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Your County Team Associate is Nathan Zipfel and I’m really glad you stopped by and I hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research. Â A Â huge thanks to Nan who originally develped the resources for Somerset County.
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St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran church, Salisbury, Pennsylvania, was probably organized about 1809. There are no records earlier than 1849. At that date Rev. Samuel B. Lawson was pastor; Joseph Diveley and Peter Welfley, elders; Caspar Lochel and George Lowry, deacons. Members were:Mr. and Mrs. BrewerEdward DiveleyMatthew DiveleyElizabeth HayPolly LivengoodCatharine LochelMrs. and Mrs. RosenbaumJohn Stone and … Read more
Salisbury Lodge, No. 982, I.O.O.F., was instituted March 10, 1882, by D.G.M. C. N. Hickok.The officers and charter members were as follows: W. H. Boucher, N.G.C. Wahl, V.G.D. O. McKinley, S.S. A. Wagner, A.S.L. C. Boyer, T.D. F. ColemanP. M. WahlE. M. StatlerW. H. FairD. WagnerD. E. McCauleyJ. M. HayGeo. BodesRev. B. SmithW. H. LambertH. … Read more
Frederick AmbrosePhilip BakerJacob BarkleyLudwick BarkleyMichael BekleyPeter BookerAbraham CableJacob CableGeorge ColemanJohn CormerGeorge CountrymanHenry DavisWilliams DevireMichael DitsValentine DulabaughJohn EdinerRobert EstepJoseph FarryJacob FisherJohn FriggsJohn FurryJacob GiblerHenry GlassnerJacob GlassnerJohn HaimbackWalter HailChristian HairAndrew HendricksonJacob HoffmanGeorge KemblePhilip KemblePeter LateBenedict LaymanDaniel LoutValentine LoutJohn MarkleyPhilip MathiasJohn MillerJoseph MillerMichael MillerFrederick OldfatherAdam PalmJohn PenrodJohn PetersFrancis PhilipChristian PloughHenry RhoadsJohn RhoadsJoseph RhoadsHugh RobersonBastian ShalasDilman Shee\’sHenry SmithChristian SpikerAdam … Read more
Abraham, EnochAbraham, Henry Jr.Abraham, Henry Sr.Allen, WidowAnkeny, ChristlyAnkeny, PeterBougher, PeterBrown, HenryBrowner, HenryBrowner, WollryCaifar, AdamClaypole, JamesCooper, ChristopherDrake GeorgeDrake, OliverEnslow, HenryEnslow, JohnEverly, JohnFlaugh, CasperFriend, AndrewGreathouse, ThomasGreen, ThomasGross, JohnHanswoger, PaulHogland, RichardHuff, MichaelHusband, HermonJennings, BenjaminJones, DavidJones, EzekielJones, RobertJones, WilliamKefer, MartinKefer, MichaelKeisner, SolomonLaut, JacobLowan, JohnMitchell, JohnMoore, JamesMorgan, FelixMorningstar, DanielMorningstar, Jacob<–PAGEBREAK–>Nicholson, RobertNowland, WilliamPar, ElisherPenrod, John Jr.Person, NicholasPursley, BenjaminPursley, JohnRambow, MosesReed, JohnRiff, … Read more
Adams, SamuelBarnard, JacobBarnard, PeterBridges, JohnBrown, RichardBurket, IsraelCheny, ThomasGabil, JohnHiggans, EdwardHoffman, JacobHolvendle, ____Husband, HermanJolly, BenjaminKemmel, PhilipLower, GeorgeMarsteller, FrederickMcClay, WilliamMcMullen, JamesMcMullen, ThomasMiller, ChristianMiller, JohnOsburn, WilliamPenrod, JohnPeters, JohnReed, JohnRhoads, JacobRhoads, JohnRobison, DavidShaver, GeorgeShaver, JohnShaver, SimeonSmiley, RobertSmooker, JacobSpringer, PhilipStatler, CasperSutor, MartinSwagart, HenryVendle, EdwardWashenbaugh, HenryWensel, JohnYouter, Christian Inmates:Boyd, JamesCooper, JacobHigans, Richard Single Freeman:Black, JamesCables, JosephNewswanger, IsaacRhoads, JosephWright, Samuel
Clerk of Courts111 E. Union StreetSuite 180Somerset, PA 15501Telephone: (814)-445-1435 Marriage License Bureau111 E. Union StreetSuite 170Somerset, PA 15501Telephone: (814)-445-1548 Microfilm Department121 E. Union StreetSomerset, PA 15501Telephone: (814)-445-1543 Prothonotary\’s Office111 E. Union StreetSuite 190Somerset, PA 15501Telephone: (814)-445-1428 Recorder of Deeds300 N. Center AvenueSuite 400Somerset, PA 15501Telephone: (814)-445-1547 Register of Wills111 E. Union StreetSuite 170Somerset, PA … Read more
Stoystown Lodge, No. 372, I.O.O.F., was instituted on October 3, 1849. The chartered members were:Robert H. PattersonJoseph A. GarmanDavid ClarkDavid StatlerAugustus HeffleyJosiah H. ZimmermanJosiah Keller This old lodge is still flourishing, and at present has a membership of forty. The financial standing of the lodge is as follows: Money invested, eight hundred and thirty-one dollars; … Read more
The taxables of Stoystown borough in the year 1839 were as follows:John Armor, stage-driverGeo. Ackerman, innkeeperJohn Ackerman, smithConrad Althouse, tailorDav. Baldridge, physicianwidow BiselJos. Bisel, stagedriverBenj. Berkey, joinerJohn Bricker, stagedriverThos. Boyd, stagedriverJac. CusterDav. Clarke, wagonmakerPh. Custer, joinerGeo. A. Clark, merchantHarrison Dinges, shoemakerwidow Davison (tan-yard)Francis M. Erhart, wagonmakerWm. Febrige, carpenterHenry Fisher, Esq., hatterHenry Fisher, Jr., saddlerGeo. GrahamJohn … Read more
Stoystown Methodist Episcopal church was organized some years prior to 1843; the exact date cannot be learned; as the early records have been lost. Among the original members were:A. S. H. YoungHenry LittleDavid LittleJoseph JohnsonSamuel R. Pearson The pastor in charge when the first church edifice was dedicated (1843) was Rev. Jamison. The present church … Read more
Zimmerman, or Mount Tabor Lutheran and Reformed church, was organized by Rev. J. G. Ibbeken, about 1835. The original members were:Joseph and Catharine ZimmermanHenry and Helena PetersonGeorge and Catharine KuntzJonas and Elizabeth HornerJohn and Susanna ZimmermanJacob and C. EnosJacob and C. LohrSam’l ZimmermanLouisa ZimmermanMary A. and Elizabeth ZimmermanSusan AnkenySolomon, Jacob and David BowmanWilliam ZimmermanWilliam ShafferJoseph … Read more