Central, Archbold, Ohio
Canton Amish Mennonite c. 1820
In 1820 a settlement was made southwest of Canton. The first minister was George Yutzy. Ministers from this church participated in the Diener Versammlung conferences. Became extinct about 1875. Families from this church found their way to the Beech Church, Louisville, Ohio, where they had relatives, and to the Madison County, Ohio, Amish settlement.
Canton Mission 1904
1935 Third St., S. E., Canton, Ohio.
3. John A. Liechty (first suet. and pastor)
Mission founded 1904 by a joint committee of the Ohio Mennonite Conference and the Eastern A.M. Conference. In 1907 the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities took the property and work over. When the congregation became independent of the Board of Missions and Charities, the congregation became known as the First Mennonite Church of Canton. See First Mennonite Church of Canton. The name "Canton Mission" is obsolete.
Cedar Grove 1905
Pa. Rt. 63, Greencastle, Pa. 3. Dorsey Martin 4. Nelson L. Martin 5. 160
6. A former member of the Washing
List of Congregations / 307
ton County, Md., and Franklin County, Pa., Conference; became an independent congregation in 1937. Joined the Ohio and Eastern Conference in 1951. Supports three missionaries, also the Mennonite Hour on the Hagerstown, Md., radio station. Ministers: Dorsey Martin, John Grove, Glenn Diller, Abram Baer, Nelson Martin. Deacons: Charles Martin, Leavitt Keener.
Central 1944
Ohio Rt. 2, one-fourth mile east of
County Rd. 22. Archbold, Ohio.
3. Christian Beck
4. Charles Gautsche 5. 621
6. See Fulton County District for early
history.
Central 1925
East Main St., Elida, Ohio. 3. Andrew Brenneman 4. Walter Smeltzer 5. 111
6. See Salem-Pike District for early
history.
Chapel 1876
New Stark, Ohio.
Organized in 1876, near New Stark in
Hancock County, Ohio. Meetinghouse erected before 1$79, one and one-hart miles west of New Stark. Withdrew from the Ohio Mennonite Conference in 1927
