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| − | U.S. Census TIGER/Line map'']] The Crawford-Richland Counties, [[Ohio ( | + | U.S. Census TIGER/Line map'']] The Crawford-Richland Counties, [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], Mennonite community, is now extinct. In 1818 Samuel Pletcher, a Palatine emigrant who had stopped briefly in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], moved to Richland (then [[Ashland County (Ohio, USA)|Ashland County]]), Ohio. The next year he moved across the line into Crawford County near Galion. His children married into the following families: Imhof, Kilmer, Hibschman, Nesselrodt, Seiler, and Null. The small congregation worshiped in their homes and in the union meetinghouse in Ontario, Richland County, with Joseph Freed as minister, and disintegrated after Freed's death in 1872. A number of the families moved to Elkhart County, [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]]. The few who remained were visited occasionally by Mennonite ministers. Their children united with other denominations. |
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Latest revision as of 19:21, 5 March 2021
The Crawford-Richland Counties, Ohio, Mennonite community, is now extinct. In 1818 Samuel Pletcher, a Palatine emigrant who had stopped briefly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, moved to Richland (then Ashland County), Ohio. The next year he moved across the line into Crawford County near Galion. His children married into the following families: Imhof, Kilmer, Hibschman, Nesselrodt, Seiler, and Null. The small congregation worshiped in their homes and in the union meetinghouse in Ontario, Richland County, with Joseph Freed as minister, and disintegrated after Freed's death in 1872. A number of the families moved to Elkhart County, Indiana. The few who remained were visited occasionally by Mennonite ministers. Their children united with other denominations.
| Author(s) | John S Umble |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Umble, John S. "Crawford-Richland Counties (Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 18 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crawford-Richland_Counties_(Ohio,_USA)&oldid=170516.
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Umble, John S. (1953). Crawford-Richland Counties (Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Crawford-Richland_Counties_(Ohio,_USA)&oldid=170516.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 733. All rights reserved.
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