Jo Daviess County (Illinois, USA)
Jo Daviess County (Illinois) is the northwesternmost county in the state, to which came a few immigrant German Mennonite families with the names Baer, Duerrstein, Heer, Musselman, and Neuenschwander beginning about 1840. Johannes Baer, ordained minister and bishop in Europe, served the congregation until his death about 1863 and was succeeded as minister by Michael Musselman. Services were held in a schoolhouse until a small church building was erected south of Scales Mound near the Hammer cemetery, which was originally a Mennonite cemetery. Soon after 1878 the congregation became extinct.
Bibliography
Herald of Truth 15 (December 1878): 211.
Weber, Harry F. Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois. Goshen, IN: Mennonite Historical Society, 1931: 94 f.
| Author(s) | Nelson P Springer |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
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Springer, Nelson P. "Jo Daviess County (Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jo_Daviess_County_(Illinois,_USA)&oldid=57255.
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Springer, Nelson P. (1957). Jo Daviess County (Illinois, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jo_Daviess_County_(Illinois,_USA)&oldid=57255.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 110. All rights reserved.
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