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Schlegel is a Mennonite family name of Swiss origin that, as of 1959, was found chiefly in [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], [[Oregon (USA)|Oregon]] and [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]. Nicholas Schlegel was one of the early members of the [[East Zorra Mennonite Church (Tavistock, Ontario, Canada)|East Zorra Amish Mennonite Church]] in [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]. Christian Schlegel settled in the Amish community of central Illinois in 1835. It is possible that he is the Christian Schlegel (1819-84) who served as an Amish Mennonite bishop in [[Livingston County (Illinois, USA)|Livingston County]]. His son Joseph Schlegel (1847-1914) was ordained an Amish Mennonite bishop in 1891, serving the Pleasant View congregation at Hydro, OK. Joseph's son, John Slagell, was a minister in this congregation as well. [[Schlegel, Joseph (1837-1913)|Joseph Schlegel]] (1837-1913), a native of [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]], was ordained bishop at [[Wayland (Iowa, USA)|Wayland]], Iowa in 1868. In 1879 he moved to [[Milford (Seward County, Nebraska, USA)|Milford, NE]] where he served the rest of his life. Daniel W. Slagel (1864-1947) was a minister in the [[Waldo Mennonite Church (Flanagan, Illinois, USA)|Waldo Mennonite Church]] and Emmanuel Slagle (1869-1944) served as bishop of the Pioneer and [[Archbold Evangelical Church (Archbold, Ohio, USA)|Archbold Evangelical Mennonite]] churches in Ohio. [[Slagel, Arthur W. (1891-1943)|Arthur Slagel]] of the Waldo church served as a relief worker in [[Russia|Russia]] after World War I. Five representatives of the family were in the ministry of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]] in 1957.
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