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− | Stemen Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) Church (now extinct), located near Pickerington, [[Franklin County (Ohio, USA)|Franklin County]], [[Ohio ( | + | Stemen Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) Church (now extinct), located near Pickerington, [[Franklin County (Ohio, USA)|Franklin County]], [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]]. The meetinghouse was built about 1890 by Benoni Stemen, a wealthy farmer and successful breeder of Galloway cattle. He settled his children on farms around his own and sought to revive the declining interest in the Mennonite faith. But efforts to establish a Sunday school failed; the young people preferred the services in the "English" churches, and the building, falling into disuse, was sold and the benches removed to the [[Turkey Run Mennonite Church (Bremen, Ohio, USA)|Turkey Run Mennonite Church]] in Perry County. |
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Stemen Mennonite (Mennonite Church) Church (now extinct), located near Pickerington, Franklin County, Ohio. The meetinghouse was built about 1890 by Benoni Stemen, a wealthy farmer and successful breeder of Galloway cattle. He settled his children on farms around his own and sought to revive the declining interest in the Mennonite faith. But efforts to establish a Sunday school failed; the young people preferred the services in the "English" churches, and the building, falling into disuse, was sold and the benches removed to the Turkey Run Mennonite Church in Perry County.
Author(s) | John S Umble |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Umble, John S. "Stemen Mennonite Church (Pickerington, Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 15 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Stemen_Mennonite_Church_(Pickerington,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=113660.
APA style
Umble, John S. (1959). Stemen Mennonite Church (Pickerington, Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 15 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Stemen_Mennonite_Church_(Pickerington,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=113660.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 629. All rights reserved.
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