10 John Bachman. 



His branch of the family removed to Dutchess 

 Co., N. Y. 



His father, Jacob Bachman, lived in the little 

 town of Rheinbeck, near Schagticoke He was a 

 successful farmer, who provided well for the com- 

 fort of his family. His mother, Eva, possessed 

 sterling qualities ; both parents were godly, active 

 members of the Lutheran Church, in the Gilead 

 Pastorate, N. Y. 



The family consisted of one daughter, Eva, and 

 three sons, Jacob, Henry and John. The youngest 

 son, John, is the subject of this memoir. 



Rev. J. N. Barnett, writing of the pastorate of 

 Gilead, says : " A century ago their devotion chal- 

 lenges our admiration. Who now could be pre- 

 vailed upon to wade through deep snow for miles 

 to attend Divine service in mid-winter, where no 

 heating device was countenanced ?" " One old 

 gentleman," (still living), " remembers to have 

 heard his mother tell of carrying her children 

 through cold and snow, a distance of three miles, to 

 that un warmed Church, to sit through services 

 lasting almost the entire day." "These things are 

 recorded in honor of the earnest and faithful men 

 and women, from whom the worshippers of to-day 

 are descended ; who, in defiance of wintry storms 

 and summer heats forsook not the assembling of 

 themselves together about the altar of their God 

 and Saviour.' 1 This is the good stock that John 

 Bachman prized, and this the hardy training of his 

 early life. 



