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Joseph Shellenberger Shoemaker, 1854-1936
Elizabeth (Brubaker) Shoemaker, 1856-1931
Papers, 1877-1947
Contained in 4 boxes (Green)
Biographical
Sketch
Joseph
S. Shoemaker (1854-1936) was a Mennonite bishop, author, editor and
evangelist.
1854
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 1 to Veronica
Shellenberger and Benjamin Shoemaker
1856 Moved to Covington, Ohio
1863 Moved to Freeport, Illinois; attended grade school there
1877 Married Elizabeth S. Brubaker on December 6, together they had 9
children Joseph was a poultry farmer and broom maker during his early
married life
1878 Baptized at Freeport Mennonite Church; taught Sunday school there
1892 Ordained as a Mennonite minister in June; served as secretary of
the Illinois Mennonite Conference until 1902
1899 Became editor of the Advanced Lesson Quarterly
1900 Appointed chairman of the Compiling Committee for Church and
Sunday School Hymnals; wrote three hymns for the new hymnal
1902 Ordained as a Mennonite bishop for Northern Illinois congregations
1905 Appointed President of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent
Board
1908 Appointed Board President of the Mennonite Publication Board
1912 Assisted J. S. Hartzler in writing and publishing Missions in the
Orient and Observations by the Way
1917 Worked for conscientious objectors who were drafted as soldiers
1920 Served on the board of Mennonite Missions and Charities
1925 Wrote The Ideal Christian Home
1931 Wife Elizabeth died on September 25
1936 Died at home on February 6 in Dakota, Illinois
Sources:
Hist Mss 1-4 Joseph S. Shoemaker collection; box 1
Gospel Herald obituary February 20, 1936
Inventory
Hist
Mss 1-4-1 Diaries Box 1 (Green)
1/1 1903; 1908; May, 1910; June, 1910; July, 1910; August, 1910; 1912;
1915; 1917; 1919
Hist Mss 1-4-2 Miscellaneous Box 1
(Green)
1/2 Biography, by Mary Kaufman, 1936
1/3 A bit of history, by Ephraim
1/4 Glimpses of European and Oriental Cities, by Uncle Joe (in Youth's
Christian Companion, 1927-28)
1/5 Mission Evangelizing Comm., 1882-1906
1/6 Notebooks and Sermon Notes
Hist Mss 1-4-3 Bible Conference
Charts Boxes 2-3 (Green)
2/1 Themes used in Teaching Ministry 1900-1910, by Robert Kreider
2/2 - 12 12 cloth charts with printed lessons:
Religions in India (graph)
Paul's Missionary Journies (map)
Paul Shipwrecked (Lesson X)
The Jerusalem Conference (Lesson)
Passion Week (diagram)
Church Government, Part II
(part I missing)
The Sabbath and Lord's Day
Christian Strength
Evils of the Tongue
The Worker at Work
Longsuffering
The Divinity of Christ
Faith
The Needs of the Church
Christian Manhood
Resurrection, Part I
Resurrection, Part II
Missions
Calling and Ordinatino of Church Officials
The Word of God as a Standard of Right and Wrong
Prayer, Part I
Prayer, Part II
Prayer, Part III
Matthew 13
The Unequal Yoke
Feet Washing
Sin
Regeneration
Box 3 (Green)
Self Denial
The Devotional Covering
The Holy Spirit, Part I
The Holy Spirit, Part II
The Holy Spirit, Part III
Law and Grace
Baptism
Worldly Amusements
Scriptural Restrictions
Practical Piety in the Home
Dangers that Threaten the Church Social Purity
Duties of Young Disciples to the Church
Modest Apparel, or Non-conformity in Attire
Marriage
Conversion
Justification
Sanctification
Heaven
Practical Christianity in the Church
Communion
Annointing with Oil
Church Government, Part I
Relation of Church to the World
Hell
Signs of the Times
Shunning
Box 4 (Green) Additional Items
4/1 World Missionary Conference (newspaper clippings)
4/2 Handwriting, 1933
4/3 Diary - 1877, and Autograph book, Dec. 16-17, 1877, of Elizabeth
Brubaker, who married J. S. Shoemaker Dec. 6, 1877.
4/4 1910 Documents for trip abroad
4/5 Letter to J.C. Clemmens, 1930, on infidelity issue (photocopy)
4/6 Biography notes, 1947 (unknown author)
Subject Tracings
Chronology,
1903-1919
Bible Conferences
Freeport, Illinois Mennonite Church
Missions
Shellenberger, Ephraim, "A Bit of History"
Diaries
Mennonite Board of Missions, 1906-
Mennonite Evangelizing Committee, 1882-1906
Kaufman, Mary
Brubaker, Elizabeth
Shoemaker, Elizabeth (Brubaker)
May 3,
2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
July 18, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
June 1, 1998 / Typed into computer and Posted on Web by Reuben Miller
File Hm1-004
Mennonite
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