Bookwalter, Sylvan

Posted By: Carol Eddleman
Date: 22 July 2004

Sylvan Bookwalter was born February 27, 1866, in Darke County, Ohio, the son of William and Esther Baker Bookwalter.

He was married to Mary Studebaker in 1885. Two sons and one daughter were born to them.

He became a member of the church in 1896. In 1902 he was called to the ministry and in 1910 was ordained an elder.

In the free ministry he served well and long, and as presiding elder had the oversight of these churches: Constance, Prices Creek, Pleasant Hill, Potsdam, Salem, and Brookville.

His companion died in 1919. In 1920 he married Alice Flory, who passed away in 1946. He married Mrs. Edna Minnich in 1948.

He continued active in the local church and Sunday school until his death on October 10, 1951.

(Source: Church of the Brethren in Southern Ohio, H. H. Helman, Editor: Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, Ill., p. 277.)

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