Pearl Hanawalt tells the story of Margaret Replogle in a privately printed history of the Hanawalt family.
Margaret Replogle, a girl of fifteen, was siezed by American Indians in 1766 while attending a husking bee near her home in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Margaret dropped patches from her handkerchief and apron along the way, but the trail was lost, and she lived with her captors for seven years.
Margaret was then sold to the French who turned her over to the English at Detroit where she was set free. She walked all the way back to her Pennsylvania home, where her parents had almost lost hope of seeing her again.
About Me
- Herman Kauffman
- Herman is a retired pastor, after serving as Executive Minister of the Northern Indiana District Church of the Brethren, 1994-2012. He has since completed three interim pastorates in Northern Indiana. He is a graduate of Manchester College (B.S. 1971) and Bethany Theological Seminary (M.Div. 1976). Ministries have included: * Internship at Lincolnshire Church of the Brethren * Pastor at Columbia City Church of the Brethren * Pastor at Lafayette Church of the Brethren * Pastor at Painesville Church of the Brethren * Pastor at Everett Church of the Brethren * District Executive of Northern Indiana District * Interim at Union Center Church of the Brethren * Interim at Plymouth Church of the Brethren * Interim at Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren in South Bend.