Joel C. Gnagey

1836 - 1926  (89 years)

• Name	Joel C. Gnagey
  Born	9 Feb 1836	Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Permanent Record Number	geni:6000000010149630728
  _MARNM	Gnagey
  Died	1926
  	Address: Summit Mills Summit Mills, Pennsylvania United States
  Buried	Union Cemetery
  	Address: Meyersdale Meyersdale, Pennsylvania United States
  Person ID	I6000000010149630728	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Christian Gnaegi, Sr.,   b. 16 Jun 1790,   d. 11 Jun 1880  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Barbara Blocher,   b. 1 Aug 1792, Alleghany County, Maryland ,   d. 6 May 1836, Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania  (Age 43 years)
  Married	5 Dec 1813
  Family ID	F6000000010145421604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Last Modified	15 Oct 2021
  Family ID	F6000000010145421606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  {geni:about_me} Joel was born 9 Feb 1836.[1] Joel is the child of Christian Gnagey and Barbara Bloucher. Joel passed away in 1926. " Of the few aged elders of Western Pennsylvania, who are still active in the work of the church, is Elder Joel Gnagey, of the Summit Mills congregation, Somerset County. He was born February 9, 1836, in Summit Township. He is the son of Christian and Barbara (Blucher) Gnagey. Both his parents were brought up in the Amish faith. The father united with the Church of the Brethren in 1844, but the mother lived and died in that faith. Brother Gnagey was reared on his father's farm. He attended subscription schools, and later a few terms of public school. The school facilities were poor, and therefore his education is somewhat limited. It was principally German, but he reads and writes the English as well. He was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Fike, daughter of John Fike, January 31, 1858, Brother Samuel Berkley officiating. The same year he and his wife were baptized in the Elk Lick Creek at Summit Mills by Elder E. K. Buechly. It was not long until he was called to the office of deacon. This office he faithfully filled until 1864, when he was elected to the ministry. Several years later he was advanced to the second degree and in 1886 he was ordained to the eldership. All this took place in the same congregation. After the division of the original Elk Lick congregation into three churches, in 1877, Elder Gnagey's field of activities was principally in the Summit Mills congregation. For more than half a century Elder Gnagey has been preaching a free Gospel. In addition to being the elder of his home congregation he has, at various times, had charge of the Berlin, Elk Lick and Maple Glen congregations. His preaching has all been in the German language. He is assisted in the ministry by Brethren J.W. Peck and S.J. Berkley. Elder Gnagay has been a regular attendant at our District Meetings, and has frequently represented his congregation in the same. By nature he is quiet and unassuming, and his voice is seldom heard in the meetings of the District. Still he is an earnest and zealous brother and alive to every good work. He never aspired to public office and takes very little part in politics."[2] ↑ 1 "A Complete History of Christian Gnaegi”, Gnagey, E. (Elkhart) 1897 ↑ 21 History of the Church of the Brethren of the Western District of Pennsylvania; Blough, J.E., Brethren Publishing, 1916, pp. 399-400