Amish Origins: The Beginnings of the Hochstetler Family and Their FaithBare bones genealogy, if we include only the basics of names and dates, is like a dead skeleton. If we include places where important life events took place, we have added more to the bones. But to flesh out the lives of our forebears requires an understanding of the times they lived in and the significant events that affected their lives, communities and nations. This companion volume to the Michael & Mary (Gerber) Hochstetler Genealogy is intended

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John Casper Stoever was an early and prominent minister serving the area of southeast Pennsylvania

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