Ankrum's Descendants of Alexander Mack

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Rev. Freeman Ankrum, and his 1943 work, Alexander Mack the Tunker and Descendants, is the subject of this page.

life

Rev. Freeman Ankrum was a pastor and genealogist. His book on the descendants of Alexander Mack reflects the pastorates he had and his own family branch of descendants. Freeman Ankrum was born 18 April 1890 in Glenford, Ohio to Armstrong Laird Ankrum and Lucinda Mack Ankrum. He was able to claim seventh generation descendancy from Alexander Mack Sr. through his mother's line. He graduated in 1914 from Ashland College with a B.A. in Classical Divinity. Also, in 1914, he married Viola Myers (1879-1922) and in 1925, he married Esther McAvoy (1897- ). Ankrum died 19 May 1972.

ministry

Rev. Freeman Ankrum pastored several Brethren churches. He started as a student pastor while attending Ashland College. He received his ordination as an elder in December 1912 in Ashland. His first pastorate was at the Brethren Church in Hamlin Kansas until 1917. He then pastored at Carlton Brethren Church (FGBC) near Garwin Iowa (1917-1921), Washington Court House, Ohio (1921-1923), (Mount Zion Brethren Church near Bremen, Hocking County, Ohio) Oak Hill West Virginia (1923- ), Linwood Maryland (1937- ). After retiring from the pastorate in 1960, he filled in as an interim pastor at Waynesboro Pennsylvania and Hagerstown Maryland.

book

The book has varying amounts of biographical information on the descendants he was able to record. However, his book did not have an index. A name index has been placed in a couple of repositories.

Other publications by Ankrum include:
"Alexander Mack, the Tunker, and Some of His Descendants." Schwarzenau, 2 (July, 1940): 3-15.
Maryland and Pennsylvania Historical Sketches, Masontown, PA: for the author by the Times-Sun, 1947, 16, 282pp., illus.
Sidelights on Brethren History, Elgin, IL: Brethren Press, 1962. 174pp., illus.
and several articles for The Brethren Evangelist.

analysis

Alexander Mack the Tunker and Descendants

In 1943, Rev. Freeman Ankrum published his compilation on the descendants of Alexander Mack (1679-1735). He recorded 3640 descendants and 1542 spouses in eleven generations. The branches on which he obtained the most information is reflected in the count of each surname. The top ten surnames are:

Holsinger
Mack
Benedict
Oller
Stover
Brumbaugh
Secrest
Leckrone
Miller
Longenecker

The Ankrum surname ranks 16th with just 41 names.

See also, the MOCK FAMILY HISTORIAN HOME PAGE for a comprehensive view of genealogical studies on Mack, Mock, and other spelling variations. Many other links for other families are accessible from this site.

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