Individual Details
Christian Longenecker Senior
(22 Nov 1731 - 20 May 1808)
Christian Longenecker was the first bishop of the White Oak Church of the Brethren. He joined the Brethren on 14 April 1754; elected minister 1764; and ordained a bishop in 1769. His and his wife's Bible is in the High Library at Elizabethtown College.
Events
| Birth | 22 Nov 1731 | Rapho, Lancaster, PA | |||
| Marriage | 25 Mar 1755 | Margaretha Geib | |||
| Death | 20 May 1808 | ||||
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| Burial | Longenecker Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Lititz, Lancaster, PA |
Families
| Spouse | Margaretha Geib (1735 - 1798) |
| Child | Elisabeth Longenecker (1756 - 1790) |
| Child | Solomon Longenecker (1757 - 1812) |
| Child | Christian Longenecker Junior (1759 - 1777) |
| Child | Abraham Longenecker (1761 - ) |
| Child | Johannes Longenecker (1763 - 1775) |
| Child | Daniel Longenecker (1767 - 1848) |
| Child | Barbara Longenecker (1773 - ) |
| Child | Maria Longenecker (1777 - 1820) |
| Child | Susanna Longenecker (1783 - ) |
| Father | Hans Longenecker Senior (1703 - 1767) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Kendig (1710 - 1781) |
| Sibling | Henry Longenecker (1732 - 1805) |
| Sibling | Peter Longenecker (1733 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Johannes Longenecker Junior (1736 - ) |
| Sibling | Ulrich Longenecker (1739 - 1771) |
| Sibling | Joseph Longenecker (1743 - 1766) |
| Sibling | Daniel Longenecker (1744 - 1804) |
| Sibling | Abraham Longenecker (1746 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Longenecker ( - ) |
| Sibling | Maria Longenecker ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elisabeth Longenecker ( - ) |