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Subject: Re: A.W. Wainscott, UB Minister
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:28:52 -0800

Dear Sue in Virginia, This list is for the Church of the Brethren which
is different from the United Brethren in Christ church (the U.B.s later
bacame E.U.B.s and the E.U.B.s later became the United Methodists),
however, many of us UB/EUB/UMCs monitor this site anyway and have
benefitted immensely from the "conversations" that come through. What
you need to do is request microfilms of The Religious Telescope through
interlibrary loan (ILL) for the years in which you are interested and
read the microfilms for information about your Rev. Wainscott. I don't
remember coming across his name as I read microfilms #1 through #9, but I
wasn't "keyed-in" to his name then, either. The microfilms begin with
the 1834 issues of the paper, a weekly that was the "official" newspaper
of the U.B. church. It was published first in Circleville, Ohio and
after about 1855 was published in Dayton, Ohio. The paper was subscribed
to and was distributed all over the nation. The microfilms are not
indexed, so if you read one, please consider indexing as you read. I am
indexing #10 right now, but I am the only one I know of who is doing this
volunteer project. ---Sue Stine (Sue in Minnesota)

On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:02:04 EST writes:
>Hi--
>I am new to this list and am hoping that someone can help me.
>My husband's
>great grandfather was Rev. Adam W. Wainscott, a United Brethren
>minister. He
>was born January 27, 1836 in Wingate, Montgomery Co., Indiana. He
>married
>Hannah L. Hutchings (b. Feb. 27, 1834, dau. of William and Jane
>(McCain)
>Hutchings).
>Adam went by "A.W." He pastored churches in Mace, Cyclone,
>Scotland, Mt.
>Pleasant & Garfield, Indiana. He died of Grip, from which he suffered
>much
>pain from Jan. 1894 until death in May, 1895. In the 1870 and 1880
>Censuses
>he was living in Green Hill, Warren Co., Indiana. According to his
>obituary,
>from 1856 through 1891 he was United Brethren; then, in his old age
>(1891) he
>affiliated with Western Indiana Conf. of Christian Churches.
>Adam (A.W.) was son of Isaac Wainscott (of Virginia and
>Kentucky) and Hepsey
>Stringfellow. Two of Adam's daughters married ministers: Rosella m.
>John
>Troxell and Elizabeth m. J. Milton Williams (Methodist).
> I would appreciate any information on where Rev. Wainscott
>was trained for
>the ministry, and any other information about his ministry. One
>curious thing
>is that he named one of his sons Otterbein Brock Wainscott. Otterbein
>is not
>a family name. Was it usual among Brethren to name a son Otterbein?
>Thanks for any and all help.
>Sue in Virginia
>
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