. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. 1800, when it was takendown and replaced with a stone struc-ture. The stone structure was erectedoutside of the graveyard, and stoodwhere the present building stands. During the time of the old log churcha number of different ministers servedthe congregation, but their names anddates are not all known, because thefirst church records have been is an old record however whichsays that. Frederick Miller was thethird preache
. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. 1800, when it was takendown and replaced with a stone struc-ture. The stone structure was erectedoutside of the graveyard, and stoodwhere the present building stands. During the time of the old log churcha number of different ministers servedthe congregation, but their names anddates are not all known, because thefirst church records have been is an old record however whichsays that. Frederick Miller was thethird preacher in the old log church,18th day of February, 1753. GerhardBrumbach brought his children to be baptized His wifes name Mary Pa-pen. (1) his son Benjamin, 22 yr.;(2) Henry, 20, Mary 24, Catharine record must be correct, becausethe date given fell on Sunday, and theages of the children in that year cur-respond with the ages found in othersources. The plot of ground upon which thechurch stood, including the cemetery,was donated to the congregation byGerhard. He gave it for a burialplace for his family, his descendants,and his neighbors. Because of this. REV. OSCAR D. BROWNBACK donation, and because of the activepart which Gerhard took in helping tofound the church, it was calledBrownbacks Reformed church ofEast Coventry. As the years passed by, improve-ments were made, and several timesthe church was rebuilt. Jesse Brown-back, son of Peter (Sr.) left the follow-ing private record. The first GermanReformed church of Coventry, knownby the name of Brownbawas built in 1741 of 1< £S,1800 of stone, rebuilt in 1846, and in 170 THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN • ft : N • . BROWNBACK MONUMENT 1878 the members of the churchcalled a meeting to rebuild it larger,and appointed Jesse Brownback, Fred-erick Sheeder, Lewis C. Brownback,Henry Miller, William Davis and Dan-iel Ienner the building committee torebuild it. The last improvement wasmade in 1907 when a tower and Sun-day School room
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