From "Biographical Annals of Lancaster County," Pages 54-55:
JOHN KOHR, who as been bishop of the New (or Reformed) Mennonite Church since 1896, is a retired farmer, living in the Kohr homestead in Manheim township, one and a half miles northeast of the city of Lancaster, on the Fruitville Pike.
Bishop John Kohr, father of our subject, was the successor of John Herr, reformer of what is known as the Old Mennonite Church, or rather an adherent to the true principles of the founder, Menno Simon, early reformer of the Catholic Church. The church has no discipline save the plain indisputable word of Christ, the principle and character briefly described by Bishop Elias Hershey, under his name in this work, which is well worth referring to. Bishop Kohr faithfully filled the office of Bishop for many years, and being well preserved in body and faculties to the close of his long life, was able to the end to serve diligently and profitably in his high calling in the church. His death occurred in the fall of 1887, after a brief illness with pneumonia, when he was nearly eighty years of age. The vacancy was deeply felt, and in 1896 his son, John Kohr, was called by the church to be his successor.
John Kohr was born in 1847, one mile from his present home. He accepted the faith in the fall of 1868, and was admitted into the church by water baptism in the fall of 1869. Bearing evidence of his faithfulness and godly zeal, the church called him into the ministry to publicly declare the doctrines of Christ, in the fall of 1879. In 1896, as before stated, he was called to the office of Bishop. Having retired from all the active duties of life, his time is now given for the most part to the church. Mr. Kohr occupies the home where his father lived to the close of his days.
In the fall of 1876 Mr. Kohr was united in marriage with Miss Ida N. Weaver, daughter of Anna and Martin (Herr) Weaver, of Strasburg township, and this union has been blessed with two children, Enos and Mary. The daughter died in her first year. The son has erected on his father's farm property a number of greenhouses, which he manages successfully, being engaged in growing flowers, etc., principally for the cut-flower trade. Enos Kohr accepted the faith of his ancestors at the age of twenty-one years. He was united in marriage to Miss Viola Godshak, of Montgomery Co., Pa., in the spring of 1903.
John Kohr has one brother, Jacob, and four sisters, Annie, Hettie, Mary and Lizzie.
Obituary
BISHOP JOHN KOHR
Minister of New Mennonite Church Dies in 84th Year
Bishop John Kohr, eighty three, died Saturday night at 11:15 o'clock, at his home 522 West Chestnut street, of complications. He was born in Manheim township, March 30, 1847, a son of the late Bishop John and Esther Denlinger Kohr.
He made his home on the farm in Manheim township until 1903 when he moved to Lancaster. He was affiliated with the Reformed Mennonite church since 1867 and was called to the ministry in the fall of 1879.
In 1889 he was elected a Bishop serving until the end of his life. He was well known in this section as well as in the western states and Canada.
Besides his wife, who was Ida N. Weaver, before marriage; an only son, Enos W. Kohr, of Conestoga Terrace, survives; also four grandchildren and a brother, Jacob D. Kohr, of this city.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock in the East James street Mennonite church with burial in Longenecker's cemetery, near Strasburg.
(Lancaster New Era, Mon 16 Jun, 1930, p. 3)
Contributor: Donald E. Trout (47025045)
JOHN KOHR, who as been bishop of the New (or Reformed) Mennonite Church since 1896, is a retired farmer, living in the Kohr homestead in Manheim township, one and a half miles northeast of the city of Lancaster, on the Fruitville Pike.
Bishop John Kohr, father of our subject, was the successor of John Herr, reformer of what is known as the Old Mennonite Church, or rather an adherent to the true principles of the founder, Menno Simon, early reformer of the Catholic Church. The church has no discipline save the plain indisputable word of Christ, the principle and character briefly described by Bishop Elias Hershey, under his name in this work, which is well worth referring to. Bishop Kohr faithfully filled the office of Bishop for many years, and being well preserved in body and faculties to the close of his long life, was able to the end to serve diligently and profitably in his high calling in the church. His death occurred in the fall of 1887, after a brief illness with pneumonia, when he was nearly eighty years of age. The vacancy was deeply felt, and in 1896 his son, John Kohr, was called by the church to be his successor.
John Kohr was born in 1847, one mile from his present home. He accepted the faith in the fall of 1868, and was admitted into the church by water baptism in the fall of 1869. Bearing evidence of his faithfulness and godly zeal, the church called him into the ministry to publicly declare the doctrines of Christ, in the fall of 1879. In 1896, as before stated, he was called to the office of Bishop. Having retired from all the active duties of life, his time is now given for the most part to the church. Mr. Kohr occupies the home where his father lived to the close of his days.
In the fall of 1876 Mr. Kohr was united in marriage with Miss Ida N. Weaver, daughter of Anna and Martin (Herr) Weaver, of Strasburg township, and this union has been blessed with two children, Enos and Mary. The daughter died in her first year. The son has erected on his father's farm property a number of greenhouses, which he manages successfully, being engaged in growing flowers, etc., principally for the cut-flower trade. Enos Kohr accepted the faith of his ancestors at the age of twenty-one years. He was united in marriage to Miss Viola Godshak, of Montgomery Co., Pa., in the spring of 1903.
John Kohr has one brother, Jacob, and four sisters, Annie, Hettie, Mary and Lizzie.
Obituary
BISHOP JOHN KOHR
Minister of New Mennonite Church Dies in 84th Year
Bishop John Kohr, eighty three, died Saturday night at 11:15 o'clock, at his home 522 West Chestnut street, of complications. He was born in Manheim township, March 30, 1847, a son of the late Bishop John and Esther Denlinger Kohr.
He made his home on the farm in Manheim township until 1903 when he moved to Lancaster. He was affiliated with the Reformed Mennonite church since 1867 and was called to the ministry in the fall of 1879.
In 1889 he was elected a Bishop serving until the end of his life. He was well known in this section as well as in the western states and Canada.
Besides his wife, who was Ida N. Weaver, before marriage; an only son, Enos W. Kohr, of Conestoga Terrace, survives; also four grandchildren and a brother, Jacob D. Kohr, of this city.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock in the East James street Mennonite church with burial in Longenecker's cemetery, near Strasburg.
(Lancaster New Era, Mon 16 Jun, 1930, p. 3)
Contributor: Donald E. Trout (47025045)
From "Biographical Annals of Lancaster County," Pages 54-55:
JOHN KOHR, who as been bishop of the New (or Reformed) Mennonite Church since 1896, is a retired farmer, living in the Kohr homestead in Manheim township, one and a half miles northeast of the city of Lancaster, on the Fruitville Pike.
Bishop John Kohr, father of our subject, was the successor of John Herr, reformer of what is known as the Old Mennonite Church, or rather an adherent to the true principles of the founder, Menno Simon, early reformer of the Catholic Church. The church has no discipline save the plain indisputable word of Christ, the principle and character briefly described by Bishop Elias Hershey, under his name in this work, which is well worth referring to. Bishop Kohr faithfully filled the office of Bishop for many years, and being well preserved in body and faculties to the close of his long life, was able to the end to serve diligently and profitably in his high calling in the church. His death occurred in the fall of 1887, after a brief illness with pneumonia, when he was nearly eighty years of age. The vacancy was deeply felt, and in 1896 his son, John Kohr, was called by the church to be his successor.
John Kohr was born in 1847, one mile from his present home. He accepted the faith in the fall of 1868, and was admitted into the church by water baptism in the fall of 1869. Bearing evidence of his faithfulness and godly zeal, the church called him into the ministry to publicly declare the doctrines of Christ, in the fall of 1879. In 1896, as before stated, he was called to the office of Bishop. Having retired from all the active duties of life, his time is now given for the most part to the church. Mr. Kohr occupies the home where his father lived to the close of his days.
In the fall of 1876 Mr. Kohr was united in marriage with Miss Ida N. Weaver, daughter of Anna and Martin (Herr) Weaver, of Strasburg township, and this union has been blessed with two children, Enos and Mary. The daughter died in her first year. The son has erected on his father's farm property a number of greenhouses, which he manages successfully, being engaged in growing flowers, etc., principally for the cut-flower trade. Enos Kohr accepted the faith of his ancestors at the age of twenty-one years. He was united in marriage to Miss Viola Godshak, of Montgomery Co., Pa., in the spring of 1903.
John Kohr has one brother, Jacob, and four sisters, Annie, Hettie, Mary and Lizzie.
Obituary
BISHOP JOHN KOHR
Minister of New Mennonite Church Dies in 84th Year
Bishop John Kohr, eighty three, died Saturday night at 11:15 o'clock, at his home 522 West Chestnut street, of complications. He was born in Manheim township, March 30, 1847, a son of the late Bishop John and Esther Denlinger Kohr.
He made his home on the farm in Manheim township until 1903 when he moved to Lancaster. He was affiliated with the Reformed Mennonite church since 1867 and was called to the ministry in the fall of 1879.
In 1889 he was elected a Bishop serving until the end of his life. He was well known in this section as well as in the western states and Canada.
Besides his wife, who was Ida N. Weaver, before marriage; an only son, Enos W. Kohr, of Conestoga Terrace, survives; also four grandchildren and a brother, Jacob D. Kohr, of this city.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock in the East James street Mennonite church with burial in Longenecker's cemetery, near Strasburg.
(Lancaster New Era, Mon 16 Jun, 1930, p. 3)
Contributor: Donald E. Trout (47025045)
JOHN KOHR, who as been bishop of the New (or Reformed) Mennonite Church since 1896, is a retired farmer, living in the Kohr homestead in Manheim township, one and a half miles northeast of the city of Lancaster, on the Fruitville Pike.
Bishop John Kohr, father of our subject, was the successor of John Herr, reformer of what is known as the Old Mennonite Church, or rather an adherent to the true principles of the founder, Menno Simon, early reformer of the Catholic Church. The church has no discipline save the plain indisputable word of Christ, the principle and character briefly described by Bishop Elias Hershey, under his name in this work, which is well worth referring to. Bishop Kohr faithfully filled the office of Bishop for many years, and being well preserved in body and faculties to the close of his long life, was able to the end to serve diligently and profitably in his high calling in the church. His death occurred in the fall of 1887, after a brief illness with pneumonia, when he was nearly eighty years of age. The vacancy was deeply felt, and in 1896 his son, John Kohr, was called by the church to be his successor.
John Kohr was born in 1847, one mile from his present home. He accepted the faith in the fall of 1868, and was admitted into the church by water baptism in the fall of 1869. Bearing evidence of his faithfulness and godly zeal, the church called him into the ministry to publicly declare the doctrines of Christ, in the fall of 1879. In 1896, as before stated, he was called to the office of Bishop. Having retired from all the active duties of life, his time is now given for the most part to the church. Mr. Kohr occupies the home where his father lived to the close of his days.
In the fall of 1876 Mr. Kohr was united in marriage with Miss Ida N. Weaver, daughter of Anna and Martin (Herr) Weaver, of Strasburg township, and this union has been blessed with two children, Enos and Mary. The daughter died in her first year. The son has erected on his father's farm property a number of greenhouses, which he manages successfully, being engaged in growing flowers, etc., principally for the cut-flower trade. Enos Kohr accepted the faith of his ancestors at the age of twenty-one years. He was united in marriage to Miss Viola Godshak, of Montgomery Co., Pa., in the spring of 1903.
John Kohr has one brother, Jacob, and four sisters, Annie, Hettie, Mary and Lizzie.
Obituary
BISHOP JOHN KOHR
Minister of New Mennonite Church Dies in 84th Year
Bishop John Kohr, eighty three, died Saturday night at 11:15 o'clock, at his home 522 West Chestnut street, of complications. He was born in Manheim township, March 30, 1847, a son of the late Bishop John and Esther Denlinger Kohr.
He made his home on the farm in Manheim township until 1903 when he moved to Lancaster. He was affiliated with the Reformed Mennonite church since 1867 and was called to the ministry in the fall of 1879.
In 1889 he was elected a Bishop serving until the end of his life. He was well known in this section as well as in the western states and Canada.
Besides his wife, who was Ida N. Weaver, before marriage; an only son, Enos W. Kohr, of Conestoga Terrace, survives; also four grandchildren and a brother, Jacob D. Kohr, of this city.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock in the East James street Mennonite church with burial in Longenecker's cemetery, near Strasburg.
(Lancaster New Era, Mon 16 Jun, 1930, p. 3)
Contributor: Donald E. Trout (47025045)
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