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'']] Cedar County, [[Missouri (USA)|Missouri]], once the location of an [[Amish Mennonites|Amish Mennonite]] community, now extinct. Their church was organized in 1870. Two years later a plea for funds to be used for building a meetinghouse was signed by Bishop Samuel Yoder, preachers John Snyder and Joseph Kauffman, and Jonathan Krichbaum. Twenty-two families, mostly Amish Mennonite, were members of the congregation at that time. Around 1890, members of the congregation joined the "Egly Amish" ([[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Defenseless Mennonites]]), but by the first decade of the 20th century the church had ceased to exist. | '']] Cedar County, [[Missouri (USA)|Missouri]], once the location of an [[Amish Mennonites|Amish Mennonite]] community, now extinct. Their church was organized in 1870. Two years later a plea for funds to be used for building a meetinghouse was signed by Bishop Samuel Yoder, preachers John Snyder and Joseph Kauffman, and Jonathan Krichbaum. Twenty-two families, mostly Amish Mennonite, were members of the congregation at that time. Around 1890, members of the congregation joined the "Egly Amish" ([[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Defenseless Mennonites]]), but by the first decade of the 20th century the church had ceased to exist. | ||
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Cedar County, Missouri, once the location of an Amish Mennonite community, now extinct. Their church was organized in 1870. Two years later a plea for funds to be used for building a meetinghouse was signed by Bishop Samuel Yoder, preachers John Snyder and Joseph Kauffman, and Jonathan Krichbaum. Twenty-two families, mostly Amish Mennonite, were members of the congregation at that time. Around 1890, members of the congregation joined the "Egly Amish" (Defenseless Mennonites), but by the first decade of the 20th century the church had ceased to exist.
| Author(s) | Melvin Gingerich |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
Cite This Article
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Gingerich, Melvin. "Cedar County (Missouri, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Cedar_County_(Missouri,_USA)&oldid=86592.
APA style
Gingerich, Melvin. (1953). Cedar County (Missouri, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Cedar_County_(Missouri,_USA)&oldid=86592.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 537. All rights reserved.
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