O'er Stormy Seas: The Far-Flung Family of Mart and Mattie ZimmermanThis narrative history is organized around the heritage, experiences, and legacy of a Mennonite coupleMart and Mattie (Martin) Zimmermanwhose lives spanned the tumultuous era of Lancaster County history played out between the Civil War and the Great Depression. The Zimmermans' married life and the lives of their six children were shaped by dramatic events. Looming particularly large over Mart and Mattie's marriage was "the pulpit affair," an episode

It examines ways progressive Mennonites have slowed their absorption into American culture

and then in Berks Co

and Ulrich Hunsperger settled in Franconia

and mandates from European archives

with thoughtful consideration of how these diverse communities are related

but also items found and used in the classroom

son of Joseph Horning and Fannie Mosser/Musser

Lorelei Press

Horst (1/16/1854-2/3/1940)

Two men with the name

1708 or 1709)

The Shenk and Stoner families are central with other surnames: Brenneman