FYI Cindy asked me to forward this to the St. Joseph County mailing
list.....
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From: Cindy [mailto:ckimes@mvillage.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 4:21 PM
To: OHHOLMES-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [OHHOLMES] Zion Church at Winesburg
Brousing through the archives for this list, I've come across various
posts making reference to the Zion Church at Winesburg. My ancestors
attended this Church in Winesburg and according to information in a
booklet from the 100th anniversary of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed
Church in St. Joseph Co, IN; some of these families from the Church in
Winesburg must have moved to St. Joseph Co, IN, as many of the same
surnames are listed in early records for the church in IN.
Following is a paragraph from the 100th anniversary booklet for the Zion
Evangelical and Reformed Church in Madison Twp, St. Joseph Co, IN:
"The "Evangelishe Zion's Gemeinde" of Madison Township, St. Joseph
County, State of Indiana was organized on October 2, 1856 by the Rev.
Philip Wagner. The newly formed congregation, consisting of about 19
families, elected Philip Marker as their delegate to the conference of
the Evangelical Synod of North America then convening in Mansfield, Ohio
during the closing days of October, 1856. At this conference, the
congregation was officially recognized, and its organizing pastor, the
Rev. Philip Wagner, was commissioned by the conference to be Zion's
first pastor. Charter members were Philip Beehler, Peter Bollenbacher,
John Schafer, Nichalaus Schlarb, Philip Schlarb, Jacob Schlarb, Matthias
Klein, John Marker, Godfred Bernhard, Anton Albert, Peter Hoos, John
Hoos, Christian Hinze, Mr. Ramsey, Jacob Getz, Mrs. K. Spohn, Philip
Fries, Christian Horein, and Philip Marker.
The first Zion Church, a hewn-log church, was erected in the Spring of
1857."
I thought perhaps some of the subscribers to this list might be looking
for some of the descendants of the families that attended the Winesburg
Zion Church.
Cindy Kimes