The Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) in Lebanon County . ; Librarians, Samuel Stauffer and Lizzie superintendents since have been: Addison Hoffer,Samuel Kieffer, George Hoffer, Albert Carper, and Dea-con Amos I ongenecker. the present incumbent. In lateyears there have been several successful revivals, so thatthe membership within the town at present is 187. One of the first, if not the first member residingnear Annville was Daniel Struphar, who moved overfrom Schuylkill county and bought a farm north of ColdSpring school-house. Mar. 11, 1831. He is doubtless theDaniel Strupenhauer
The Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) in Lebanon County . ; Librarians, Samuel Stauffer and Lizzie superintendents since have been: Addison Hoffer,Samuel Kieffer, George Hoffer, Albert Carper, and Dea-con Amos I ongenecker. the present incumbent. In lateyears there have been several successful revivals, so thatthe membership within the town at present is 187. One of the first, if not the first member residingnear Annville was Daniel Struphar, who moved overfrom Schuylkill county and bought a farm north of ColdSpring school-house. Mar. 11, 1831. He is doubtless theDaniel Strupenhauer who was one of the founders ofthe Annville Academy in 1834. Being a member of theBig Swatara Church, he may have been the means of in-ducing Daniel Balsbaugh, also a member of the BigSwatara congregation, to take charge of the Balsbaugh erected in 1859, the large three-storyLrick building. The school, says Dr. Egle, was neverin a more flourishing condition than at this period, whenits very efficient head, Prof. Balsbaugh, was called away. a C 124 LEBANON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY by death. Isaac Struphar, son of Daniel, was a deacon;and Isaacs son Daniel was a preacher. Rev. Daniel,however, fell away from the church. A daughter of married Samuel Baum, son of John before men-tioned. Samuel, now occupying the Struphar homestead,is a grandson of Eld. Jacob Rider, of Lancaster county,who at times preached in the Struphar home. The first minister to reside in the Lebanon countypart of the Big Swatara Congregation, later SpringCreek, was Benjamin Kline, son of Eld. David, son ofEld. George, founder of Little Swatara , who was a brother-in-law of the older DanielStruphar, moved from Berks county to Heilmandale inthe spring of 1843. His home became a regular preach-ing place, the only one of Big Swatara in Lebanon coun-ty. Benjamin was later ordained an elder, and is said tohave been an able speaker. He had a large family, aconsiderable pa
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