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Rev. Alfred T. Day III will speak on the “transforma-tional task of history” on June 28. Page 3.

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In conclucsion of Boehm family saga, after escaping Europe’s wars, Jacob’s family choose side in the American Revolution. Page 2-3.

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Meet Isaac Doulin, who served one day as an un-derage recruit. A look at reaction of church to peace. Page 6

Civil War ends,Methodists react

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Part V: Long peace ends for the family

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The men who lie beneath these stones have something in common. Stumped? See Page 7 for answer.

Heritage Sundaytopic is announced

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Following is the conclu-sion of Böhm family history by R. Robert Murtrie as found in “Beam/Boehm Family, Immigration to Canada 1788-2000.” It is used with the permission of the author, Lawrence R. Beam.

By R. Robert Mutrie Small orchards were planted on virtually every Pennsylvania pioneer farm, with the apple predominating. This fruit served a variety of purposes in the pioneer settle-ment, including eating out of hand, flavoring for meals and feeding livestock, but primarily was pressed to produce the juices for cider. In some in-stances, a sale of land involved the delivery of more than 1,000 gallons of apple liquor by the purchaser to the seller. Barbara Herr Nissley, the wife of Canadian pioneer Abraham Beam, developed a variety known as “Mama Beam’s Apple,” also known as the “Belmont,” cultivated in Ohio by Jacob Nissley, a son of her first marriage. Jacob and Barbara Böhm lived long peaceful lives in their adopted Pennsylvania home. Along the coast of North America, England and Spain waged a war during the 1740s. To the north along the New York-Quebec border, The Seven Years War raged from 1767 to 1773 during which England took Canada from France. All this passed by the pacifist Mennonite families of inland Pennsylvania. Most of the couple’s children and grandchildren grew up around them at Pequea and the neighboring townships, with the exception of son John who ventured to pioneer in Virgin-ia. The lands given by Jacob and Barbara to their family members formed homesteadfor

the next generation. The events of the American Revolution starting in 1775 disrupted the peaceful family life of the aged couple, as did the momentous events in all colonial American families. British and Patriot recruiters came into the quiet Pequea community seeking soldiers for their ranks. Jacob and Barbara lived to see the turbulent times that led to the imprisonment of their second son Abraham for his support of the British cause, and some of their grandchil-dren abandoning pacifism to join the ranks of the Patriots. In a momentous move, their youngest son, Martin, a bishop

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Part V: A family divided by revolutionBoehm family lived in peaceful new land until war again found them.

Shown above is the Hess-Boehm cemetery where Jacob Böhm and his wife are believed to be buried. At left is Jacob’s will.

The Rev. Alfred T. Day III, chief historian of the United Methodist Church, will serve as the speaker for Boehm’s Heritage Sunday 2015, sched-uled June 28 at 4 p.m. Before his 2014 appoint-ment as General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History, Pastor Day served churches in the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference, including a term as a district superintendent. He most recently com-pleted nine years of service at Historic St. George’s in Philadelphia, also designated as a Methodist Heritage Land-mark. In addition, Pastor Day serves as editor of “Methodist History.” Pastor Day’s address, titled “Almost Anamnesis: The Transformational Task of History,” will reflect on the gospel of Luke’s story of Jesus’ surprise post-resurrection meeting with despondent dis-ciples on the road to Emmaus and how there is a temptation in doing the work of history to look backward; and how reflecting and reckoning with the past has an important, life and mind-changing function

in both the present moment and pointing to the future. A brief business meeting will open the hour-long pro-gram, which will segue direct-ly into the worship portion of the service. A light meal will be provided in the fellowship hall of Boehm’s United Meth-odist Church following the service. The program is free and open to the public. A love offering will be received.

of the Mennonite Church, split with the faith to found the United Brethren and then joined the new Methodist sect, a departure from the whole philosophy of the Böhm house-hold, which some adopted and others opposed. In the midst of the war and family conflict, Jacob Böhm of Conestoga Township, yeoman, made out his will dated Sept. 18, 1778. To his wife, Barbara, he gave the use of his dwelling house and its contents, his gar-den and a list of farm produce. The 180-acre home property was confirmed to his youngest son, Martin, with the condition that Martin meet the specified provisions to his mother and make payment of £300 to three of his sisters: Mary, wife of Henry Stiggler; Anna, wife of Martin Byer; and Elizabeth, wife of Michael Myer. Jacob mentioned that he had already provided for the rest of his children: Jacob Beam; Abraham Beam; John Beam; Barbara (deceased); Susannah, wife of Henry Resh; Magdale-na, wife of Fridrich Shoaff; and Fronica, wife of Jacob Shoaff. (Lancaster County Will Book D, Vol 1, p.6). The family patriarch did not live to see the conclusion of the conflict that polarized his fam-ily, departing for the peace of the grave in 1780.* His will was probated on July 12, 1781, and Jacob may have been buried in the Hess-Boehm Cemetery, fol-lowed by his wife, although no stone has survived the ravages of more than two centuries. In their manuscript, M. Stanley Boehm and Donald Beam wrote of a visit to the family cemetery: “In a dense thicket of locust trees and brambles a half-mile distant from the house, the

old family burying ground and the graves of twenty-five of his ancestors. The graves were marked with headstones of field slate, with the name cut with a cold chisel. “It is of interest to note the various spellings of the name there, which includes ‘Beam,’ ‘Behm’, ‘Bohm’ and ‘Boheme’ The earliest stone bore the date 1725.” Over the next decade, the cemetery was restored and in 1929, M. Stanley Boehm returned to unveil a monu-ment erected by the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Church of the United Brethren in Christ to the pioneers’ son, Rev. Martin Boehm.*

More Böhm immigrants to Pennsylvania More men of the Böhm surname, whose relationship, if any, is not known, came to Pennsylvania after Jacob. One in particular, Rudolph, is known by mentions in “The Journals of Henry Boehm” to have been Jacob’s brother. Ru-dolph came to America in 1727 and settled at Warwick Town-ship, Lancaster County, about 10 miles north of the city of Lancaster. Rudolph “Behme” was naturalized at Lancaster in 1743 (Persons Nat. in PA 1740-1773, Genea. Publ Co.). Like Jacob, he was a blacksmith and served as a lay elder of the Rapho Mennonite Church. Family historian profes-sor Jacob L. Beam compiled a list of 23 men of the Böhm (and variations) surname who arrived at the Port of Phila-delphia from 1738 to 1787. There were certain circum-stantial traits which some of the immigrant families had in common with our ancestor Jacob. One was the predomi-nance of the Christian names,

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‘Transformational task of history’ is historian’s subject

Adam, Christian, Jacob, John, Michael, Peter and Barbara. Secondly, several were black-smiths. In Germany the same trade, the same shop with the same equipment, and the same pride in excellence of work was passed down through the generations. Some of the Boehm families who immigrat-ed shared the Mennonite faith. Others were Lutheran. Please see the spring 2015 newsletter for information on how to order a copy of Law-rence Beam’s 613- page book:

Beam/Boehm Family-Immigra-tion to Canada 1788-2000.*Jacob Böhm’s date of death has been determined to be May 18-20, 1781. *The stone erected to the memory of Rev. Martin Boehm and his wife, Eve, is located in the Boehms United Methodist Cemetery, not the Hans Hess/(Boehm) family cemetery located some distance away from the chapel. The Hess-Boehm cemetery was restored circa 1986 by the Hans Hess Associates.

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Patron LifeBertha AdamsMr. and Mrs. Roger BeamMr. and Mrs. Donald BettyMr. and Mrs. Hal BoehmDr. and Mrs. Edward DagenMr. and Mrs. Jeff Frey familyJames GallowayMr. and Mrs. David HessW. Paul McCardellHelen McLeanRev. and Mrs. Robert NicholsonMichael RhineerMrs. John ShenkMr. and Mrs. Harold Ulmer

Benefactor LifeBishop and Mrs. George Bashore Lawrence BeamWilliam and Sally BrownDenise ClaycombDianne CoxMarilyn and Bruce DeweyMr. and Mrs. Frank EllisMr. and Mrs. Lynn EshlemanDr. Paul FisherJune H. GalebachGlenn HackmanMr. and Mrs. Henry Behm HarbagePat HartranftJamie HeckendornE. Marvin HerrJean HessNancy Beam HollowayMr. and Mrs. James JohnsonMr. and Mrs. James JollyMr. and Mrs. Richard KarrMr. and Mrs. Mervin KreiderJames McCulloughMr. and Mrs. Marris McCulloughMr. and Mrs. Michael McCulloughSharon McCulloughMr. and Mrs. Virgil MeckRev.. and Mrs. Steven MeckMartha Rudolph-MaherMary Louise MillerMr. and Mrs. Ronald SeebachRev. Daniel ShearerRev. and Mrs. Dennis SnovelRev. William SpiegelhalderRev. Samuel Stoner Mr. and Mrs. Donald TribitDonald L. Walters

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis WintersClarissa Wolcott

ContributorMarv, Helen and Abby AdamsR. Ted BoehmG.R. MitchellJim and Charlene MylinRuth E GroffRichard A Haas

Family

Harold and Doris BaileyMr. and Mrs. John B. Beam Guy and Sandy CarriganMr. and Mrs. Gerald Frey, SrJohn and Lynn GebhartJoe and Jane HooverBarton, Lynne and Betty KastorDorothy Meck KurkisMrs. Richard Beam/Kathy LangkampRobert and Fay MarvelPaul and Evelyn MerriamDennis and Dolores MyersRobert and Elizabeth MyersCarl and Judith MylinSue and Bob RadocyAndrew and Bethany RailingDorothy Kreider ReedDorothy ShoffPatricia ThompsonRob and Donna TrubianoMildred and Bill White

IndividualJohn C. Beam Eunice BoehmHarvey J. BombergerWilliam R. Boyle Jr.Victor BrintonRose S. BrooksRev. Robert Olyn BryantMargaret CampbellWilliam J. Charles Jr.William T. CherryMerle E. CiesielskiCheryl Beahm ConnorsJoe DiPaolaFay L. ErbMarjorie FergusonJessie FreyJoe GarberDorothy Garboczi

Robert GeorgeDarlene GerhardtAlbert GuenthnerPatsy K. HarshJoyce E. HendricksonMrs. Richard HessPhyllis Y. HoltonLouise P. Holtry Robert HostetterDorothy JonesElaine C. KreiderMarian Beam KurapkaWilliam McIlwaineB.G. Mellinger and SonsRev. Fred MouryMargaret NolanJody O’NealCarol PearseElva PerryNancy Beam PexaRev. Kevin ReadmanElaine M. ReedKathryn M. RhineerMarcia RobbinsVivian Beahm SeibertRev. Michael SigmanWayne StrasbaughWilliam H. TonkinJanet M. WilsonJ.M. WitmerDavid C. WoldCharles Yrigoyen Jr.

DonationsMr. and Mrs. John Beam Harvey J. BombergerGuy and Sandy CarriganRichard Dagen-in memoriamDr. and Mrs. Bruce DeweyDarlene GerhardtHenry Behm HarbageMrs. Richard Beam/Kathy LangkampRobert and Fay MarvelVirgil and Maxine MeckLois and Alvin MummawNancy Beam PexaDorothy Kreider ReedMartha L.Rudolph-MaherRev. Daniel ShearerRev. William W. SpiegelhalderWayne StrasbaughPatricia ThompsonRob and Donna TrubianoDonald WaltersClarissa M Wolcott

Chapel membership for 2014-15

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By Jim McCulloughPast Chapel board president

Around 2009 I approached the Lenhart family, Chris and Sheila, about having the first opportunity to purchase the property at 5 W. Boehms Road, if they wanted to sell the property in the future. In 2011 they called to tell me that they were planning to sell their property and move to Quarryville, seeking more space for a growing family and to be closer to Chris’ work as the youth pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church in the Quarryville area. The transaction went

smoothly and a price of $180,000 was reached. The Lenhart family was happy, knowing the future use of their property. At the time of settlement, the Chapel Society planned to rent out the home and use the back part of the property for the construction of an auxiliary building for the Chapel. In a short time the Chapel Society became aware of Homes of Hope, a nonprofit organization whose goal is provide transitional housing to help qualified families achieve self-sufficiency. Rather than the Chapel Society becoming a landlord, it has become

a ministry assistant to help troubled families. The house has provided shelter for four families since being turned over to Homes of Hope for its use. The Society provides the shelter, its maintenance and lawn care; Homes of Hope provides regular mentoring, furnishings and other family needs. The families are selected from the Penn Manor School District with the help of district social workers. The board of Homes of Hope in the Penn Manor district is chaired by the Rev. Helen L. Adams, pastor of Stehman Memorial United

Methodist Church and a board member of the Chapel Society. The congregation of Boehm’s United Methodist Church also benefits from the purchase of the property. The Chapel Society turned use of the garage on the property over to the church for use as storage for its lawn and grounds equipment, along with workshop space. The move saved the church from having to construct its own building. The church trustees paid to have garage doors put on the back of the garage so that the residents would not be disturbed by moving of equipment.

Providing haven and hope for familiesShown is the home at 5 W. Boehms Road that is owned by the Chapel Society and used by Homes of Hope.

Please remember to return your membership form for 2014-2015. The present mem-bership year for the Boehm’s Chapel Society began on June 1. 2014, and ended on May 31, 2015. A membership envelope is included in this newsletter. You can also go to our web-site at www.boehmschapel.

org and click on the link for membership. Membership dues help support chapel preservation and programs, aid with the cost of printing and mailing quarterly newsletters and allow the society to support local evangelical outreaches, including Rawlinsville Camp Meeting, LUMINA, Homes of

Hope (see article below) and the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Myerstown. If you prefer to have your newletter and other informa-tion sent to you electronically, please contact Chapel Society executive director Dolores Myers at 717-872-4133, or email [email protected].

Your membership dues will help many

Children in LUMINA learn basics of cooking.

By Dolores MyersExecutive Director

Boehm’s Chapel Society By the beginning of January 1865 the dreadful Civil War was drawing to an end. Desertion among the men of Lee’s once proud Army of Northern Virgin-ia was high due to disease and starvation. Confederate forces were unable to oppose Sherman’s ad-vances through the Carolinas. A second combined assault waged on Fort Fisher, the last accessible Confederate seaport, in Wilm-ington, N.C., resulted in a Union victory. On Jan. 31 the U.S. House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery by a two-thirds majority.

Isaac Doulin,soldier for a day In the North, one man was in a hurry to get into the war. On Feb. 7, 1865, in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, recently turned 17-year-old Isaac Doulin enlisted, for one year, in Co D, 83rd PA Vol. in Reading, Berks County. He was, however, listed as being 18 years of age on the muster roll. He was described as 5 feet, 1 inch tall, gray eyes, light hair and a light complexion. He was mustered in the following day. Significantly, that is the only piece of information contained in Isaac’s military file in the National Archives in Washing-ton, D C. To the left of Isaac’s name appears an “X” and at the bottom of the Muster Roll a second “X” indicates: “Entry canceled by red line.” No reason is given. His name does not appear with any company of the 83rd PA Vol. in Samuel Bates’, “The History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65.” There is no indication that Isaac served for more than one day. Isaac was born Dec. 10, 1847, the son of John and Mary Reynolds Doulin of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pa. His father died when he was very young and at the age of 11 Isaac

was living with Reynolds rela-tives at Rawlinsville Post Office, Martic Township. By 1870, Isaac had married Adaline Miller and was living in Martic Township with their infant daughter. Isaac listed his occupation as a laborer. His death certificate and obituary specify his occupation as “tree agent” or nurseryman. Isaac and Adaline had six children. The family resided in Providence, Martic and Pequea townships. Both Adeline and Isaac are listed as being received into full membership in Boehm’s Church on Jan. 20, 1898, by Rev. Delaphan Gollie. They would have been among the last mem-bers received into membership in the Old Chapel. Rev. Gollie was instrumental in sparking a revival within the Boehm congregation and sur-rounding neighborhood, which resulted in the need for a larger space in which to worship. The new church was built in 1899. Isaac passed away July 7, 1923. His obituary states the following: “Isaac R Doulin, a former resident of this county, died Sat-urday evening at 5 o’clock in his home at Parkesburg. He was 75 years old and death was due to a complication of diseases. Mr. Doulin was a native of Lancaster County having been born in Providence township. He was a nurseryman by occupation and was well known to many resi-dents of the county. Thirty-five

years ago he moved to Parkesburg where he has since resided. [The information regarding Isaac’s residence in Parkesburg is not correct because Isaac and Ad-aline were still living in Pequea Township in the 1910 census.] When a resident of this county he was a member of Boehm’s church. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Elmer Rineer, Pequea Township: Frank, Providence township: William, of this city,[Lan-

caster], and Mrs. Annie Kunkel, Columbia. The funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Boehm’s church. Interment will be in the cemetery adjoining.”

A MethodistEpiscopal Church statement at the end of the Conflict When the 79th session of the Philadelphia Annual Confer-ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church convened at St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, March 14, 1866, the following statements on “The State of the Country” were entered into the minute books: “Whereas, A great war, how-ever just the cause and impera-tive the necessity, is an unspeak-able calamity; and Whereas, a ‘civil war’ is of all others most to be deprecated; and Whereas, We as ministers of the Gospel in the Methodist Episcopal Church, are as deeply concerned in all that relates to our country’s welfare, as can be any other class of our fellow-citi-zens; therefore Resolved, 1st . That we greatly rejoice at the return of peace to our country, as the result of the overthrow of the rebellion, and the signal maintenance of the authority of the general Govern-

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End of the Civil War, 150 years ago

Isaac and Adaline Doulin at their home in Martic Township.

5 vets buriedin 2014-15 The following veterans were interred in Boehm’s Cem-etery in 2014-2015: ▄Richard Dagen,1924-2014, WWII, US Navy, Motor Ma-chinist’s Mate Third Class.▄C. Russel Kauffman 1921-2014, WWII, Sgt T/4, 544 Amphibious Engineer, 2nd Batt. South Pacific. ▄Ronald Kneisley, 1943-2014, U.S. Army Engineers.▄Robert Sherrard, 1921-2014, WWII, 11th Airborne Paratroopers, Okinawa; Japan post-war WWII; Korean War.▄Boyd R. Wenger Jr. 1923-2015, WWII, U.S. Army, Philippines, Asiatic-Pacific campaign.▄Florence Williams, 1919-2014, WWII, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 1st Lt., Pacific Theater. Mr. Dagen, Mr. Kauffman and Mr. Kneisley were mem-bers of Boehm’s UMC.

ment. Resolved, 2d. That we are de-voutly thankful to Almighty God for the compensation we have received for the things we have suffered by the abolition of slav-ery, as the result of the combined causes of a patriotic war and a Constitutional Amendment. Resolved 3d. That no words of ours can adequately express the sorrow we feel at the un-timely death of the late President Lincoln, or our sense of horror at the crime of his assassination. Resolved, 4th. That not as political partisans, but as Amer-ican citizens, we will ever use our influence in every prudent way to strengthen the basis of our free institutions, that in the language of the lamented dead, “Government of the people, for the people, by the people, may

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Tombstones of nine ministers known to have served at Boehm’s Chapel were recently located in various cemeteries within Lan-caster County, Pennsylvania. Their names are listed below in chronological order, reflect-ing the years they served at the chapel. Biographical information for additional ministers, known to have served the Boehms congre-gations between 1775-2015, will be included in a 225th anniver-sary book, hoped to be ready for Heritage Sunday 2016. The stones shown on the first page are for the following pastors: large photo, Gollie; at right, from top, Rhinier, Barr and Gray; bottom left, Bailey; and bottom right, Jackson. 1. Eliphalet Reed —1831, 1832, 1848. Rev. Reed was born in Queen Anne’s County, Mary-land, in 1792. He was converted while still a youth and joined the Philadelphia Conference at the age of 25. After his first year, he returned home for the next two years but was readmitted to The Conference in 1821. He served in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey until his death in 1863. He is buried in Mount Joy Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 2. John Edwards — 1832. Rev. Edwards was born in Union County, New Jersey, in 1802. He was admitted to the Philadelphia Conference in 1831 and assigned to the Dorchester Circuit, Maryland. He served Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. He married Dorinda Stacy from Strasburg, Pennsylva-nia. His name was listed among the supernumerary in 1868 after 37 years of faithful service. He died in 1879 and is buried in Strasburg Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 3. Valentine Gray — 1840, 1853-1854. Rev. Gray was born in Chester County, Pennsylva-nia, in 1815. He was converted in 1834 while attending a camp meeting held in Chester County. He was received on trial in

1839 and first appointed to the Dauphin Circuit. He mar-ried Sarah Taylor of Lancaster County. He served in Pennsyl-vania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. He was assaulted by a mob during his service on the Northampton Circuit in 1846. He was removed from the pul-pit, due to differences of opinion regarding abolition for fear he would plant ideas of uprising among the slaves. He died in 1887 in Gap, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and is buried in the Bellevue Presbyterian Ceme-tery, Gap, Pennsylvania. 4. Mark Bailey —1855. Rev. Bailey was born in 1824 in Kilham, Yorkshire, England. He may be the same Mark Bailey who arrived in Philadelphia in 1853 aboard the ship “City of Glasglow,” age 27 years, occu-pation listed as weaver. He was admitted to the Conference, on trial, in 1854 and assigned to the Radnor Circuit in Pennsylva-nia. The following year he was assigned to the Strasburg Circuit, which included both Boehm’s Chapel and Bird-in-Hand Meth-odist Episcopal Church. He died July 2, 1855, and is buried in the Bird-in-Hand United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 5. Daniel Rhinier — 1857. Rev. Rhinier was a local preacher from Conestoga. In 1856 a great revival occurred in Willow Street under the leadership of local ministers Dan Rhinier and Fred-erick Brady. Rev. Rhinier was ordained as an elder and served in the Safe Harbor Circuit until his retirement at the age of 85. He died in 1909 and is buried at Conestoga United Methodist Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 6. Gideon T. Barr —1858. Rev. Barr was born near Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1832. In 1855 he taught school in Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. He joined the Conference in 1856 and was appointed to the Halifax Circuit. He served churches in

both Pennsylvania and Maryland. He was not able to rally after he caught a cold in February of 1867and died three months later, in Enterprise, Lancaster County, Pennsylva-nia. He is buried in Bird-in Hand United Methodist Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

7. Thomas M. Jackson — 1871. Rev. Dr. Jackson was born in Landisville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1851. He joined the Columbia Method-ist Church, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1867 and soon after was licensed to preach. He served with the Philadelphia Conference for 41 years in 16 charges. He married Catherine Kauffman of Washington Boro, Pennsylvania. After he retired from the ministry he pursued the study of neuropathy and served as the dean of the College of Neuropathy, Philadelphia. He died in a sanitarium in Plain-field, New Jersey, in 1929 and is buried in Washington Boro Church of God Cemetery, Lan-caster County, Pennsylvania. 8. Frederick Brady —1876-1878. Rev. Brady was born in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1825. He was converted at Mount Nebo Methodist Episcopal Church, Lancaster County, in 1846. When he served as a local preacher, Rev. Brady was noted as instrumental in affecting an

1856 revival in the Willow Street area. He is first mentioned as a local preacher in the Conference minutes, circa 1856. He was subsequently admitted on trial to the Philadelphia Conference in 1866. He was a charter mem-ber of the Conestoga Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in Lancaster County, Pennsylva-nia in 1910 and is interred in Conestoga United Methodist Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 9. Delaplan Gollie —1897-1901. Rev. Gollie was assigned to Boehm’s circuit during the period when the Boehm’s congregation ceased meeting for worship in the Old Chap-el built in 1791 and the brick church that was erected in 1899. There is a small notation in the 1916 yearbook for Boehm’s Methodist Episcopal Church, which states during Rev Gollie’s pastorate “a wonderful revival was enjoyed and more than one hundred souls were converted to God, most of whom were soon received into the church.” Rev. Gollie died in 1905 and is buried in Boehm’s United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Nine who served at Boehm’s Chapel

From left, the gravestones of Eliphalet Reed, John Edwards and Frederick Brady. Below is the stained glass window in the “new” Boehm’s Church, dedicated to Delaplan Gollie.

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In 2016, we will mark the 225th anniversary of the erection of Boehm’s Chapel. A special celebration is in the plan-ning for Heritage Weekend, June 24-26, 2016. Input is needed to determine where interests lie, and what type of events will be most likely attended by visiting Böhm descendants, the Boehm congregation and general public. Please indicate below if you have interest in any or all of the suggested activities. Small fees, to be determined, will be required for events such as local bus trips and Böhm

history classes, to offset the cost of speakers, bus rentals and entrance fees, etc. If it is deter-mined there is enough interest to proceed, updates will appear in future editions of the Boehm’s Chapel newsletter. Please return to Boehm’s Chapel, PO Box 272, Willow Street, PA 17584 or scan and send to [email protected] prior to Aug. 31, 2015.

Friday evening, June 24, 2016: ____Evening meal at local restaurant followed by time to mix, meet and share family findings and memborabilia with

Böhm cousins.Saturday, June 25, 2016:____ Morning bus trip to nearby sites relating to Böhm histo-ry and local historical sites of interest. ____Afternoon genealogical type classes, with local histori-ans, relating to original Böhm properties in Lancaster County and updated information on Böhm DNA studies, which allow us to follow our Böhm ancestors through time. ____I am interested purchas-ing lucheon type foods, onsite at Boehm’s campus.

____I want to a purchase a Böhm family T-shirt with chapel logo.____Old-fashioned early evening hymn sing in Boehm’s ChapelSunday, June 26, 2016: ____Annual afternoon Heritage Sunday service in Boehm’s Chap-el followed by light luncheon fare for purchase on Boehm’s Campus site.____Late afternoon outdoor Praise and Worship Service on Boehm’s Campus.___ I would like to suggest the following activty.

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not perish from the earth.”

Matthew Simpson, Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia Matthew Simpson was a Methodist Bishop of Philadel-phia who gave many lectures and sermons around the country during the Civil War. He was a supporter of the Union, eman-cipation and President Lincoln. The Lincoln administration

placed particular importance on maintaining the Union sup-port of Methodists and Bishop Simpson was a key leader of the Methodists. Occasionally, Presi-dent Lincoln worshiped at one of the Methodist churches in Wash-ington, such as the Foundry Church, where Bishop Simpson preached in January 1863. “Secretary Edwin Stanton and his wife were in front, on chairs; President Lincoln in the altar,” Simpson later wrote. “The Presi-dent made by contribution a life member ...” Frank A. Flower, “Edwin McMasters Stanton.” “Mr. Lincoln also appreciated

Bishop Simpson’s non-religious views, according to Dr. Thomas Bowman, a fellow Methodist who was the Senate chaplain: It was well known that the President occasionally sent for the Bishop in order to procure information about the affairs of the nation. The President said in substance, ‘Bishop Simpson is a wise and thoughtful man. He travels extensively over the country and sees things as they are. He has no axe to grind, and therefore I can depend upon him for such information as I need.’” (DeWitt Jones, “Lincoln and the Preachers,” p. 56.) As found in

“Sermons Given on the Occasion of the Assassination of Abra-ham Lincoln,” Bishop Simpson offered the following statement as part of the eulogy he delivered at the graveside of his friend. “The time will come when, in the beautiful words of him whose lips are now forever sealed, The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”

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