Christian Engel has been best remembered as a semi-legendary figure who organized the first Amish congregation west of Ohio and the first German-speaking congregation in Ill. This book also covers Engel's Mennonite neighbors in Ill. There is no index, but frequent surnames include: Bally, Belsley, Burky, Camp, Donner, Engel, Garber, Kennell, Nafziger, Roggy, Ruvenacht, Schertz, Smith, Strubhar, Stuckey, Sweitzer, Thorpe, Unzicker, and Virkler. (139pp. IMHGS, 1993.)