. History of the Church of the brethren of the Eastern district in Pennsylvania by the committee appointed by District conference . s,—Elder JesseZiegler, Elder in charge; three ministers in the second de-gree, Isaac Cassel, Levi Ziegler, P. A. Smith, and one in thefirst, Joseph N. Cassel. The official board also includes seven deacons, AndrewWanner, S. H. Price, Wm. Johnson, Wm. F. Gottshall,Samuel F. Gottshall, John Ziegler, Reuben Haldeman, onechurch clerk, Messenger Correspondent, a missionary com-mittee of three members, and a membership of nearly onehundred and forty. The Mingo Church fu
. History of the Church of the brethren of the Eastern district in Pennsylvania by the committee appointed by District conference . s,—Elder JesseZiegler, Elder in charge; three ministers in the second de-gree, Isaac Cassel, Levi Ziegler, P. A. Smith, and one in thefirst, Joseph N. Cassel. The official board also includes seven deacons, AndrewWanner, S. H. Price, Wm. Johnson, Wm. F. Gottshall,Samuel F. Gottshall, John Ziegler, Reuben Haldeman, onechurch clerk, Messenger Correspondent, a missionary com-mittee of three members, and a membership of nearly onehundred and forty. The Mingo Church furnished the first foreign Missionarysent out by Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In the fallof 1908 Sister Katherine Ziegler, daughter of Daniel Mary Ziegler, left her mother (father having died thesame summer) for the India Mission-field as the representa-tive of the Sunday Schools of the District. Bishops of Mingo Church: (1) Henry A. Cassel, i869»-1883; (2) Abram Cassel and (3) Isaac Kulp, 1885-1890;(4) Frank P. Cassel (non-resident), 1893-1897; (5) A. , 1897-1907; (6) Jesse Ziegler, 1907-. Jesse CHAPTER CHURCH. It is likely that for a number of years some memberswere living in this part of the Indian Creek territory, andthat services were held once in a while in homes and schoolhouses. As a young man, Abraham H. Cassel taught schoolin this neighborhood, and it was here that he got his wife,a Miss Rhodes. Among the earliest members here wasCaleb Price, who taught school at the Eight-Square SchoolHouse where the Brethren had preaching. He attendedservices at Upper Dublin later, was elected to the ministrythere, and later moved to Ohio. His sister Mary was alsoa member early, married Abraham Price of Indian the earliest members, besides Bro. Caleb Price, andhis sister, Mary, were: Old George Fisher and wife, John Kile and wife, JacobReiner and wife, Peter Custer and wife, Abel Ballew andwife, and a few other sisters. The Eigh
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