The above
contact card was for Mrs M A Boder. Mary Ann Dunbar (1860-1948) was from
Scots-Irish background and married William F Boder in Allegheny in 1889. They
had one son, William Dunbar Boder (1891-1980).
Mary is
mentioned once in ZWT in the issue for August 15, 1908. She signed a document giving support to “the
vow” as part of the Avalon class (Avalon, Allegheny, Penn.) The document was also signed by W D Boder.
This was not her husband but her son who would be about 17 years old at the
time.
Mary
remained with the IBSA and her funeral announcement in 1948 mentioned Jehovah’s
Witnesses. From the Pittsburgh-Sun Telegraph, March 7,1948, page 33.
I do not
know her son’s subsequent religious history other than that he claimed
exemption on his 1917 WW1 Draft card on the grounds of being a member of the
International Bible Students. From a document dated June 5, 1917.
"other than that he claimed exemption on his 1917 WW1 Draft card on the grounds of being a member of the International Bible Students"
ReplyDeleteF. Franz gives his other motive for exemption from serving in the army:
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Later I became an elder of the Cincinnati Congregation. So when the United States of America got involved in World War I on the side of the Allies, and the young men were drafted for the army, I was exempted as a minister of the gospel.