Gerber, Samuel (1863-1929)

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Samuel Gerber, a son of Jacob and Catherine (Ropp) Gerber, was born near Carlock, McLean County, Illinois, on 8 September 1863. As a boy he moved with his mother to the vicinity of Tremont, Tazewell County, Illinois. He was married to Magdalena Sears of Tiskilwa, Illinois on 30 December 1886. Two sons and three daughters were born to them. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove Amish Mennonite congregation, near Tremont, was ordained to the ministry there on 2 May 1897, and ordained bishop 21 May 1911. He was also bishop of the Hopedale congregation 1921-1925, and a number of other congregations in the Western Amish Mennonite Conference. He served as secretary or assistant secretary of the Western Amish Mennonite Conference 1902-1905 and 1908, assistant moderator 1911, 1912, and 1920, moderator 1913-1919. He was on the merger committee which effected the dissolution of Western A.M. Conference and the reorganization of Mennonite district conferences west of Indiana 1920-1921, moderator of the merged Illinois Mennonite Conference 1925, secretary of the Mennonite Church General Conference 1907, and member of the first Illinois District Mission Board. He was also active in evangelistic work. He was a farmer throughout his life near Groveland, Tazewell County, Illinois. He died 28 October 1929, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery near Tremont.

Bibliography

Weber, Harry F. Centennial history of the Mennonites of Illinois, 1829-1929. Goshen, IN: Mennonite Historical Society, 1931: 607.


Author(s) Nelson P Springer
Date Published 1956

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Springer, Nelson P. "Gerber, Samuel (1863-1929)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Gerber,_Samuel_(1863-1929)&oldid=178588.

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Springer, Nelson P. (1956). Gerber, Samuel (1863-1929). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Gerber,_Samuel_(1863-1929)&oldid=178588.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 479. All rights reserved.


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