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From: Linda Lawson <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Divideing wall in the church
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:23:08 -0500
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It appears that a few farm houses were actually built with these
meetings in mind.

From "History of the Church of the Brethren of the Southern District
of Ohio" published in 1920, regarding the Wolf Creek Church organized
in 1811...

"The Wolf Creek Church had now been in existence ninety-nine years,
the first twenty-six years without a meeting house. And some of the
families held meetings in their homes for twenty-five years longer.
The most notable farm house built for such meetings still in existence
is the old Hay Home, now owned by Greely Pfoutz, where the Annual
Meeting of 1862, and the Special Meetings of 1835 and 1840 or 44, were
held. (See picture of this house.)"

The caption under the picture of the house states "Interior of Old Hay
Home with movable partitions..."

Linda Lawson

On Feb 11, 2010, at 5:27 PM, john shafer wrote:

>
> I think it may have been common. In the Chippewa Congregation of
> Wayne County, Ohio there was such a divider and the men and women
> sat on separate sides of the room. The men and women also had
> separate entrances. The question that I would like to raise,
> however, is when did this become the custom in at least some
> meetinghouses, because surely they didn't separate themselves to
> this degree when they were meeting in private homes and barns?
> Anyone have any insight into this?
>
>
> John Shafer
>> From:
>> To:
>> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:05:16 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [BRE] Divideing wall in the church
>>
>> I can't vouch for the reliability of this, but an old folk tale
>> about one of
>> my Blough ancestor's, states he was tossed out of the Amish Church
>> for
>> sitting on the woman's side!
>>
>> Bill Thomas
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [mailto:
>> ]
>> On Behalf Of Dove Sky
>> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:55 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: [BRE] Divideing wall in the church
>>
>> I was rather taken back by the fact that a wood head high wall
>> divided
>> the church with women on one side and men on the other. What was the
>> thinking that a wall have to be placed between the men and women. I
>> have thought that it was perhaps because many of the women may have
>> had
>> infants that they would need to nurse during to church. Other than
>> that I am stumped why a wall was placed done the middle of room.
>> Were all Brethren churches built like this or was in just one group
>> that choose such separation.
>> Thanks, Dove
>>
>>
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