A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . - identifiedwith the practice of the church, and next to Mack,the most significant elder in our early history. He was married to Catherine Reist. Their childrenw^re Mary, wife of Andrew Wolff; Martin, who mar-ried Elizabeth Edis or Addis;() Jacob, who marriedBarbara Light; Catherine, who ne\-er married, andJohn, who also ne\er married. His wife Catharine died in April, 1752, and he was (1) Elizabeth Edis or .Addis was a widow, her maiden name being Gravestone of Martin Urner, Ar Sonic Leaders in Colonial America. 279 subs
A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . - identifiedwith the practice of the church, and next to Mack,the most significant elder in our early history. He was married to Catherine Reist. Their childrenw^re Mary, wife of Andrew Wolff; Martin, who mar-ried Elizabeth Edis or Addis;() Jacob, who marriedBarbara Light; Catherine, who ne\-er married, andJohn, who also ne\er married. His wife Catharine died in April, 1752, and he was (1) Elizabeth Edis or .Addis was a widow, her maiden name being Gravestone of Martin Urner, Ar Sonic Leaders in Colonial America. 279 subsequently married to Barbara , who survived him, dying May 8, 1796, aged eighty-four years. Tothis union there were no children. Elder Urner died March 29, 1755, and is buried inthe Coventry Brethren Graveyard. For the biographic facts in this sketch of MartinUrner, I am indebted to Isaac L. Urner, LL. D.,whose ?Genealogy of tJie Urner Family and Historyof tlie Coventry BretJiren Chiirch^^) are valuable con-tributions to the literature of the church. Throughhis enterprise the Coventry Brethren Burying Groundhas been made a model of neatness, simple beaut}-,and permanence. The gateway is reproduced hereto stimulate other congregations to provide propersleeping-places for the precious dead. The Second Martiii Urner. Martin Urners successor in the eldership of theCoventry church was his own nephew, Martin Urner,son of Jacob Urner. He was born Sept. 4, 1725,and was married to Barbara Switzer by Elder Chris-toph Sow
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