount Morris, Illinois, at the present time. Once he was a member of Standing Commit- tee.
JAMES OLIVER DEARING, the son of James Edward and Clellie Ann Mc- Cloney Dearing, was born in Craw- ford County, Illinois, September 22, JAMES OLIVER DEARING 1908. He was married to Ellen Spivey on March 31, 1928. Three sons and three daughters were born to them. He took special courses at Johnson Bible College, Kim-
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berlin Heights, Tennessee. First he united with the Baptist Church in 1921, and afterward with the Church of the Brethren, on March 27, 1932. He was elected to the min- istry in April 1932 and ordained to the eldership in Oc- tober 1936. He has worked in these capacities: half-time pastor, Kaskaskia, 1935-1943; half-time pastor, Walnut Grove, 1937-1943; full-time pastor, Walnut Grove, 1943-1946; pastor, Eversole, Ohio, 1946 -; elder of the Kaskaskia, Wal- nut Grove, Pleasant Grove, and Romine churches; member of Southern Illinois board of administration; delegate to Standing Committee; evangelist in a number of congrega- tions.
JOHN C. DEMY was of German Lutheran descent. His parents were Christian and Sarah Haverstake Demy. He was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1832. On January 24, 1856, he married Mary Sellers of Lan- caster, Pennsylvania. They became the parents of three sons and seven daughters. Brother and Sister Demy were bap- tized at Hanover, Pennsylvania, in 1861. In 1871 they moved to Edgar County, Illinois. He was elected to the ministry in 1873. In 1877 they moved to Astoria, where he organized the first Sunday school and superintended it for many years. He died at Astoria on March 15, 1914.
WILLIAM P. DILLON lived in Illinois for only a short time. He was born in Wayne County, Indiana, on January 17, 1905, the son of Frank M. and Grace Mae Miller Dillon. He was married to Bertha Wanda Good of Middletown, Indiana, on February 25, 1925. One son and one daughter were born to them. When he was eleven years old he united with the Church of the Brethren and was elected to the ministry at the age of eighteen. He conducted revival meetings in Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana; was pastor of the Allison Prairie church, Southern Illinois, from 1928 to 1931, and also
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did some pastoral work at the Walnut Grove church during the same period of time. On May 28, 1937, he died in Henry County, Indiana.
CHARLES DUMOND, SR., son of Isaiah H. and Nancy Ellen McDonald Dumond, was born in Martin County, Indiana, July 3, 1897. He became a member of the Baptist Church in 1916; in April 1922 he was baptized into the Church of the Brethren by Elder J. C. Mitchell in the Maple Grove church, Indiana. He married Bertha Mae Mitchell of Brazil, Indiana, on October 26, 1919. To them were born one son and two daughters. Brother Dumond received a B.S.L. degree at Bethany Biblical Seminary. Elected to the ministry in 1925, he was ordained to the eldership in 1930. As a pastor he has served the following churches: Newton, Kansas, 1929-1933; Wiley, Colorado, 1933-1935; Sterling, Colorado, 1935-1937; Canton, Illinois, 1937-1942; Waterloo, Iowa, 1943-1949; To- peka, Kansas, 1949 -. He has served as elder-in-charge of the Curlew and Union Ridge churches, Iowa; representa- tive of Brethren service in Northern Iowa; Conference Budget fieldman in Northern Iowa; district meeting mod- erator several times; evangelist in a number of districts.
GEORGE W. EAVEY was born in Rockingham County, Vir- ginia, on March 22, 1855, the son of Michael and Barbara Arion Eavey. He married Emma J. Riggle on April 4, 1880. One son and two daughters were born to them. He was a farmer and a gardener. He united with the Church of the Brethren in 1874 and was baptized by Elder Martin Miller. After his election to the ministry, probably in 1887, he served the Walnut Grove church, Illinois, from 1887 to 1898, the Sugar Creek church, Ohio, from 1898 to 1937, and also did some preaching in Virginia, Indiana, and Missouri.
ROBERT EDGECOMB was a pioneer leader in the District of Southern Illinois, A native of the state of New York, he
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came to Lima, Ohio, and later to Piatt County, Illinois, where he served in the ministry in the early days of the La Place church. In 1875 he moved near Girard, Kansas, and soon organized the Osage church. The Edgecombs were the parents of four boys and four girls.
AMOS R. EIKENBERRY was born in Piatt County, Illinois, on January 16, 1889. His parents were John and Mary Clingenpeel Eikenberry. He grew up in the vicinity of La Place, Illinois, and was baptized by Jacob Wyne in No- vember 1903. Elizabeth Wagoner became his wife on May 2, 1909; they have one son and one daughter. His educa- tion was received in the following schools: Bethany Biblical Seminary, 1909-1911; A.B., Mount Morris College; B.S., Uni- versity of Illinois; M.S., Ohio State University; University of Chicago, two quarters; Columbia University, one quarter. Most of his work has been teaching: Mount Morris College, professor of agriculture, 1917-1918; Manchester College, pro- fessor of agriculture, 1918-1922; professor of psychology, 1922-1947; dean of men, 1938-1946; assistant business manager since 1946. He was elected to the ministry at La Place, on May 15, 1909; in 1917 he was ordained to the eldership. Ministerial service has been given at La Place, 1909-1913; South Whitley, Indiana, 1925- 1928; Liberty Mills, Indiana, 1933-1937.
LORREL S. EIKENBERRY, son of T. S. and Beulah Minnich Eikenberry, was born in Darke County, Ohio, August 27, 1915. On June 8, 1941, he
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married Nelda Maxine Rhoades. He united with the Church of the Brethren on December 21, 1924, with Elder William Royer administering baptism. His B.S. degree was received from Manchester College and a B.D. from Bethany Biblical Seminary, 1949. His vocational experiences have been varied: advertiser, Dayton, Ohio, 1934-1938; public school teacher in Ohio, 1939-1943; C.P.S. assignee, Camp Walhalla; member N.S.B.R.O. office staff, Washington, D.C., 1943-1946; United Nations relief and rehabilitation assistant, 1946. He was elected to the ministry on August 18, 1946, and has been the pastor of the Peoria church since May 1, 1947.
ALLIE STUTSMAN EISENBISE was born near Goshen, In- diana, April 30, 1866, the daughter of John S. and Lucinda Tracey Stutsman. She was married to Clinton S. Eisenbise on February 9, 1887. Two sons were born to them. She united with the Church of the Brethren on October 18, 1877, and was baptized by Elder Daniel Vaniman. After teaching in Nebraska she attended and graduated from Bethany Biblical Seminary. Her husband and their son, Forrest, were called to the ministry by a tie vote at Beatrice, Nebraska, in 1914. She was district secretary in Nebraska for three years. In 1912 she began her ministerial service at Beatrice. Later she served in the Pleasant Plains church, Nebraska, and in the Springfield and Champaign congregations in Southern Illinois. She preached in sixty churches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, also in Mexico and Canada. For six years she was a teacher in the Chinese Sunday school in Chicago. She died at the Home in Girard, Illinois, on July 24, 1949.
LELAND BRINLEY EMRICK, son of Chester D. and Mabel Brinley Emrick, was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 20, 1917. In 1926 he was baptized by Ira Blocher. He mar- ried Ernestine Hoff of Elgin, Illinois, on May 31, 1941. He received a B.S. degree from Manchester College, 1939;
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an M.A., Ohio State Univer- sity, 1940; a B.D., Bethany Biblical Seminary, 1945. The summer of 1945 he took clin- ical training at the Elgin, Illi- nois, State Hospital. For a few years he was a high school teacher. He was elected to the ministry on LELAND EMRICK AND WIFE March 31, 1942, and installed into the eldership on Septem- ber 30, 1946. He served as week-end and summer pastor at Robins, Iowa, 1943-1944; since 1945 he has been pastor at Springfield, Illinois.
NIELS ESBENSEN began his pastoral work at the Cham- paign church in Southern Illinois on September 1, 1949. He came to this district from Northern California. He was born May 13, 1891, to Chris- tian and Martime Nybo Es- bensen, in Denmark. Chris- tine Bendsen became his wife on July 1, 1915. To them were born two sons and two daugh- ters. He attended Bethany Biblical Seminary, 1918-1920. Farming, carpentry and sell- ing have claimed some of his efforts. He was baptized by Martin Johansen on August NIELS ESBENSEN AND WIFE 15, 1906. His contribution to the work of the church has been varied: missionary in Denmark, 1920-1924; pastor, Freeport, Illinois, 1928-1937; pastor, Empire, California, 1937-1942; pastor and elder,
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Hartville, Ohio, 1942-1944; pastor and elder, Pine Creek, Indiana, 1944-1945; missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 1945-1947; pastor, Chico and Paradise, California, 1948-1949; Standing Committeeman from Northern California, once; moderator of district meeting; trustee of La Verne College; presiding elder of several churches.
DAVID EMMERT ESHELMAN was born at Welch Run, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1856. His par- ents were Daniel and Lucy Long Eshelman. He married Barbara Mummert in February 1915. To them were born one son and three daughters. He attended Western Col- lege and, later, Mount Morris College, 1880-1881. He was baptized by Samu- el Tennis in 1877, elected to the office of deacon in 1878, elected to the min- istry in 1914, and ordained to the eldership in 1920. For eighteen years he was a farmer and also taught school in Fulton County. As a free minister he preached in the Wood- land, Spring Run, Oak Grove and D. E. ESHELMAN Canton churches. In April 1939 he went to the Home at Girard; while there he assisted in services when called upon. He died at the Home on January 16, 1946.
LESTER E. FIKE was born at Eglon, West Virginia, on July 10, 1897, the son of Phineas L. and Sarah Beachy Fike. He was united in marriage to Elna Hylton of Ava, Missouri, June 3, 1923. Two daughters were born to them. On August 16, 1909, he was baptized by his father. He holds a B.S.L. degree from Bethany Biblical Seminary. Elected to the of- fice of deacon in December 1916, he was called to the min-
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istry on April 6, 1918, and ordained to the eldership on August 22, 1928. His work in the church has been varied:
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pastor in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, and Ohio. From 1937 to 1944 he was pastor at Astoria, Illinois. He has served as an evangelist in twelve different states; Standing Committee delegate, four times; moderator of district meetings.
BENJAMIN F. FILBRUN was a native of Ohio. The son of Joseph and Lydia Frantz Filbrun, he was born on May 3, 1860. He married Alice Denlinger on December 24, 1882. Two sons and one daughter were born to them. An architect by trade, he was elected to the ministry in the Donnels Creek church, Ohio, about 1890. He came to Illinois about 1896, locating near Auburn in the Sugar Creek church, where he served until 1907. Later in life he lost fellowship with the Church of the Brethren. He died on August 23, 1941.
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RALPH THEODORE FINNELL was born at Des Moines, Iowa, January 10, 1912. His parents are Virgil Carl and Lucinda Alice Pugh Finnell. On September 3, 1934, he married Vera Elizabeth Hartsough of North Man- chester, Indiana; to them were born one son and one daughter. He re- ceived an A.B. degree from Man- chester College in 1933, and a B.D. from Bethany Biblical Seminary in 1936. He united with the Church of the Brethren at Elgin, Illinois, and was elected to the ministry at North Manchester, Indiana. In various ca- pacities he has contributed to the church program: camp leader, Camp Alexander Mack, Indiana, and Camp RALPH FINNELL Lewistown, Illinois; president, Middle Indiana young people; president, Wa- bash County, Indiana, young people (interdenominational). From 1935 to 1937 he was pastor at Springfield, Illinois.
CHARLES KENNETH FISHER, the son of Charles Ernest and Ruby Irene Benson Fisher, was born in Lawrence Coun- ty, Illinois, on August 22, 1932. He was baptized by Elder N. H. Miller in 1932. His marriage to Blanche Ruth Ducharm took place on August 23, 1940. To them were born two sons and twin daughters. In 1939 he was licensed to the ministry by the Allison Prairie church; in 1944 he was ordained by Elders Dolar Ritchey and Oliver Dearing. He served part- time in the ministry in the Kaskaskia church, Illinois, and then began his present full-time pastoral service in the Buck Creek church, Indiana, in February 1944.
MAX WILLIAM FISHER was born in Knox County, In- diana, May 27, 1924, the son of Clarence and Ruby Benson
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Fisher. He was united in marriage to Anna Belle Shoulders of Flat Rock, Illinois, on August 2, 1942; they have one son and one daughter. He was baptized by Elder Dolar C. Ritchey. In August 1947 he was installed into the ministry and his wife was licensed by the Allison Prairie church. They are now pastors of the Smith Creek church, West Virginia.
CONRAD FITZ was born in York County, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1848. In 1850 he moved to Fulton County, Illinois, with his father, John Fitz, and family. He was married to Susan Shields in 1873; they were the parents of six children. He joined the church in 1869; was called to the ministry on June 14, 1881; was ordained to the elder- ship on February 1, 1894; and was chosen elder of the Wood- land church on March 7 of the same year. The Sugar Creek and Camp Creek churches, Illinois, have also had his serv- ices as elder-in-charge. For twenty years he was associated with the work of the District of Southern Illinois. He gave forty-three years to the work of the church with the fol- lowing record: moderator of district conference four times; reading clerk seven times; Standing Committee delegate five times. He moved to the West in 1899 and served a number of churches in Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, and Colo- rado. He died February 17, 1921, in the house of worship in Denver, Colorado. He was socially inclined, deeply spir- itual, calm, and deliberate in his judgment. His counsel in church matters was frequently sought; he had a happy fac- ulty of encouraging youth.
JOHN FITZ moved to Illinois from York County, Penn- sylvania, in 1850. He had ten children. They cleared the farm near the place where the Woodland church now stands, and a part of the farm was given for the cemetery beside the church. The first meetings held by the church organiza-
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tion were held in the barn of Brother Fitz; meetings were held all day and meals were served. He was chosen as the first minister of the Woodland church after that building had been erected. His last days were spent in Astoria, Illinois.
MICHAEL FLORY was born at Dayton, Virginia, July 26, 1849, the son of Michael and Nancy Warner Flory. He was baptized at Rossville, Indiana, in 1880. On November 24, 1869, he married Mary Warner; to them were born six sons and four daughters. His second wife was Lavina Bowman, whom he married on October 7, 1924. He farmed in Indiana and Illinois, and later moved to Girard, Illinois, to engage in the lumber business. He was elected to the ministry at Rossville and or- dained to the eldership at Girard, in 1891. As minister and elder he served these two churches, and was for three and one-half years the pastor at De- MICHAEL FLORY catur. He was the first superintend- ent of the Home at Girard. He served in district meetings as moderator and reader, held many evangelistic meetings, and officiated at many marriages and funerals. His death occurred at Girard on June 23, 1931.
ANNA SHULL FORNEY was born to George and Elizabeth Brubaker Shull on January 9, 1871. Early in life she united with the Church of the Brethren. On January 1, 1896, she married Daniel L. Forney of North Manchester, Indiana; six daughters were born to them. She took a teacher's course and three years of Bible study at Mount Morris Col- lege, finished the Bible course at Manchester College, and
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taught in country schools. She and her husband did mission work at Stuttgart, Arkansas. They went to the India mis- sion field in 1897 and located at Navsari. When the famine broke out in 1900 they cared for a number of famine children. When the mission house at Jalalpor was completed, they moved there, remaining at that place until their return to America in 1904 because of health conditions. Later they spent another and shorter term of service in India. Mrs. Forney died at La Verne, California, on April 13, 1938.
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ELLEN HECKMAN WAGONER FORNEY was born near Ham- mond, Illinois, September 23, 1885; her parents were David and Elizabeth Miller Heckman. She grew up in the Oakley church, and was baptized there by Elder A. J. Nickey on July 11, 1896. Ellen could not remember when she was not interested in the work of the church. Her desire to be a missionary grew from her interest in Sunday- school and missionary reading circle work. One year at Mount Morris Col- lege was followed by two years at Bethany Biblical Seminary. On March 5, 1911, she married Elmer Wagoner of La Place, Illinois, and for a year their ELLEN FORNEY home was in the La Place congrega- tion. They lived at Mount Morris from 1913 until 1917, when they entered Bethany Biblical Sem- inary. They had two daughters. After a year at Bulsar in language study they were transferred to Vyara. A year later they returned to Bulsar to take over the work when
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A. W. Ross and family went on furlough. Besides being a central point for entertaining missionaries and guests, Bulsar was the home of a boys' school. In the spring of 1927 the Wagoners left India for their first furlough; be- cause of a deficit in mission funds they were detained in America until October 1929. During this time they served the Peebles and Marble Furnace churches in Southern Ohio. Returning to Vyara in 1929 they did traveling evangelistic work, living in tents. Brother Wagoner passed away on November 21, 1930. Returning to America a year later, Mrs. Wagoner worked in Elgin and visited churches. In 1941 she married Elder Daniel L. Forney of La Verne, California. She served as regional director of women's work in Califor- nia for three years. Ellen passed away on November 21, 1947.
JOHN CLAYBORN FORNEY was the son of David and Nancy Rice Forney. He was born near Parkersburg, Illinois, De- cember 28, 1866. He married Effie Mae Lynn of Bellflower, Illinois, on December 10, 1890; two sons and six daughters were born to them. They also made a home for two orphan boys. He was a farmer. Uniting with the Church of the Brethren, probably in January 1886, he was baptized by Elder Menno Stouffer. Elected to the ministry in 1892, he was ordained to the eldership in December 1902. As a free minister he served in the Walnut Grove church near Parkersburg, Illinois, for ten years and at Columbus, North Dakota, two and one-half years. As pastor and elder he was at Kenmare, North Dakota, nine years, at Rock Lake, North Dakota, seven years, and at Winona, Minnesota, twelve years. Twice he was a member of Standing Com- mittee. He died at Winona on August 10, 1936.
MICHAEL FORNEY, the son of Elder John Forney, was born near Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1811. He married Rachel Horner of Pennsylvania and to them were
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born four sons and six daughters. He was a farmer, a cooper and a tanner, and also operated a cider press. When twen- ty-two years old he united with the Church of the Brethren. From 1863 to 1871 he had the oversight of the Big Creek (now Walnut Grove) church, Illinois. He assisted in the organization of some surrounding churches and did much preaching in adjoining territory. He died in Fillmore Coun- ty, Nebraska, on March 20, 1894.
SAMUEL M. FORNEY was born in Somerset County, Penn- sylvania, October 23, 1836. His father and his grandfather were elders in the Church of the Brethren. Some normal training at Berlin and Meyersdale prepared him for teach- ing when he was nineteen years old. In 1857 he moved with his father to Richland County, Illinois. In 1859 he was con- verted while attending a meeting at the Arnold's Grove church. Upon his return home that fall he was present at the organization of the Big Creek (now Walnut Grove) church, and on September 24, about three months after his baptism, he was called to the ministry. Calls for preach- ing came from as far as thirty to seventy-five miles from home; swollen streams and dangerous journeys were fre- quent experiences. In 1862 he was married to Catherine Kimmel; to them were born eight children. In 1871 Brother Forney was ordained an elder. In 1881 the family moved to Kearney, Nebraska, where, on May 28 of the same year, he organized a church. He assisted in organizing eight other churches in that state, and served on Standing Committee three times. He traveled thousands of miles in church work, received on an average less than his expenses. Look- ing back over nearly a half-century of service in the min- istry, he only wished that he had more time to serve better.
DAVID FOUTS is the son of David H. and Mary Ann Edgecomb Fouts; he was born at Prairie City, Iowa, Novem-
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ber 2, 1906. Mary Ann Driver of Lima, Ohio, became his wife on July 2, 1933. They have one son and three daughters. He united with the Church of the Brethren in 1922, and was baptized by his father. His education was gained at Manchester College and Bethany Biblical Seminary. In 1933 he was elected to the ministry; he was ordained to the eldership in 1945. The following pastorates have been his fields of work: Logansport, Indiana, 1939-1942; Virden, Illinois, 1943- DAVID FOUTS 1949; Freeport, Illinois, 1949 -. He repre- sented the District of Southern Illinois once on Standing Committee and served in various lines of district activity.
SAMUEL S. FOUTS was a native of Carroll County, In- diana; he was born on February 20, 1852, to Daniel and Katherine Pippenger Fouts. He married Elizabeth Ulery of Piatt County, Illinois, on June 21, 1885; three sons came into their home. On April 20, 1919, he married Mrs. Rachel Bula of Iuka, Illinois. For a number of years he taught school in Marion County, Illinois, but was engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising most of his life. About 1888 he united with the Church of the Brethren, and was elected to the ministry in the Salem church, Illinois, about 1893. A division of church territory placed him in the Romine congregation, near Salem, in which he served as pastor and elder. He died in Marion County on October 22, 1928.
DAVID FRANTZ was born on October 1, 1817. On Febru- ary 8, 1840, he married Sarah Heck; to them six sons and four daughters were born. His wife died on February 8, 1864. He married Elizabeth Henricks on April 16, 1865. He located on a farm near the Oakley church and made part
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of the brick from which the church house was built. He was considered a successful farmer. In 1858 the church elected him to the ministry. From 1884 to 1892 he was the elder-in-charge of the Oakley church. A clear thinker, some- what slow in delivery, he always had a profound message. He did much or- ganizational work in the district. His death occurred at Cerro Gordo on March 5, 1905.
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GEORGE FULK, the son of John G. and Sarah Wine Fulk, was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, November 9, 1878. He was united in marriage to Cora I. Deck of Decatur, Illinois, on May 30, 1916; they became the parents of one son and four daughters. He was baptized by Elder Daniel Turner in December 1901. His A.B. degree was received from DePauw University; a three-year law course was com- pleted in the Chicago Kent College of Law and the North- western University Law School; then followed three years of private study under various law firms in Chicago. He at- tended lectures and studied in American and European universities for four years, promoting world peace. During the year 1901-1902 he taught Latin and Greek in Ashland College, Kentucky. He worked as a law clerk and practiced law in Chicago from 1902 to 1905. Since 1905 he has lived near Cerro Gordo and Bethany, Illinois. In addition to active farming he was the Illinois Superintendent of Pub- lic Welfare in Moultrie County, 1936-1943. To the church he rendered much service from 1905 to 1944 at Cerro Gordo and Bethany, Illinois, and at Washington, D. C. In 1922 he engaged in a speaking tour among churches in the eastern states. He delivered the Conference address on world peace at Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1926. He has served as a delegate
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