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His n.s. birth date was 28 Oct 1863. Henderson EMB p. 37: baptized byIsaac Peters. Died "11 Uhr 30/; begraben den 2 May." One record sayshe married a Helena Peters. However, that seems to be confusing thisKornelius Epp with Cornelius Epp b. 4 May 1859 who did marry HelenaPeters. Epp, Kornelius P. (1863-1944) Kornelius P. Epp, minister and church administrator: born 28 October1863 in Pastwa, Molotschna Colony, South Russia, the seventh child ofPeter Epp (1828-1879) and Barbara (Isaac) Epp (1833-1905). He marriedAganetha Schierling (26 June 1864, Fischau, Molotschna, South Russia18 November 1928) on 25 November 1886. She was the daughter of JacobSchierling (1824-1874) and Aganetha (Braun) Schierling (1835-1921).Kornelius and Aganetha had five children: Barbara, Aganetha, Peter,Cornelius and Jacob. Kornelius died 30 April 1944 in Henderson,Nebraska, and is buried in the Ebenezer Mennonite cemetery. With his parents and the rest of the family he came to America in1875, settling near Henderson, Nebraska, where he lived the rest ofhis life. He was educated in Pastwa and a private Bible school inAmerica. He was baptized 17 June 1883. He taught in an elementaryBible school near Henderson. He farmed for many years. He was a charter member of the EbenezerMennonite Church, and served for many years as Sunday-schoolsuperintendent and as chorister. In 1895 he was chosen as deacon, andin 1917-1931 he was the leading minister of the church. He had a greatinterest in missions and served for about 14 years on the Board ofHome and Foreign Missions of the Evangelical Mennonite BrethrenConference (after 1987 Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches), thegreater part of the time as treasurer and the remainder as secretary. Bibliography GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry)Database, 4.19 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite HistoricalSociety, 2005. Herald Press Information logo Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, andWaterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 237. Allrights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visitthe Herald Press website. ©1996-2009 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Allrights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: Epp, H. F. and Richard D. Thiessen. "Epp, Kornelius P.(1863-1944)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. April2005. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 29July 2009 APA style: Epp, H. F. and Richard D. Thiessen. (April 2005). "Epp,Kornelius P. (1863-1944)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite EncyclopediaOnline. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 29July 2009 Kornelius P Epp * Memorial * Photos * Flowers * Edit Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: 1863 Death: 1944 Family links: Spouse: Aganetha Epp (1864 - 1928) Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery Henderson York County Nebraska, USA Created by: musicman62 Record added: May 15, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 26828924
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