Hi
Have you contacted the United Brethren Archives? The archives for the
existing UB church is at Huntington College in Huntington, IN. The archives
for the Evangelical United Brethren Church (merged with the Methodists in
1968) is at Dayton OH (I belive it's Union Theological Seminary). The
Source gives the address as Historical Society, 1810 Harvard Bldg, Dayton,
OH 45406. The two branches split in 1889.
Mrs. Jane Mason is the Archivist at Huntington. Her e-mail is
jmason(a)huntington.edu. They have old conference records, an obituary card
file and other info. I've never been to Dayton, so I can't speak for what's
there.
My 2nd great-grandfather (George Robinett) was minister on the Mt Pleasant
Circuit in 1884. Another 2nd great-grandfather was presiding elder for the
North Ohio Conference (which included DeKalb and Steuben Co) -- and his son
was a minister in the NO conference and a UB Bishop -- so I have done a bit
of work in this area.
Jackie Hanna
jackiehanna(a)bigfoot.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Wilson [mailto:twilson@pathwaynet.com]
Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 8:35 PM
To: INDEKALB-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INDEKALB-L] Rowe
My grandmother Anna Blanche (Rowe) Elder was born in Butler, on
December 3,
1882. Her parents were Jacob Andrew and Nancy Hannah (Drake) Rowe.
Grandmother had two sisters Ellen Cora and Daisy, but it is
unknown if they
were born in Butler. Great grandfather Rowe (Jacob Andrew) was a United
Brethren minister. According to some info I received from Cheryl, Jacob
Rowe helped erect the Mt. Pleasant Church in 1883. He was also listed as
the first member of the Jersalem United Methodist Church sunday school in
1883, and in 1886 he was listed as a trustee. Great grandfather moved on
sometime after 1886 and went to several other churches, retiring as a
minister in 1932 in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Any connections out there?
Thank you.
Thomas Lester Wilson
twilson(a)pathwaynet.com
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