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Kaufman, James Norman, 1880-1966
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Missionary to India from 1905-1934, and again in 1945-1948. Minister at Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church, East Peoria, Illinois beginning in 1935. Later he was ordained bishop and continued in service there until 1963. He and his wife moved to Goshen, Indiana in 1959. He was married twice. His first wife, Elsie Drange, he met and married in 1909 in India. She died in 1939. His second wife was Dr. Lillie Shenk whom he married in 1941. He had three children by his first wife, Russell, Paul, and Kathryn.