Individual Details
John "Tennessee" Stoltzfus
(1805 - 1887)
Tennessee John Stoltzfus is the focus of an article in the Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage entitled "'Tennessee' John Stoltzfus and the Great Schism in the Amish Church, 1850-1877," by Paton Yoder. John was a leading liberal in the schism. He donated the land for the Millwood meetinghouse and cemetery. In 1872, John moved along with many of his children and the children's spouses to Tennessee, thus the nickname, largely due to the schism in the Amish of the Pequea area.
Events
| Birth | 1805 |  | |||
| Death | 1887 | |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine Holly ( - ) |
| Child | Maria Stoltzfus (1827 - 1917) |
| Child | Elizabeth Stoltzfus (1828 - 1899) |
| Child | Rebecca Stoltzfus (1830 - 1918) |
| Child | Barbara Stoltzfus (1832 - 1917) |
| Child | Catharine Stoltzfus (1833 - 1913) |
| Child | Gideon Stoltzfus (1835 - 1913) |
| Child | Christian Stoltzfus (1839 - 1929) |
| Child | Leah Stoltzfus (1842 - 1881) |
| Child | Rachel Stoltzfus (1842 - 1928) |
| Child | Malinda Stoltzfus (1844 - 1933) |
| Child | Sarah Stoltzfus (1846 - 1878) |
| Child | John B. Stoltzfus (1849 - 1929) |
| Child | Jacob Stoltzfus (1853 - 1949) |
Endnotes
1. Yoder, Paton, "'Tennessee' John Stoltzfus and the Great Schism in the Amish Church, 1850-1877," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (July 1979): p. 17.
2. Yoder, Paton, "'Tennessee' John Stoltzfus and the Great Schism in the Amish Church, 1850-1877," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (July 1979): p. 17.