These are a factor in the si vol 3 chapter I'm writing now. The document comes from the Eisenhower Presidential Library, originally a donation from the Abilene Congregation through a Circuit Servant.
I am not adding notations or explanations. Make of it what you will and comment.
Click on the images to see the entire scan.
Title
Next notation
Following notation
2 comments:
My transcription, followed by a comment:
1921
Dec 29 Regular annual meeting of ecclesia
Bro Thayer, chairman
On request, the secretary then read from records the names of those who had answered and passed the V.D.M. questions. These were as follows:
Bro. DJ Eisenhower
Sr. DJ Eisenhower
Bro. HN Engle
Sr. Naomi Engle
Next order of business was the election of elders. No further nominations being offered, the following were voted on and unanimously elected.
Bro. JL Thayer
Bro HL South[unclear]
Bro. HN Engle
Bro. JG Denison
[end of document]
This indicates that both Ida, Dwight's mother, AND his father, David Jacob, were active in the local Bible Student ecclesia, and both of them had passed the Verbi Dei Minister questionnaire.
Ike‘s father later became inactive
Post a Comment