Osborne County (Kansas, USA)
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Osborne County, Kansas, the location of a Mennonite church (Mennonite Church), organized before 1880 under Bishop Abraham Newschwanger (Hartzler and Kauffman, Mennonite Church History). In 1893 R. J. Heatwole reported 14 members, many of them Canadians. Through crop failures and dissension the church died out, probably in the early 20th century.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 89. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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