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From: "Gail Longton" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] "They Planted a Tree in the Wilderness"
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:35:36 -0500
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No Kauffman's...sorry!
Gail

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Hutson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [BRE] "They Planted a Tree in the Wilderness"


> Gail,
>
> Just out of curiosity, are there any KAUFFMAN's mentioned
> in your book?? and if so, are they biographies that one can
> sink your teeth into or kind of a hit and miss affair??
>
> Thanx So Much,
>
> Gene Hutson
> Norfolk, Nebraska
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gail Longton" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 8:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRE] "They Planted a Tree in the Wilderness"
>
>
>> Each person has their own chapter. John Naas has 11 pages of text and a
>> page
>> with a picture of his German signature and a picture of the River Eder
>> near
>> Schwarzenau. Then there is a page of questions for review of the chapter.
>> John S. Flory says that it is presented to the young people of the church
>> so
>> they can more fully appreciate these founding fathers of the church.
>> Gail
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "winter dellenbach" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: [BRE] "They Planted a Tree in the Wilderness"
>>
>>
>>> Hello Gail - can you tell me if each person you list has a section in
>>> the book, or is a person's story scattered throughout the book? If
>>> section by section, could you tell me how many pages are given to John
>>> Naas - if convenient? Thanks - winter dellenbach
>>> On Oct 6, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Gail Longton wrote:
>>>
>>>> Speaking of books....I just got a book that was my great-
>>>> grandfather's,
>>>> "Builders of the Church of the Brethren" by John S. Flory copy right
>>>> 1925,
>>>> Elgin Press.My great grandfather was Levi Abraham Bowman, a COB
>>>> minister.
>>>> This little book has life stories of several leaders of the COB:
>>>> Alexander
>>>> Mack, John Naas, Peter Becker, Christopher Sower, John Garber and
>>>> Jacob
>>>> Miller, George Wolfe, John Kline, James Quinter, D.L. Miller and
>>>> Wilbur
>>>> Brenner Stover. Since there are no COB churches here in Clarksville,
>>>> TN I
>>>> have been raised in the Southern Baptist church so learning about the
>>>> leaders and the doctrine of the church is the reason I joined this
>>>> message
>>>> board. The story on Alexander Mack doesn't give the names of his
>>>> children
>>>> except for Alexander Mack, Jr who was the bishop of Germantown for
>>>> 50 years.
>>>>
>>>> I also got: "The German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America"
>>>> copyright
>>>> 1906, Elgin, Ill, Brethren Publishing House by Martin Grove
>>>> Brumbaugh. I
>>>> have not read this book yet since it is 538 pages long.
>>>>
>>>> The third book is "Brethren Education in the Southeast" by Paul Haynes
>>>> Bowman honoring the founding of Bridgewater College copyright 1955,
>>>> printed
>>>> by Brethren Printing, Elgin , IL. This book has a list of the board
>>>> of
>>>> trustees Bridgewater, Daleville and Blue Ridge colleges.
>>>>
>>>> Gail Bowman Longton
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "k. kensinger" <>
>>>> To: <>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 12:20 PM
>>>> Subject: [BRE] "They Planted a Tree in the Wilderness"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I bought it to check on a reference, and it's not in the book, so if
>>>>> anyone would be interested in buying it(1/2 price),email me at:
>>>>>
>>>>> ken
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