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RUSSELL A. SHERMAN was born in DeKalb County, Indi- ana, on October 11, 1899, the son of Edwin A. and Mary Haynes Sherman. He married Lydia Marie Wirt of Virden, Illinois, May 31, 1924; they have one son and one daughter. He was elected to the ministry in 1918 and ordained to the eldership in 1926. An A.B. degree was received from Man- chester College, an M.S. from Indiana University, and his M.Th. from Winona Lake School of Theology; he has stud- ied also in Bethany Biblical Seminary and Arizona State Teachers' College. His work in Southern Illinois was as pastor at Springfield (1926-1928) and district director of religious education. After 1928 his work was in the Northern District of Indiana, at the Cedar Lake, New Salem, Cedar Creek and Pleasant Chapel churches, excepting two years spent as teacher and part-time pastor in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been Standing Committeeman three times.
LEVI S. SHIVELY, son of John J. and Leah Blickenstaff Shively, was born near Cerro Gordo, Illinois, October 10, 1884. He was baptized by Elder John Wright in November
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1898. His first wife was Emma Gertrude Whisler of Sterling, Illinois, whom he married on August 26, 1906; four sons were born to them. His second wife was Edna B. Wolf of Franklin Grove, Illinois; they were married June 9, 1934. He graduated from the Univer- sity of Michigan in 1908 with an A.B. degree; received an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He taught country schools near Cerro Gordo, 1905-1906; Mount Morris Col- lege, 1908-1915 and 1917-1928 (presi- dent, 1918-1921) ; Ball State Teachers' College, Muncie, Indiana, 1928 -. He is the author of A College Algebra. L. S. SHIVELY Elected to the ministry in the Cerro Gordo church on December 31, 1905, he was ordained to the eldership in 1917, and has rendered ministerial service at Cerro Gordo and Mount Morris. Since 1928 he has been the elder of the Muncie church. For ap- proximately ten years he was a member of the board of Christian education of Southern Indiana. He was a trus- tee of Mount Morris College and later a trustee of Man- chester College for six years.
D. WARREN SHOCK was born at Huntington, Indiana, May 1, 1877, to Henry and Mary Flory Shock. Daisy M. Hollinger of Greenville, Ohio, became his wife on March 16, 1902; one son and two daughters were born to them. His second mar- riage, to Mary Hoots of Decatur, Illinois, took place on March 27, 1921. He was baptized by Elder Quinter Calvert of South- ern Ohio, February 20, 1892. He attended Manchester Col- lege, 1897-1901; graduated from Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School, 1915; attended Bethany Biblical Seminary, 1910-1911; received a B.S.L. degree from Can-
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ton Bible School, 1907; was granted B.D., Th.D., and D.D. degrees from Southern School of Divinity by correspond- ence. After homesteading at Osage, Saskatchewan, from 1900 to 1906, he taught at La Verne College from 1906 to 1909. Elected to the ministry April 25, 1896, he was ordained to the eldership in August 1906. As a mission pastor he served five churches: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, North Dakota; Phoenix, Arizona; Spokane, Washington; and Mich- igan City, Indiana. His other pastorates were: Ivester, Iowa; Girard, Illinois, 1919-1922; Raisin, California; Flora, Indiana. He served three times on Standing Committee and did evangelistic work in a number of churches.
SHERMAN HENRY SHOEMAKER, son of Lewis Abraham and Elizabeth Philips Shoemaker, was born in Huntington Coun- ty, Indiana, April 18, 1883. He was baptized by Homer Cas- key on March 28, 1912. He and Matilda Elizabeth Ragon of Mount Vernon, Illinois, were married on June 23, 1909; four sons and six daughters were born to them. As a carpenter he lived and worked at Brook, Indiana, 1902-1905; Chicago, Illinois, 1905-1913; and at Mount Vernon, Illinois, 1913- 1947. Called to the ministry on Sep- tember 21, 1913, he was ordained to the eldership on October 13, 1928. He served the Pleasant Grove church in Southern Illinois as pastor from 1913 to 1947.
CHALMER GEORGE SHULL, son of William H. and Clara Gibson Shull, was born near Virden, Illinois, August 6, 1892. He was baptized by I. J. Harshbarger on November 8, 1908. On December 24, 1917, he was married to Mary Speicher of Waterloo, Iowa. For
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two years, he was principal of the Pleasant Hill school, near Girard, Illinois. Then he attended Mount Morris College, receiving an A.B. in 1917; in 1919 he received his B.D. from Bethany Biblical Seminary. He was elected to the ministry on May 10, 1914, and ordained to the eldership on November 23, 1919. During his last year at Bethany he served as pastor of the Douglas Park mission in Chicago and also as traveling secretary of the student volunteers, 1918-1919. The Shulls went to the India mission field in 1920 and re- turned on furlough with their two children in 1927. In 1929 he received his M.A. from Northwestern University. Mrs. Shull died in India on August 15, 1935. His second marriage was to Susan Stoner at Anklesvar, India, January 1, 1937; they have one daughter. They are now located at Ahwa. He is an educator and evangelist.
ERNEST MELVIN SHULL was born at Girard, Illinois, the son of William H. and Clara Gibson Shull. He married Lois Irene Netzley on August 17, 1937; one son and one daughter have been born into their home. He united with the Church of the Brethren when seven years old, and was baptized by Oliver H. Austin on February 5, 1923. From Manchester College he received an A.B. degree in 1937, from Bethany Biblical Seminary a B.D. in 1942, and from the Kennedy School of Missions an M.A. in 1945. For eight summers he taught in ERNEST M. SHULL church camps. He was elected to the min- istry in the North Manchester church in 1941 and ordained to the eldership on Sep- tember 22, 1943. For three months in 1941 he was a pastor in West Virginia, and for two years (1942-1944) served as pastor at Lena, Illinois. The Shulls sailed for India on February 18, 1946, and have been busy with language study;
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they are living at Dahanu Road, Thana district. He was the moderator of district meeting in 1948, giving the address in Marathi.
JESSE CHARLES SHULL was born in Macoupin County, Illinois, August 7, 1895, the second son of William H. and Clara Gibson Shull. When twelve years old, he was baptized by Elder D. B. Gibson. On Sep- tember 4, 1919, he was married to Clara Evelyn Michael of Colorado Springs, Colorado; three sons were born to them. He was granted an A.B. by Manchester College, B.D., M.Th., and Th.D. degrees by Bethany Biblical Seminary, and an A.M. by Northwestern University. Graduate work was done at Chicago Univer- sity, the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, the Presbyterian Theological Sem- inary, Chicago, and the Congre- gational Seminary, Chicago. After his ordination to the min- JESSE C. SHULL istry on December 9, 1917, he served these Brethren pastorates; La Porte, Indiana, 1918- 1919; Auburn, Indiana, as student-pastor, 1919-1920; Spring- field, Illinois, 1921-1926. Since 1926 he has been working outside the Church of the Brethren.
MERLIN C. SHULL was born at Virden, Illinois, August 29, 1897, to William H. and Clara Gibson Shull. On May 22, 1921, he married Pearl Marie Grosh; one son and two daugh- ters were born to them. Manchester College conferred an
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A.B. degree on him in 1921, and Bethany Biblical Seminary a B.D. in 1927; he has taken some grad- uate work from the University of Chi- cago. In 1907 he united with the Church of the Brethren at West Otter Creek in Southern Illinois. In 1919 he was called to the ministry in the First Church, Chicago, and was or- dained there in 1923. He has con- tributed to the program of the church in various ways: as pastor of the Hastings Street mission, Chicago, 1921- MERLIN SHULL 1928; Detroit, Michigan, 1928-1931; and at Johnson City, Tennessee, 1931-1937; as fieldman for Tennessee, 1931-1937; as minister to nonresident members of the brotherhood, 1938- 1949; as supervisor of the shipping department of the Brethren Publishing House, since 1949.
W. RUSSELL SHULL, son of William and Clara Gibson Shull, was born near Girard, Illinois, May 7, 1899. He was baptized by Elder Javan Gibson in 1907. His first marriage, to Ruth Hanson, of Au- burn, Indiana, took place on December 25, 1922; two daughters were born to them. His second mar-
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riage, to Eva Bell Henson, of Chicago, Illinois, occurred on April 22, 1944. His B.A. was received from Manchester Col- lege in 1923 and a B.D. from Bethany Biblical Seminary in 1929; further graduate work was done at the University of Chicago from 1933 to 1936. On March 9, 1919, he was elected to the ministry. From 1925 to 1929 he was pastor of the Lewiston and Winona churches, Minnesota. Since 1929 he has worked apart from the Church of the Brethren, and now is president of the National Forum Publishing Com- pany.
WILLIAM H. SHULL was born near Virden, Illinois, on September 29, 1868, to George and Elizabeth Brubaker Shull. On December 2, 1891, he married Clara Gibson of Girard, Illinois. He united with the Church of the Brethren in August 1886. He had some special Bible study at Mount Morris College. From 1889 to 1932 he farmed in Macoupin County, Illinois. In August 1932 the Shulls moved to North Manchester, Indiana, and had charge of the boys' dormitory at Manchester Col- lege for six years. Brother Shull was elected to the office of deacon on November 16, 1895; to the ministry on August 17, 1901; to the elder- WILLIAM H. SHULL AND WIFE ship on February 16, 1907. Al- though he was never a full- time pastor, he served a number of Southern Illinois church- es as elder: West Otter Creek and Bear Creek, 1907; Pleasant Hill, 1911-1912; Virden, 1910-1923; Astoria, 1924-1925; Wood-
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land, 1923 and 1925; Girard, 1915-1932. He has filled mission appointments in Springfield, Litchfield, and Peoria, Illinois, and was secretary of the district mission board from 1904 to 1912. Six of the seven sons are ministers; two of the three daughters are ministers' wives; two sons are on the India mission field. Brother Shull died on December 16, 1949.
PHILIP SIDERS was a Pennsylvanian, born at Derry on November 25, 1831. He emigrated to Paris, Illinois, soon after becoming of age, and later moved into the La Place congregation. There he was called to the ministry, but was not active in the pulpit, because he was limited in his use of the English language. Loyal to the Brethren's doctrines, he was faithful in the duties assigned him. Later the fam- ily moved to Bement, and his membership was transferred to the Milmine church.
HARVEY CHARLES SKILES, son of David A. and Hettie V. Millyard Skiles, was born in Clin- ton County, Indiana, on March 25, 1905. He married Margaret Evelyn Dice of Big Springs, Nebraska, February 22, 1936; they have two sons and two daughters. Uniting with the Church of the Brethren on April 8, 1922, he was baptized by Elder C. C. Cripe. Until 1925 he was a farmer. He worked as a shop superintendent in Dayton, Ohio, for a time, then settled near Big HARVEY SKILES AND WIFE Springs, Nebraska, in 1930, work- ing as a salesman until 1937. The family moved to Arcanum, Ohio, then to Dayton, in 1940. Here he was employed by the
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Holland Furnace Company as a heating engineer; in 1944 he was promoted to branch manager of a store in Cincin- nati, Ohio, and in 1945 was transferred to Quincy, Illinois; he now lives at Champaign. In all of the above places he carried church responsibilities. Since coming to South- ern Illinois he has been the chairman of the district Breth- ren service committee and the president of men's work. He assisted with arrangements for the cuts used in this history.
JAMES EDWIN SMALL was born in Smith County, Kansas, May 30, 1878, the son of Isaac and Anna Derby Small. He was baptized by Elder J. C. Wagner in November 1903. Alta E. Ransom of Oak Vale, Kansas, and he were. married on January 1, 1900; three sons and three daugh- ters were born to them. He spent one year at McPherson College and one year at Beth- any Biblical Seminary. Elec- ed to the ministry in Septem- ber 1905, he was ordained to the eldership in 1910. These JAMES E. SMALL AND WIFE pastorates have been his fields of work: North Solomon, Kansas, 1905-1920; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1921-1923; North Solomon, Kansas, 1924-1926; Greene, Iowa, 1927-1930; Panther Creek, Illinois, 1932-1947. He represented North- western Kansas on Standing Committee once.
JESSE A. SMELTZER was born to Amos and Eva E. Miller Smeltzer on April 28, 1887. He was baptized by Elder David Hollinger on March 28, 1899. Olive M. Heckman, of Girard, Illinois, became his wife on August 18, 1910; three sons were
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born to them. He received an A.B. from Manchester Col- lege and a B.D. from Bethany Biblical Seminary. Elected to the ministry August 10, 1907, and ordained to the eldership December 4, 1916, he has served a number of churches as pastor: Douglas Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1916-1917; Macoupin Creek, Illinois, 1918-1921; and in California: Covina, 1922- 1924; Inglewood, 1925-1927; Rio Linda, Sacramento, 1928- 1931. In 1932 he moved to La Verne, and has been a mem- ber of the board of administration of Southern California and Arizona for five years, its chairman at present.
JOHN E. SMELTZER was born into the home of Moses Smeltzer of Hamilton County, Indiana, on December 15, 1888. He was baptized by his father in September 1901. He married Maggie Ganger of Girard, Illinois, June 4, 1914; they have one daughter. Af- ter completing the two-year pastors' course at Manchester College, he took correspond- ence work from Bethany Bib- lical Seminary. Elected to the ministry in 1916, he was or- dained to the eldership in 1918, and has ministered in these churches: Noblesville, Indiana, as a farmer preacher; Creek Chapel, as a student pastor, 1920-1927; Wabash, Indiana, approximately fif- JOHN E. SMELTZER AND WIFE teen years; Seymour, Indiana, under the mission board of Southern Indiana; Canton, Illinois, 1942-1949; Lena, Illinois, since 1949.
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MOSES SMELTZER, son of John and Maria Gascho Smel- tzer, was born in Hamilton County, Indiana, December 3, 1856. He married Anna Catharine Heiny of Noblesville, Indiana, on March 5, 1877; two sons and one daughter came into their home. John H. Caylor baptized him in July 1877. He was elected to the ministry January 25, 1890, and or- dained an elder in 1891. His ministerial work was done in connection with other responsibilities: farmer, Noblesville, Indiana, 1890-1900; superintendent of the Brethren Home, Middletown, Indiana, 1900-1906; superintendent of the Old Folks' Home and Orphanage, Girard, Illinois, 1906-1914; su- perintendent of the Home, Fostoria, Ohio, 1914-1916; super- intendent of Old Folks' Home, Empire, California, 1916-1919. As elder he served the Noblesville and Anderson churches in Indiana. He died in Hamilton County, Indiana, January 19, 1937.
HARLAN W. SMITH, son of William V. and Cora Idella Swab Smith, was born in Lee County, Illinois, December 22, 1893. In November 1912 he was baptized by D. Warren Shock. On July 25, 1917, he married Frances Sheller, of Eldora, Iowa; they have three sons and five daughters. An A.B. degree was received from Mount Morris College in 1917; at later dates he had one year of seminary work in Mount Morris Seminary, 1919-1920, and attended Bethany Biblical Seminary, 1927-1928. For two years, 1917-1919, he was the principal of the Raisin City, California, grammar school. Elected to the ministry in 1916, he was ordained to the eldership in 1923, and has been engaged in church work since that time: missionary in China, 1920-1937; pastor, Bethany church, Missouri, 1937-1940; missionary in China, 1940-1941; pastor, Greene, Iowa, 1941-1942; pastor, Cerro Gordo, Illinois, 1942-1946; pastor, Flora, Indiana, since 1947. Three times he has represented his district on the Standing Committee.
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AARON B. SNYDER, son of Jacob and Susanna Helser Sny- der, was born at Perry, Ohio, May 16, 1836. He married Mary E. Whitter of Thornville, Ohio, September 5, 1861; they had two sons and three daughters. After spending two terms at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, he taught for two years, 1860- 1862, in the country schools of Ohio. In 1864 he moved to Urbana, Illinois, and taught school in Mayview, near Ur- bana. There he was called to the ministry of the Church of the Brethren in 1868. A few years later he and J. H. Moore, then a young minister, were together advanced to the second degree of the ministry. Moving into Cerro Gordo, Illinois, about 1870, he went into the merchandise business but continued active in ministerial service and also became the first superintendent of the Sunday school in Cerro Gordo. He died October 25, 1885.
ELMER J. STAUFFER was the son of George and Kate Eliz- abeth Lilligh Stauffer. He was born April 16, 1888. On April 21, 1912, he married Edna Garst of Cabool, Missouri; one son and two daughters were born to them. His second marriage was to Ella Mae Hoots of Decatur, Illinois, June 10, 1920. Banking has been his vocation; he is the president of the First National Bank of Barry, Illinois. Uniting with the Church of the Brethren in the Mulberry Grove congre- gation about 1902, he was baptized by George Stauffer. In 1906 he was elected to the ministry. He was district treasurer for many years and Annual Meeting treasurer twenty years.
JESSE C. STONER was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, July 19, 1844, to Daniel and Esther Pfouts Stoner. He mar- ried Mary M. Bookwalter of near Dayton, Ohio, on Novem- ber 15, 1866; two sons and eleven daughters were born to them. He was baptized by Elder Michael Forney in 1872. Until 1871 he farmed in Montgomery County, Ohio; then he moved near Palestine, Illinois, where he served in the
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free ministry. Called to the ministry in 1883 and ordained to the eldership in 1893, he was elder of the La Motte Prairie church, 1893-1929; of the Walnut Grove church, 1898-1907; also of the Martins Creek church for a time. He seldom missed a district meet- ing or an Annual Conference; once he was on the Standing Committee. He died Decem- ber 27, 1932.
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MENNO STAUFFER was born in Lancaster County, Penn- sylvania, August 16, 1829. He married Susan Mellinger on September 3, 1851; they had fourteen children. In 1852 they moved to Ohio, where he was elected to the ministry, then to Laketon, Indiana, where he did some preaching and evan- gelistic work, and in 1866 to Cerro Gordo, Illinois. He was the head carpenter in the building of the church at Oakley in 1867. Later he moved to Mansfield, Illinois. He did much preaching and successful evangelistic work in the district, and had oversight of a number of congregations. His wife died in 1906; he died at Paton, Iowa, on March 15, 1915.
HENRY W. STRICKLER, the sixth son in a family of fifteen children, was born April 25, 1836. In October 1877 he was called to the ministry in the Liberty church, Illinois, in the presence of Elders David Wolfe of Liberty and Joseph Hend- ricks of Cerro Gordo, Illinois. His was a long and eventful ministerial career in the Adams County churches-Liberty and Loraine; at the latter place he was largely instrumental in organizing the congregation and building the church house.
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CASPEL STRONG was born near Homer, Illinois, Decem- ber 9, 1839, and died June 18, 1921. His wife, Louisa Har- mison Strong, was born near Homer on July 17, 1850, and died July 14, 1936. In their early married life they lived on a farm near Homer. In 1892 he purchased a store build- ing in Homer and operated a general merchandise business. During this time they moved into town, building a home there. They adopted two children. Active in the church, they held their membership in early life in the Urbana church northwest of Mayview. After the Champaign church house was dedicated in 1914 they attended there, coming in from Homer. They were liberal contributors and left in their will an annuity bond of sixteen thousand dollars for mission work in our district.
DANIEL B. STURGIS was born near Maysville, Tennes- see, June 17, 1811. He was taken by his parents to Day- ton, Ohio, in 1815 and to Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1821. He received such edu- cation as the frontier then afforded. After the death of his father, he worked on a farm to help support his wid- owed mother and his sisters. By the light from the old- fashioned fireplace he read and studied all the available books he could secure. Theo- logical, historical, and medical books were his favorites. Coming in contact with Elder Isham Gibson, he was bap- DANIEL B. STURGIS tized by him in Morgan Coun- ty, Illinois, in 1833. Called to serve as a deacon for a short time, he was soon elected to
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the ministry, and was ordained to the eldership on Septem- ber 11, 1841, by Elders George Wolfe and Isham Gibson. He preached in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and other states, and was largely instrumental in establishing a more per- fect union between the Far Western Brethren and the general brotherhood. Besides his ministerial work, in which he was a leader, he was a physician of considerable eminence. About the year 1850 he located in Bond County, Illinois, where he was influential in building up a strong congrega- tion, and also aided in establishing several others. Moving to South Bend, Indiana, he established a good medical prac- tice and also devoted much time to church work. His first wife was Susan Jackson; they had eleven children. His second marriage was to Rachel Smith on January 4, 1884. He died at Mulberry Grove, Illinois, March 16, 1897.
BENNETT T. STUTSMAN was born near Girard, Illinois, July 18, 1895, to Valentine and Tabitha Jane Gerlach Stutsman. He united with the church when thirteen years old. On August 14, 1924, he married Orpha Frantz of Cerro Gor- do, Illinois; to them was born one son. An A.B. degree was received from Mount Morris College in 1922, and a B.D. from Bethany Biblical Seminary in 1929. On July 10, 1917, he was elected to the ministry in the Oakley church. As a pastor he min- istered to these churches: Decatur, Illinois, 1924-1926; Batavia, Illinois, BENNETT T. STUTSMAN 1926-1928; Des Moines, Iowa, 1929- 1931. He taught at Granville, Illinois, from 1922 to 1924, and in the Decatur, Illinois, high school from 1924 to 1926. He died January 6, 1931.
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GEORGE OTIS STUTSMAN, son of Valentine and Tabitha Jane Gerlach Stutsman, was born June 3, 1885, near Girard, Illinois. He married Dortha May Snell of Virden, Illi- nois, on November 27, 1907; four sons and two daughters came into their home. He at- tended Bethany Biblical Sem- inary two years. Baptized by Elder W. H. Shull in October 1905, he was elected to the ministry October 18, 1909, and ordained to the eldership Jan- uary 9, 1915. His contribution to the church has been made G. O. STUTSMAN AND WIFE in various capacities: in the free ministry, Girard, Illinois, 1909-1911; pastor, Mount Ver- non, Illinois, 1911-1912; pastor, Liberty, Illinois, 1913-1918; pastor, Burr Oak, Kansas, 1918-1919; in the free ministry, Oakley, Illinois, 1919-1924; pastor, Cerro Gordo, Illinois, 1924-1934; pastor, Greenville, Ohio, 1934-1939; pastor, Cal- vary, Los Angeles, California, 1939-1942; pastor, Empire, Cal- ifornia, 1942-1946; pastor, Hermosa Beach, California, since 1946; elder of the Cerro Gordo and Decatur churches in Illinois, of the Greenville, Price's Creek, Union City and Pitsburg churches in Ohio, of the Calvary and Empire churches in California; Standing Committeeman seven times.
HENRY VERNER STUTSMAN, son of Henry and Susannah Frantz Stutsman, was born in Macoupin County, Illinois, May 2, 1889. He was baptized by Elder J. H. Neher on De- cember 11, 1905. He married Mabel Heckman of Macon County, Illinois, November 17, 1909; to them were born one son and two daughters. Mabel Heckman Stutsman was the
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daughter of Samuel A. Heckman of Macon County, Illinois, and Esther Ulery Heckman of Pyrmont, Indiana. She was born in Macon County, Octo- ber 7, 1891. She was baptized by Elder J. W. Lear in 1904. She has rendered varied serv- ice to the church: deaconess in the Girard church, Illinois, since 1917; and president of women's work many years; district secretary-treasurer of Southern Illinois women's work, since 1936. Brother Stutsman has been a grocer- merchant in Girard for twen- H. V. STUTSMAN AND WIFE ty-four years and has been in the insurance and build- ing and loan business twenty years. He has given to the church various services: clerk of the Girard church, 1912-1949; deacon since August 7, 1917; chairman of the of- ficial board for the past ten years; trustee of Manchester Col- lege two years; member, board of trustees of the Home at Girard and manager for several years; member of the board of administration several terms; Annual Conference treas- urer, 1946-1948; member National Council of Men's work, 1938-1947.
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