Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Hunsickers left Switzerland because of religious persecution about the middle of the 17th century. One of the well-known European representatives of the family was Abraham Hunzinger , author of Das Religions-, Kirchen- und Schulwesen der Mennoniten . Valentine Hunsicker emigrated from Europe to eastern Pennsylvania in 1717 and served as deacon in the Skippack congregation of the Franconia Conference about 1739. Three of the more prominent American Hunsickers were Bishop Henry Hunsicker and his sons, Bishop John Hunsicker , senior bishop of the Franconia Conference in 1847 , and his younger brother, Preacher Abraham Hunsicker , who also seceded in 1847, and who with the help of his son, Henry A. Hunsicker, established Freeland Seminary in 1848. Henry A. Hunsicker served as principal of Freeland Seminary from 1848 until 1865. Oberholtzer's conference ordained Preacher Abraham Hunsicker a bishop in 1847 and his son Henry A. Hunsicker a preacher in 1850, but in 1851 expelled them both. They then carried on a sort of non-sectarian work. The Unzicker families of the Midwest, especially in Illinois, are 19th-century immigrants from Europe, and included a number of Amish Mennonite ministers. The best-known layman named Hunsicker was Leidy D. Hunsicker of the Blooming Glen, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Church , a noted chorister for 40 years." }
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- 9d8fce3779dfab697a216ffbb36bcd4b475c9f4af1d4282e18ed28b42f9a1e5b quote "The Hunsickers left Switzerland because of religious persecution about the middle of the 17th century. One of the well-known European representatives of the family was Abraham Hunzinger , author of Das Religions-, Kirchen- und Schulwesen der Mennoniten . Valentine Hunsicker emigrated from Europe to eastern Pennsylvania in 1717 and served as deacon in the Skippack congregation of the Franconia Conference about 1739. Three of the more prominent American Hunsickers were Bishop Henry Hunsicker and his sons, Bishop John Hunsicker , senior bishop of the Franconia Conference in 1847 , and his younger brother, Preacher Abraham Hunsicker , who also seceded in 1847, and who with the help of his son, Henry A. Hunsicker, established Freeland Seminary in 1848. Henry A. Hunsicker served as principal of Freeland Seminary from 1848 until 1865. Oberholtzer's conference ordained Preacher Abraham Hunsicker a bishop in 1847 and his son Henry A. Hunsicker a preacher in 1850, but in 1851 expelled them both. They then carried on a sort of non-sectarian work. The Unzicker families of the Midwest, especially in Illinois, are 19th-century immigrants from Europe, and included a number of Amish Mennonite ministers. The best-known layman named Hunsicker was Leidy D. Hunsicker of the Blooming Glen, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Church , a noted chorister for 40 years.".