Church of the Brethren

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One of the early churches in Delaware County, the Union Grove Church of the Brethren was once called Mississinewa German Baptist Church. The denomination was known as Dunker, or German Baptist Brethern since earlier leaders were from Dunkard settlements in Lancaster and York counties, Pennsylvania, and the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.

From the description of Records, 1850-1965. (Ball State University Library). WorldCat record id: 34288119

This corporate body was known earlier as the German Baptist Brethren.

From the description of Records of the Church of the Brethren, 1889-1976, (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702132571

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Frantz, Ezra A. Frantz, Ezra A. Papers, 1906-1960 University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Enswiler, Mark W. Church of the Brethren histories, 1947-1960. Montana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Losse de Bayac, Charles Joseph de, 1742-. Journal of Charles Joseph de Losse de Bayac. Vol. II [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Ikenberry, Ernest 1892-1974. Ernest and Olivia Ikenberry papers, 1921-1971 (inclusive). Yake University Divinity School Library
referencedIn North Solomon Church of the Brethren (Portis, Kan.). North Solomon Church of the Brethren (Portis, Kan.) records [microform], 1879-1901. Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Boulder Daily Camera. University Heights Evangelical United Brethren Church (Boulder, Colo.) printed materials 1931-1967. Boulder Public Library
referencedIn Ramirez, Frank, 1954-. Companion to the Brethren songbook / by Frank Ramirez. Brethren Historical Library & Archives
referencedIn Shearrow, Ruby Lantz. History, Eden Church of the Brethren / Ruby Lantz Shearrow. Brethren Historical Library & Archives
referencedIn Austin, Hazel I., 1893-1971. Hazel Austin diaries, 1930-1938. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Holzhueter, Elizabeth. Papers, 1976-1981. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Dunkard Church (Dunn County, Wis.). Membership list, 1897. University of Wisconsin-Stout, University Library; Stout Library; Robert S. Swanson Library and Learning Center
referencedIn Losse de Bayac, Charles Joseph de, b. 1742. History and journal of Charles Joseph de Losse de Bayac, 1763-1783. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Dunkard Church (Dunn County, Wis.). Membership list, 1897. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Losse de Bayac, Charles Joseph de, b. 1742. History and journal of Charles Joseph de Losse de Bayac [microform] : papers, 1763-1783. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Rarick, W. Carl, 1885-. Papers, 1917-1976. Ball State University Library, Bracken Library
referencedIn Bower, John D., 1911-. John D. Bower papers, 1953-1976 (bulk 1960-1976). Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Reuben T. Durrett Collection on Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley (University of Chicago. Library). Account of the society of Dunkards in Pennsylvania : communicated by a British officer to the editor of the Edinburg magazine : typescript, 1786. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Lutz, John Ezra. [Autograph album of John Ezra Lutz, mostly at Mt. Morris College, 1881-82]. Manchester University (Indiana), Funderburg Library
referencedIn Ikenberry, Ernest Leroy, 1892-. Ernest Leroy Ikenberry interview : oral history transcript / tape recorded interview conducted by Georgenia Irwin. Oral History Program, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California : La Verne, Calif., 1971. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Ekklesiyar 'Yanuwa a Nigeria. Records of Ekklesiyar 'Yanuwa a Nigeria, n.d. Yale University Library
referencedIn Holsinger, Geo. B. (George Blackburn), 1857-1908. Papers, 1882-1906. Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn Ernest and Olivia Ikenberry Papers, 1921-2005 Yake University Divinity School Library
referencedIn Pennsylvania agriculture, 1862 May-1899 Dec. Lancaster County Historical Society
referencedIn Pike, Nedra. The growing pains of the Dunkards / Nedra Pike. Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen College), MHL (Goshen College)
referencedIn Reuben T. Durrett Collection on Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley (University of Chicago. Library). Account of the society of Dunkards in Pennsylvania : communicated by a British officer to the editor of the Edinburg magazine : typescript copy, 1786. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Colorado : churches history, [undated]. Boulder Public Library
referencedIn Trevillian, Sallie Burnley. Scrapbook from the Baptist Orphanage of Virginia, 1910-1919. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Church of the Brethren. Collection, 1915-1980 1935-1980. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Mack, Alexander, 1712-1803. Apologue, or, Scriptural vindication of several truths challenged through a newly composed publication under the name of the Refuted Anabaptist in a conversation for the common man ... / by Theophilus [i.e. Alexander Mack] ; translation by N. P. Springer. Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen College), MHL (Goshen College)
referencedIn Bloom Church of the Brethren. Council minutes, 1910-1956. Brethren Historical Library & Archives
referencedIn Ellingrud, Christine Melhus, 1885-. Ole O. Melhus family history, 1957. North Dakota State University Library
creatorOf Church of the Brethren. Records of the Church of the Brethren, 1889-1976, (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Frantz, Ezra A. papers 71-176; 92-041., 1906-1960 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Goshen College. Sociology Senior Seminar. A descriptive study of three area churches of the Brethren : Goshen City Church of the Brethren, Rock Run Church of the Brethren, West Goshen Church of the Brethren / by Jane Emery, Phyllis Ersery, Joyce Kuntz, Roger Martin and David Wiens. Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen College), MHL (Goshen College)
creatorOf Church of the Brethren. Records, 1850-1965. Ball State University Library, Bracken Library
referencedIn Conestoga Congregation of the Church of the Brethren, Lancaster Co., Pa. Record of persons names / that were baptized by immersion by the German Baptist, and a small history of their emigrating to America ... [1734-1933.]. Elizabethtown College, High Library
referencedIn Noe, W. Letter, 1869 July 5, Knoxville, Tennessee [to] Samuel Molsbee, Rogersville, Tennessee. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Wynn family. Papers, 1780-1925; (bulk 1780-1889). Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Longenecker, Stephen L., 1951-. Antislavery and otherworldliness in the Shenandoah Valley / Stephen L. Longenecker. James Madison University Libraries
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Austin, Hazel I., 1893-1971. person
associatedWith Bloom Church of the Brethren. corporateBody
associatedWith Boulder Daily Camera. corporateBody
associatedWith Bower, John D., 1911- person
associatedWith Brethren Service Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith Brethren Service Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Conestoga Congregation of the Church of the Brethren, Lancaster Co., Pa. corporateBody
associatedWith Dunkard Church (Dunn County, Wis.) corporateBody
associatedWith Dunkard Church (Dunn County, Wis.). corporateBody
associatedWith Ekklesiyar 'Yanuwa a Nigeria. corporateBody
associatedWith Ellingrud, Christine Melhus, 1885- person
associatedWith Enswiler, Mark W. person
associatedWith Frantz, Ezra A. person
associatedWith Frantz, Ezra A. person
associatedWith Holsinger, Geo. B. (George Blackburn), 1857-1908. person
associatedWith Holzhueter, Elizabeth. person
associatedWith Ikenberry, Ernest 1892-1974. person
associatedWith Ikenberry, Ernest Leroy, 1892- person
associatedWith Longenecker, Stephen L., 1951- person
associatedWith Losse de Bayac, Charles Joseph de, 1742- person
associatedWith Losse de Bayac, Charles Joseph de, b. 1742. person
associatedWith Lutz, John Ezra. person
associatedWith Mack, Alexander, 1712-1803. person
associatedWith Noe, W. person
associatedWith North Solomon Church of the Brethren (Portis, Kan.) corporateBody
associatedWith Pike, Nedra. person
associatedWith Ramirez, Frank, 1954- person
associatedWith Rarick, W. Carl, 1885- person
associatedWith Shearrow, Ruby Lantz. person
associatedWith Swarthmore College. Peace Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Union Grove Church of the Brethren (Delaware County, Ind.) corporateBody
associatedWith Wynn family. family
Place Name Admin Code Country
Muncie (Ind.)
United States
Indiana
Subject
Germans
Pacifism
Peace
Work camps
World War, 1939-1945 - Civilian relief
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Corporate Body

Active 1889

Active 1976

Americans

English

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