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| − | Shirk's Mennonite Church, now extinct, was located in Hanover Township, [[Lebanon County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lebanon County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. The area was settled by the Dohner, [[Miller family|Miller]], Peiffer, [[Moyer (Moyers, Mayer, Meyer, Meyers, Myers) family|Moyer]], Getze, Hain, and other families. On 26 October 1823 Peter and Barbara Sherick deeded to Jacob Sherick 73 perches for the building of an "Unpartheyish Menist Gemeinhouse." After a few decades (1845), the [[Church of the United Brethren in Christ|United Brethren]] claimed most of the membership and the house for many years. In the 1950s it was still intact, a large unused unpainted frame house, a bleak reminder of a religious ancestry. A cemetery lay east of the church. | + | Shirk's Mennonite Church, now extinct, was located in Hanover Township, [[Lebanon County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lebanon County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. The area was settled by the Dohner, [[Miller family|Miller]], Peiffer, [[Moyer (Moyers, Mayer, Meyer, Meyers, Myers) family|Moyer]], Getze, Hain, and other families. On 26 October 1823 Peter and Barbara Sherick deeded to Jacob Sherick 73 perches for the building of an "Unpartheyish Menist Gemeinhouse." After a few decades (1845), the [[Church of the United Brethren in Christ|United Brethren]] claimed most of the membership and the house for many years. In the 1950s it was still intact, a large unused unpainted frame house, a bleak reminder of a religious ancestry. A cemetery lay east of the church. |
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Revision as of 21:40, 21 January 2014
Shirk's Mennonite Church, now extinct, was located in Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The area was settled by the Dohner, Miller, Peiffer, Moyer, Getze, Hain, and other families. On 26 October 1823 Peter and Barbara Sherick deeded to Jacob Sherick 73 perches for the building of an "Unpartheyish Menist Gemeinhouse." After a few decades (1845), the United Brethren claimed most of the membership and the house for many years. In the 1950s it was still intact, a large unused unpainted frame house, a bleak reminder of a religious ancestry. A cemetery lay east of the church.
| Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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| Date Published | 1958 |
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Landis, Ira D. "Shirk's Mennonite Church (Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1958. Web. 1 May 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Shirk%27s_Mennonite_Church_(Lebanon_County,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=110980.
APA style
Landis, Ira D. (1958). Shirk's Mennonite Church (Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 1 May 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Shirk%27s_Mennonite_Church_(Lebanon_County,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=110980.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 515. All rights reserved.
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