. The olive branch of peace and good will to ment anti-war history of the Brethren and Mennonites, the peace people of the South, during the civil war, 1861-1865 . d. He united with the church in 1857 and waselected to the ministry in 1860. He was educated atthe Laurel Hill Seminary, in East Tennessee. InOctober, 1867, he was married to sister ElizabethWitter, at South Bend, Ind., and in 1868 he graduatedat the Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, Cincinnati he went to Dayton, Ohio, andin 1871 he moved to South Bend, Ind., and aboutfour years later he was ordained to the eldership
. The olive branch of peace and good will to ment anti-war history of the Brethren and Mennonites, the peace people of the South, during the civil war, 1861-1865 . d. He united with the church in 1857 and waselected to the ministry in 1860. He was educated atthe Laurel Hill Seminary, in East Tennessee. InOctober, 1867, he was married to sister ElizabethWitter, at South Bend, Ind., and in 1868 he graduatedat the Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, Cincinnati he went to Dayton, Ohio, andin 1871 he moved to South Bend, Ind., and aboutfour years later he was ordained to the eldership inthe Portage congregation, near South Bend. In 1880he moved to Kansas for his health ; and for the bene-fit of a warmer climate he went to Atlanta, Georgia,in 1894. In 1901 he went to Saginaw, Texas, wherehe now has charge of the Saginaw church, and is alsoengaged in the practice of medicine. In 1865 Brother Wrightsman attended the AnnualMeeting at Dixon, Lee county, Illinois, and by in-vitation he followed Brother D. P. Sayler, witli animpressive discourse concerning the trials of theBrethren in Tennessee during the Civil War, whichhad then Eld. P. R. Wrightsman. 88 THE OLIVE BRANCH OF PEACE. Being a minister as well as physician, my businesscalled me over considerable territory. In the springof 1862 Southern soldiers came to my house searchingfor firearms, none of which I kept except a plantationrifle. This they took without pay. They came fromtime to time for three years and took my crops andhorses. When the soldiers came for the last horsethey rode up with threats and curses. Their languageand manner impressed me that they came with intelitto kill me. Part of the squad went to the field forthe last horse and part remained with me under theircharge. I just stepped inside the stable, stood withmy hands upwards, and prayed to my heavenly Father,saying, Dear Father, save me from these men. Havemercy upon them, and turn them from their evilcourse, and save thy s
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