From 1895 to 1925 Joseph Shoemaker was a major leader in the Mennonite Church as bishop, conference moderator, writer, mission board secretary, chair of the publication board, hymn writer, evangelist, and perhaps the most widely traveled Mennonite leader of his day. Shoemaker, Shellenberger, and Brubaker families as well as Joseph's family. (145pp. illus. Shoemaker Fam. Assoc., 1998.)