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ing classes in 1883 in East Lewistown, Ohio, and also in other parts of Mahoning County where he organized a total of four schools. P. Steiner of Cranberry, Ohio, writes also about the singing classes taught in Allen County by C. H. Brunk. Here Brunk had three classes in different schoolhouses with twelve lessons given in each place. Two classes of children about twelve years old met during the day once a week. The young people, Steiner reports, made progress in singing.'

Another man from Virginia who traveled widely and preached to congregations was Jacob Hildebrand whose westward journeys could not bypass Ohio. In January 1880 Hildebrand tells of visiting Allen County where his three meetings were well attended and where he stayed with J. M. Brenneman. He continued his journey to Fairfield County where he met a congregation in a Dunker church.'"

"Only a Small Flock"

Anna Horning of Shambaugh, Iowa, returned to the community of her youth and told about it in a published article on "Visit to

Turkey Run Meetinghouse in Perry County

This was one of the oldest Mennonite church buildings in continuous use in the state of Ohio. It was erected in 1858 southeast of Bremen in Perry County. Services alternated between Turkey Run and the nearby Pleasant Hill meetinghouse. During the Civil War controversy over the draft caused a decline in membership.