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From: Bob Harter <>
Subject: RE: FLORY/WARNE
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 19:34:42 -0400


The 1920 edition of "History of the Church of the Brethren of the Southern
District of Ohio" has a biosketch of Emanuel Flory, so indeed he was a
member and in fact he was a minister - "...a vigorious expounder of the
Word but always in the German language." According to the biosketch, he
and his brothers Joseph and Henry emigrated to Ohio in 1805 and they are
listed members of th first organization in the Miami Valley. In 1830 he
moved to Darke County and became the first resident elder of the Palestine
(West Branch) Church.
Now, we do have a discrepancy, though. According to the biosketch,
Emanuel was known to be married twice, and his first wife's maiden name was
Blocher. Emanuel's stone is in the West Branch Cem, with the inscription
"dec'd March 9, 1849" With it is a stone for "Elizabeth, wife of Emanuel
Flory, dec'd September 20, 1855." This would appear to be his second wife.
Thre is no indication of a Sarah Kaza - unless she was a third wife of
whom the editors of the book were unaware.
In case you do not have it, the biosketch indicates that Emanuel's father
was Abraham, who lived near Meyersdale, Somerset Co., PA.

(I am not in this family, but my great grandfather, Henry Baker, was one
of the early ministers of the West Branch Church.)

Bob Harter

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