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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
BIOGRAPHIES:
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Amstutz, John E., Rev. - 31
Augspurger, Christian, Rev. 25
Augspurger, John - 26
Augspurger, Joseph, 2nd, Rev. 29
Augspurger, Joseph, 3rd, Rev. - 29
Augspurger, Joseph, 4th, Rev. - 26
Augspurger, Nicholas, Rev. - 24
Goldsmith, Joseph, Rev. - 28
Grubb, W. H., Rev. - 30
Holly, Christian, Rev. 29 |
Holly,
Daniel, Rev. - 23
Holly, Peter, Rev. - 23
Imhoff, Peter, Rev. - 25
Kennel, Peter, Rev. - 23
King, Benedict, Rev. - 28
Kinsinger, Joseph, Rev. - 30
Kinsinger, Joseph, Rev. - 25
Kinsinger, Peter, Rev. - 26
Kistler, J. Michael, Rev. 23 |
Krehbiel, Henry J., Rev. - 31
Krehbiel, Jacob, Rev. - 27
Meyer, Joseph, Rev. - 24
Mueller, Jacob, Rev. 32
Naffziger, Peter, Rev. - 27
Ramseyer, Christian, Rev. - 32
Schrock, Peter, Rev. - 32
Unzicker, Daniel, Rev. 28
Unzicker, John, Rev. - 24 |
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REV. PETER HOLLY
Peter Holly, with his family came to America and
settled in Butler county in 1832. He was one of the organizers
of the Hessian congregation, and was called as one of its ministers
on May 10, 1835. In the year 1847 he was advanced to the
office of Bishop, and served in this capacity until his death, which
occurred in 1854. |
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REV. DANIEL HOLLY
Daniel Holly was born in Germany, Aug. 3, 1816,
and came to America and settled in Butler county in 1832. He
united in marriage with Helen Bender, Apr. 2, 1839. He
was one of the organizers of the Hessian congregation, and was
elected one of its ministers in the year 1841, in which office he
faithfully served until 1848, when he removed to Illinois. |
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REV. PETER KENNEL
Peter Kennel, son of Peter and Magdalena
Kennel, was born in Bavaria, on Apr. 9, 1813, came with his
parents to America in 1830. He was married to Susan
Iutzi, June 18, 1839. In the year 1847 he was elected and
ordained a bishop in the Hessian congregation, having been elected a
minister several years before. He died Oct. 25, 1896, aged 83
years, 6 months and 16 days, and is buried in the Mennonite
cemetery. |
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REV. J. MICHAEL KISTLER
J. Michael Kistler was born Mar. 8, 1808.
He came to America and settled in Butler county about 1830. He
was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Peter and
Barbara Naffziger. About the year 1835 he was elected a
minister in the Hessian congregation, and served until 1842, when he
moved to Illinois. He died Mar. 12, 1876, and is buried at
Garden City, Mo. |
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REV. JOHN UNZICKER
John Unzicker, son of Rev. Daniel and
Magdalena Unzicker, was born near Collinsville, Ohio, Apr. 30,
1834. He was married to Mary Sloneker on Dec. 15, 1859.
In 1867 he was elected a minister in the Hessian congregation.
His death occurred Oct. 27, 1886, and is buried in the Union
cemetery, Collinsville. |
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REV. JOSEPH MEYER
Joseph Meyer was born in Belford, France, in the
year 1812. In 1828 he came to America and settled in Butler
county, where he united with the Augspurger congregation and was
later elected one of its ministers. He was married to Mary
Augspurger. He died Dec. 24, 1886, and is buried in the
Augspurger cemetery. |
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REV. NICHOLAS AUGSPURGER
Nicholas Augspurger, son of Rev.
Jacob and Mary Augspurger, was born in Alsace, France, Aug. 11,
1811, and with his parents came to America and settled in Butler
county, Ohio in 1819. He united in marriage with Magdalena
Gautsche, Mar. 6, 1835. In youth he united with the
Augspurger congregation, and was elected to the full ministry in
1847. He was especially gifted and was regarded as a leader in
the church. During his ministry he performed 78 marriage
ceremonies, baptized 140 persons and conducted 70 funerals. He
died Apr. 8, 1872, aged 60 years, 7 months and 28 days, and is
buried in the Augspurger cemetery. |
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REV. PETER IMHOFF
Peter Imhoff was born in Baden, Germany, on
Sept. 16, 1819. He came to America in 1839, and settled in
Butler county, Ohio. He united in marriage with Catherine
Augspurger, July 12, 1842. Soon after his arrival he
united with the Augspurger congregation, and was elected a minister
in 1861, and in 1870 to the office of bishop. He was a strong
preacher, and a man with liberal views. It was one of his fond
hopes that the two congregations be united as one, which occurred in
less than a year after his death. During his ministry he
performed 14 marriage ceremonies and baptized 53 persons. He
preached his last sermon Feb. 28, and several weeks later, Mar. 20,
1896, he passed to his reward, aged 76 years, 6 months and 4 days,
and is buried in the Mennonite cemetery. |
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REV. CHRISTIAN AUGSPURGER
Christian K. Augsppurger, son of Rev. Joseph
and Magdalena Augspurger, was born in Butler county, Ohio, Jan.
9, 1839. He united in marriage with Eliza Burcky, on
Feb. 13, 1862. In 1867 he was elected a minister in the
Augspurger congregation, with which he had united in youth. He
died Feb. 6, 1907, aged 68 years and 27 days, and is buried in the
Mennonite cemetery. |
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REV. JOSEPH KINSINGER
Joseph Kinsinger, son of Johannes and
Veronica (Imhoff) Kinsinger, was born in Weisenheim, near
Duerkheim, Rheinish Bavaria, Aug. 19, 1801. He came to America
and settled in Butler county in May, 1826. On October 5, 1830,
he united in marriage with Magdalena Augspurger.
Soon after his arrival he identified himself with the Augspurger
congregation, and in 1844 he was elected a minister, and was
ordained by Rev. Jacob Augspurger. He
died December 16, 1857, aged 56 years, 3 months, 28 days, and is
buried in the Union cemetery at Collinsville. |
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REV. PETER KINSINGER
Peter Kinsinger was born in Rhein Bayern,
Germany, on January 28, 1827. He united in marriage with
Catherine Augspurger in Butler county, Ohio, on February
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 member. He died
September 7, 1888, aged 61 years, 7 months, 9 days, and is buried in
the Mennonite cemetery. |
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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, October 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. |
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REV. JOHN AUGSPURGER
John Augspurger, son of Joseph
and Elizabeth Augspurger, was born near
Collinsville, Ohio, November 10, 1830. BHe was married to Emilie
Kennel on May 16, 1859. In the year 1867 he was elected
a minister in the Hessian congregation, with which he united in
youth. He died March 20, 1912, and is buried in the Mennonite
cemetery. |
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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 became 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
horseback, 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." In 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. |
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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 remained 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. |
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REV. JOSEPH GOLDSMITH
Joseph Goldsmith, who was the pioneer
Amish Mennonite minister of Canada and Iowa, was born in Alsace,
France, March 19, 1796, emigrated to America in 1819, and settled in
Canada. In 1824 he was called to the ministry and was the
first Amish minister ordained 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 congregations in Johnson and Henry
counties and moved to the latter place in 1857. He died April 26,
1876. |
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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 Darrtown 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 September, 1846.
In 1860 he was elected a minister in the Hessian congregation and
faithfully served in this capacity until his death, which occurred
January 8, 1882, and is buried in the Mennonite cemetery. |
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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 settled 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 retirement until February 17, 1896,
when he passed to his reward, aged 80 years, 1 month, 13 days.
He is buried in the Mennonite cemetery. |
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REV. JOSEPH AUGSPURGER, 2nd
Joseph Augspurger, son of Christian and
Catherine 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, 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. |
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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 cemetery, Germantown, Indiana. |
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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, simultaneously with the last two he was co-pastor of
the Bethany church in Quakertown for seven years. On 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 Delia K. Reed, on January 2, 1904, at
Philadelphia, Pa. He assumed the pastorate of the Apostolic
Mennonite church, August 1, 1913. |
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REV. HENRY J. KREHBIEL
Henry J. Krehbiel, son of Rev. Jacob and
Katherine Krehbiel, was born at Summerneld, Illinois, September
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 accepted 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 Summerfield, Illinois. After seventeen
years of a successful pastorate, he severed his relations with the
congregation on August 1, 1909, and accepted a call to the Mennonite
church in Reedley, California, where he has since labored with
success. |
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REV. JOHN E. AMSTUTZ
John E. Amstutz, son of John and Barbara
Amstutz, 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
Mennonite 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. |
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REV. PETER SCHROCK
Peter Schrock was born June 17, 1803, and
emigrated from Nancy, France, to Butler county, Ohio, in 1830.
He united in marriage with Magdalena Zimmerman, 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. |
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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 Augspurger on November 27, 1862, and died in
Hamilton county, January 11, 1891. |
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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. |
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