Medina County (Ohio, USA)
Medina County, Ohio, originally a part of Western Reserve of Connecticut,, was organized in 1818. It was the home in 1957 of three Mennonite congregations with a total of 425 baptized members: Wadsworth First Mennonite) (General Conference Mennonite) with 254 members, Lower (Old Order Mennonite) with 40 members, and Bethel (Mennonite Church) with 131, in the southeastern part of the county, all derived from original Mennonite settlers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1829, soon joined by others from Maryland, from Lancaster and Lehigh counties, Pennsylvania, and from Canada. The first Mennonite school of higher education (General Conference Mennonite) was located in Wadsworth in 1867-1878.
| Author(s) | John S Umble |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Umble, John S. "Medina County (Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Medina_County_(Ohio,_USA)&oldid=89579.
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Umble, John S. (1957). Medina County (Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Medina_County_(Ohio,_USA)&oldid=89579.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pp. 555-556. All rights reserved.
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