Ephriam was 1st married to Keziah Hanawalt, October 12, 1854. She passed to her eternal house October 15, 1868 leaving 7 small children (Leslie, Estella, George, Della, Charley, Ella and Etta). He married Susan Lucas in 1871. Five children (Sherman, Earle, Jesse, Mamie, Omer)were born of this union. Ephriam lived in Wayne County, Ohio until about 1872. He moved to Randolph County, Indiana, where his four youngest children were born. He owned a flour Mill in Logansport, Indiana Randolf County.
"He was a very religious man," Says his Son, Rev. Earle Naftzger, " so upright that he leaned backward a little. He was more proud of the fact that two of his sons had become Methodist ministers than any other achievement of his career." (from the book Nafzger's in America)
Ephriam was for some time a member of the First M.E. Church of South Bend. He came to California about 1902 to visit his daughters, Mrs F. R. Johnson and Miss Etta Naftzger of 946 Pine Avenue in Long Beach and was so pleased with the genial climate of these shores that he remained here.
He has been nearly all his life a faithful, useful member of the church, first in the United Brethren, then in the Methodist Episcopal. Most of the time he has been an official member occupying important positions. He was a miller by trade and carried to the grave the marks of his profession. Two of his sons were ministers in the North Indiana Conference, Leslie J and Earl F Naftzger. Leslie was a delegate to the General Conference at Los Angeles and was with his father during his sickness and death. His last sickness was brief, without pain or fever or any acute form of disease. He faded like a leaf and was not, for God had taken him.
"He was a very religious man," Says his Son, Rev. Earle Naftzger, " so upright that he leaned backward a little. He was more proud of the fact that two of his sons had become Methodist ministers than any other achievement of his career." (from the book Nafzger's in America)
Ephriam was for some time a member of the First M.E. Church of South Bend. He came to California about 1902 to visit his daughters, Mrs F. R. Johnson and Miss Etta Naftzger of 946 Pine Avenue in Long Beach and was so pleased with the genial climate of these shores that he remained here.
He has been nearly all his life a faithful, useful member of the church, first in the United Brethren, then in the Methodist Episcopal. Most of the time he has been an official member occupying important positions. He was a miller by trade and carried to the grave the marks of his profession. Two of his sons were ministers in the North Indiana Conference, Leslie J and Earl F Naftzger. Leslie was a delegate to the General Conference at Los Angeles and was with his father during his sickness and death. His last sickness was brief, without pain or fever or any acute form of disease. He faded like a leaf and was not, for God had taken him.
Ephriam was 1st married to Keziah Hanawalt, October 12, 1854. She passed to her eternal house October 15, 1868 leaving 7 small children (Leslie, Estella, George, Della, Charley, Ella and Etta). He married Susan Lucas in 1871. Five children (Sherman, Earle, Jesse, Mamie, Omer)were born of this union. Ephriam lived in Wayne County, Ohio until about 1872. He moved to Randolph County, Indiana, where his four youngest children were born. He owned a flour Mill in Logansport, Indiana Randolf County.
"He was a very religious man," Says his Son, Rev. Earle Naftzger, " so upright that he leaned backward a little. He was more proud of the fact that two of his sons had become Methodist ministers than any other achievement of his career." (from the book Nafzger's in America)
Ephriam was for some time a member of the First M.E. Church of South Bend. He came to California about 1902 to visit his daughters, Mrs F. R. Johnson and Miss Etta Naftzger of 946 Pine Avenue in Long Beach and was so pleased with the genial climate of these shores that he remained here.
He has been nearly all his life a faithful, useful member of the church, first in the United Brethren, then in the Methodist Episcopal. Most of the time he has been an official member occupying important positions. He was a miller by trade and carried to the grave the marks of his profession. Two of his sons were ministers in the North Indiana Conference, Leslie J and Earl F Naftzger. Leslie was a delegate to the General Conference at Los Angeles and was with his father during his sickness and death. His last sickness was brief, without pain or fever or any acute form of disease. He faded like a leaf and was not, for God had taken him.
"He was a very religious man," Says his Son, Rev. Earle Naftzger, " so upright that he leaned backward a little. He was more proud of the fact that two of his sons had become Methodist ministers than any other achievement of his career." (from the book Nafzger's in America)
Ephriam was for some time a member of the First M.E. Church of South Bend. He came to California about 1902 to visit his daughters, Mrs F. R. Johnson and Miss Etta Naftzger of 946 Pine Avenue in Long Beach and was so pleased with the genial climate of these shores that he remained here.
He has been nearly all his life a faithful, useful member of the church, first in the United Brethren, then in the Methodist Episcopal. Most of the time he has been an official member occupying important positions. He was a miller by trade and carried to the grave the marks of his profession. Two of his sons were ministers in the North Indiana Conference, Leslie J and Earl F Naftzger. Leslie was a delegate to the General Conference at Los Angeles and was with his father during his sickness and death. His last sickness was brief, without pain or fever or any acute form of disease. He faded like a leaf and was not, for God had taken him.
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