https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Salemskirche_(Ashland,_Ohio,_USA)&feed=atom&action=historySalemskirche (Ashland, Ohio, USA) - Revision history2024-03-29T14:19:14ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Salemskirche_(Ashland,_Ohio,_USA)&diff=143729&oldid=prevRichardThiessen: Text replace - "<em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em>" to "''Mennonite Quarterly Review''"2017-01-15T23:09:54Z<p>Text replace - "<em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em>" to "''Mennonite Quarterly Review''"</p>
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The Mennonite congregation worshiped with them. After the middle of the century an attempt to hold English services was thwarted by the discovery that the deed to the property prohibited holding any but German services in the building. Assistance from the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite School]] revived interest, but conditions were not conducive to healthy congregational growth. Risser's coreligionists from the Palatinate, some destined to rise high in later Mennonite circles, stopped briefly in Ashland County and then continued west to Summerfield, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], or [[Donnellson (Iowa, USA)|Donnellson]], [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]]. The last pastors of the congregation were [[Smissen, Carl Heinrich Anton van der (1851-1950)|Carl H. Anton van der Smissen]], later of [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], 1874-79, and his illustrious father, [[Smissen, Carl Justus van der (1811-1890)|Carl Justus van der Smissen]], who had come from Hamburg-Altona in Germany to teach the German theological courses at the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite school]]. But even before the latter's death in 1890 some of the younger members preferred English services. Most of the remaining members at Salem, a few from the old Mennonite congregation at Pleasant Ridge, and practically all of their German Reformed and Lutheran neighbors united to build the "Stone" Lutheran church a half mile north of the Salem church. The Salem church has been removed to enlarge the [[Cemeteries|cemetery]]. The Stone Lutheran congregation is a flourishing organization.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Salemskirche (Salem Mennonite Church), a brick building erected in 1847 six miles south of Ashland, [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], by John Risser, a Mennonite preacher, and his fellow immigrants from the Bavarian [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], following Risser's unsuccessful attempt to work harmoniously with the local American Mennonites at [[Pleasant Ridge Mennonite Church (Ashland County, Ohio, USA)|Pleasant Ridge]]. It replaced another log church-school building erected nearby in 1835, three years after Risser and his family arrived. Risser lost interest in preaching soon after the church was built and permitted the German Reformed and Lutheran groups, served by their own pastors, to hold services in the building. The Mennonite congregation worshiped with them. After the middle of the century an attempt to hold English services was thwarted by the discovery that the deed to the property prohibited holding any but German services in the building. Assistance from the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite School]] revived interest, but conditions were not conducive to healthy congregational growth. Risser's coreligionists from the Palatinate, some destined to rise high in later Mennonite circles, stopped briefly in Ashland County and then continued west to Summerfield, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], or [[Donnellson (Iowa, USA)|Donnellson]], [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]]. The last pastors of the congregation were [[Smissen, Carl Heinrich Anton van der (1851-1950)|Carl H. Anton van der Smissen]], later of [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], 1874-79, and his illustrious father, [[Smissen, Carl Justus van der (1811-1890)|Carl Justus van der Smissen]], who had come from Hamburg-Altona in Germany to teach the German theological courses at the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite school]]. But even before the latter's death in 1890 some of the younger members preferred English services. Most of the remaining members at Salem, a few from the old Mennonite congregation at Pleasant Ridge, and practically all of their German Reformed and Lutheran neighbors united to build the "Stone" Lutheran church a half mile north of the Salem church. The Salem church has been removed to enlarge the [[Cemeteries|cemetery]]. The Stone Lutheran congregation is a flourishing organization.</div></td></tr>
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Risser lost interest in preaching soon after the church was built and permitted the German Reformed and Lutheran groups, served by their own pastors, to hold services in the building. The Mennonite congregation worshiped with them. After the middle of the century an attempt to hold English services was thwarted by the discovery that the deed to the property prohibited holding any but German services in the building. Assistance from the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite School]] revived interest, but conditions were not conducive to healthy congregational growth. Risser's coreligionists from the Palatinate, some destined to rise high in later Mennonite circles, stopped briefly in Ashland County and then continued west to Summerfield, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], or [[Donnellson (Iowa, USA)|Donnellson]], [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]]. The last pastors of the congregation were [[Smissen, Carl Heinrich Anton van der (1851-1950)|Carl H. Anton van der Smissen]], later of [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], 1874-79, and his illustrious father, [[Smissen, Carl Justus van der (1811-1890)|Carl Justus van der Smissen]], who had come from Hamburg-Altona in Germany to teach the German theological courses at the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite school]]. But even before the latter's death in 1890 some of the younger members preferred English services. Most of the remaining members at Salem, a few from the old Mennonite congregation at Pleasant Ridge, and practically all of their German Reformed and Lutheran neighbors united to build the "Stone" Lutheran church a half mile north of the Salem church. The Salem church has been removed to enlarge the [[Cemeteries|cemetery]]. The Stone Lutheran congregation is a flourishing organization.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Salemskirche (Salem Mennonite Church), a brick building erected in 1847 six miles south of Ashland, [[Ohio (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">USA</ins>)|Ohio]], by John Risser, a Mennonite preacher, and his fellow immigrants from the Bavarian [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], following Risser's unsuccessful attempt to work harmoniously with the local American Mennonites at [[Pleasant Ridge Mennonite Church (Ashland County, Ohio, USA)|Pleasant Ridge]]. It replaced another log church-school building erected nearby in 1835, three years after Risser and his family arrived. Risser lost interest in preaching soon after the church was built and permitted the German Reformed and Lutheran groups, served by their own pastors, to hold services in the building. The Mennonite congregation worshiped with them. After the middle of the century an attempt to hold English services was thwarted by the discovery that the deed to the property prohibited holding any but German services in the building. Assistance from the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite School]] revived interest, but conditions were not conducive to healthy congregational growth. Risser's coreligionists from the Palatinate, some destined to rise high in later Mennonite circles, stopped briefly in Ashland County and then continued west to Summerfield, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], or [[Donnellson (Iowa, USA)|Donnellson]], [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]]. The last pastors of the congregation were [[Smissen, Carl Heinrich Anton van der (1851-1950)|Carl H. Anton van der Smissen]], later of [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], 1874-79, and his illustrious father, [[Smissen, Carl Justus van der (1811-1890)|Carl Justus van der Smissen]], who had come from Hamburg-Altona in Germany to teach the German theological courses at the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite school]]. But even before the latter's death in 1890 some of the younger members preferred English services. Most of the remaining members at Salem, a few from the old Mennonite congregation at Pleasant Ridge, and practically all of their German Reformed and Lutheran neighbors united to build the "Stone" Lutheran church a half mile north of the Salem church. The Salem church has been removed to enlarge the [[Cemeteries|cemetery]]. The Stone Lutheran congregation is a flourishing organization.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Umble, John S. "Extinct Ohio Mennonite Churches." <em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em> 20 (1946): 5-52.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Umble, John S. "Extinct Ohio Mennonite Churches." <em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em> 20 (1946): 5-52.</div></td></tr>
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The Mennonite congregation worshiped with them. After the middle of the century an attempt to hold English services was thwarted by the discovery that the deed to the property prohibited holding any but German services in the building. Assistance from the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite School]] revived interest, but conditions were not conducive to healthy congregational growth. Risser's coreligionists from the Palatinate, some destined to rise high in later Mennonite circles, stopped briefly in Ashland County and then continued west to Summerfield, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], or [[Donnellson (Iowa, USA)|Donnellson]], [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]]. The last pastors of the congregation were [[Smissen, Carl Heinrich Anton van der (1851-1950)|Carl H. Anton van der Smissen]], later of [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], 1874-79, and his illustrious father, [[Smissen, Carl Justus van der (1811-1890)|Carl Justus van der Smissen]], who had come from Hamburg-Altona in Germany to teach the German theological courses at the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite school]]. But even before the latter's death in 1890 some of the younger members preferred English services. Most of the remaining members at Salem, a few from the old Mennonite congregation at Pleasant Ridge, and practically all of their German Reformed and Lutheran neighbors united to build the "Stone" Lutheran church a half mile north of the Salem church. The Salem church has been removed to enlarge the [[Cemeteries|cemetery]]. The Stone Lutheran congregation is a flourishing organization.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Salemskirche (Salem Mennonite Church), a brick building erected in 1847 six miles south of Ashland, [[Ohio (State)|Ohio]], by John Risser, a Mennonite preacher, and his fellow immigrants from the Bavarian [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], following Risser's unsuccessful attempt to work harmoniously with the local American Mennonites at [[Pleasant Ridge Mennonite Church (Ashland County, Ohio, USA)|Pleasant Ridge]]. It replaced another log church-school building erected nearby in 1835, three years after Risser and his family arrived. Risser lost interest in preaching soon after the church was built and permitted the German Reformed and Lutheran groups, served by their own pastors, to hold services in the building. The Mennonite congregation worshiped with them. After the middle of the century an attempt to hold English services was thwarted by the discovery that the deed to the property prohibited holding any but German services in the building. Assistance from the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite School]] revived interest, but conditions were not conducive to healthy congregational growth. Risser's coreligionists from the Palatinate, some destined to rise high in later Mennonite circles, stopped briefly in Ashland County and then continued west to Summerfield, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], or [[Donnellson (Iowa, USA)|Donnellson]], [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]]. The last pastors of the congregation were [[Smissen, Carl Heinrich Anton van der (1851-1950)|Carl H. Anton van der Smissen]], later of [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], 1874-79, and his illustrious father, [[Smissen, Carl Justus van der (1811-1890)|Carl Justus van der Smissen]], who had come from Hamburg-Altona in Germany to teach the German theological courses at the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite school]]. But even before the latter's death in 1890 some of the younger members preferred English services. Most of the remaining members at Salem, a few from the old Mennonite congregation at Pleasant Ridge, and practically all of their German Reformed and Lutheran neighbors united to build the "Stone" Lutheran church a half mile north of the Salem church. The Salem church has been removed to enlarge the [[Cemeteries|cemetery]]. The Stone Lutheran congregation is a flourishing organization.</div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Salemskirche (Salem Mennonite Church), a brick building erected in 1847 six miles south of Ashland, [[Ohio (State)|Ohio]], by John Risser, a Mennonite preacher, and his fellow immigrants from the Bavarian [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], following Risser's unsuccessful attempt to work harmoniously with the local American Mennonites at [[Pleasant Ridge Mennonite Church (Ashland County, Ohio, USA)|Pleasant Ridge]]. It replaced another log church-school building erected nearby in 1835, three years after Risser and his family arrived. Risser lost interest in preaching soon after the church was built and permitted the German Reformed and Lutheran groups, served by their own pastors, to hold services in the building. The Mennonite congregation worshiped with them. After the middle of the century an attempt to hold English services was thwarted by the discovery that the deed to the property prohibited holding any but German services in the building. Assistance from the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite School]] revived interest, but conditions were not conducive to healthy congregational growth. Risser's coreligionists from the Palatinate, some destined to rise high in later Mennonite circles, stopped briefly in Ashland County and then continued west to Summerfield, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], or [[Donnellson (Iowa, USA)|Donnellson]], [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]]. The last pastors of the congregation were [[Smissen, Carl Heinrich Anton van der (1851-1950)|Carl H. Anton van der Smissen]], later of [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], 1874-79, and his illustrious father, [[Smissen, Carl Justus van der (1811-1890)|Carl Justus van der Smissen]], who had come from Hamburg-Altona in Germany to teach the German theological courses at the [[Wadsworth Mennonite School (Wadsworth, Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth Mennonite school]]. But even before the latter's death in 1890 some of the younger members preferred English services. Most of the remaining members at Salem, a few from the old Mennonite congregation at Pleasant Ridge, and practically all of their German Reformed and Lutheran neighbors united to build the "Stone" Lutheran church a half mile north of the Salem church. The Salem church has been removed to enlarge the [[Cemeteries|cemetery]]. The Stone Lutheran congregation is a flourishing organization.<br />
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= Bibliography =<br />
Umble, John S. "Extinct Ohio Mennonite Churches." <em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em> 20 (1946): 5-52.<br />
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