Record Type: Church Records

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

Weigle’s Lutheran and Reformed church is situated at Hooversville. The Lutheran congregation was organized by Rev. William Kopp in 1848. The original members were:Samuel SwankD. Bepley and wifeEmanuel Lohr and wifeValentine Lohr and wifeJohn Weigle and wifeConrad Wolford and wifeEmanuel WolfordSamuel WolfordThomas Lohr and wifeSamuel Lohr and wifeJonathan Joder and wifeMichael BepleyThomas CrisseyJacob Beaber and … Read more

The Stoystown congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran church was organized by Rev. Henry Gerhart in 1806. The pastors in order of succession have been;Rev. Henry GerhartRev. SchmuckerRev. HeyerRev. HaverstickRev. RizerRev. WilliamsRev. LawsonRev. J. K. MillerRev. Peter SahmRev. John TomlinsonRev. J. J. WelshRev. J. W. RyderRev. A. K. Felton. The first church edifice was erected about … Read more

Stoystown Reformed church is a very old organization. The exact date of its formation cannot be ascertained, but from baptismal records we learn that Rev. H. Giese was pastor in 1799. The following are the names of parents whose children were baptized at an early date:Michael and Anna Maria PetermanPhilip and Barbara KackerLudwig and Elizabeth … Read more

St. John’s Reformed and Lutheran church, near Lambertsville, was organized by J. K. Bricker, in 1857. Most of the original members were Sipes. The first church officers were: Abraham Lambert and John Sipe, elders; Adam Grimm and Joseph Sipe, deacons. The pastors have been:Rev. J. K. Bricker,Rev. J. BeaverRev. J. B. CristRev. A. R. HeightRev. … Read more

This church was organized in 1848, by Rev. William Conrad. The original members were:John LutzMartin ShankMoses LambertJacob LambertDavid KellerWilliam ShankCatharine ShankElizabeth Lambert The pastors have been:Rev. William ConradRev. John HoymanRev. A. B. KeplinRev. D. H. ReiterRev. L. B. LeasureRev. James GrantRev. Joel W. AlspachRev. H. F. Keener (1875 to the present date) The house of … 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

<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