In the first book ever written on the subject, Carl Bowman examines how and why members of the Church of the Brethren—historically known as "Dunkers" after their method of baptism—were assimilated faster and earlier than their Amish, Mennonite, or even Hutterite cousins.

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John Stoner was probably born in Germany and had immigrated to Pennsylvania by 1728. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, Michigan, California, and elsewhere.

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