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Rev. Peter Kinsinger
Peter Kinsinger was born in Rhein Bayern, Ger- many, on January 28, 1827. He united in marriage with Catherine Augspurger in Butler county, Ohio, on Feb- ruary 2, 1853, and again to Elizabeth Stalter on April 4, 1859. In the year 1867 he was elected a minister in the Augspurger congregation, of which he was a mem- ber. He died September 7, 1888, aged 61 years, 7 months, 9 days, and is buried in the Mennonite ceme- tery.
Rev. Joseph Augspurger, 4th
Joseph Augspurger, son of Rev. Jacob and Maria Augspurger, was born in Alsace, France, May 19, 1818, and with his parents came to America in 1819. He united in marriage with Elizabeth Augspurger, Octo- ber 12, 1837, and the second time to Jacobina Roth, October 12, 1858, and again the third time to Jacobina Rupp on April 7, 1885. He was elected a minister in the Augspurger congregation in the year 1872. He died April 10, 1887, and is buried in the Augspurger cemetery.
Rev. John Augspurger
John Augspurger, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Augspurger, was born near Collinsville, Ohio, Novem- ber 10, 1830. He was married to Emilie Kennel on May 16, 1859. In the year 1867 he was elected a minis-
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ter in the Hessian congregation, with which he united in youth. He died March 20, 1912, and is buried in the Mennonite cemetery.
Rev. Peter Naffziger
Peter Naffziger was born February 23, 1787, in Kirchheimbolanden, Rheinkreis, Bayern, Europe. On March 8, 1812, he was married to Barbara Beck. They emigrated to America in 1826, and settled in Canada, and in 1828 they came to Butler county. Having been ordained a minister before he came to America, he be- came pastor and bishop of the congregation here. He is said to have been a strong and forceful man, and of a determined disposition. Being very fond of travelling, he made many trips to Kentucky and Illinois on horse- back, and twice he walked to New Orleans to minister to a small congregation there. He was known among the brethren of several states as "The Apostle." Ir 1835, when a division took place in the congregation, he became pastor of the new organization. In 1844 he with his family moved to Illinois, where he continued his labors among the brethren. He died September 16, 1885, aged 98 years, 6 months, 24 days, and is buried in Imhoff cemetery, near Congerville, Illinois.
Rev. Jacob Krehbiel
Jacob Krehbiel, an ordained minister, came from Weierhof, Germany, and settled on the shore of Lake Erie, about forty miles west of Buffalo, where he re- mained for some years. In 1825 he came to Butler county and became the first pastor of the church here. He moved to Iowa in 1832, where he died at a ripe old age.
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Rev. Benedict King
Benedict King, an ordained minister, came with his children, he being a widower, to Butler county from Basel, Germany, prior to 1835. About the year 1840 he moved to Fulton county, where he died, aged 85 years.
Rev. Joseph Goldsmith
Joseph Goldsmith, who was the pioneer Amish Menonite minister of Canada and Iowa, was born in Alsace, France, March 19, 1796, emigrated to Ameirca in 1819, and settled in Canada. In 1824 he was called to the ministry and was the first Amish minister or- dained in Canada. About 1831 he moved to Butler county, Ohio, and located near Trenton, and later near Darrtown. He was ordained Bishop of the Collinsville congregation in 1838. In 1847 he moved to Lee county, Iowa, where he organized the first Amish congregation in that state. In the year 1855 he organized congrega- tions in Johnson and Henry counties and moved to the latter place in 1857. He died April 26, 1876.
Rev. Daniel Unzicker
Daniel Unzicker was born in Bavaria, March 4, 1798, and united in marriage with Magdalena Kahn on January 28, 1821. They emigrated to Canada in 1828 and moved to Butler county, Ohio, in 1834. Having been called to the ministry before he came to America, he identified himself with the Collinsville congregation and served as one of its ministers until his death, which occurred September 18, 1863, and is buried in the Darr- town cemetery.
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Rev. Christian Holly
Christian Holly, son of Rev. Peter and Catherine Holly, was born in Rilferoth, Germany, February 11, 1820, and with his parents came to Butler county in 1832. He united in marriage with Helena Iutzi in Sep- tember, 1846. In 1860 he was elected a minister in the Hessian congregation and faithfully served in this ca- pacity until his death, which occurred January 8, 1882, and is buried in the Mennonite cemetery.
Rev. Joseph Augspurger, 3rd
Joseph Augspurger, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Augspurger, was born near Paris, France, January 4, 1816, and came with his parents to America and set- tledl in Butler county in 1819. In the year 1834 he united with the Augspurger congregation, and when the division of 1835 took place he cast his lot with the Hessian congregation. He was married to Catherine Goldsmith on March 9, 1843. In 1860 he was chosen a minister and on February 12, 1862, elected and ordained to the office of bishop. He baptized his first class on October 25, 1863, there being six in the class. Rev. Augspurger was a man of broad vision and intelligence, and after an active ministry of thirty-two years, he (in 1892) withdrew from active service, and lived in retire- ment until February 17, 1896, when he passed to his reward, aged 80 years, 1 month, 13 days. He is buried in the Mennonite cemetery.
Rev. Joseph Augspurger, 2nd
Joseph Augspurger, son of Christian and Cathe- rine Augspurger, was born in France on March 17, 1806, came with his parents to Butler county in 1819. In youth he united with the Augspurger congregation,
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and in later years he was elected one of the ministers. On August 9, 1831, he was married to Magdalena Kennel. He died January 29, 1864, and is buried in the family cemetery on the Samuel Augspurger homestead near Woodsdale.
Rev. Joseph Kinsinger
Joseph Kinsinger, a son of John and Barbara Kinsinger, was born in Germany, January 29, 1825, came to America and settled in Butler county, Ohio, in 1850. He was elected a minister in the Augspurger congregation in 1861, and served faithfully in this office until 1868, when he moved to Wayne county, Indiana. Here he established a congregation and preached for them several years. He died December 25, 1894, and is buried in the East Germantown ceme- tery, Germantown, Indiana.
Rev. W. H. Grubb
William Henry Grubb, son of Rev. Nathaniel and Salome Grubb, was born in Schwenksville, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1879. When four years old his parents moved to the city of Philadelphia, Pa. His educational advantages were the public schools and Temple University. After pursuing the course of study prescribed by the Eastern District Conference, he was granted a license to preach in 1902. In 1903 he was placed in charge of the mission at Allentown, Pa., and organized it into a congregation and served as its pastor for two years. He served the Bethel church at Perkasie, Pa., for five years, and the East Swamp church, near Quakertown, Pa., for three years, simul- taneously with the last two he was co-pastor of the Bethany church in Quakertown for seven years. On
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September 13, 1903, he was ordained to the ministry and to the office of Elder (Bishop) on June 24, 1906. He united in marriage with Della K. Reed, on January 2, 1904, at Philadelphia, Pa. He assumed the pastorate of the Apostolic Mennonite church, August 1, 1913.
Rev. Henry J. Krehbiel
Henry J. Krehbiel, son of Rev. Jacob and Kath- erine Krehbiel, was born at Summerfield, Illinois, Sep- tember 8, 1865. After his public school education was completed, he attended college at Lebanon, Illinois. He taught for several years, and then entered the Evangelical Theological Seminary in St. Louis, from which he graduated in 1892. At this time he received a call from the Hessian congregation, which he ac- cepted on September 25, 1892, when he was ordained to the full ministry by Rev. J. B. Baer. He was married to Miss Lydia D. Ruth on May 25, 1893, at Summer- field, Illinois. After seventeen years of a successful pastorate, he severed his relations with the congrega- tion on August 1, 1909, and accepted a call to the Men- nonite church in Reedley, California, where he has since labored with success.
Rev. John E. Amstutz
John E. Amstutz, son of John and Barbara Am- stutz, was born at Kidron, Ohio, April 1, 1881. His educational advantages were Bluffton College, Bethel College, Wooster University and Miami University. He united in marriage with Lavina Amstutz, January 26, 1905. From September 1, 1909, to July 1, 1911, he served as supply pastor of the Apostolic Mennonite church. On November 19, 1911, he was ordained to the full ministry and installed pastor of the First Menno-
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nite church, Halstead, Kansas, where he still labors with success. His activities have not been confined to his congregation alone, he having been an instructor in Bethel College during the years 1914 and 1915.
Rev. Peter Schrock
Peter Schrock was born June 17, 1803, and emi- grated from Nancy, France, to Butler county, Ohio, in 1830. He united in marriage with Magdalena Zimmer- man, and the second time with Magdalena Rediger. About the year 1832 he was elected a minister in the Augspurger congregation. He died September 7, 1887, and is buried in the Mennonite cemetery.
Rev. Christian Ramseyer
Christian Ramseyer was born in Switzerland, June 16, 1836, was educated in several colleges of his native country, ordained and preached there until 1860, when he came to America and settled in Butler county, Ohio. He was accepted by the Augspurger congregation as one of its ministers and remained as such for several years. He united in marriage with Catherine Augs- purger on November 27, 1862, and died in Hamilton county, January 11, 1891.
Rev. Jacob Mueller
Jacob Mueller, an ordained minister, came from Germany to Butler county in 1845, with his wife and two daughters. While here he lived in a house on the farm of Christian Holly and had the oversight of the Hessian congregation. In 1855 they moved to Illinois, where he died.
Mennonite Parsonage. "Trenton, D.
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CEMETERIES
There are five Mennonite cemeteries in the county, the oldest being on the Joseph Kinsinger farm, near Collinsville, containing many graves, but only one marker in the entire cemetery, this being on the grave of Elizabeth Augspurger, who died in 1848, and the wife of Joseph Augspurger, one of the original six families. There are, however, many others known to be buried there prior to 1831.
The next oldest is one on the farm of Samuel Kin- singer, on the Princeton Pike, which contains many graves, but not a marker to show the spot. Some years ago the farm passed out of the family and has since been ploughed over.
The third is on the farm owned for many years by Samuel Augspurger, near Woodsdale, and contains only about fifteen graves. Here rest the remains of Christian Augspurger, the pioneer, and his wife. This farm has also passed out of the family, but the ceme- tery is fenced in and in fairly good condition.
The fourth, which is known as the Augspurger cemetery and is located about a mile southeast of Tren- ton. It is a little more than a half acre plot deeded to the Augspurger congregation by Rev. Jacob Augs- purger about 1830. There are about one hundred graves in the cemetery and it is enclosed with a durable fence. It is still used by some families and kept in condition by Albert Augspurger.
The fifth, which is known as the Mennonite ceme- tery, is located in St. Clair township, adjoining the Hessian meetinghouse, and was laid out as early as 1863. It is laid out in lots and is managed by three trustees elected by the Apostolic Mennonite church. The funds for its maintenance are raised by the sale of lots and by bequests.
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REMINISCENCES
Voyage of the Kennels
John Kennel, with his wife, who was before her marriage Magdalena Naffziger, and their three sons and three daughters, started for America from their home in Kircheimbolanden, Reinbries, Bayern, Europe, in October, 1830.
They moved in a covered wagon through France to the harbor, expecting to take a ship to New Orleans and from there up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati. But when they reached the harbor the ship had gone, and they would have been obliged to wait five or six weeks before another sailed. They then took a ship for New York, and after a voyage of seventy-six days they landed in New York.
They bought horses, took their wagon from the ship and started overland for Ohio. When they reached Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, a great snow fell, and by the time they reached Lancaster City they could go no further, as three feet of snow had fallen.
Here the city officials opened the Court House to give them shelter. There were thirty in the party, all from the old country, the Kennel family of eight, Smith, Unzicker families and others. A settlement of Mennonites near the city heard of the party of Menno- nites who were snowbound in the city and came out with three sleds and took them to their settlement, where they stayed until spring.
They then sailed down the Ohio to Cincinnati, reaching there in April, 1831, then by wagon to Butler county, where Rev. Peter Naffziger, a brother of Mrs. Kennel, lived.
From record of the Kennel Family, by Miss Johanna Kennel
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Voyage of the Iutzis and Others
May 16, 1832, Christian Iutzi and his family, with other relatives and friends, about one hundred in all, mostly Mennonites, sailed from Bremen on the Wiser in a sail boat, a two-masted brig, which they had char- tered to take them to America.
They landed at Baltimore, Maryland, July 31, 1832, where Christian Iutzi and his brother Michael rented a house, in which they lived two weeks. August 10 the party started overland with wagons for Wheeling, West Virginia, through Chambersburg and Somserset, arriv- ing there August 25. Here they loaded everything on a boat and went on the Ohio river to Cincinnati, arriv- ing there on August 31, 1832.
At Cincinnati they re-loaded their goods on a canal boat and landed at Hamilton, Ohio, on Septem- ber 3. Here Christian Iutzi and family and the Holly families lived over winter. The party then sent Chris- tian Iutzi and Peter Holly on an inspection tour for land to Illinois, where they went by horseback and wagon. On their return they decided to buy in Butler county. Christian Iutzi then purchased one hundred and ninety-five acres of land in Madison township, near the Miami river, for twenty-five dollars an acre.
From the Iutzi Family Record, by Miss Johanna Kennel
Selecting Ministers by Drawing Lots
The custom of selecting ministers by lot in the Mennonite Church dates from the days of the Refor- mation, when, because of persecutions, they were obliged to hold their meetings in secret, it was very essential that their ministers were not known outside of their circle. This gave rise to the following of cus- toms of the early Christian era.
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Until about fifty years ago it was the universal custom among the Mennonite churches of America to select their ministers in this way. They were largely a rural people and were not much in sympathy with education. Since they were equals in educational ad- vantages, and their interests and tastes were in one and the same direction it was entirely satisfactory. As times changed and education was encouraged, some branches have almost entirely discarded this method, while other conservative branches of the church still adhere to this method.
Every member of the church is expected to be studious and pious, acquainting himself with the word of God. He is to acquire knowledge by reading, by prayer, by faith and by listening to the teachings of the word as it is expounded by the ministers. And in this way all are preparing for a call to the ministry which may come at any time.
When a minister is to be selected it is made known and a day is announced when the congregation assem- bles to make nominations. After a sermon appropriate to the occasion, nominations are made, after which another day is set for the drawing of lots. In the meantime the members are expected to pray that the spirit of the Lord may come upon him on whom the lot may fall.
On the day set the congregation again assembles and the candidates take their seats together, while one or more sermons are preached, after which a Bible for each candidate is placed on a table before them, one of these containing a slip of paper. Then each candidate advances and takes a Bible and returns to his seat, after which the Bishop examines the Bibles until the slip of paper is found. The others then return to their
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places in the congregation and the ordination at once takes place. In some congregations votes are cast in- stead, and this method was followed by the Hessian congregation.
COST OF BUILDING APOSTOLIC MENNONITE CHURCH
Site $ 600.00
Plans and specifications
115.00
Foundation
400.00
Building
3477.53
Roof
485.00
Plastering
375.00
Tin Work
55.00
Carpenter Work
620.00
Hardware and paint
164.94
Painting
85.30
Art windows
369.95
Furnace
183.85
Light plant
120.00
Pews and chairs
370.06
Pulpit furniture
75.00
Side walks .
200.00
Incidental expenses
288.08
$7984.71
COST OF BUILDING PARSONAGE
Site
$ 250.00
House and cellar
1917.28
Cementing cellar
29.75
Furnace and Grate
161.00
Architect
30.00
Barn
143.05
Well
93.75
Pump
17.50
Total
$2642.33
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MARRIAGE CEREMONIES PERFORMED BY REV. NICHOLAS AUGSPURGER
Mar. 26, 1848 John Bount and Magdalena Ehresman
Aug. 3, 1848
Henry Egley and Katie Goldschmidt
Oct. 1, 1848 Jacob Goldschmidt and Susan Engle
Oct. 1, 1848 David Mosiman and Annie Hoffman
Dec. 25, 1848 Nicholas Mouer and Mary Heeler and Reecer Hauter
Oct. 18, 1849
Oct. 18, 1849
Christian Rote and Hersa Hauter
Nov. 18, 1849
Jacob Boler and Kate Smoker
Jan. 13, 1850
Peter Unzicker and Katie Sharch
Feb. 3, 1850
Joseph Augspurger and Barbra Sommer (King)
Apr. 16, 1850 David Sommer and Barbra Kinsinger
May 19, 1850 Christian Roop and Magdalena Rote
July 14, 1850
Peter Kinsinger and Elizabeth Sommer
Sept. 8, 1850
Christian Cimmerman and Barbra Kinsinger
Nov. 10, 1850
Joseph Yoter and Katie Stope (Indiana)
Jan. 12, 1851
George Care and Anna Litwiler
Jan. 23, 1851
Feb. 20, 1851
Benjamin Gautchey and Mary Fisher John Fisher and Elizabeth Roote Moses Augspurger and Feronica Frey
Mar. 6, 1851
Christian Hoffman and Anna Cuke
Mar. 9, 1851
Valentine Unzicker and Magdalena Sarch
Aug. 3, 1851 Bortle Cuke and Barbra Stuker
Aug. 17, 1851 Joseph Reet and Barbra Augspurger David Augspurger and Elizabeth Shertz
Sept. 11, 1851 Feb. 1, 1852 Mar. 23, 1852
Peter Garver and Barbra Heckler
Boor and Barbra Cimmerman
May 23, 1852
Jacob Cimmerman and Katie Unzicker Dillman Nunamaker and Christena Kinsinger
Feb. 6, 1853 Feb. 22, 1853 Peter Kinsinger and Katie Augspurger
Aug. 23, 1853 Henry Gauchy and Barbra Meyer
Sept. 22, 1853 - Cimmerman and - Cimmerman (Indiana)
Nov. 13, 1853 Otto Salzman and Magdalena Shrock
Feb. 23, 1851
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Aug. 13, 1854 John Kinsinger and Fannie Kinsinger
Oct. 18, 1855
Joseph Kinsinger and Katie Kinsinger
Mar. 13, 1856 Peter Shrock and Elizabeth Augspurger
May 22, 1856 Peter Shertz and Mary Augspurger
Nov. 18, 1856 Christian Bielse and Mary Shertz Mar. 8, 1857 Chritian King and Mary Meyer
Nov. 15, 1857
Christian Augspurger and Anna Mosiman
Nov. 26, 1857
Joseph Goldsmidt and Magdalena Kinsinger
Feb. 10, 1858 John Gingrich and Katie Ehresman
Mar. 21, 1858 Nicholas Reaser and Katie Garver Oct. 12, 1858 Joseph Augspurger and Bina Roth
Oct. 17, 1858
Joseph Meyer and Anna Fisher
Dec. 16, 1858
Mar. 8, 1859
Christian Gingrich and Fannie Sloneker Moses Augspurger and Fannie Kinsinger
Apr. 7, 1859 John Kennel and Jacobena Hauder
Apr. 14, 1859
Peter Kinsinger and Elizabeth Stalter
Apr. 17, 1859 Peter Sommer and Anna Slabock
Apr. 28, 1859
Joseph Meyer and Katie Engle
May 17, 1859
John Augspurger and Amelia Kennel
Aug. 11, 1859
Joseph Unzicker and Magdalena Smoker
Feb. 26, 1861
John Unzicker and Mary Sloneker John Sommer and Mary Iutzi
Mar. 5, 1861
Christian Kinsinger and Mary Schrock
Mar. 24, 1861
Christian Sloneker and Susan Schindler
Mar. 24, 1861 Jacob Sloneker and Lydia Schindler
Sept. 24, 1861 Roke Ehresman and
Oct. 31, 1861 Christian Augspurger and Katie Shertz
Jan. 16, 1862 Jacob Augspurger and Barbra Kinsinger
Feb. 13, 1862 Christian Augspurger and Elizabeth Berke
Joseph Shancs and Katie Augspurger
Sept. 9, 1862 Nov. 5, 1862 Joseph Meyers and Katie Augspurger Nov. 27, 1862 Christian Ramseyer and Katie Augspurger
Dec. 14, 1862 Christian Augspurger and Elizabeth Augspurger
Sept. 24, 1863 Jacob Miers and Mary King
Dec. 15, 1859
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July 3, 1864 Peter Guage and Magdalena Augspurger
Jan. 1, 1865 Joseph Wise and Margrete Linter
Nov. 2, 1865 Jacob Augspurger and Fannie Bachman
Nov. 16, 1865 Christian Mosiman and Anna Kinsinger
Mar. 13, 1866 David Ummel and Anna Koler
Mar. 27, 1866 Christian Augspurger and Mary Smucker
Apr. 2, 1867 Christian Ehresman and Marie Imhoff
Apr. 25, 1867 John King and Magdalena Meirs
Oct. 31, 1867 John Augspurger and Magdalena Berke
Nov. 7, 1867 Samuel Augspurger and Magy Augspurger
Oct. 13, 1868 John Garver and Barbra Engle
Oct. 20, 1870
Jacob Imhoff and Magdalena Schwartzendruber
The above is an exact copy as it is recorded in his journal, and not being familiar with many of the names I have made no attempt to spell correctly.
FAMILY RECORDS
Rev. Jacob Augspurger, born, 1786; died, September 1, 1846. Married Maria Schlabach, born, 1799; died, April 17, 1856.
Children :-
Nicholas, Rev., married Magdalena Gautsche Jacob, married Catherine Heiser
David, married Magdalena Unzicker (first) Elizabeth Shertz (second)
Moses, married Fannie Fry (first) Fannie Kinsinger (second)
Joseph, Rev. (4th), married Elizabeth Augspurger (first) Jacobina Roth (second) Bina Ropp (third)
Mary, married Rev. Joseph Meyer
Catherine, married Rev. Peter Imhoff
AUGSPURGER MEETING HOUSE
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Christian Augspurger, born, 1782; died, October 4, 1848. Married, in 1805, Catherine Hauter, died, 1846.
Children :-
Joseph, Rev. (2d), married Magdalena Kennel Christian, marriedl Magdalena Reese
Jacob, married Elizabeth Schantz
John, married Jacobina Holly
Samuel, married Eliza Holly
Frederick, died single
Catherine, married Samuel Kinsinger
Magdalena, married Rev. Joseph Kinsinger
Barbara, married Peter Iutzi
Mary, died single
Jacobina, died single
Anna, married John Kennel
John Kennel, born, March 11, 1781; died, August 27, 1831. Married, in 1805, Magdalena Naffziger, born, May 26, 1791; died, February 13, 1873. Children :-
Magdalena, married Rev. Joseph Augspurger (2d) Peter, Rev., married Susan Iutzi
Barbara, married John Oswald
John, married Emeline Iutzi
Jacob, died single Jacob, married Catherine Garber
Elizabeth, died single
Catherine, married Peter Unzicker
Christian,, died single Johanna, died single
Christian Iutzi, born, February 1, 1788; died, April 12, 1857. Married, May 11, 1817, Maria Sommer, born, February 14, 1793; died.
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Children :-
Susan, married Rev. Peter Kennel
Helena, married Rev. Christian Holly Emeline, married John Kennel
Elizabeth, died single
Marea, married Christian Ehresman
Jacobina, married John Brenneman
Daniel, died single
George, died single
William, married Elizabeth Augspurger
Jahannes Kinsinger married Veronica Imhoff. Children :-
Jacob, married Magdalena Augspurger * Christian, married Magdalena Schrock (first) Elizabeth Sommer (second)
John, married Christena Schrock
Joseph, Rev., married Magdalena Augspurger } Samuel, married Catherine Augspurger # Peter, died single
The parents never came to America.
* A sister to Christian Augspurger, the pioneer. She. with her family, moved to Iowa in the forties.
į Daughters of the Pioneer Christian Augspurger.
John Kinsinger married Barbara Children :-
John, married Phoebe Kinsinger
Peter, Rev., married Catherine Augspurger (first) Elizabeth Stalter (second)
Joseph, Rev., married Katie Kinsinger *
John Kinsinger was a distant relative of Jahannes Kin- singer.
* Daughters of John Kinsinger, and grand-daughters of Jahannes Kinsinger.
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Joseph Augsperger (1st), born, May 29, 1786; died, December 9, 1869. Married Elizabeth Schlabach, died, July 11, 1848; aged 56 years.
Children :-
Joseph, Rev. (3rd), married Catherine Goldsmith John, Rev., married Emelia Kennel
Christian, married Katie Shertz
Jacob, married Barbra Sloneker
Elizabeth, married Rev. Joseph Auguspurger (4th) Catherine, married Joseph Sommer
Joseph Augspurger (1st) was married the second time to Barbra King, the widow of John Sommer. She was born February 9, 1806, and died November 18, 1878.
Christian Gauchy married Katherine Goldschmidt Children :-
Magdalena, married Rev. Nicholas Augspurger
Christian
Jacobina
Benjamin
Henry
They came to America in 1830. She was a sister to Rev. Joseph Goldschmidt.
Christian Shertz married Hauder
Children :-
Elizabeth, married David Augspurger.
Barbra, married George Lane
Lena, married Valentine Unzicker
Catherine, married Peter Unzicker
Michael Salzman, born, 1780; died, November 30, 1861. Married (first) ; Magdalena Eyman (second) .
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Children :-
Catherine, married John Schrock Christian
Peter, married
Sommer
Lena, married John King
Children, second marriage :-
Barbra, married Jacob Rocky
Michael, died single
Mary, married Eigle Burger (first)
Russel (second)
Catherine, married Peter Kehm
Andrew, married Mary Paugh
Bina, married John Stacker
John, married Malinda Shertz
King married
Children :-
Christian, married Barbra Barnhardt
Nicholas
Jacob
Daniel
Barbra, married John Sommer (first) Joseph Augspurger (second)
Magdalena, married
Miller
John, married Lena Salzman -, married Kauffman
Sommer married
Children :-
Peter, married Anna Schlabach David, married Barbra Sloneker Christian, married Joseph, died single John, married Barbra King
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The parents never came to America. Christian was one of the original six families and many years ago with his family moved to Dark county.
Rev. John Sloneker, born, 1777; died, 1814. Married Fanny Lichty, died January 14, 1868.
Children :-
John, married Barbra Schlatter
Peter, married Jacobina King *
Christian, married Anna Shertz (first)
Susan Schindler (second) Anna Markman (third)
Jacob, married Elizabeth King * (first)
Lydia Schindler (second)
Mary, married John Schadt
Barbra, married David Sommers
Fanny Ramseyer, married Oswald (first)
Jacob Schmidt (second)
Mrs. Sloneker was married the second time to John Ramseyer, who died in 1818. She with her seven children came to America in 1824, and to Butler county in 1825.
* Daughters of Rev. Benedict King
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INDEX
Augspurger, Christian 11
Augspurger, Jacob, Rev. 11, 13, 16
Augspurger, Joseph, 1st 11
Augspurger, Joseph, 2nd, Rev. 16, 29
Augspurger, Joseph, 3rd, Rev.
17, 18, 20, 29
Augspurger, Joseph, 4th, Rev. 16,26
Augspurger, Christian K., Rev. 16, 25
Augspurger, John, Rev. 17, 18, 20, 26
Augspurger, Nicholas, Rev. 15, 16, 24
Apostolic Mennonite Church 17, 19
Augspurger Congregation 14, 15
Augspurger Families 40, 41, 43
Amstutz, John E., Rev.
21, 31
Augspurger, Ida 22
Augspurger, Samuel 17
Augspurger, John 17
Augspurger, Adolph 22
Augspurger, John W. 22
Augspurger, William C. 22
Augspurger, Louis 22
Bear, John B., Rev. 18
Bender, Catherine
20
Central Mennonite College
19
Collinsville Congregation
14
Cemeteries 33
Division
13
Ehresman, Simon 22
Ehresman, Theodore 22
Gauchy Family 43
Gunden, John 11
Goldsmith, Joseph, Rev. 12, 13, 14, 16, 28
Grubb, W. H., Rev.
21, 30
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Holly, Christian, Rev. 20,29
Holly, Peter, Rev. 20, 23
Holly, Bina . 20
Holly, Peter B. 22
Hessian Congregation 16
Iutzi, John 17
Iutzi Family
41, 42
Imhoff, Peter, Rev. 15, 16, 25
King, Benedict, Rev. 14, 16, 28
44
King Family
13, 16, 27
Krehbiel, Henry J., Rev.
18, 21, 31
Kistler, Michael, Rev. 16, 20, 23
Kennel, Peter, Rev. 17, 20, 23
Kennel Family
41
Kinsinger Families
42
Kinsinger, Joseph, Rev. 16,25
Kinsinger, Joseph, Rev.
16, 30
Kinsinger, Peter, Rev.
16, 18, 26
Kinsinger, Rudolph
22
Kennel, John, Sr.
17
Kennel, Edna
22
Kennel, John, Jr.
17
Kennel, Joseph A.
22
Kinsinger, Joseph
22
Kennel, John J.
22
Kennel, Alex J.
22
Mosiman, Eddison, Rev.
20
Mosiman, S. K., Rev.
20
Mueller, Jacob, Rev.
17, 20, 32
Miller, John
11
Meyer, Joseph, Rev.
16, 24
Mosiman, Elmer
22
Missionary Society
21
Mosiman, William
22
Moon, M'Della 22
19
Naffziger, Peter, Rev.
13, 16, 20, 27
Parsonage
Petter, Bertha 20
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New Church Building
18
Krehbiel, Jacob, Rev.
- 49 -
Ramseyer, Christian, Rev.
16, 32
Reminiscences 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Sunday Schools
16, 21
Shertz Family
43
Sommer Family
44
Slonecker Family 45
Salzman Family
43
Simpson, T. J.
21
Settlement, The
12
Schrock, Peter, Rev.
16, 32
Sommer, Christian 11
Unzicker, John, Rev. 17, 20, 24
Unzicker, Daniel, Rev. 14, 28
Wadsworth School
19
Williams, Agnes 20
Young People's Society 21
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