Record Type: Church Records

History of Zion’s Union Church, Perry Township, Pennsylvania

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History of Zion’s Union Church, Perry Township, Pennsylvania This information appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1379. Surnames: HAUSIHL, KERSCHNER, STARR, MICHAEL, HERZEL, WACK, DIEFFENBACH, HERMAN, SCHAEFFER, BERKEY, LEBERMAN, APPEL, LEINBACH, BARTHOLOMEW, SCHUMACHER, KRUG, MOELLER, LEHMAN, KNOSKE, ENGEL, IAEGER, MILLER, GABLE, KLINE Zion’s Church, Perry Township, formerly of … Read more

History of St. Paul’s Church, Windsor Township, Pennsylvania

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History of St. Paul’s Church, Windsor Township, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1379. Surnames: SCHUMACHER, IAEGER, HERMAN, WEISS, BARTHOLOMEW, HUNTZINGER, SMOLL, DRUMHELLER, MILLER, GABLE, KLINE St. Paul’s Church, Windsor Township. This church is on the State Road in Windsor township, about two miles northeast … Read more

History of St. Paul’s Memorial Reformed Church, Reading, Pennsylvania

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History of St. Paul’s Memorial Reformed Church, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1393. Surnames; BAUSMAN, CREITZ St. Paul’s Memorial Reformed Church, Reading, Pa. St. Paul’s Memorial Reformed Church came into being in response to the need of another English congregation in Reading. A constantly … Read more

History of Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Pennsylvania

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History of Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1385. Surnames: ARNOLD, KUTZ, WAGNER, WORDMAN, SCHUMACHER, HARTWIG, HAUSIHL, KRUG, NIEMEYER, GROTZ, MOLLER, MUHLENBERG, LEHMAN, WILDBAHN, MARCARD, SCRIBA, MILLER, KELLER, RICHARDS, HOFFMAN, SCHANTZ, RIGHTMEYER, HORN, KUENDIG, FRY, DRACH, LAZARUS, SNYDER, DEININGER, OAKLEY, LIVINGOOD, … Read more

History of Trinity Lutheran Reformed Church, Mount Penn, Pennsylvania

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History of Trinity Lutheran Reformed Church, Mount Penn, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 985. Surnames: LUDWIG, KEEHN, WILLIAMS, SODERS, YEAKEL, DUNDORE, SCHEARRER, HERBEIN, LEINBACH, MANWILLER, ADAM, KRAEMER, ADAM, NEIN, MOSSER, PALM, STEINMETZ, STEIN, BROWN, SNYDER, BRIDENBAUGH, LUTZ, HEIN, HAFER, RAUENZAHN, DICKINSON, FISTER, MILLER Trinity … Read more

Somerset Circuit of the Evangelical Association

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The following five churches and congregations constitute what is called “Somerset Circuit of the Evangelical Association of North America,” Rev. D. K. Lavan, pastor in charge, Rev. L. M. Boyer, presiding elder. <a href=”articles.php?article_id=347″><u>Emanuel</u></a><br><strong>Pleasant Hill</strong> Church is situated three miles east of the town of Somerset. In 1870 a house of worship was built at … Read more

Emanuel Church

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Emanuel Church, situated three and one-half miles north of Somerset borough, was organized in 1815 by Revs. A. Hennig and M. Walter. Among its original members were the families of the Emmerts, Boyers, Pauls, Metzlers, Zimmermans, Cobaughs, McQuillions and Ferners. The church edifice was built in 1848, and remodeled in 1873, at a cost of … Read more

Rockwood Churches

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The first church in Rockwood was built by the Evangelical Association in 1871. The building is a frame, and cost sixteen hundred dollars. In building it, the society were assisted by subscriptions from citizens who were not members. The first class-leader was Zachariah Snyder; first trustees, Simon Snyder, Thomas Cupp and Zachariah Snyder. The pastors … Read more

Milford Township Churches

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<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Milford, the fourth township of what is now Somerset County was formed out of a part of Turkeyfoot township around 1780 and probably contained several settlers during the time of the revolutionary war. More than a hundred years before the present date (1883), James Wilson executed a cabin on a tract of … Read more