The Story of the Birch Lake Quakers

Date: 1 Jun 1963
Location: Cass, Michigan, United States
Surnames/tags: East Talbot Bogue

The Story of the Birch Lake Quakers

This is an 9 page document written by Jane East Karkalits (Bonny) in the summer of 1963. This document is a product of personal memories as well as the use of books and documents about this group of Quakers. It includes a copy of a photo of the Birch Lake Meeting House that is no longer standing.

The focus of the document is the Birch Lake Quakers who settled in Cass County, Michigan, United States. The original worship meeting (pm) was in the home of Stephen Bogue and later in the home of William and Rachel East. A log meeting house was built in 1837 continuing as a pm until being granted in 1841. Later in 1856 a white frame meeting house replaced the log building. The MM was laid down in 1921 and the congregation attached to Penn MM. Members of the MM were involved in the Underground Railroad. The only known records of Birch Lake MM may be those that were submitted to the Indiana YM: Minutes 1841-1853 and 1883-1921 with additional Women's and Joint minutes 1859-1880. These records are kept at Earlham college (Earlham College Friends Collection and College Archive Friends - Microform Microfilm 501) and on FamilySearch.org under the Catalog tab. Search for "Birch Lake Quakers."

Available Online At These Locations

• https://archive.org/details/the-story-of-the-birch-lake-quakers
• https://www.urscc.org/birch-lake-quakers.html

WikiTree Syntax

• As an inline, numbered reference:

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Karkalits, Jane East.

''[[Space:The Story of the Birch Lake Quakers|The Story of the Birch Lake Quakers]]'',

page (s) ###-##,

self published. 1963.

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Repeated inline references: <ref name="Kark" />

• In the Sources section:

* <span id='Kark'></span>Karkalits, Jane East. ''[[Space:The Story of the Birch Lake Quakers|The Story of the Birch Lake Quakers]]'', self-published. 1963.

Inline citation links: ([[#Kark|Karkalits page(s) ###]])