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The Ogemaw County (Michigan, USA) Amish settlement, now extinct, was a small group of [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] living near West Branch, Ogemaw County, Michigan in 1908-1930. Most of the early settlers moved there from Nobles County, Minnesota, including the Joseph N. Gerber, Daniel B. Gerber, and a number of Jantzi families. They were followed by Miller, Eash, Swartz, Kropf, and Bender families from [[Oscoda County Old Order Amish Settlement (Oscoda County, Michigan, USA)|Oscoda County, Michigan]], and by a few Miller families from Elkhart County, Indiana. The bishop in charge was Joseph N. Gerber, succeeded by Jacob Gascho. Other ministers were John B. Gerber, Klaus Jantzi, Jacob Swartz, and Solomon Jantzi. The group at its largest consisted of about twenty families. In 1925-1928 the Amish families began to move away, most of them going to [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]; by 1933 the congregation had died out.


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