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From: "John and Marilyn Murray" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Mock family of Bedford County
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:05:47 -0500
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Hi,

Where in Bedford Co., PA did you find the Mock Log Church? Can you give us
a town and directions to it?


Thanks,

John


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Subject: [BRE] Mock family of Bedford County


> When we went to the Mock family genealogy conference several years ago,
> the
> whole group was able to take a tour of Mock cemeteries, including several
> that
> were on private property. The farm where Peter and Elizabeth Mock are
> buried is private land, and the original headstones were apparently
> destroyed by
> one of the coal mining companies when it was in control of the land.
> The
> then-current owners had allowed replacement headstones to be displayed,
> but
> were said to be skittish about letting the public in to view them --
> there
> apparently had been some animosity expressed about what had happened to
> these
> gravesites, but one of the local Mocks was able to make arrangements for
> our
> group to come in.
>
> I don't know what the connection is between our Peter Mock and the
> Christian
> Mock who donated the land for the Mock log church (where the Mock group
> held
> Sunday services), but that was a Brethren congregation. The building is
> now used only for special occasions, but my mother-in-law and her sister
> (both
> nee Mock) were thrilled to be able to attend services there and to get
> photos
> of themselves in front of it. I hope the annual Mock genealogy
> conference
> goes back to Bedford County one of these years. Sometimes groups can
> get
> folks into places they'd never manage as individuals, and it was
> wonderful to
> have somebody knowledgeable leading parts of the tour.
>
> So far the only evidence I have about the Brethren connection of these
> Mocks
> is the Mock Log Church erected on Mock land. My husband grew up
> Brethren,
> but the most recent tie came from his Stump ancestors rather than his
> Mock
> line. So I'll keep looking.
>
> Happy hunting.
>
> Jan
>
>
>
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