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Title: A brief history of John and Christian Fretz and a complete genealogical family register to the fourth generation : with accounts and addresses delivered at the Fretz family reunions held at Bedminster, PA, 1888, 1893, 1898, and 1903...
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Fretz, A. J. (Abraham James), b. 1849
Subjects: Fretz family Kulp family Overholt family
Publisher: Milton, N.J. : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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at 2 oclock allgathered once more around the platform, when theentire assemblage broke forth with the patrioticstrains of My Country, tis of Thee, which wereechoed and re-echoed among the rings of the forest. After the singing J. F. Hendricks, Esq., ofDoylestown, addressed the assemblage. He spoke ofthe integrity and honesty for which the family hadalways been noted since the first ancestor. Mr. Hend-ricks speech was followed by a beautiful solo, ren-dered by Miss Florence E. Newbaker, of Philadel-phia, entitled My Fathers Home. A short essaywas then read by J. Kirk Leatherman, M. E., ofTullytown, Pa. Another pretty solo was sung byMiss Mary H. Fretz, of Milton, N. J., entitledDream of the Old Home, after which CountySuperintendent William H. Slotter addressed theaudience in a few words. This was followed by an-other hymn, Nearer my God to Thee. The familyhistorian, Rev. A. J. Fretz, of Milton, N. J., was
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CORP. JOHN K. FRETZ. -63- then introduced, who held the audience enrapturedfor some time. The meeting was then adjourned,after singing Praise God from Whom all Blessingsflow. MEMORIAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE SECOND FRETZ FAMILY REUNION, SEPTEMBER 2, 1893. Bv Rev. a. M. Fretz. Kind and Beloved Friends:— Behind us we have the past, for that we havehistory; before us we have the future, for that weentertain hope, which we have to-day to do with thepresent. And while we are reminded to-day of thepast, and are looking forward to the future, and areenjoying ourselves here in this grove made lovelyand blessed by having been in the possession of thefamily name for almost two centuries, and by beingthe spot where we met on a similar occasion five yearsago, we are led to ask; what can we do to associatethe varied past, the solemn future, and the gloriouspresent? Can we set up a fitting memorial? Can weerect a structure? Can we inscribe a tablet, or speakimpressive and enduring words that wil

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