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Ursina Lodge, No. 806, I.O.O.F., was instituted July 12, 1873, with the following charter members:John LeslieB. M. FreshwaterSamuel ThompsonW. S. HarahJ. R. WeimerWilliam CaldwellSamuel MinderAlex. LeslieEd. KornsB. F. SnyderR. H. DullW. W. WolffI. J. MillerN. B. LichliterW. H. SannerS. B. JohnstonJ. B. DavisW. J. JonesJ. P. MillerWilliam ShawJ. S. Peterman The first officers were:W. S. … Read more
Confluence Lodge, I.O.O.F., was instituted December 12, 1872, with the following officers and charter members:F.R. Fleck, N.G.Chas. Strohm, V.G.James Baxter, Sec’yW.S. Mountain, Ass’t Sec’yH. Valentine, Treas.W.R. MountainDavid MorrisonHenry D. BoleJ.K.P. ShoemakerJames RichardsonEllsworth McClearySam’l NeighleyRobt. WallaceJames B. CrossM. TannebillW.H. BishopJames KlingensmithWilliam Kessler Present membership, twenty- one; value of lodge property, four hundred and eighty- three dollars … Read more
The German Baptists, or Brethren, of Shade, organized a church of thirty members in 1851. The first meeting-house was built in 1858. There are now three meeting-houses and one hundred and fifty members in the district, a portion of which is in Cambria county. Bishop: J. BerkeyMinisters:J. HolsoppleH. MusselmanPeter StatlerPeter KnabelJoseph Burkhart.
Berlin congregation of the Reformed church is doubtless the oldest church of that denomination in Somerset county. This place was visited by ministers from the eastern part of the state as early as 1770. The congregation was organized in 1777. The records, which begin with that year, do not mention the name of the minister … Read more
Mark Collins Post, No. 344, G.A.R., was organized at Berlin June 21, 1883, with the following officers and charter members:Rev. H. F. Keener, P.C.A. D. Floto, S.V.C.C. C. Ball, J.V.C.J. Krissinger, Adjt.Samuel Imhoff, Surg.James Alton, Chap.A. K. Johnson, Q.M.W. H. Bender, O.D.Henry Gessner, O.G.Joseph Baldwin, S.M.Jeremiah Hartman, Q.M.S.Conrad KeimLudwig KoobSamuel FerrellWilliam J. PennCharles DivelyJoseph ImhoffMembership … Read more
<center>METHODIST EPISCOPAL</center>The Draketown Methodist Episcopal Church is a tasty and beautiful church, erected in 1880, at a cost of eleven hundred dollars. The first trustees were A. S. Hyatt, Eli Conn and Thomas Ream. The first class leader, A. S. Hyatt; the first pastor, Rev. W. P. Hutchinson, was succeeded by Rev. B. Tannehill, the … Read more
<center>CHURCH OF GOD</center>The first church in Ursina was the Church of God, built in 1869, at a cost of about seven hundred dollars. The first pastor, Rev. William Davis, was succeeded by:Rev. Miles PrittsRev. John WoodRev. Wm. H. LongAt present the church has a membership of about thirty. <center>EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN</center>The Evangelical Lutheran church of Ursina … Read more
1796 Tax List, Elk Lick Township, Somerset Co. Tax Mapping Department, Klatzkin Building Items crossed off below were crossed off on the original record. (400) = Total assessed value of all taxable items listed; given in dollars and cents. <center><strong>A – H</strong> — <a href=”articles.php?article_id=198&rowstart=1″><u>I – Z</u></a></center>Michael ANGLE (Engle?): 49 acres (8 cleared); 1 horse; … Read more
<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Turkeyfoot derived its name from a peculiar natural configuration of the land formed by the junction of three rivers where the town of Confluence now stands. Within the territory of Lower Turkeyfoot the first settlements in Somerset county were made. Here white men dwelt in the hunting-grounds of the savages; here the … Read more
This organization, which is more commonly known as the Jersey Baptist church, is the oldest Baptist church west of the Allegheny mountains. It is the oldest church of any kind in Somerset county, and perhaps the oldest in Southwestern Pennsylvania. For many years after its organization, Maryland and Virginia settlers were among its members, while … Read more