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From: "Dick Goss" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] PLEASANT HILL BOOK
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:17:19 -0500
References: <013b01c216d0$5938d2a0$20bab4cf@default>


Ethel Weddle's book may also be of interest to those following the Flory
line.

----- Original Message -----
From: dwayne wrightsman <>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:59 AM
Subject: [BRE] PLEASANT HILL BOOK


>
> NEW VERSION OF THE OLD PLEASANT HILL BOOK
>
> A new edition of the old, out-of-print "Pleasant Hill" book by Ethel
> Harshbarger Weddle has been published by the Girard, Illinois,
> Sesquicenennial Committee. This new edition is produced with large print
> and it has 95 pages of old photos of the Brethren who were members of the
> Pleasant Hill Church, in the Virden and Girard area of Macoupin County,
> Illinois, from 1867 through 1912. The book also has an index to help
> readers find their ancestors. Prominent surnames include: Brubaker,
> Vaniman, Gibson, Stutsman, Snell, Shull, Riffey, Harshbarger, Frantz,
> Filbrun, and other families migrating from Virginia and Ohio to Pleasant
> Hill during the 1860s. The first elder of the Pleasant Hill Church was
> Isham Gibson. Deacon (and later Elder) Jacob Brubaker was the architect
for
> the church and donor of the land for the cemetery. A list of the Brethren
> buried at the cemetery is also included in the new edition.
>
> The new book is published privately by the Girard Sesquicentennial Book
> Committee of Girard, Illinois. Details of how to acquire a copy of the
book
> are given on the Macoupin County, Illinois, GenWeb page. The easiest way
to
> get to this page is to go to any good search engine and enter the words
> Macoupin and GenWeb. The address of the Girard SQ Book Committee is 119
> West Madison Street, Girard, IL 62640.
>
> Dwayne Wrightsman
> Lee, NH
> Native of Virden, IL
>
>
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