Mystery Monday: Old Dunkard Church

 I found the below postcard in the book I purchased from e-bay "Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler" by Harvey Hostetler.

I find the hole punches  around the postcard.  I wonder why this was done?

Down the left hand side of the postcard it reads:

"Raphael Tuck & Sons' Series No.#2575 "Antietam Battlefield Md.

"PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN"

Photochromed in Saxony

   THE OLD DUNKARD CHURCH is about one mile from Sharpsburg on Hagerstown Pike.  It was built by the German Baptist in 1853, and used by them as a regular place of worship. Some of the most severe fighting of the Battle of Antietam occurred about here, and after the battle, the church was used as a hospital and embalming station. During the battle the bible was taken by a New York soldier, and after an absence of 41 years was returned and is now occupying its old place on the pulpit.

The Battle of Antietam - click on link to read tons of information on this battle during the Civil War.

Know anything about this postcard or the Hochstetler/Hostetler families? Please contact me using the e-mail address to the right under my picture.

Mary Post Warren

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Mystery Monday: Who Is Nora H?

Nora H 1906 - This picture was
originallly much smaller, more the
size of the backside of photo
on right.

wrtten on back of left hand picture



These pictures were very hard to work with - they are both no more than a fingernail in size...but when scanned they came up fairly large...just not easy for 'playing' with and 'setting up' in a blog.  I have no idea who this Nora H (1906) is - her picture and the note attached to it were in an envelope...the picture was so tiny it was almost overlooked. 

Nora is a beautiful youg woman - looks to be in the 14 to 16 age group.  The picture, backside of picture, and note were all in an envelope waiting for her to open it.  It was inside the book I purchased on e-bay "Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler' by Henry Hostettler.  Also with the picture was this note written in 197? (I assume that the 'H' on the back of the picture stands for either Hochstetler or Hostettler.)

Who's Hank? Who's Sis? Who is Aunt Emma Larabee and who is Fern?

Mary Post Warren

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Postcard - Reformed Church and Cemetery



Found in book 'Descendants of Jacob Hochstettler'
By Harvey Hostetler (1912)
purchased from e-bay February 2011



Know anything about this or this cemetery? Please contact me using the e-mail address to the right under my picture.

Mary Post Warren

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Obituary - Henry Jacob Hochstetler

Found in book 'Descendants of Jacob Hochstettler'
By Harvey Hostetler (1912)
purchased from e-bay February 2011

Know anything about anyone mentioned in this post? Please contact me using the e-mail address to the right under my picture.

Mary Post Warren

© copyright 2011, all rights reserved, Mary Post Warren

Madness Monday: Amish Bishop Samuel Hochsettler

I am not sure what year this happened...it just says January 23.  From the clothing on the investigators it looks to be late 1920's or 1930's?  That's my guess, for what it's worth!  A handwritten note under the title of the article says "Is this in your book Nora?"  Wonder if they were meaning the book I just purchased from e-bay, or if it was a different one?  I plan on doing more research on this in the summer.

The newspaper article is from Goshen Indiana....my mother was a reporter...was she involved in the writing of the article?  Could she have known these people?  She graduated from Goshen High School in 1927 and started at the newspaper shortly afterwards.  If I'm correct on the range of years this article could have been written she might very well have remembered the incident.

Found in book purchased on e-bay February 2011
"The Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler" by
Harvy Hostetler

To enlarge the article click on it...then click on article again to enlarge for easy readability.  IMPORTANT: BE SURE AND USE THE BACK ARROW ON YOUR BROWSERS (UPPER LEFT) TO COME BACK TO THIS PAGE.

Know anything about anyone mentioned in this post? Please contact me using the e-mail address to the right under my picture.

Mary Post Warren

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Treasure Thursday: Hochstetler - Hostetler

I purchased this book on e-bay a few weeks ago...I'm not sure it's even related to my family but I figured for what I paid for it I wasn't really out anything.  I haven't had much of a chance to go through it yet but I found some great treasures inside the book....several newspaper articles, a picture, several postcards, and some other items.  If you will note: on the binding of the book the title is Jacob Hochstetler, the author is Harvey Hostetler....a close enough spelling that the name was probably changed somewhere down the line.

Susan Hostetler was my great-great grandparents, Yost and Martha (Plank) Schrock's first son's, Christian Schrock's, wife.  Also in my database there is a Dorene Hostetler who married a Cripe. Two of  Yost and Martha Schrock's daughters married Cripe's.  Whether a link is there or not is yet to be determined.

The book is fairly small print and is almost 1,200 pages, it was printed in 1912 and some of the genealogy lines go back to the 1600s.  I am hoping to look through this book extensively this summer, when I'm off work, and find a link to my ancestors.

Know anything about anyone mentioned in this post? Please contact me using the e-mail address to the right under my picture.

Mary Post Warren

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