Rev. Moses H. Shantz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1884 - 1938  (53 years)

• Name	Moses H. Shantz
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	10 Sep 1884	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26969579
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer Son
  Occupation	1908	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00059-3946.6
  Died	14 Aug 1938	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 6]
  	Cause: heart attack
  Buried	17 Aug 1938	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I3104	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Solomon Shantz,   b. 31 May 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Nov 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Hostetler,   b. 20 May 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1932, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	6 Feb 1877	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 9]
  Family ID	F184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine M. Martin,   b. 9 Mar 1885, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Dec 1974, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1908	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Luella May Shantz,   b. Mar 1909, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Vernon Shantz,   b. 21 Jan 1911,   d. 6 Feb 1911  (Age 0 years)   3. Gordon Shantz,   b. Abt 1914,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Magdalena Shantz,   b. 19 Mar 1923, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 1989, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Shantz - Bishop Moses H. Shantz, eldest son of the late Solomon and Mary Ann (Hostetler) Shantz, was born near Haysville, Ont., Sept. 10, 1884; died at his home near New Dundee, Ont., Aug. 14, 1938; aged 53 y. 11 m. 4 d. He had been under medical care for a few years, due to a heart ailment. This became more severe during the last few weeks, and was the cause of his sudden passing on Sunday morning. He was converted and was received into the fellowship of the Church at the age of fourteen. Oct. 13, 1907, he was ordained a minister, and pastor of the Blenheim congregation. Besides being actively engaged in pastoral work in these thirty years, he also served the Church in many other positions. He was elected Moderator of the Mennonite Conference of Ontario for ten consecutive years, from 1922 to 1932. He also served as President of the Mennonite Mission Board of Ontario for several years after its organization in 1929. At the time of his death he was a member of the Board of the Ontario Mennonite Bible School. In 1933 he was elected Vice-President of the Mennonite Publication Board, and two years later became President of this organization, which position he occupied at the time of his death. On Sunday, July 24, 1938, he was ordained a bishop in the Mennonite Conference of Ontario, his especial charge being the congregation at Clarence Center, N. Y. On March 4, 1908, he was married to Catherine Martin of Elmira, Ont. They lived on his farm south of Haysville until 1923, when they moved to their present residence opposite the Blenheim Church near New Dundee. There survive to mourn his passing, his wife, 1 son (Gordon), and 2 daughters (Luella and Mary). One son (Vernon) predeceased him in 1911. There also remain 1 brother (Ephraim of Haysville) and 4 sisters (Mrs. John E. Bingaman of New Hamburg, Mrs. Titus L. Kolb of Kitchener, Mrs. Jos. Saltzman of Petersburg, and Mrs. Frank Miller of Millersburg, O.). One sister (Mrs. Conrad Hebel) passed away several months ago. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 17, and was largely attended, over one thousand people being present from many communities to pay tribute to the passing of a brother, a friend, and a fellow worker. The funeral service was in charge of Bishop S. F. Coffman. The service at the house was conducted by Bishops M. Hallman and M. H. Roth. The Brethren, Silas Weldy of Indiana and Jesse Short of Ohio, conducted the devotional at the church. Bro. D. A. Yoder of Elkhart, Ind., preached the funeral sermon. Text, I Cor. 15: 24-27. A few words of tribute were given by Bros. A. J. Metzler of Scottdale, Pa., and Oscar Burkholder of Breslau. Closing prayer was offered by Bishop Jonas Snider. The burial service at the grave was conducted by Bro. S. F. Coffman, interment in Blenheim Cemetery Gospel Herald, September 15, 1938 ___________________________ Shantz, Moses H. (1884-1938) Moses H. Shantz: church leader and farmer; born 10 September 1884 near Haysville, Ontario to Solomon and Mary Ann (Hostetler) Shantz. He was the oldest in a family of two sons and five daughters. On 4 March 1908 he married Catherine Martin (9 March 1885-4 December 1974) of Elmira, Ontario. They had two sons (one died in 1911) and two daughters. Moses died 14 August 1938 of a heart attack at his home across from the Blenheim Mennonite Church near New Dundee, Ontario. Moses Shantz was a farmer by vocation, working the home farm until 1923. The family then moved to the farm where he died. He was baptized in 1898, and was immediately active in the Sunday school and Bible Conferences of the day. He was among the first class of students in the Ontario Mennonite Bible School in early 1907 and on 13 October 1907 was ordained as a minister for the Blenheim Mennonite Church, his home congregation. On 24 July 1938 he was ordained as a bishop, particularly to serve the congregation at Clarence Center, New York. However he died before he was able to make any visits as bishop to that congregation. As was common for his day, Shantz did not have much formal education, though he had a life-long interest in reading. His personality was empathetic, an asset in his pastoral relationships. He had a good memory for names, and related easily to persons of many backgrounds. His preaching style was "heart to heart" rather than "sermonizing." A co-worker, S. F. Coffman , described Shantz as "a remarkable helper to others on account of his deeply sympathetic nature. He could enter into their problems with understanding and appreciation; he felt with them their burdens and and their sorrows; then, with the most kindly manner, he led them to wise decisions and to the comfort of Christian attitudes in all of their problems." His administrative gifts led Moses H. Shantz to numerous leadership roles both in his area conference and within the larger Mennonite Church. He served as moderator of the Mennonite Conference of Ontario from 1922-1932, and again from 1934-1936. From 1932-1934 he was assistant moderator. He became Vice-President of the Mennonite Mission Board of Ontario in 1929 when missions activity within the conference was reorganized, and he served in that role until 1936. In his active promotion of mission work, Shantz traveled often to the mission stations. He also served on the oversight board for the Ontario Mennonite Bible School. Within the denomination Shantz served on the Canadian Section of the Peace Problems Committee, and a number of times on the Committee on Arrangements for General Conference. In 1933 he was elected as Vice-President of the Mennonite Publication Board, and in 1935 became President of that Board, serving until his death. Moses H. Shantz suffered health (heart) problems in his later years, and his premature death removed a calm, mediating voice from the Ontario Mennonite scene at a time when fractious doctrinal issues created tension within the conference. His stature in the Mennonite community is indicated by the number of persons who attended his funeral -- over one thousand in all, including visitors from Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York. Steiner, Sam. "Shantz, Moses H. (1884-1938)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. January 2002. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 Nov 2005 <https://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/S53672.html>

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 825. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 402. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019117-08. Moses H. Shantz, 25, occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Wilmot Twp, son of Solomon Shantz and Mary Ann Hostettler married Catherine M. Martin, 22, b. Woolwich Twp, res. Woolwich Twp, daughter of Amos S. Martin and Magdalena Musselman, Witn: Ephraim and Laura Shantz of Wilmot Twp, 4 March 1908 in Elmira. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 15, 1938. Obituary of Moses H. Shantz [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 12. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. Rev. Moses H. Shantz 1884-1938 his wife Catherine M. Martin 1885-1974 [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 6. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 010878-77. 010878-77 - Solomon SCHANTZ, 24, farmer, Wilmot Township, same, s/o Joseph & Elizabeth SCHANTZ, married Mary Ann HOSTETTLER, Wilmot Township, same, d/o Moses & Margaretha HOSTETTLER, witn: Henry & Lavina HOSTETTLER, 6 Feb. 1877, New Hamburg

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Sep 1884 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1908 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 4 Mar 1908 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: heart attack - 14 Aug 1938 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 17 Aug 1938 - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth