Rev. Leonard Webster Emmert^{[1, 2]}

1821 - 1876  (54 years)

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• Name	Leonard Webster Emmert
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	8 Dec 1821	Delemere, , Maryland, United States
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	Washington County, , Maryland, United States   [2]
  Death	Maryland, , , United States   [3]
  	Last words, "Oh, What a blessed thing it is to be prepared to die."
  Story	Abolitionist  [4]
  	"He was elected to the ministry before he was twenty-two years old and preached faithfully until his death." "He was a minister of strong conviction against war and intemperance. He was bold and fearless in the pulpit against these evils. He preached relentlessly against human slavery. Many times before the Civil War hes life was threatened. He got many letters threatening to burn his buildings, kidnap his children, or hang him up to some oak tree on his farm, but this prophet of God was not daunted by threats when evil surrounded him. When John Brown came to Maryland and Virginia and organized his anti-slavery groups, he visited Leonard Emmert - and other ministers of the Church of the Brethren - and laid out his plans to free the slaves from their masters. These pious people hated the system of slavery but to their everlasting credit they refused to believe "that violence and exercise of force were God's ways of correcting evil." These words just quoted were from the pious lips of that saint and servant of God, Leonard Emmert, in his answer to the plans of John Brown."
  Occupation	Bef 1843	Maryland, , , United States   [5]
  	Pastor
  Death	12 Aug 1876	Mapleville, Washington County, Maryland, United States   [2]
  	Cause: Probably Heart Attack
  Person ID	I4392	Emmert-Tipton
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Leonard Emmert,   b. 1774   d. 1815, Washington County, , Maryland, United States (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Rowland,   b. 20 Apr 1779, Maryland, , , United States d. 19 Mar 1850, Maryland, , , United States (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Newcomer
  Marriage	Y  [5]
  Children	1. Barbara Emmert   2. Isaac Emmert   3. Jonathan Emmert   4. Martin Emmert   5. Sarah Emmert   6. Susan Emmert
  Family ID	F1524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Behler,   b. 24 Aug 1825, Maryland, , , United States d. 19 Jan 1892, Mapleville, Washington County, Maryland, United States (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	Y  [6]
  Children	1. David Emmert   2. Nancy Emmert   3. Joseph Emmert,   b. 23 May 1846
  Family ID	F1527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2010

  
  

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  Alt. Birth - - Washington County, , Maryland, United States Death - - Maryland, , , United States Occupation - Pastor - Bef 1843 - Maryland, , , United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  (Medical):"On Saturday evening, August 12, 1876, a destructive store and downpour of rain swept over middle Maryland for hours. Late in the evening Leonard Emmert and his son David, rode out on the farm. Destruction was seen on every side. In the midst of the excitement a pain struck the father in the region of his heart. David helped him on his horse and rode beside him back to the house. Forty-five minutes later he called his family around his bed. They saw he wanted to seak and, finally, with a smile flooding his saintly face, he said in quiet tones, 'Oh, what a blessed thing it is to be prepared to die,' and he slept with his fathers."

  
  

• Sources

  [S266] Jerry Maurice Henry, History of the Brethren in Maryland, (N.p.: Brethren Publishing House, 1936.), 269-271. (Reliability: 3). [S424] Zentmeyer, Gary, Zentmeyers Genealogy, (http://www.zentmeyergenealogy.com : 31 Aug 2016), accessed 13 Aug 2017), http://www.zentmeyergenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I970&tree=ZentMain (Reliability: 2). [S266] Jerry Maurice Henry, History of the Brethren in Maryland, (N.p.: Brethren Publishing House, 1936.), 271. (Reliability: 3). [S456] J. Maurice Henry, History of the Church of the Brethren in Marryland, (Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House, 1936.), 270. (Reliability: 3). [S266] Jerry Maurice Henry, History of the Brethren in Maryland, (N.p.: Brethren Publishing House, 1936.), 269. (Reliability: 3). [S266] Jerry Maurice Henry, History of the Brethren in Maryland, (N.p.: Brethren Publishing House, 1936.), 270. (Reliability: 3).