Snyder County Amish Settlement (Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA)
Snyder County Amish settlement, Pennsylvania. Several families of the "Zook Church" in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, moved to Selinsgrove in Snyder County, in 1948, when the majority voted to permit electricity. Among them were Bishop Jacob S. Peachey and two preachers, Jess and Jonathan Peachey. In 1956 the Snyder County group divided. Jonathan Peachey, with assistance from the "Zook Church" (which in 1954 affiliated with the Beachy Amish), led a separate congregation that permitted automobiles. The membership of the Old Order Amish group in 1958 was 30, and in the Beachy group 21.
Author(s) | John A Hostetler |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Hostetler, John A. "Snyder County Amish Settlement (Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Snyder_County_Amish_Settlement_(Snyder_County,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=68206.
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Hostetler, John A. (1959). Snyder County Amish Settlement (Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Snyder_County_Amish_Settlement_(Snyder_County,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=68206.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 557. All rights reserved.
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