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| Birth: | 18 May 1836 in Quirnbeim,Bavaria,Germany |
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| Sex: | F |
| Father: | Christopher Haffner b. About 1805 in of Quirnbeim,Bavaria,Germany |
| Mother: | Barbara Bergtholdt b. About 1805 in of Quirnbeim,Bavaria,Germany |
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| LDS Baptism: 19 Jul 2000 NASHV 1 |
| Changed: 1 Aug 2000 03:38:44 |
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| Christian SCHOWALTER (Husband) b. 11 Nov 1828 in Assenhim,Bavaria,Germany
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| Marriage: | 25 OCT 1855 in Donnellson,Lee County,Iowa,USA |
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 Edward Henry SCHOWALTER b. 27 Oct 1861 in Donnelson,Iowa,USA
 Hanna M. SCHOWALTER b. About 1855 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- Lena Lydia SCHOWALTER b. 23 Sep 1856 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- Bebetta J. SCHOWALTER b. 23 Mar 1858 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- Johannas SCHOWALTER b. 23 Feb 1859 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- Meno SCHOWALTER b. 13 Oct 1860 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- SCHOWALTER b. 22 Oct 1863 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- Meno W. SCHOWALTER b. 21 Feb 1865 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- Rudolph SCHOWALTER b. 4 Dec 1866 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- Barbara K. SCHOWALTER b. 10 Oct 1869 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- Christopher A. SCHOWALTER b. 13 Feb 1873 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- John Benjamin SCHOWALTER b. 12 Sep 1875 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- Jacob SCHOWALTER b. 4 Sep 1877 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
- Daniel J. SCHOWALTER b. 23 Dec 1879 in Donnellson,Lee Co.,Iowa,USA
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- Title: Eymann.ged
Author: Torsten Eymann
Publication: http://www.iig.uni-freiburg.de/~eymann/
- Title: Rev. Christian Schowalter, Bethel College Bulletin, Bethel College,
Author: Bethel College,
Text: Rev. Christian Schowalter, Bethel College Bulletin, Bethel College,
Kansas. Wednesday, April 20, 1938, vol. 25, number 15.
A Memorial Biography
It was in the time of the Reformation that the lives of three brothers
living in Switzerland, John, Jacob, and Christian Schowalter, were in
danger. Religious persecutions were spreading. The Schowalter
brothers fled from their homes and found refuge in western Germany
near the peasant village of Weissenburg, Alsatia. Here the trio became
tenants on the manors of Schamach and Gaisberg not far from the
western bank of the stream made immortal in song and myth, the Rhine
River.
One of these brothers, who went north into Germany from Scenic
Switzerland, was the ancestor of Christian Schowalter, early Mennonite
educator in America, pastor, mission worker, and a founder of the
General Conference of Mennonite
Churches.
Born at Asseheim, Bavria, Germany
Born November 11, 1829, at Assenheim, Bavaria, Germany, young
Christian Schowalter started going to public school at the age of six
years. When fourteen he went to work for three years on his father's
farm. Although his parents, John and Magdalena Schowalter, had but
moderate means they were eager that the studious boy should go on with
his education and at seventeen he enrolled at a normal school in
Beugen, studied hem two years, and continued his normal school
training at Schiers in the canton of Graubuenden in eastern
Switzerland.
Graduating at Schiers in July, 1849, he taught school for one year in
Deutschhof, Bavaria. Receiving an invitation from Haysville, Ohio, to
teach school there, Schowalter in 1850 in a company of seventy-two
persons migrated to America.
Taught in Ohio and at Donnellson, Iowa
He taught in Ohio three years and in 1853 went to teach a parochial
school at Donnellson, Iowa. Here in Donnellson, Iowa, the young school
teacher became acquainted with Rosina Haffner whom he married on
October 25, 1855.
The pastor of the Mennonite Zion Church at Donnellson
died in 1861 and that same year Schowalter was chosen pastor of this
church by lot. Beginning his pastorate in December 1861 Reverend
Schowalter continued in the ministry for forty-three years.
He introduced the Sunday School in his church and was
instrumental in interesting the young people of his congregation in
music. This church was very active in supporting mission work and in
1867 when the Mennonite Mission Board arranged to send Philip Rabbit,
a Cheyenne Indian from Oklahoma, to attend Bethel College the members
responded generously in giving money for the Indian's school expenses.
Promoted Idea of Greater Church Unity
In 1858 a movement for greater unity among Mennonite churches was
begun. Schowalter, then a school teacher, was one of the promoters of
the idea. Next year when a meeting was held to outline steps for such
a unification, he was chosen as secretary. He became a member of the
committee that drew up the constitution for the conference, was a
member of the committee that prepared the Handbook for Ministers, and
president of the Foreign Mission Board from 1896 to 1902.
The question of higher education for Mennonite youth came up in
conference circles and Reverend Schowalter mapped out a course of
instruction and principles on which a school could be conducted. His
plans met with favor and on January 2, 1868, he was induced to become
principal of the Wadsworth School, Wadsworth, Ohio, and was the first
man ever to head a Mennonite institution of higher learning in
America. He held this position nearly two years and at the end of his
principalship visited Germany with his family.
Observed Golden Wedding Anniversary
In 1905 Reverend and Mrs. Schowalter celebrated their Golden Wedding
Anniversary. Failing health two years later caused Reverend Schowalter
to retire from the ministry and on April 13, 1907, he passed away at
the age of seventy-eight years.
Through his zeal and interest in Christian cooperation and
organization, Reverend Schowalter will long be remembered as
furthering a closely-knit unity among Mennonite churches that today
has grown into a General Conference in North America with a membership
of 156 churches.
Friends who were members of Reverend Schowalter's church at
Donnellson, Iowa, attended school with him as their teacher; and who
performed the marriage ceremony for them, have made a memorial gift of
$1000 to the Bethel College Memorial Fund in honor of this pioneer
pastor, conference organizer, and teacher.
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