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LUTHERANThe Lutheran Church at Davidsville was organized in 1852, and a house of worship erected the same year. The church is a frame building, 35 x 45 feet, and cost eleven hundred dollars. The present membership is about 40. The first pastor was Rev. J. K. Bricker. The first officers of the congregation were:Joseph Hoffman … Read more

The Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Lavansville, was organized as Samuel\’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Bedford county, at a very early date, but the earliest records in existence do not show when the organization was effected. It was prior to the year 1784, however. The early records were written in German, and from a … Read more

  Wills Evangelical Lutheran Church, situated five miles east of Somerset borough, was organized in 1839, by Rev. Charles Rees. Of its original members were:Daniel Will, elderMichael Weyand, elderWilliam Will, deaconD. A. Rhodes, deacon The pastors have been:Rev. Charles ReesRev. Samuel B. LawsonRev. J. F. WilliamsRev. J. K. MillerRev. P. SahmRev. John TomlinsonRev. J. J. … Read more

The Salem congregation of the Reformed Church at Lavansville was organized in 1856, by Rev. Charles Hoffmire. Among the original members were:Levi KnepperDavid Lavan and wifeJonas Hemminger and wifeIsrael Herring and wifeGeorge Kimmel and wifeJohn Thompson and wifeLevi Boucher and wifeSolomon BoucherSimon Chorpenning and wifeHenry Hay and wifeMary SternIsrael Hemminger The successors of Mr. Hoffmire … Read more

St. Peter\’s Reformed Church, of Somerset township, was organized from Beam\’s church, Jenner township, by Rev. William H. Bates, in 1880. Its original members were:Jonathan Rhoads and wifeIsrael Hemminger and familyGeorge Geisel and familyLevi Berkey and familyJohn Freidline and familyJonathan Miller and familySamuel Berkey and familyJoseph F. Rhoads and familyNoah Brendel and familyDavid B. Ash … Read more