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Source:
Mennonites of Butler County, Ohio
by Rev. W. H. Grubb
Pastor of the
Apostolic Mennonite Church
Trenton, Ohio
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Published by the Author
1916
Publ. 1916
COLLINSVILLE CONGREGATION:
Pg. 14
Of the Collinsville congregation, very
little is known, except that it existed for a time under the
leadership of Revs. King and Goldsmith.
Many of the older people now living remember attending meetings
there with their parents. Its organization probably dates from
the division in 1835. It seems that its ministers did not take
sides with either the Augspurger or the Hessian factions.
Shortly after the division, Goldsmith moved near
Darrtown. There being a few families in Milford township, he
with his uncle, Benedict King, held meetings
independent of the other congregations. About 1834 Rev.
Daniel Unsicker, an ordained preacher, came from
Hamilton, Canada, located in Milford township and identified himself
with this congregation.
In the year 1838 King ordained
Goldsmith to the office of bishop, and in 1847 Goldsmith
moved to Iowa. A short time before, King moved to
Fulton county, where he died. After the death of Unsicker,
the remaining members united with the two existing congregations.
[Pg. 15]
A meeting-house was never built, the meetings being
held in the homes of the members. In the sixties the ministers
of the other congregations again held services here at stated times
for a number of years, and later in the Methodist church. When
the Presbyterian church was built the Mennonites secured an interest
in the building. Since 1909 this privilege has not been used;
some families have moved away, others have died. |
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