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| − | Mount Pleasant, Iowa, is the county seat (1957 pop. 4,610, 2000 pop. 8,751) of [[Henry County (Iowa, USA)|Henry County]], in the southeastern part of the state of [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]]. In 1874-1876 Prussian Mennonite immigrants, who later settled in [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]] and [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]], lived in this city temporarily through the influence of [[Jansen, Cornelius (1822-1894)|Cornelius Jansen]], who resided in Mount Pleasant in 1874-1876. During World War II, from February 1943 to September 1946, [[Civilian Public Service|Civilian Public Service]] Unit No. 86, under [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] administration, was located at the Mount Pleasant State Hospital. [[Conscientious Objection|Conscientious objectors]] were again employed at the hospital in a Mennonite I-W unit under the new Selective Service program following World War II. | + | Mount Pleasant, Iowa, is the county seat (1957 pop. 4,610, 2000 pop. 8,751) of [[Henry County (Iowa, USA)|Henry County]], in the southeastern part of the state of [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]]. In 1874-1876 Prussian Mennonite immigrants, who later settled in [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]] and [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]], lived in this city temporarily through the influence of [[Jansen, Cornelius (1822-1894)|Cornelius Jansen]], who resided in Mount Pleasant in 1874-1876. During World War II, from February 1943 to September 1946, [[Civilian Public Service|Civilian Public Service]] Unit No. 86, under [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee ]] administration, was located at the Mount Pleasant State Hospital. [[Conscientious Objection|Conscientious objectors]] were again employed at the hospital in a Mennonite I-W unit under the new Selective Service program following World War II. |
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
Gingerich, Melvin. "Mennonites in Mount Pleasant." <em class="gameo_bibliography">The Palimpsest</em> (Iowa City, December 1942). | Gingerich, Melvin. "Mennonites in Mount Pleasant." <em class="gameo_bibliography">The Palimpsest</em> (Iowa City, December 1942). | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 23 August 2013
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, is the county seat (1957 pop. 4,610, 2000 pop. 8,751) of Henry County, in the southeastern part of the state of Iowa. In 1874-1876 Prussian Mennonite immigrants, who later settled in Kansas and Nebraska, lived in this city temporarily through the influence of Cornelius Jansen, who resided in Mount Pleasant in 1874-1876. During World War II, from February 1943 to September 1946, Civilian Public Service Unit No. 86, under Mennonite Central Committee administration, was located at the Mount Pleasant State Hospital. Conscientious objectors were again employed at the hospital in a Mennonite I-W unit under the new Selective Service program following World War II.
Bibliography
Gingerich, Melvin. "Mennonites in Mount Pleasant." The Palimpsest (Iowa City, December 1942).
Gingerich, Melvin. Service for Peace. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee, 1949: 229-231.
| Author(s) | Melvin Gingerich |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Gingerich, Melvin. "Mount Pleasant (Iowa, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mount_Pleasant_(Iowa,_USA)&oldid=92955.
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Gingerich, Melvin. (1957). Mount Pleasant (Iowa, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mount_Pleasant_(Iowa,_USA)&oldid=92955.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 759. All rights reserved.
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