Esquire Coffinberry's Great-Grand-Niece

  PART 7: The Young Men on the Front Row Young Adult Mennonite Group Attends  Farmington Chautauqua, August 1910 By Elizabeth Hervey Osborn Part 1  --   Part 2  --  Part 3  --  Part 4  --  Part 5  -- Part 6 -- Part 7 -- Part 8 Our Unknown Scribe  skipped to the front row next, where all seven men in the group sat on the grass. The forecast included rain that day; I wonder if the seat of their trousers was damp when they rose? Just a few years after this photo was taken, these men who honored their religious heritage and German-speaking community would find their worldview turned upside down and questioned as the United States entered the Great War against Germany.   Pacifism, or "non-resistance" -- that is, taking Christ's command to "turn the other cheek" with deepest reverence -- from the beginning has been a defining tenet of Mennonite belief. This unshakeable faith was the reason that their ancestors for cent...

  PART 6: The Young Ladies in the Back Young Adult Mennonite Group Attends  Farmington Chautauqua, August 1910 By Elizabeth Hervey Osborn Part 1  --   Part 2  --  Part 3  --  Part 4  -- Part 5 -- Part 6 -- Part 7 -- Part 8 The next three parts highlight each of the nineteen young people in turn, with a close-up [1] from the photograph and some basic information about their lives, and perhaps another photo or newspaper clipping for some event. If you knew these young people, or if you have additional information about their lives, please feel free to share in the comment section. In parentheses after each name are found identification numbers from publicly available genealogical resources. The first number given is the  identifier from Altleiningen Krebills  [2], as the vast majority of this group is listed in or married to someone listed in that book. Next, where appropriate, is the GRanDMA [3] ID number for the person. Famil...