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Reuben, was born June 14, 1818, and died July 22, 1825.
Tilghman (see below).
Annie, was born March 25, 1825, and died May 31, 1837.
Sophia, was born April 19, 1821, and was married to Edward Harlacher. They were far- mers and resided at Vera Cruz. They had is- sue : Charles and Elimina.
Mary Wickert was married to Jonas Wen- ner. They resided on a farm near Macungie. Their daughter, Celesta, is married to James Biery.
Elisabeth, was married to Tilghman Schmoy- er. She died in her forty-seventh year. They resided at Allentown. They had issue: Al- wood, William, Harvey, Flora, Ida, and Al- vesta.
Sarah.
Tilghman Wickert, son of Henry and Lydia, was born in Lower Macungie. He was educated in the public schools. He was a successful far- mer and landlord; in his later years he lost most of the fruits of his toil through business reverses and by endorsing friends. He was mar- ried to Angelina Kline, a daughter of Jonas and Margarite Kline, of Kline's Corner, Berks county. She was born Jan. 22, 1834, and died of typhoid fever, Aug. 9, 1876.
Her ashes lie buried on the Moravian ceme- tery. This union was blessed with nine chil- dren: Harvey, M.D. (see below) ; Jacob, a cigar-maker, resides at Quakertown, and is mar- ried to Ellen Ritter, a daughter of Tilghman Ritter, of Dillingersville. They have two daugh- ters, Alma and Aeda. Henry, M.D., is prac- ticing medicine at Milford Square, Bucks county, Pa. He is married to Mary Swope. They have two sons, Clifford and Howard. Victor, M.D., is married to Jennie Evans, and is practicing medicine at Reading. Victoria, is married to Tilghman Augney. They reside at Perkasie, where Mr. Augney conducts a large general store. They have one daughter, Annie.
Annie is married to George Brown, of Birds- boro, where he conducts a large coal and feed business. They have nine children: George, Annie, Lewis, Flora, Lillie, Bertha, Minnie, William, and Harvey.
Laura is married to Elmer Moyer, a prosper- ous coal and lumber merchant at Perkasie. They have issue: Earnest, Grace, and Harold.
Minerva is married to Luther Sheeleigh, a son of Rev. Sheeleigh, of North Wales, Pa. They reside at Jersey City, where her husband. is in the employment of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. They have one son, Mathias.
Lillian died in infancy.
Mr. Wickert was married, a second time, to Amanda Cope, who survives him. This sec- ond marriage was blessed with one daughter, Martha, a graduate of the Keystone Normal School. He died at Emaus, Feb. 8, 1913, and was buried on the family plot on the Moravian
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cemetery. At the time of his death he was one of Emaus' oldest residents.
HARVEY T. WICKERT, physician and surgeon, ex-councilman and burgess, is one of Emaus' most prominent citizens. He was born in Lower Macungie township, April 21, 1855. He re- ceived his early training in the public schools and later was taught by a private governess for sev- eral years, after which he pursued a course in the Carlisle high school. In 1873 he began to read medicine under the direction of Dr. J. R. Diller, of Emaus, and in 1874 he entered the medical department of the University of Penn- sylvania from which he was graduated with first honors March 21, 1876. On April 15, 1876 he opened an office for general practice in Mil- ford Square, where he continued until April 1, 1896, when he removed to Emaus. On June 3, 1880, he was united in wedlock with Ida Hillegas, a daughter of Joel and Catherine (Brey) Hillegas, of Gerysville, Bucks county. This union was blessed with four children, one of whom a boy, was still born. Lillian is mar- ried to Robert Stoneback, one of the promising young men of Emaus. Florence is married to Roland L. Miller, the cashier of the Emaus Na- tional Bank, and Viola at home. These three daughters are popular and accomplished young ladies, and possess many of the noble qualities of womanhood of their devoted mother, who died Feb. 7, 1908. Florence and Viola are graduates of the Allentown College for Women.
Dr. Wickert was married (second) to Ellen S. Hausman, the daughter of Joshua and Susan (Huff) Hausman. They reside in the beautiful residence which he erected at the southeast cor- ner of Third and Main streets in 1898. Be- sides attending to a large and lucrative practice, he is actively engaged in various business affairs and possesses considerable real estate. He is the president of the Emaus Telephone Company, and of the board of trade, which he was instrumental in organizing, and which has been successful in locating six industries in the borough in the last five years. In politics he is a Democrat. He served as councilman from 1901-1904, and as burgess from 1906 to 1910. During his ad- ministration he inaugurated the movement for good sidewalks. As chairman of the finance com- mittee he labored unceasingly in behalf of the Golden Jubilee, which celebrated in 1909 the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Emaus, and much of the success is due to untir- ing efforts in securing the finances for the cele- bration. Fraternally he enjoys membership in the local Jr. O. U. A. M. He and his family are members of St. John's Lutheran congrega-
tion, in which he has served as elder for a num- ber of years.
MARCUS E. WICKERT, of the firm Buchman & Wickert, dealing in carriages, harness, etc., is a son of Willoughby Wickert, and a grandson of Henry and Susanna Wickert. His father, Wil- loughby, resides on the original Wickert home- stead in Lower Macungie township. He was married to Catherine Meitzler, and raised a fam- ily of eleven children. They are: Mary, Wil- liam, Allen, Marcus S., Florence, Warren, Ta- vella, Williard, Carrie, Charles, and Leroy.
Mr. Wickert was born in Lower Macungie township, April 25, 1878, and was educated in the public schools of the township and the Emaus high school. In 1897 he began teaching in his native township, after teaching three very suc- cessful terms he engaged in farming, tilling, the soil of his father-in-law, Charles Miller for a period of two years, after which he cultivated the farm of Dr. Lichtenwalner, near Fogelsville, one year and then removed to East Macungie, where he taught select school for two years.
In the spring of 1906 he came to Allentown and with George A. Buchman as partner con- ducted the Union Transfer Company, which after a period of a year they sold and engaged in their present business at the Center Square. They carry the largest and most varied stock of any similar concern in the Lehigh Valley. In poli- tics Mr. Wickert is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Reformed faith. He was superintendent of the Reigel's Sunday school in his native township for a period of five years and for a number of years a teacher in the Re- formed Sunday school at Macungie. On Christ- mas, 1897, he was united in holy wedlock with Minnie M. Miller. This union is blessed with one son, Henry A.
WIDMAN FAMILY.
Jacob Widman of the firm of Widman & Co., Bethlehem, Pa., was born in March, 1848, in Heidenheim, Wurtemburg, Germany, and is a son of Casper Widman. When fourteen years of age he learned the brewing trade in the Fa- therland and when twenty years old, in 1868, he came to Pennsylvania, locating at Allentown, there he was employed by Joseph Lieberman, the brewer; and one year later he accepted a posi- tion with Schilling, at Bethlehem. He then re- turned to his former employer at Allentown in whose employ he was all told for fifteen years, as brewmeister. In the year 1874 he engaged in the hotel business on North Seventh street, in Allentown, and continued there until 1877. Mr. Widman, in 1889, bought out the brewing
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interests of Carl Eckert at Bethlehem, Pa. There he lived with his family for a period of twenty-two years. In the fall of 1911 he pur- chased the George Reese Mansion at Hill Top, between Bethlehem and Rittersville; and there the family now reside.
The large and substantial brewery building in Bethlehem, Mr. Widman built in 1902; and in it and in the successful conduct of his business he employs a large force of men.
He was married in 1872 to Anna Kreitz- burg, of Saxon, Germany. The family are all members of the Lutheran church. Mr. and Mrs. Widman have these children: Annie, the wife of Joseph Brey, of Allentown; Harry, who is his father's bookkeeper; Amy, married to Jeremiah Jerome; Charles J .; Mamie; Lillie, and Helen.
Charles J. Widman, the proprietor of the Manhattan Hotel, at Rittersville, was born at Allentown, March 2, 1880. He was educated in the public schools at Allentown and in Beth- lehem; also in Dorney's Business College, at Allentown and in a business college at Bethle- hem. He assisted in 1897, to start the North- ampton brewery, and in the same year became an assistant to his father at Bethlehem and con- tinued there in that position until 1902, then became the manager of the bottling establishment connected with his father's brewery, and in Feb- ruary, 1904, took charge of a saloon at Bethle- hem which he conducted until April 1, 1906, when he took charge of the Manhattan Hotel, which has twenty large rooms. He is a mem- ber of these fraternal bodies; B. P. O. E., F. O. E., Moose, Buffaloes, and Improved Order of Red Men. He was married, Feb. 22, 1906, to Ida Uhler, a daughter of David Uhler.
WIEAND FAMILY.
The register of the Reformed Church at Frein- sheim having been destroyed during the invasion of the Palatinate by the French, the earlier rec- ords of the Wiegandt family are lost.
All the Wieands of Lehigh county are de- scendants of Jacob Wiegandt and wife, Anna Katharina, of Freinsheim, in the Palatinate (Rhein-Pfalz), Germany.
They had six children, five sons and one daugh- ter, of these two sons, Johann Wendel and Johann Jost, emigrated to America.
Johann Wendel was born July 14, 1709. He landed at Philadelphia, August 19, 1729. He married Joanna Margaretha Fisher and settled in New Goshenhoppen, near what is now the borough of East Greenville, Montgomery county.
Of the six children born to these parents, three were sons and three were daughters, the youngest,
Jost, born September 29, 1747, married Anna Barbara Roeder. He died December 9, 1815.
Daniel, the youngest of their nine children, born October 29, 1793, married Debora Deysher and they had the following children :
I. Daniel, born January 1, 1816; married (1) Judith Kriebel, (2) Matilda Gilbert.
2. Charles, born October 1, 1817; married Mary Bittner; no further record.
3. Joel, born January 4, 1819; married Re- becca Ruth.
4. Catharine, born October 4, 1820; married Jacob Yeakel.
5. William, *born October 29, 1822; mar- ried Sarah Huffort. *Date may be November 15, 1823.
6. Sarah, born May 8, 1825; married Isaac Kriebel.
7. Jonathan, born May 15, 1827; married Elizabeth Ernst.
8. Judith Elizabeth, born May 18, 1832; mar- ried J. Tilghman Bachman.
The children of Rev. Daniel Wieand, oldest son of Daniel Wieand, follow:
Elizabeth, born October 3, 1843; married Frank White.
Rev. William K., born October 28, 1845; mar- ried Caroline Hains.
Mary A., born November 19, 1853; no further record.
The children of Charles Wieand, the second son of Daniel, follow :
Harrison; no further record.
Tacob,
James, 835 Maple street, Allentown.
Eliza, married to George Wasser.
Sarah, married to Mathias Strauss.
The children of Joel Wieand, the third son of Daniel, follow :
John Lewis, born March 9, 1844; died un- married.
Edwin Franklin, born September 18, 1846; married Louisa Scherer.
George W., born December 9, 1849; no fur- ther record.
Joseph R., born August 30, 1851 ; married (1) Hannah Billheimer, (2) Alice.
Hiram Q., born March 9, 1853; died un- married.
Anna Matilda, born March 18, 1855; died in infancy.
Ellen Rebecca, born June 6, 1858; married Preston Kern.
The children of Jonathan Wieand, the seventh child of Daniel, follow :
Henry A., born December 31, 1852; died Oc- tober 6, 1870.
William Arthur, born December 2, 1867.
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The children of Jonathan Wieand follow :
Tilghman L., born February 28, 1854; mar- ried Rebecca Egge.
Mary Jane, born October 15, 1856; married Clement Eberhart.
Harvey J., born June 28, 1860; married Sal- lie M. Meissner.
John A., born May 13, 1863; died March 8, 1865.
Emma E., born July 26, 1866; Irwin J. Free- man.
Flora R., born April 10, 1871. Carrie L., born January 31, 1873.
This is the extent of our record of the male descendants (including some of the female de- scendants) of Johann Wendel Wiegandt, the elder of the two brothers who came to America.
DESCENDANTS OF THE YOUNGER BROTHER, JOHANN JOST WIEGANDT.
Johann Jost Wiegandt was born October 24, 1717. He landed at Philadelphia, November 3, 1750. His wife, Anna Barbara, and two children probably came with him from Freinsheim. They settled in New Goshenhoppen, near his brother, who had preceded him to America many years before.
Of their four or five children born in America, two sons, Jost and Wendel, eventually settled in Lehigh county (or Northampton county as it was then called).
JOST WIEAND, son of Johann Jost Wiegandt, was born June 21, 1754. He married Anna Margaretha Lang and settled, so tradition has it, near the Little Lehigh, in Salisbury township. Their children follow :
I. Elias, born December 19, 1790; married Elizabeth Walter.
2. Maria Margaretta, born April 24, 1783; died unmarried July 30, 1858.
3. Jacob, born July 5, 1785 ; married Margaret Kehm.
4. Jost, born April 19, 1787; married Lydia Miller.
5. Henry, born February 15, 1789; married Elizabeth Leibensperger.
6. Magdalene, born May 22, 1797; married Jacob Keck ..
7. David, born October 20, 1795; married a Mrs. Lang.
8. Catharine, married a Rupp.
9. Eunice, married a Wieand.
10. Peter, lived in Bradford, Pa.
II. John, lived in Maryland.
Of the above sons of Jost Wieand, Elias, Jacob, Jost, Henry and David lived in Lehigh county, where most of their descendants are still living in Salisbury township, in Emaus and in Allentown.
The children of Elias Wieand follow:
Thomas, born March 22, 1815; died in in- fancy.
Moses, born October 22, 1816; married and lived in Emaus.
Margaret, born March 14, 1820; married Jacob Dech.
Maria, born October 16, 1828; married Reu- ben Romig.
The children of Jacob Wieand follow:
Margaret, born November 4, 1816; died Jan- uary 5, 1839.
Charles, born June 7, 1809; married Chris- tina Schuler, Lower Milford.
Christina, married Christian Ortt.
Hannah (or Rebecca), married a Mechling or Meckley.
Elizabeth, married a Mechling or Meckley.
The children of Jost Wieand follow :
James, born August 4, 1817; married Mary Roeder.
Five daughters, Hetty, Mary, Pollie, Julia and Sarah married, respectively, to Wieder, Fry, Feg- ely, Gerhart and Gerhart. No further record of daughters.
The children of Henry Wieand follow:
David, born September 27, 1814; married Judith Danner.
Jonas, born January 25, 1818; married Susan Danner.
Judith, married Reuben Kline.
Moses Wieand, son of Elias, had only one son, Uriah H., now living at Emaus, where he was postmaster.
Charles Wieand, son of Jacob, had five sons, two of whom died unmarried. The other three are as follows :
William H., married and now living at Dil- linger Station, on the Perkiomen R. R.
Jacob Harrison, born August 25, 1838; mar- ried Susan Schubert; lives in Reading.
Lewis H., living near Zionsville.
James Wieand, son of Jost, had only one child, a daughter, Amanda C .; married to John A. Beck, of Allentown.
David Wieand, son of Henry, had the follow- ing sons:
Henry, born January 27, 1840; married Eliza- beth Hess.
· Edwin, born December 20, 1844; married Isa- ·bella Gehris. .
Franklin D., born February 28, 1847; married (1) Alice Baer, (2) Sarah Slough.
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David D., born June 5, 1849; married Emma Miller.
Susie, married Hiram Sterner.
Caroline, married Jonas Mink.
Jonas Wieand, son of Henry, had Ellavissa ; and Victor H., born September 28, 1854; married Carrie Young, Allentown.
This is the extent of our record of the descend- ants of Jost Wieand, son of Johann Jost Wie- gandt.
Wendel Wieand, son of Johann Jost Wie- gandt, was born June 21, 1757. He married Christina Herzog and settled at what is now Old Zionsville, Lehigh county. Their children were: John, date of birth not known. Settled in Montgomery county.
David, born November 21, 1781 ; married Sus- anna Walter; lived in Upper Milford.
Magadalene, date of birth not known; married Samuel Freas.
Maria, date of birth not known; married Jacob Edelman, Allentown.
Elizabeth, date of birth not known; died un- married.
David Wieand, son of Wendel, had three chil- dren, one son and two daughters:
Charles W., born March 13, 1809; married Susan Krauss.
Elizabeth, born April 24, 1814; married Con- rad Meyer.
Maria, born January 5, 1817; married Charles Yerger.
Charles W. Wieand, son of David, was born at what is now Old Zionsville, Upper Mil- ford township, and lived there until 1872, when he moved to East Greenville, Montgomery coun- ty. He had six children.
Maria, born March 27, 1834; married Dr. Isaac B. Yeakel.
David Andrew, born October 6, 1842; died in infancy.
Sarah, born December 30, 1844; married Lewis F. Shetler.
Charles Samuel, born February 28, 1848; mar- ried Leonora M. Sell.
Susan, born August 7, 1851 ; married Wilson S. Krauss.
Laura Elizabeth, born February 17, 1857; died in infancy.
(Charles W. Wieand died in Pottstown, Pa., August 17, 1890. )
CHARLES SAMUEL WIEAND, son of Charles W., was born at Old Zionsville, Lehigh county ; moved to Montgomery county in 1872; founded Perkiomen Seminary, Pennsburg, 1875, and moved to Pottstown, 1884; was pastor of Zion's Reformed church, Pottstown, 1883 to 1907. Of
the eight children of Charles S. and Leonora M. Wieand (three sons and five daughters) six died in infancy. Two daughters survive:
Irma Clarissa, born April 20, 1877.
Emma Helen, born April 16, 1885.
VICTOR H. WIEAND, the president of the Le- high County Agricultural Society, and a veterinary surgeon of Allentown, is a grand- son of Heinrich Wieand, of Salisbury township. The latter was a native of Maxatawny township. He was born February 15, 1789, and died Jan- uary 13, 1877. He and his wife, Elizabeth, nee Leibensperger, who was born May 4, 1794, and died August 19, 1869, were faithful members of the Reformed congregation of Western Salisbury, where their ashes repose. They were farmers and possessed two farms in Salisbury township, now owned by Daniel F. Finck and Oliver E. Schneck, respectively. To them were born three children: David, Jonas, and Judith, married to Reuben Kline. David owned and operated the farm now owned by Mr. Schneck. He was a great horse- man and died still a young man while on a west- ern trip buying horses. His remains were buried at Dayton, Ohio. His wife, Judith Danner, was born November 6, 1816, and died July 3, 1899. They had issue: David, Jr., Henry, Frank, Edwin, Susan and Carolina.
Jonas Wieand, son of Heinrich, was born Jan- uary 25, 1818, and died September 16, 1890, aged 72 years, 7 months and 21 days. He was a veterinary surgeon, horse-dealer and farmer. He owned the farm now the property of Daniel Finck. He was an exceptional horseman and for . many years the leading horse-dealer in the county. He had two large stables in Allentown. During the Civil War he bought horses for the Federal government, shipping two carloads monthly. He was widely known and highly respected, and for many years the Republican leader of the county. His wife, Susanna Danner, was a sister to Judith, the wife of his brother David. They were daughters of David Danner, whose wife died in her 99th year. To Jonas and Susanna Wieand were born two children, Ella, who died, 1865, aged 16 years, and Victor H.
Victor H. Wieand, of 411 North Seventh street, Allentown, was born in Salisbury town- ship, September 28, 1854. He was educated in the public schools of the township, principally in Wieand's school house named in honor of his father ; Gregory's Academy, Allentown, and Muhlenberg College, from which he was grad- uated in 1874. His veterinary training was ob- tained in the American Veterinary College, N. Y. In 1876 he began the practice of his profes- sion in Allentown and has continued ever since and is one of the most noted of his
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profession in the city and county. Dr. Wieand has for many years occupied a prominent position in the political life of the county. In 1895 he was the unsuccessful nominee of the Republican party for the mayoralty of Allentown. In 1907 he was elected by a majority of over 1,200 to the office of high sheriff of Lehigh county, which office he filled with credit and honor. He is widely known, popular and progressive. In 1914 he was elected by the stockholders as president of the Lehigh County Agricultural .Society. He and his family are members of St. John's Reformed con- gregation. In 1887 he was married to Carrie Young, a daughter of John and Anna (Miller) Young. To them were born five children, of whom three died in childhood. Those living are Harry J. F., of Pittsburgh, married to Mary Petch, and Annie at home.
JAMES B. WIEAND, farmer and fruit-grower of Guth's Station, is a grandson of David Wie- and, Sr., who was one of Lower Macungie's sub- stantial citizens during the middle period of the last century. His wife, nee Schmoyer, was mar- ried a second time to Henry Eisenhard. He was buried at Western Salisbury church.
David Wieand, Jr., was a life-long farmer ; he owned a small farm near Centerville. He was twice married. The first time to a Miss Hart- zell; she died during confinement. The second wife was Elizabeth Baumer, a daughter of Daniel Baumer. To them were born four children : James; Alavesta, married John Laub; George W., and Sevillia, married John Roedler. Mr. Wieand was a deacon at the Trexlertown Lu- theran congregation, where his remains repose.
James B. Wieand was born in Allentown in 1852. As a young man he learned the art of print- ing and worked as a journeyman for six years. After which he engaged in ore mining for the Thomas Iron Co., at Mertztown, Farmington and Trexlertown. He was a sub-contractor and at times employed as many as fifty men. He dis- continued mining in 1889. In 1894 he came into possession of the Benjamin Kocher homestead, which he has greatly improved. In 1902 he plant- ed a fruit orchard, planting 2,000 trees, consist- ing of peaches, pears and plums. His berry patch of three acres yields abundantly. He finds a ready market for his fruit at Allentown. In politics Mr. Wieand is a Democrat in religion he adheres to the Lutheran faith and takes an active interest in the Guthsville Union Sunday school, of which he is treasurer since 1910. In November, 1873, he was married to Catharine E. Andreas, a daughter of Nathan and Sarah (Schantz) And- reas, daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Mohr) Andreas. Her brother, William J., was for many years the pastor of the Lutheran church
at Bath, where he died. This union was blessed with seven children: Clement J., of Cementon ; Mamie, married Henry Hoffman; Charles N., died in 1907, aged 25 years; Richard H., of Guth Station; Henry D .; Preston P., married Stella Buchman, and Carrie, who died in her third year.
Daniel Wieand was born October 29, 1793, in Upper Milford township, where he operated a farm and mill. He was at one time a school di- rector. He subsequently conducted a feed store in Allentown. He was a member of the Evan- gelical Church. He died, August 6, 1871, and was buried in Union cemetery.
He married Debora Deisher. Issue: Rev. Daniel; Charles; Joel; William; Jonathan D .; Catharine, born October 4, 1820; married to Jacob Yeakel; Sallie, married to Isaac Kriebel ; and Judith E., married J. T. Bachman.
Jonathan D. Wieand; son of Daniel and De- bora (Deisher ) Wieand, was born May 15, 1827, in Upper Milford township. He was a weaver by trade and had the first contract for carpet weaving in the Lehigh county prison, at Allen- town, which business he followed there for many years. He subsequently conducted a carpet store in Allentown. From about 1873 to 1878 Mr. Wieand and his son, T. L. Wieand, conducted a carpet weaving business in the jail at Easton, Pa. Jonathan D. Wieand removed from Upper Mil- ford to Allentown about 1849. He was a very active member of the Evangelical Church and for many years a class leader and also a trustee. He married Elizabeth Ernst, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Gable) Ernst. He died Decem- ber 5, 1884, and Mrs. Wieand died at the age of seventy-four years. Issue: Rev. Tilghman L .; Mary, married to Clement Eberhart; Harvey J .; John; Emma, married to Irwin J. Freeman ; Flora; and Carrie, married to Peter Kirnan.
REV. TILGHMAN L. WIEAND, son of Jona- than D. and Elizabeth (Ernst) Wieand, was born in Allentown, February 28, 1854. At an early age he began to assist his father in his car- pet business. Subsequently, from 1873 to 1878, he conducted a broom business, also a carpet store at 535 Hamilton street, continuing the latter business until 1908. He then devoted his entire time to gospel work, having been con- verted young in life and sanctified at the age of twenty-one. He served the Evangelical Church in every office open to laymen, and especially as Sunday school teacher and as Sunday school su- perintendent. He subsequently left the Evan- gelical Church and joined the Ebenezer Holiness Church, which was finally merged as the Eben- ezer Pentecostal Church of North America, and later merged with the Pentecostal Nazarine Church. He built Ebenezer Pentecostal church
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