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Accession #

BC2011/25a-y

Topic

Church of the Brethren History: WIlliam Eberly Collection

Title

Bill Eberly Collection: Church of the Brethren Materials

Location

Location indicated under object

Citation

Bill Eberly Collection: Church of the Brethren Materials, BC2011/25a-y, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.

Access

Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.

Provenance

Eloise Eberly upon the death of Professor Emeritus William Eberly

Scope and Content

BC2011/25		Church of the Brethren History, Indiana and Denominational

BC2011/25a	Tile with image of New Markle Church of the Brethren:				4 November 1956 dedication
BC2011/25b	Tile with image of Markle Church of the Brethren:				1887-1955
Location:	Church of the Brethren Shelving Unit South Wall (IS).

Issues of the Christian Family Companion beginning with Volume 1, Number Unknown, 1864
BC2011/25c	announcing the death of John Kline.			Issues have been sewn together.
	These issues continue to 1866 where it is hard to get a date because pages have
	been worn or eaten away.			[Not known if set is complete or incomplete]
BC2011/25d	Christian Family Companion beginning with January 1873 - November 1873.
Location:	On shelf (IS) with other issues of
	the Christian Family Companion.			[Not known if set is complete or incomplete]

BC2011/25e	Bethel Church of the Brethren commemorative history booklet.
BC2011/25f	Spring Creek Church of the Brethren commemorative history booklet.
Location:	Church of the Brethren Filing cabinets (IS) in respective congregational files.

BC2011/25g	Church of the Brethren letters of membership circa the middle 1800's.
	Some congregations included are
		Sandy Church -Cloumbiana County, Ohio.
		Fall-Creek Church, Highland County, Ohio.
		Deer Creek - Caroll County, Indiana.
		Lickcreek Congregation, Ohio.
		Owl Creek - Ohio
		Lost Creek - Miami County, Ohio.
		Bryan Willams County, Ohio.
		Montgomery County, Ohio.
		Squirrel Creek - Miami and Wabash Counties, Indiana.
Location:	Flat File Drawer C

BC2011/25h	Mexico Indiana Church of the Brethren Centennial Program 1938.
Location:	Church of the Brethren Filing cabinets (IS) in respective congregational files.

BC2011/25i	Minutes and materials related to Middle Indiana District Conferences:
	1877-1913, 1952, 1960
	1904, 1894, 1919, 1917, 1910,

BC2011/25j	Photographs and negatives in an enveolope marked, "First District Conference?"
		There were district conference going back to the 1800's.
		Perhaps this was the first district conference combining the Southern
		and Central Indiana districts (South Central District)?
Location:	Church of the Brethren Filing cabinets (IS): South Central Indiana District Files.

BC2011/25k	Nathan Leopold, Jr. Church of the Brethren correspondence regarding his
	release from prison and assignment to Brethren Service as a medical technician
	in Castaner, Puerto Rico. Accompanying correspondence is an article
	from PEOPLE magazine 1999 providing a historical context.
Location:	COB General Filing Cabinet: Leopold

BC2011/25L	Family names associated with West Manchester Church of the Brethren
Location:	Flat File Drawer C

BC2011/25m	1925 Annual Conference Booklet, Programs and Business for the
	Annual Meeting of the Church of the Brethren, Winona Lake.
	Booklet contains someone's personal notes.
Location:	Bill Eberly Collection, Large Box #185

BC2011/25n	Fall Institute, Mexico Church, 1938.
	This institute was intended for every officer and teacher, every
	minister and worker. Every church (in the district?) was invited
	Discussion regarding young people led by Dan West.
Location:	Church of the Brethren Filing cabinets (IS): South Central Indiana District Files.
	Filed under : Fall Institute

BC2011/25o	250th Anniversary of the Church of the Brethren
	Service at the Church of the Brethren, Franklin Grove, Illinois.
	Historical description of the founding of the Brethren

	250th Anniversary of the Church of the Brethren 1708-1958 booklet commemorating
	Church of the Brethren service to the world.
Location:	COB General Filing Cabinet: Anniversary

BC2011/25p		Middle Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren Materials
			News Bulletin, Middle Indiana Church of the Brethren, 1944.
			Middle Indiana, 37 Churches Working Together - description.
			Convention of Wabash County Sunday School Association, 1922.
		Southern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren
			Indianapolis Church of the Brethren 1955 Building Campaign.
		Church Extension, Indiana Project, 1958-1959
			Indiana Districts of the Church of the Berthren working together
			to start new churches.
Location:	COB Filing Cabinets: South Central Indiana District - Miscellaneous File.

BC2011/25q	The Brethren Service Project Presents Its 15th Anniversary Celebration
	commemorating the Fifteenth Anniversary of the project's program in
	Castaner, Puerto Puerto, Rico.
		The Brethren Service Commission appointed Dr. Earl Garver,
		Dean of Manchester College and member of the Brethren
		Service Commission, as official representative to the event.
Location:	COB General Filing Cabinet : Brethren Service Project.

BC2011/25r	Count Well the Cost Suggestions for Using Worship Resources, 275th Anniversary,
		5 June 1983.
	Hymn "Count Well the Cost," words by by Alexander Mack, Sr.
Location:	COB General Filing Cabinet: Anniversary

BC2011/25s	Images related to Church of the Brethren History:
		Postcard and image of Schriesheim.
		A drive near Shriesheim 1893.
		Schriesheim, Germany , Birthplace of Alexander Mack.
		Earliest know photographs of the Talmuhle, Alexander Mack's
		birthplace.
		The Talmuhle, or Mack Mill, birthplace of Alexander Mack.
		Image taken in 1990.
Location:	COB General Filing Cabinet: History

BC2011/25t	Annual Conference Food Service, 1929 Annual Conference held at Manchester College.
		A history of this 1929 Annual Conference probably written by Bill Eberly.
		Image showing meeting tent on campus.
		Image of meeting tent, 1929, on MC campus.
Location:	COB General Filing Cabinet: Annual Conference, Food Service.

BC2011/25u	Church of the Brethren Sunday School materials and Periodicals:
		Beginner's Lesson Stories, July, August, September
		Brethren Graded lessons, Year One, Lesson 45.
			The Primary Child, 25 August 1940, Year 1, Story 47.
			The Primary Child, 3 November 1940, Year 2, Story 5.
			The Primary Child, 20 October 1940, Year 2, Story 3.
			The Primary Child, 27 October 1940, Year 2, Story 4.
			The Primary Child, 3 November 1940, Year 2, Story 5.
		Brethren Teachers' Monthly, October 1935, Vol. 29, No. 10.
		Brethren Teachers' Monthly, November 1935, Vol. 29, Nol 11.
		Brethren Advanced Quarterly, First Quarter, 1921, Vol. XXXVI, No. 1.
		Brethren Juvenile Quarterly, 1906, First Quarter, Vol. XVI, No. 1.
		Brethren Juvenile Quarterly, 1912, Third Quarter, Vol. XXII, No. 3.
Location:		All of the above are in the Bill Eberly Collection Large Box 185.

		Christian Family Companion and Gospel Visitor, Meyersdale, PA
			2 Feb, 1875, Vol. II No. 5.
Location:		Bill Eberly Collection Large Box 185.

		The Gospel Messenger, 19 July 1924, Vol. 73, No. 29.
Location:		Bill Eberly Collection Large Box 185.

BC2011/25v	A Primer For Annual Conference Moderators, 1984.
Location:	COB General Filing Cabinet: Annual Conference, Moderators.

BC2011/25w	A List of the References of Meetings Held. At the Times & Places Stated in the
	Following Churches of the German Baptist Church, printed by Jacob M. Kauffman,
	Petersburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylfania. The list begins 4 January 1880.
	Included with this photocopy is a funeral hymn:
		A Funeral Hymn. L. M.
Location:	COB General File: Meetings

BC2011/25x	Annual Conference lodging contract, 1909.
Location:	COB General File: Annual Conference, Lodging.

BC2011/25y	Our Houses of Worship, reproduction of The Walnut Street Messenger.
	A history of the meeting houses in the North Manchester area.
Location:	Flat File Drawer E

More information for BC2011/25g - description prepared 27 December 2014 by Jeanine M. Wine

BC2011/25g	Red Binder
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
13 April 1848			Sandy Church	Columbiana County, Ohio	Peter Swihard and wife	David Shoemaker
						Jacob Miller [see Brethren Encylopedia pg. 961]
						Elios ( )sley?
						Lewis Glafz?
						Jacob Metz
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
28 October 1849 ?			Fall Creek Church	Highland County, Ohio	Arthur Black and wife,	John Stokn?
					Lyrena or Aryena Black	Thomas Major [see Brethren Encylopedia pg. 961]
						David Okerman [see Brethren Encylopedia pg. 961]
						Isaac Morris
						James Stafford
						Amaziah Hiatt
						Samuel Parker
						Joseph L. Parker
						Jacob G. Spohn?
						Daniel L. Davis
						Daniel Kinzer
						Jacob Rinzer, Jr.? Kinzer?
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
14Ooctober 1849			(Lower) Deer Creek	Caroll County, Indiana	Daniel Brallier and wife,	unreadable
			Congregation		Catharine Brallier	unreadable
			See pg. 32 of the		Brallien?	Metzger (Henry?)See pg. 32 of the
			"History of the Church of the			"History of the Church of the
			Brethren in Indiana," 1952 edition			Brethren in Indiana," 1952 edition
						John Musselman See pg. 32.
						( ) Replogel Replogle
						( ) Ulwisely?
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
14 August 1850?				Mungemery County, Ohio	Cathrine Overhulser	John Studybaker (Studebaker?)
				Montgomery?	(Catherine Overholser)?	John Bower
						John Brumbaugh
						Samuel Spitter
						Michel Miller (Michael?)
						Samuel Brunbaugh
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
21 August 1850	Perhaps Lick Creek -		Lick Creek Congregation	Williams County, OHIO	Elizabeth Keller	George Stockman
	organized in 1836		organized in 1836		(Elisabeth?)	John Brown
	See: Brethren Encyclopedia		See: Brethren Encyclopedia			Chresteoen Doener (Christian?)
			[Ohio] page 961.			Jacob Brown
						( ) Rafanburgur
						Daniel Brown
						Danie Long (Daniel?)
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
17 February 1851					Nancy Cotsner ?	John Swihart
						Conrad Cayler
						Henry Snider
						Martin Realz
						Moses Keim
						Christian Kline
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
30 April 1851				Knox? County, Ohio	Abraham Houshalder and	John Maltzbough
					wife	Abraham Leedy
						Samuel Leedy
						John Long
						Abraham Leedy
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
January 30, 1905				Caroll? Knoll? County		illegible
						John S. Studebaker
						illegible
						illegible
						illegible
						John Ulrey
						David Replogle
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
19 December 1852				Trible County? Ohio	Anny Miller	John Brower
					Anna Miller	Jacob Barnhart
						John Miller
						Daniel Stover
						Henry Flory
						George ( )
						Soloman Young? Yonz?
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
January 25, 1905				Trible County? Ohio	See ? and wife	John Brower
						Jacob Barnhart
						( ) Miller
						John Harter (is he father of Phoebe Harter?)
						Daniel Stover
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
9 September 1853				Montgomery County, Ohio	Sister Hetty Overleer	Christian Arnold
					wife of Georg Overleere	Abraham Erbaugh
						Samuel Garber
						John Ruse
						Joseph Arnold
						David Hull
						( ) Erbaugh
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
6 March 1853		North part of Indiana in	Lost Creek	Miami County, Ohio	Daniel Wyland and wife,	John Darst
		Elkhart County			Margaret Wyland	George Puterbaugh (might also be known as Butterbaugh)
						Daniel Gordan
						Samuel Eyer
						John O ( )ffe
						John ( ) sley
						John Heckman
						Daniel Eyer
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
13 March 1853				Montgomery County, Ohio	Sister Mary Overlese, wife	Peter Nead
					of Henry Overlese	Philip Wampler
						Abrafram Flory (Abraham?)
						William Stoner
						unreadable
						John Denlinger
						Abraham Miller
						( ) Leyre, Teyre, Feyre?
5 July 1854	Personal letter from:	Henry Neff	To: David Shivley	Kosciousko County,
				(located in Indiana)
		Ohio
Following is a rendition of	the letter as interpreted by	Jeanine Wine, archivist:
Dear Brother and Sister	I take the opportunity to inform	you that we are all well at present.	Thanks be to god for the undeserved	blessing.	I received your letter this morning which	gives me great satisfaction to hear of you that you are all well.
Now about our (miscellany	faults)?	If we would have got word sooner	we would certainly come for her. But	as mother could not do without a help	through harvest, we not knowing where	she would come,
we have now hired a girl for	the present. We commenced our	harvest on the 3 day of July and we	have about 48 acres to cut and we	cannot come out now. I have nothing	more to write to you now but wish to	( ) you my heartfelt love, and that I with you may grow in grace
and in the knowledge of the	truth.
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
3 October 1854				Bryan William County, Ohio	George Rinesmith	John Brown
Letter regarding unfulfilled	promise to cord wood for the	purchase of a mare.

Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
24 August 1857		north part of Indiana	Meetin Reckomends	Montogomery County, Ohio	Michael Myers and family	Michael Moyer ?
			(Meeting Recommends)		Elizabeth Myers	Daniel Noffsinger
						Jacob Keen
						David Murray
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
18 August 1859				Squirrel Creek Congregation	Brother Goodman A. Wright	David Barnhart
					and wife, Elizabeth Wright	Daniel H. Showalter (Daniel Showalter)
						John B. Neff (John Neff)
						Shelby ( )
						George Tombaugh
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
6 October 1850			Sandy Church	Starke & Columbiana County,	Brother (Manapeh) Baer and	Jacob Miller
				Ohio	wife	Elias Rijcley? (Ritchey?)
						William Dickey
						Lewis Glafs ?
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
19 April 1860				Ashland District, Ohio	Sister McDonnel	Elias Dickey
						John Bollinger
						George Witwer
						Moses Weaver
Date	Receiving Church	Receiving Church Location	Sending Church	Sending Church Location	Name of Member(s)	Name(s) of Church Authority(ies)	Note(s)
			Squirrel Creek Congregation	Miami and Wabash Counties,	Brother Aaron Swihart and	David Barnhart
				Indiana	wife, Mary Swihart	D. ( ) Showalter
						John B. Neff ? (John Neff)?
						unknown (Shelly Anthony?)
						David Neff ?
						Benjamin Neff

Date of Accession

02 November 2011

Bio History Note

The membership letters referred to below [BC211/25g] are thought to have belonged to members of German Baptist (Church of the Brethren) congregations who were leaving one location and relocating in Indiana. More research is needed to determine into what Indiana congregation these people were received. Bill Eberly donated these letters to the Archives.

Archivist Note

Some assorted materials were received ino the Archives but were not accessioned. They were either
added to existing groupings or were recycled. These objects include but are not limited to:
	Aurora yearbooks, 1914. 1916 and 1917 .
	LPs featuring A Cappella Choir, Madrigal Singers and the Symphony Orchestra.
	Calendar:	Centennial 1889-1989
	"Centennial Program of the Mexico Church of the Brethren."
	Commencement Week at Manchester College 1914.
	Image of what Archivist believes to be Roann Church of the Brethren.

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