Record Type: Church Records

  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

<center>CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN</center>Conemaugh Church of the Brethren, of German Baptists, was organized in 1810. It now has three meeting houses and one hundred and fifty members. Two of the meeting houses are situated in Conemaugh township. S. Benshoof is the present bishop. This church is partly in Cambria county. <center>CENTENNIAL CHURCH OF THE EVANGELICAL … Read more

  The first church in Greenville township was erected by the citizens as a untion meeting-house about 1810, and was principally occupied by the Presbyterians and the Lutherans. It was also used as a schoolhouse. The old building stood about a mile and a half northwest of Pocahontas. It was of logs and the shingles … Read more

The Greenville Reformed Church was organized by Rev. D. J. H. Kieffer, probably in 1820. Among the original members were:Elder Christian Lint and wifeDeacon Jacob LintJohn Lint and wifePeter EngleJacob GarlitzThe pastors have been:Rev. D. J. H. Kieffer – 1825Rev. H. E. F. Voigt – 1827-28Rev. H. G. Ibbeken – 1836-41Rev. Benjamin Knepper – 1846-74Rev. … Read more

  Christ\’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Somerset township, was organized, in 1844, by Rev. Peter Rizer. A house of worship was built in 1845 at a cost of nine hundred dollars. It has since been repaired to the amount of twenty-two hundred dollars. The congregation is out of debt and numbers at this time one … Read more

First a Union Congregation, composed of Reformed and Lutherans, Friedens Reformed Church was organized by Rev. D. B. Ernst and Rev. J. D. Gackenheimer, in December, 1846. Rev. D. B. Ernst had previously preached to the people for one year. The first elders were: Jacob Snyder and Nicholas Zahnies; deacons: John Sudor and John Schmedt. … Read more

GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCHThe German Lutheran Church in Somerset township was established in 1870, by Rev. Frederick Kohler. Its members were:Frederick BingnerJohn BrommWilliam BrommLudwick BrosekerFrederick HabenichtCharles KlineChristian SchlickermanDaniel ShoemakerChristian ZinkeWilliam ZinkeThe wives of the above-named were also members, excepting Habenicht. The pastors were A. W. Mueller and Charles Lauderbach; Christian Zinke and Frederick Bingner served as … Read more

Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized about the year 1783, by Rev. Mr. Steck, whose labors extended over a vast region lying on both sides of the Allegheny mountains. The first house of worship was built jointly by members of the Lutheran and Reformed congregations, about the year 1783. It was also used for educational … Read more