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The Ten Mile Church of the Brethren in

Marianna, Washington Co., PA

And the daughter church, South Pigeon Creek Dunkard Church (now defunct)

Misc. Page for Other Families of this Congregation

As we get more details on families, 
a new page will be created for each one.

If your family should be listed here, please email me.  

If you have a website for a Ten Mile family, send me the URL.

 

 

 

MILLER and others:

Art Miller of Louisville, KY is researching these families:

David Miller in West Bethlehem Twp., to Nelson Co., Ky. 1796
Peter Zug in Amwell Twp. 1794-1802, died Greene Co. 1803
William Miller died West Bethlehem Twp. 1802
Other Brethren families mostly in West/East Bethlehem Twp.: James Beatty, James Craven, Edward Dorsey, Gaspar Feester, Neil Gillespy, Joseph Hill, Daniel Leatherman, Anthony Hardman, Jonathan Harned, Henry Hartsock, Christian Miller, John Miller, Peter Shidler, Jacob Shively, Martin Spohn, Adam Weaver and Peter Wise


TOMBAUGH

Tombaugh Family - book by Reno G. Tombaugh

 

ROSS

See Samuel J. Ross Obituary

 

 

Directions:   To locate the site of the Pigeon Creek Dunkard Church Cemetery  (Leatherman Cemetery) and former Church, go east on Highway 40 out of Washington, Pennsylvania .   Go past the Lone Pine crossroad (Highway 519) for exactly 0.95 mile .  Turn left (north) off of Highway 40 and then "jog" right (on the old highway) . . . turn left (north) at the first road which is Highway 62155 . . . go for 1.1 miles north on Highway 62155. The cemetery is located on the right side of the road, but it will be necessary to climb up the steep embankment to see the gravestones that are located at the back of the lot.

 

OTHER TEN MILE FAMILIES

If your family should be listed here, please email me.  

If you have a website for a Ten Mile family, send me the URL.

 

Below are links that will help you learn more about Washington County Pennsylvania, the Church of the Brethren, and families of Washington County.

 

Church of the Brethren / German Baptist Brethren History:
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National and District Links

 

Ten Mile Church of the Brethren (Marianna) and South Pigeon Creek Dunkard (north end of the congregation), Washington Co., PA
Ten Mile COB (picture of original church) South Pigeon Creek Dunkard Church (photo)
Directions to Ten Mile COB with Map

Directions to South Pigeon Creek Cemetery/Lot with Map  (tap the bar for East to move the map slightly to see Letherman Bridge Road; the Cemetery is a little over 2 miles down this road)

Raymond Bell Anthology - Ten Mile Church of the Brethren   German Baptists adopted the official name of The Church of the Brethren in the early 1900s.  See Families of Ten Mile Church of the Brethren

            

          TEN MILE AREA
Map: Washington to Scenery Hill
(Ten Mile area lies closer to Scenery Hill)
Ten Mile Area Landmarks:
Ten Mile Watershed DEP (Department of Environmental Protection)  Century Inn

         

National Road - National Pike

 

Tools You Can Use!

Submit Your Surnames - coming in 2006

Cemetery Precautions - Avoiding Poison Ivy/Poison Oak

Genealogy Humor

The ancestry of the LANE family were German Baptists, who adopted the official name of The Church of the Brethren in the early 1900s.  See Families of Ten Mile Church of the Brethren

 

My LANES

LANE FAMILY of MD and PA  
Lane Book One - Index
(Lane Family History: Descendants of John Lane, Sr., by Ruth Lane McGary and Judith Ann Florian, 1990 (Includes 1794-1990.)
Daniel and Anna England Lane, and family (photo)

Photo of elderly Anna England Lane

Lane Book Two - Index - coming '06   

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