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District Superintendents District: South Pittsburgh: Commenced in 1868; Lancelot Robinson Beacom 1868-1872; Hiram Miller 1872-1876; Thomas Newton Boyle Spring 1876-Fall 1876; Discontinued and became: McKeesport District: Commenced in 1876: James Alexander Miller Fall 1876-1880; Joseph A. Swaney 1880-1884; Noble Garvin Miller 1884-1890; Thomas Henry Woodring 1890-1896; James Alexander Ballantyne 1896-1902; John Franklin Murray 1902-1908; Robert Stewart Ross 1908-1914; John J. Hill 1914-1921; Henry N. Cameron 1921-1924; Thomas George Hicks 1924-1930; Thomas R. Courtice 1930-1931; Lemon Dorsey Spaugy 1931-1933; District renamed Monongahela: Burr R. McKnight 1933-1936; Thomas George Hicks 1936-1939; Renamed McKeesport District: Thomas George Hicks 1939-1942; Nicholas F. Richards 1942-1948; George Richard Haden 1948-1954; William Leroy Hogg 1954-1960; W. Sproule Boyd 1960-1962; Name Changed from McKeesport District to Connellsville District in 1962: Robert Clarence Siess 1968-1974; John William Russell 1974-1980; Samuel Lewis Allaman, Jr. 1980-1986; Neal Kay Rogers 1986-1992; Dale Ralph Smith 1992-1996; Thomas Frank St. Clair 1996-2003; Frank Melvin Sherman 2003--.
ACME CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1875 Mailing Address: 3016 Route 31, Acme, PA 15610 724/423-2821 ID: 100576 Location: Located in the village of Acme on Route 31 and Acme Dam Road three miles east of the Pennsylvania Turnpike entrance at Donegal in Westmoreland County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal Pittsburgh Conference. This church was organized in 1875. Services were held in the frame Byerly Schoolhouse. The Church building was erected in 1890 on land purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Hartman Weimer. John Freeman, his sons, and their families were active leaders during the early years of this congregation. For many years Acme was part of a Charge with Donegal, Jones Mills and Stahlstown. In 1968 it was on a two-point charge with Jones Mills and later put on with Bridgeport. The membership in 1968 was 197. In 1972 Jones Mills merged with Acme. In 2000 it was a two-point Charge with Barren Run. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 186. Transferred from Greensburg District in 2004.
Pastors: Donegal Circuit: Acme: Edward M. Williams 1875-1876; Grafton Trevor Reynolds 1876-1877; William L. McGrew 1877-1879; Albert Jacob Cook 1879-1882; Stahlstown-Donegal Circuit: Acme: John Huston 1882-1885; Stahlstown Circuit: Acme: Oliver H. P. Graham 1885-1888; George D. Crissman 1888-1891; David M. Hollister 1891-1893; Henry J. Hickman 1893-1895; Jasper N. Munden 1895-1898; William H. Kirkland 1898-1900; Maris Russell Hackman 1900-1904; James A. Hamilton 1904-1906; Watson M. Bracken 1906-1909; A. R. Faust 1909-1911; Samuel Walls Bryan 1911-1912; Charles D. Firster 1912-1914; Arthur Sellers 1915-1918; Charles H. Porter 1918-1919; Harry G. Trimmer 1919-1920; Elmer Ellsworth Slonecker 1920-1924; To Be Supplied 1924-1925; J. W. Armstrong 1925-1928; G. B. Clark 1928-1929; Elmer Ellsworth Slonecker 1929-1930; Henry E. Miller 1930-1933; Thomas Page 1933-1935; Elmer Ellsworth Slonecker 1935-1936; Charles T. Murdock 1936-1938; Lewis J. Wallis 1938-1941; Arthur Sellers 1941-1944; William Snyder Van Ryn 1944-1949; Raymond C. Hitchcock 1949-1950; Robert Florin Conner 1950-1952; William Brundrett 1952-December 1952; William Buren December 1952-1953; Arnold England Allerton 1953-1955; Stahlstown Circuit: Acme: Homer LeRoy Weaver 1955-1957; Kyle Fox 1957-1959; Acme Circuit: Acme: Aubrey Rhodes Morrow 1959-1959; Kyle Fox 1959-1960; Donald Jordan 1960-1962; William L. Lytle 1962-1963; Acme/Jones Mills: William Dallas Morgan 1963-1965; William Grant Patterson 1965-1970; Ronald George Naugle, Sr. 1970-1984; Acme: Forrest David Rowles 1984-1989; William Robert LaVelle, Jr. 1989-1993; Paula Jo Logan 1993-1996; Acme/Bridgeport: Paula Jo Logan 1996-1999; Terry Trudgeon 1999-August 8, 2000; Acme/Barren Run: Terry Trudgeon August 8, 2000--.
ADDISON: FIRST CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL BALTIMORE CONFERENCE 1819 Mailing Address: 669 Main Street, RR 1, Box 275, Addison, PA 15411-9801 814/395-3549 ID: 99088 Location: Located in the Village of Addison on Route 40, twenty six miles east of Uniontown in Somerset County.
History: Methodist Episcopal Baltimore Conference. Reverend John B. West organized the Methodist Class in Addison as a preaching place on the Somerset Circuit in 1819. The first Church building was erected in 1839, the centennial year of John Wesley's Methodism, and was named Centenary Chapel. A new Church replaced the original Chapel in 1907. In 1958 additional Sunday school facilities were added. A new parsonage was erected in 1947. It has always been part of a circuit, the 1968 Circuit consisting of Addison: First, Grace Chapel and Johnson Chapel. The membership of Addison in 1968 was 97. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 105
Pastors: Somerset Circuit: Centenary Chapel: John B. West and John Lee 1819-1820; Ashby Pool and David Stevens 1820-1821; John Connelly 1821-1822; Amos Barnes 1822-1823; John Strickler 1823-l824 William Butler 1824-1825; John B. West 1825-1826; John Strickler and George W. Robinson 1826-1827; Salathiel Tudor 1827-1828; Salathiel Tudor and Nathaniel Little 1828-1829; Andrew Coleman and Jacob Keiss Miller, 1829-1830; John Coleman and John West, 1830-1831; Peter M. McGowan and John I. Irwin 1831-1832; Smithfield Circuit: Centenary Chapel: David Sharpe and John J. Swayze 1832-1833; David Sharpe and Samuel Kyle, 1833-1834; John White and James R. Locke 1834-1835; Summerfield Circuit: Centenary Chapel: John White, James L. Turner and James R. Locke, 1835-1836; Samuel D. Wakefield and David L. Dempsey, 1836-1837; Warner Long, Walter Chalfant and Caleb Foster 1837-1838; Warner Long and Caleb Foster 1838-1839; John I. Irwin and Samuel B. Dunlap 1839-1840; Somerset Circuit: Centenary Chapel: John L. Irwin and Gideon Martin 1840-1841; Benjamin F. Sawhill and Alfred A. Reger 1841-1842; Addison Charge: Addison: Benjamin F. Sawhill and Phillip Pelly, 1842-1843; John L. Williams, 1843-1844; John Coil 1844-1846; Robert Laughlin and Josiah Mansell 1846-1847; Robert Laughlin and John Grant 1847-1848; Joseph Ray 1848-1849; Peter McGowan 1848-1851; Andrew J. Endsley 1851-1853; Heaton Hill 1853-1854; Matthias Myers Eaton 1854-1856; Ezra Hingeley 1856-1858; Joseph Horner 1858-1860; George W. Baker 1860-1862; John McIntyre 1862-1864; Richard Jordan 1864-1866; James Mechem 1866-1869; Robert M. Freshwater 1869-1871; Silas Thayer Mitchell 1871-1873; Daniel J. Davis 1873-1876; Naphtali Luccock 1876-1877; James Bruce Taylor 1877 1880; John F. Murray 1880-1882; Thomas William R. Robins 1882-1884; William L. McGrew 1884-1885; David Flanigan 1885-1887; Nathan L. Brown 1887-1890; George E. Cable 1890-1892; George A. Sheets 1892-1893; Preston C. Brooks 1893-1895; Lewis S. Wilkinson l895-1897; William H. Zetler 1897-1898; William H. Grace 1898-1899; W. R. Burton 1899-1901; J. T. Eastburn 1901-1902; Thomas Charlesworth 1902-1904; William L. Wilkinson 1904-1905; Albert Kirkby Travis 1905-1907; Daniel M. Paul 1907-1909; Somerfield Circuit: Addison: Elijah Wilson Kelley 1909-1911; John H. Lancaster 1911-1913; Harold C. Thomas 1913-1914; Oscar J. Rishel 1914-1916; Charles H. Porter 1916-1918; No Pastor October 6, 1918-December 31, 1918; Joseph H. Henry January 1, 1919-October 11, 1920; No Pastor October 11, 1920-March 2, 1921; J. L. McIlveen March 2, 1921-June 1, 1922; Richard M. Cameron June 1, 1922-September 11, 1922; Ralph Edward Spangler 1922-1924; A. C. Arthur 1924-1925; Owen Curtis Carlisle 1925-1926; Harold Edward Miller 1926-1927; William F. Belding 1927-July 1928; Paul E. Trimpey July 28, 1928-October 8, 1928; Fred Wineman November 1, 1928-October 2, 1929; Addison/Sansom Chapel: James L. Duff-October 2, 1929-1930; Addison: James L. Duff 1930-1931; October 1931; Henry F. Pollock 1931-1933; John 0wen Martin 1933-1937; Leonard G. Richey 1937-November 14, 1940 (Died while serving, Wife, Mary F. succeeded him); Mary F. Richey November 15, 1940-1944; James E. Bird 1944-1946; Raymond C. Hitchcock 1946-1949; D. W. Worsdell 1949-1951; George A. Smith 1951-1954; Listonburg Circuit: Addison: Harry Monroe Jenkins 1954-1957; Kyle Fox 1957-1958; Addison Charge: Addison: First/Addison: Grace Chapel/Addison: Johnson Chapel: Larry Kalp 1958-1958; John J. Washburn 1958-1960; Charles R. Kimble 1960-1961; John R. Hickson, 1961-1976; Rodney 0liver Doughty 1976-1981; August Barry Twigg 1981-1986; David James Fetterman 1986-1990; Wayne Robert Cleary 1990-1993; David Allen Lee 1993-1997; Delbert Wayne Wasser 1997-1999; Timothy Mark Rogers 1999-2006; Francis Leonard Storer 2006-2007; Addison/Confluence Charge: Addison: First/Addison: Grace Chapel/Addison: Johnson Chapel/Casselman/Confluence: Linda Lou Dinger 2007--; Arthur Vogel Associate 2007--;
ADDISON: GRACE CHAPEL CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH BALTIMORE CONFERENCE 1875 Mailing Address: PO Box 143, Addison, PA 15411-0143 814/395-3549 ID: 99077 Location: Located at the intersection of routes 40 and 281, in Henry Clay Township in Fayette County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal South Baltimore Conference. Earliest records available indicate that Grace Chapel became a part of the Listonburg Charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church South about 1875. Information from 1875-1940 was provided by the Baltimore Conference Historical Society. Its Church building was located in Jockey Hollow near Somerfield. It was forced to relocate to the present site in 1946 by the construction of the Youghiogheny Flood Control Dam. It was one of the four Churches of the Listonburg Charge of the Moorefield District, Baltimore Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South, transferred to the Pittsburgh Conference as a result of Methodist union, in 1940. Always on a Circuit, in 1968 Grace Chapel became a part of the Addison Circuit. Its membership in 1968 was 72. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 55.
Pastors: Addison: Grace Chapel: L. R. Markwood 1875-1879; W. E. Woolf 1879-1880; C. E. Simmons 1880-1882; To Be Supplied 1882-1883; F. T. Griffith 1883-1884; W. B. Dorsey 1884-1886; S. V. Hildebrand 1886-1887; L. W. Haslup 1887-1889; Q. A. Wheat 1889-1890; S. A. Parker 1890-1893; A. C. Miller 1893-1894; D. M. Brown 1894-1898; J. R. Jacobs 1898-1902; A. B. Sites 1902-1905; G. D. Hornan 1905-1906; A. Knox 1906-1908; W. D. Eye 1908-1909; G. Pope 1909-1910; E. House 1910-1912; H. B. Smith 1912-1915; G. H. Heydrick 1915-1916; H. W. Lindamood 1916-1918; F. E. Allison 1918-1922; L. H. Richcreek 1922-1925; C. B. Larrick 1925-1926; H. W. Fowler 1926-1927; C. G. Russell 1927-1932; C. W. Paskel 1932-1935; L. W. Darst 1935-1936; V. R. Gillum 1936-1940; Transferred to Pittsburgh Conference: Listenburg Charge: Addison: Grace Chapel: C. F. Crowe 1940-1941; G. L. Smith 1941-1943; Thomas Page 1943-1944; Addison Charge: Addison: Grace Chapel: James E. Bird 1944-1946; Ray C. Hitchcock 1946-1949; D. W. Worsell 1949-May 20, 1951; Harry V. Leland May 20, 1951-1952; G. A. Smith 1952-1954; Addison: Grace Chapel/Listonburg: Harry Moore Jenkins 1954-1957; R. A. Hayes 1957-1958; Addison Charge: Addison: Grace Chapel: John Washburn 1958-1960; Charles R. Kimble 1960-1962; Addison: Circuit: Addison: Grace Chapel/Johnson Chapel/Sansom Chapel: John Roland Hickson 1962-1979; Rodney 0liver Doughty 1979-1981; Addison: Grace Chapel/ Addison: First/Addison: Johnson Chapel: August Barry Twigg 1981-1986; David James Fetterman 1986-1990; Wayne Robert Cleary 1990-1993; David Allen Lee 1993-1997; Delbert Wayne Wasser 1997-1999; Timothy Mark Rogers 1999-2006; Francis Leonard Storer 2006-2007; Addison/Confluence Charge: Addison: First/Addison: Grace Chapel/Addison: Johnson Chapel/Casselman/Confluence: Linda Lou Dinger 2007--; Arthur Vogel Associate 2007--;
ADDISON: JOHNSON CHAPEL CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL BALTIMORE CONFERENCE 1812 Mailing Address: PO Box 143, Addison, PA 15411-0143 814/395-3549 ID: 99113 Location: Located two miles south of Confluence on route 281 in Henry Clay Township of Fayette County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal Baltimore Conference. The original Society was organized before 1812. In 1812 the Society erected their first Church building and named it "Old Liberty Church". It was on the Bedford Circuit of the Carlisle District of the Baltimore Conference. In 1815 Bedford Circuit was divided and Somerset Circuit was created from the western portion. Then, in 1819, the Somerset Circuit was transferred to the Pittsburgh District of the Baltimore Conference. The Old Liberty Chapel was destroyed by fire in 1852 and a new Church, named Fairview Methodist Episcopal Church, was erected in 1853. This building was also destroyed by fire in 1883 and a third Church was built in 1885. It was named Johnson Chapel. This building was razed in 1949 and a new Church was dedicated in 1951. This Church has been on Circuits throughout its long history, the circuit arrangement in 1968 being with Addison and Grace Chapel. Its membership in 1968 was 111. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 87.
Pastors: Bedford Circuit: Old Liberty Church: James Wilson and John Everhart 1815-1816; Somerset Circuit: Old Liberty Chapel: James Wilson 1816-1817; Robert Boyd 1817-1818; Jacob Snyder and James Wilson 1818-1819; Somerset Circuit: Old Liberty Chapel: James West and John Lee 1819-1820; Ashby Pool and Daniel Stevens 1820-1821; John Connelly 1821-1822; Amos Barnes 1822-1823; John Strickler 1823-1824; William Butler 1824-1825; John B. West 1825-1826; John Strickler and George W. Robinson 1826-1827; Salathiel Tudor 1827-1828; Salathiel Tudor and Nathaniel Little 1828-1829; Andrew Coleman and Jacob Keiss Miller 1829-1830; Andrew Coleman and John West 1830-1831; Peter M. McGowan and John Irvin 1831-1832; Smithfield Circuit: Old Liberty Chapel: David Sharp and John J. Swayze 1832-1833; David Sharp and Samuel Kyle 1833-1834; John White and James R. Locke 1834-1835; Summerfield Circuit: Old Liberty Chapel: John White, James L. Turner and James R. Locke 1835-1836; Samuel D. Wakefield and David L. Dempsey 1836-1837; Warner Long and William Chalfant 1837-1838; Warner Long and Caleb Foster 1838-1839; Somerset Circuit: Old Liberty Chapel: John L. Irwin and Samuel B. Dunlap 1839-1840; John L. Irwin and Gideon Martin 1840-1841; Benjamin F. Sawhill and Alfred A. Reger 1841-1842; Addison Circuit: Old Liberty Chapel: Benjamin F. Sawhill, Phillip Pelly and John Strickler 1842-1843; John L. Williams and H. C. Dean 1843-1844; John Coil 1844-1846; Robert Laughlin and Josiah Mansell 1846-1847; Robert Laughlin and John Grant 1847-1848; Joseph Ray 1848-1849; Peter M. McGowan 1849-1851; Andrew Endsley 1851-1852; Renamed Fairview: Andrew Endsley 1852-1853; Heaton Hill 1853-1854; Matthias Myers Eaton 1854-1856; Ezra Hingely 1856-1858; Joseph Horner 1858-1860; George W. Baker 1860-1862; John H. McIntyre 1862-1864; Richard Jordan 1864-1866; James Mecham 1866-l869; Robert M. Freshwater 1869-1871; Silas Thayer Mitchell 1871-1873; Daniel J. Davis 1873-1876; Naphtali Luccock 1876-l877; James Bruce Taylor 1877-1880; John Franklin Murray 1880-1882; T. W. Robins 1882-1884; Renamed Johnson Chapel: Addison Circuit: William L. McGrew 1884-1885; David Flanigan 1885-1887; Nathan L. Brown 1887-1890; George Emerson Cable 1890-1892; George A. Sheets 1892-1893; Preston C. Brooks 1893-1895; Ohiopyle Circuit: Johnson Chapel/Confluence: J. S. Duxbury 1895-1896; J. G. Haun 1896-1897; William L. Cadman and Oliver J. Watson 1897-1899; Will1am L. Cadman 1899-1901; John S. Potts 1901-1904; Joseph Christy Brown 1904-1904; Confluence Circuit: Johnson Chapel: Thomas Charlesworth 1904-1907; Albert Kirkby Travis 1907-1910; Charles Wesley Hoover 1910-1913; Lee Wilson Page 1913-1916; Watson M. Bracken 1916-1918; C. D. Firster 1918-1920; John Martin Cogley 1920-1922; Lewis H. Powell 1922-1928; Confluence/Johnson Chapel/Harnedsville: Howard Weston Jamison 1928-1931; Walter Leslie Morgan 1931-1933; Francis McClure Kees 1933-1937; John 0wen Martin 1937-1941; Confluence/Ursina/Johnson Chapel: Sherman L. Burson 1941-1943; Frank A. Webb 1943-1944; Miller Bartley Clendenien 1944-1947; R. H. Kelley 1947-1948; Allen Joseph Allen 1948-1949; Addison Circuit: D. W. Worsdell 1949-1951; George A. Smith 1951-1954; Addison/Listenburg/ Johnson Chapel: Harry Monroe Jenkins 1954-1957; Kyle Fox 1957-1958; Larry Kalp 1958-1958; John Washburn 1958-1960; Charles R. Kimble 1960-November 1961; John R. Hickson December 1961-1979; Addison: First/Addison: Grace Chapel/Addison: Johnson Chapel: Rodney 0liver Doughty 1979-1981; August Barry Twigg 1981-1986; David James Fetterman 1986-1990; Wayne Robert Cleary 1990-1993; David Allen Lee 1993-1997; Delbert Wayne Wasser 1997-1999; Timothy Mark Rogers 1999-2006; Francis Leonard Storer 2006- 2007; Addison/Confluence Charge: Addison: First/Addison: Grace Chapel/Addison: Johnson Chapel/Casselman/Confluence: Linda Lou Dinger 2007--; Arthur Vogel Associate 2007--;
ALVERTON CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1885 Mailing Address: Alverton, PA 15612 724/887-7445 ID: 100133 Location: In Somerset County.
History: Methodist Episcopal Pittsburgh Conference. In 1884 a group of laymen, including Lyman Fretts, Dr. J. E. Rigg, J. P. Love, John Boyd and others, led by Reverend John Coleman High of the Coke Mission, organized the first Methodist Episcopal congregation in Stonerville, later named Alverton. A plan was conceived to build a place of worship. In 1885 a one room church building was erected on a lot which was donated by J. P. Love. The first pastor was Reverend Thomas Storer. In 1926 and 1940 additions were made to the church. In 1908 the Foreign Missionary Society was organized with thirty charter members. In 1940 this organization was replaced by the Womens Society of Christian Service. The Circuits from which the Church has been served were Jacobs Creek, Smithton, Tarrs and Bryan. In 1967 the church was placed on the Mount Pleasant Charge. The membership in 1968 was 117. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 111.
Pastors: Mount Lebanon Tarrs Circuit: Alverton: Thomas Storer 1885-1888; Mount Lebanon: Tarrs/Jacobs Creek Circuit: Alverton: Lewis Reece Jones 1888-1891; George D. Crissman 1891-1894; Charles F. Bollinger 1894-1895; Jacobs Creek Charge: Alverton: Levi Scott Peterson 1895-1896; John McGuire 1896-1900; George Emerson Cable 1900-1901; Henry J. Hickman 1901-1904; Stewart O. Smith 1904-1906; Alverton Charge: Alverton: Archibald Auld 1906-1910; Paul Otterbein Wagner 1910-1912; Arthur W. Davies 1912-1915; George M. Allshouse 1915-1916; William Hamilton 1916-1918; Arthur Sellers 1918-1920; Conrad Moehler 1920-1922; Mount Lebanon: Tarrs: Alverton: George J. Rowe 1922-1926; John Wesley Hall 1926-1928; Oscar G. Cook 1928-1933; Thomas Page Associate 1931-1933; Smithton Circuit: Alverton: Clair Ralston Wick 1933-1936; Oliver W. Jones 1936-1939; Cecil Newton McCandless 1939-1942; Charles L. Cusick 1942-1947; William S. Hamilton 1947-1949; Alfred Jenkins, Jr. 1949-1957; Maybelle Bonney Johnston 1957-1959; Alverton Charge: Alverton: Amadee Dilliner Eberhart September 1, 1959-May 1, 1960; William Gaskill 1960-1961; Elijah Wilson Kelley 1961-1964; Charles Smith Hixson 1964-1965; Alverton/Bryan: William Dallas Morgan 1965-1966; Jay Alan Schrader 1966-1967; Mount Pleasant Circuit: Alverton: John Francis Balliet 1967-1969; Dallas Wilson Butler 1969-April 26, 1970; Lester Garmon Hillegas May 1970-July 1970; Robert William Borden 1970-1972; Charles Smith Hixson 1972-March 25, 1989; Earl Wayne Richard, Jr. May 25, 1989-January 1, 1992; Westmoreland Charge: Alverton/Mount Nebo/Owensdale: Willard Stephen Morse January 1, 1992-August 1, 1993; Paul Anthony Dunn August 1, 1993-1995; Siglinde Luise Becker 1995-1997; Bright Horizons Cluster: Alverton/Hickory Square/Jacobs Creek/Mount Nebo/Owensdale/Scottdale: Wesley Chapel: David Allen Lee 1997-November 12, 2002; Charles Emmanuel Neiderheiser Associate 1997-November 12, 2002; Siglinde Luise Becker Pastor of Visitation 1997-2004; Bryce D. King Associate April 11, 1999-2002; Roy William Butt Associate 2002-2004; D. Overly Associate 2002-2004; Marvin Clay Watson November 12, 2002-2004; Thomas C. Shirer Associate November 12, 2002-2004; Alverton/Scottdale: Wesley Chapel: Thomas C. Shirer 2004--.
BANNING CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1896 Mailing Address: RD 1, Box 411, Dawson, PA 15428-9402 724/529-0402 ID: 100532 Location: Located in the small mining village of Banning along the Youghiogheny River in Fayette County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal Pittsburgh Conference. The lot was given by Anthony Banning through the influence of William Lowery to be used for Church purposes only, and to have a building erected that would cost at least $1,500.00. The building was erected in 1896 and dedicated in 1900. So far as is known this Anthony Banning has no connection with the Anthony Banning who was the son-in-law of the Widow Ann Murphy. It has been on Circuits with Layton, Smithton, Concord, Bryan, Webster and Wesley Chapel. In 1968 it was part of a two-point Charge with Smithton. Since 1965 it has added three rooms for classes that can be opened into the main sanctuary, along with a new oil heating system, new ceilings in the sanctuary and repainting of the outside. The membership in 1968 was 50 and on January 1, 2003 was 41. Transferred from Greensburg District in 2004.
Pastors: Banning: J. T. Eastburn 1896-1898; Judson Jeffreys 1898-1899; Smithton Circuit: Banning: George Emerson Cable 1899-1900; John W. Otterman 1900-1903; Layton/Banning: Thomas B. Cooper 1903-1905; Josephus Harrison Enlow 1905-1907; Marion M. Hildebrand 1907-1908; Paul Otterbein Wagner 1908-1910; Harry H. Household 1910-1914; George W. Ringer 1914-1916; Horace Nelson Sipes 1916-1917; James A. Forgie 1917-1920; To Be Supplied 1920-1921; Smithton:Winnett/Banning/Concord: Walter R. Robinson 1921-1923; A. C. Arthur 1923-1924; Ralph Edward Spangler 1924-1925; George B. Coughenour 1925-1926; Elmer Ellsworth Slonecker 1926-1928; Harry G. Campbell 1928-1929; Thomas Page 1929-1932; Smithton/Banning/ Alverton/Upper Middletown: Clair Ralston Wick 1932-1936; Smithton:Winnett /Banning/Alverton/Concord: Oliver W. Jones 1936-1939; Arthur Sellers 1939-1940; S. C. Baird 1940-1943; Donald Charles Dalke 1943-1946; Smithton/Webster/ Concord: James Bird 1946-1948; H. E. McNeely 1948-1949; Anna B. Potter 1949-1961; Carl E. Stolting 1961-1966; Herbert Albin Peterson 1966-1971; Smithton Circuit: Smithton:Winnett/ Banning/Barren Run: Herbert Albin Peterson 1971-1982; Clifford Herbert Moore 1982-1987; Daniel Gordon Richter 1987-1994; James Ray Myers 1994-2000; Smithton:Winnett/Banning: Quentin Baker and Yvonne Rulli-Butler August 6, 2000-December 1, 2000; C. James Kutz 2001-2005; Mildred Jean Toplis Martin 2005--;
BARREN RUN CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT UNITED BRETHREN ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE 1820 Mailing Address: PO Box 783, Smithton, PA 15479 724/872-7497 ID: 170831 Location: Located on Route 981, three miles from Smithton in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, PA.
History: United Brethren Church - Allegheny Conference. The Barren Run appointment is one of the oldest in the conference dating back to the time before the Conference was formed. This church began May 19, 1820 when Christian Newcomer preached at the home of Frederick Medsger. He had stopped there before in 1810, 1812 and 1819. Reverend Jacob Winter organized a class about 1830. Beginning in 1839 services were held in the Red School House. A brick church was completed in 1848. In 1883 a white frame building was erected and dedicated by Bishop J. Dickson, assisted by the pastor Reverend A. L. Funk. Out from this Class have gone Reverend J. Medsger, Dr. Elmer U. Honeshell and Dr. S. S. Hough as ministers. An addition on the south side of the building was dedicated May 4, 1958. Seven ministers have gone out from the Barren Run Church. In 1970 it was linked with Glenwood, Sewickley and Wyano and had 171 members. The church was completely destroyed by fire in 1998 and a new church was built and dedicated in 2000. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 211. Transferred from Greensburg District in 2004.
Pastors: Barren Run: Unknown: 1820-1872; D. Sheerer 1872-1876; J. Medsger 1876-1878; M. O. Lane 1878-1879; D. Sheerer 1879-1882; A. L. Fink 1882-1883; John Isaac Lewis Ressler 1883-1884; R. P. Miller 1884-1885; W. H. Mingle 1885-1887; R. S. Woodward 1887-1892; S. S. Hough 1892-1895; B. C. Shaw 1895-1896; Thomas Sharp 1896-1899; J. F. Kelley 1899-1901; W. H. Wilson 1901-1903; George Noden 1903-1904; J. K. Huey 1904-1907; B. J. Hummel 1907-1908; G. A. Spahrs 1908-1910; Joseph B. Keirn 1910-1913; J. E. Ott 1913-1915; A. M. Long 1915-1918; E. F. House 1918-1919; Barren Run/Wyano: Leonard Chain 1919-1921; H. A. McKelvie 1921-1922; J. H. Lilly 1922-1924; Joseph B. Keirn 1924-1927; C. E. Shannon 1927-1931; Wyano Charge: Barren Run: Dwight M. Spangler 1931-1934; Arthur L. Barnett 1934-1937; A. D. Thompson 1937-1940; Arthur Ritchey 1940-1942; C. E. Shannon 1942-1944; John Winwood 1944-1950; Ralph Wayne Brownfield 1950-1961; Merle Irvin Potter 1961-1965; A. Thomas Rutter 1965-1968; Harold Edwin Huey 1968-September 1, 1970; Keith Leland Inskeep September 1, 1970-February 1, 1971; Smithton Charge: Smithton: Winnett/Banning/ Barren Run: Herbert Albin Peterson 1971-1982; Clifford Herbert Moore 1982-1987; Daniel Gordon Richter 1987-1994; James Ray Myers 1994-2000; To Be Supplied July-August 1, 2000; Acme/Barren Run: Terry Trudgeon August 8, 2000--.
BELLE VERNON: CONCORD CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1830 Mailing Address: PO Box 643, Belle Vernon, PA 15012 724/929-4211 ID: 100496 Location: Located at 100 Fort Royal Road in Bell Vernon on a section of old Route 51 in the northeastern quadrant, approximately one-fourth mile from interchange of Routes PA. 51 and Interstate 70 in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County.
History: Methodist Episcopal Pittsburgh Conference. Earliest records indicate that in 1830 a group of Methodists from the Fells Church were meeting together in the Concord vicinity. In that year the last of the subscription schools of Rostraver Township, Concord School, was built. This was the first meeting place of the congregation. In 1849 Bela B. Smith, one of the early settlers, gave land adjacent to the school and a red brick building was erected. The bricks were fired on the Douglas farm, which later became that of the Timms family, descendants of which were members of the church. In the absence of historical records circuit relationships have been forgotten except those of more recent times. Until 1966 the Church had been part of the Smithton Circuit with Smithton and Banning Churches. During 1966-67 the church was aligned with Webster Church. In June 1967 the church became partner with the Fayette City Church on the charge of that name. Addition of 2 classrooms and a social hall was made in the 1950's. Major renovation in 1965-1966 created a sanctuary with a divided chancel. The 1968 membership was 85. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 123.
Pastors: Brownsville Circuit: Concord: Simon Lauck, John Spencer and Peregrine G. Buckingham 1830-1831; Robert Boyd, John Spencer and Peregrine G. Buckingham 1831-1832; William W. Stevens, Robert Boyd and Thomas Fleming 1832-1833; Thomas Jamison, Isaac N. McAbee and Simon Elliott 1833-1834; Redstone Circuit: Concord: John H. Ebbert, Isaac N. McAbee and Warner Long 1834-1835; George McCaskey and James L. Read 1835-1836; George McCaskey, Richard Armstrong and James L. Read 1836-1837; John Coil and Benjamin F. Sawhill 1837-1838; David Sharp, Christopher Hodgson and Samuel Kyle 1838-1839; David Sharp, Heaton Hill and Samuel Kyle 1839-1840; Thomas Baker, Heaton Hill and Wesley Smith 1840-1841; Thomas Baker, Samuel R. Dunlap and Samuel Kyle 1841-1842; David L. Dempsey and Josiah Adams 1842-1843; Moses P. Jamison and David Hess 1843-1844; Alcinus Young and Alpheus C. Gallahue 1844-1846; West Newton Circuit: Concord: David Sharp and James Fribley 1846-1847; Henry R. Kern and Marcellus A. Ruter 1847-1848; Samuel D. Wakefield and Marcellus A. Ruter 1848-1849; Samuel D. Wakefield and James Beacon 1849-1850; Charles Thorn and J. T. W. Auld 1850-1851; Josiah Mansell and John M. Rankin 1851-1852; Josiah Mansell and Hiram Miller 1852-1853; Elizabeth Circuit: Concord/Rostraver: Walter Brown and Ezra Hingeley 1853-1854; Isaac P. Sadler 1854-1855; Isaac P. Sadler and Sylvester Burt 1855-1856; David Alexander McCready and Walter A. Bell 1856-1857; David Alexander McCready and William Kennedy Brown 1857-1858; Samuel D. Wakefield and James Hollingshead 1858-1859; Samuel D. Wakefield and Thomas Cannon Hatfield 1859-1860; James Alexander Miller and James Green Sansom 1860-1861; James Alexander Miller and Jeremiah W. Kessler 1861-1862; George W. Baker and John W. Weaver 1862-1863; George W. Baker and James R. Miller 1863-1864; Rostraver Charge: Concord: Samuel D. Wakefield 1864-1866; Alva R. Chapman 1866-1868; David King Stevenson 1868-1870; John Z. Moore 1870-1872; Robert M. Freshwater 1872-1873; Samuel G. Miller 1873-1876; Joseph H. Henry 1876-1878; Joseph Jackson Hays 1878-1880; James Bruce Taylor 1880-1882; William Carson Weaver 1882-1885; Charles M. McCaslin 1885-1887; Rufus Hofelt 1887-1890; Marion M. Hildebrand 1890-1892; John S. Wakefield 1892-1893; Josiah Mansell 1893-1894; William M. Medley, Sr. 1894-1896; Andrew Smith Hunter 1896-1899; Harry L. Humbert 1899-1902; Layton Charge: Concord: John W. Otterman 1902-1903; Thomas B. Cooper 1903-1905; Josephus Harrison Enlow 1905-1907; Marion M. Hildebrand 1907-1908; Paul Otterbein Wagner 1908-1910; Harry H. Household 1910-1914; George W. Ringer 1914-1916; Horace Nelson Sipes 1916-1917; James A Forgie 1917-1920; Arthur Sellers 1920-1921; Layton Circuit: Smithton/Banning/Concord: Walter R. Robinson 1921-1923; A. C. Arthur 1923-1924; Ralph Edward Spangler 1924-1925; George B. Coughenour 1925-1926; Elmer Ellsworth Slonecker 1926-1928; Smithton Circuit: Concord: G. E. Campbell 1928-1929; H. E. Miller 1929-1930; Madison Circuit: Concord: Joseph Matthew Somers 1930-1931; Perryopolis Charge: Concord: Carl Edson Chapman 1931-1935; Clair Ralston Wick 1935-1936; Smithton Circuit: Concord: Oliver W. Jones 1936-1939; Arthur Sellers 1939-1940; S. C. Baird 1940-1943; Donald Charles Dalke 1943-1946; James E. Bird 1946-1948; H. E. McNeely 1948-1949; Anna B. Potter 1949-1961; Carl E. Stolting 1961-1966; Herbert Albin Peterson 1966-1966; Webster Charge: Concord: Edwin M. Tilt 1966-1967; Concord Charge: Fayette City/Concord: John Walter McLeister 1967-1970; Walter Charles Herron 1970-1972; Frank Byran Garlathy 1972-1979; Clifford Eugene Stollings 1979-1985; Jack Eugene Elder 1985-1992; Charles Frederick Harper 1992-1996; Ricky Dean Nelson 1996-2000; James Ray Myers 2000-2002; Monessen/Webster/Concord: James Ray Myers 2002-2005; Perryopolis/Concord: Michael Edward Long 2005--.
BELLE VERNON: FIRST CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1830 Mailing Address: 200 State Street, Belle Vernon, PA 15012-1158 724/929-4696 ID: 99102 Location: Located at State and Market Streets in the Borough of Belle Vernon, Fayette County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal Pittsburgh Conference. The Methodist Class in Belle Vernon was organized in 1830, being the oldest religious organization in the community. In 1834 the Class was made a part of the re-organized Redstone Circuit with the Reverends John H. Ebbert, Isaac N. McAbee and Warner Long as the preachers on the Circuit. In 1850 Cookstown (now called Fayette City) and Belle Vernon were made a Charge. The first Church building was erected in 1867. Bishop J. F. Berry dedicated the second and new Church on October 15, 1908. In 1954 a new Mohler Organ was installed, and in 1965 the parsonage was completely remodeled. The membership in 1968 was 539. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 481.
Pastors: Connellsville Circuit: Belle Vernon: James Green. Sansom 1830-1831; James Green Sansom, Moses Tichenell and William M. Burton 1831-1832; John White and Wesley Kenney 1832-1833; John White, Wesley Kenny and George L. Sisson 1833-1834; Redstone Circuit: Belle Vernon: John H. Ebbert, Isaac N. McAbee and Warner Long 1834-1835; George M. McCaskey and James L. Read 1835-1836; George McCaskey, Richard Armstrong and James L. Read 1836-1837; John Coil and Benjamin F. Sawhill 1837-1838; David Sharp, Christopher Hodgson and Samuel Kyle 1838-1839; Samuel Kyle, David Sharp and Heaton Hill 1839-1840; Thomas Baker, Heaton Hill and Wesley Smith 1840-1841; Thomas Baker, Samuel Kyle and Samuel B. Dunlap 1841-1842; David L. Dempsey and Josiah Adams 1842-1843; Moses P. Jimeson and David Hess 1843-1844; Alcinus Young and Alpheus C. Gallahue 1844-1846; James J. Moffit and Josiah Adams 1846-1847; James Green Sansom and George Washington Cranage 1847-1848; James Green Sansom and Josiah Mansell 1848-1849; John Coil and John F. Nessly 1849-1850; Belle Vernon/Cookstown (Fayette City): John F. Nessly 1850-1851; Peter F. Jones 1851-1853; James Borbidge 1853-1854; Daniel Rhodes 1854-1855; John Williams 1855-1857; Joseph Horner 1857-1858; John C. Brown 1858-1860; George Crook 1860-1862; James Hollingshead 1862-1864; Martin Luther Weekly 1864-1866; James Fletcher Jones 1866-1867; Charles H. Edwards 1867-1868; Edward Williams 1868-1870; Belle Vernon: Edward Burns Griffin 1870-1873; Matthew McKendree Garrett 1873-1876; Nathaniel P. Kerr Spring 1876-Spring 1878; Samuel Wesley Davis 1878-1880; Amos Potter Leonard 1880-1883; Jacob Brenneman Uber 1883-1886; George A. Sheets 1886-1888; Richard Cartwright 1888-1891; Hugh H. Pershing 1891-1894; Lewis Reese Jones 1894-1897; Jacob Thomas Pender 1897-1900; George S. Holmes 1900-1903; William Elmer Ellsworth Barcus 1903-1906; John D. W. Heazelton 1906-1911; Rezin Beeson Mansell 1911-1913; James Bruce Taylor 1913-1918; William I. Wilkinson 1918-1919; George Grant 1919-1922; David Lemley Headlee 1922-1926; Harry Beeson Mansell 1926-1928; Silas Elmer Rodkey 1928-1930; Joseph James Buell 1930-1936; George Meade Dougherty 1936-1940; Homer Fancher Pierce 1940-1943; Frank Thomas James 1943-1946; Herman Fred Roney 1946-1948; Cecil Webster Campbell 1948-1951; William Henry Schatz 1951-1960; Earl Wilfred Lighthall 1960-1963; James David Barkley 1963-1966; Richard Bailey Snyder 1966-1969; Seth Paul Bower 1969-1974; Robert Dawson Hopson 1974-1979; Lee Francis Dinsel 1979-1983; Thomas Frank St. Clair 1983-1996; Samuel Miles McConnell 1996-2000; Timothy Christopher McConville 2000-2005; David Philip Zona 2005--.
BERLIN CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 18??-1951
Location: Berlin was located in Somerset County, PA.
History: Methodist Pittsburgh Conference. Berlin was part of the old McKeesport District. It was declared abandoned and transferred to the Christian and Missionary Alliance of Rockwood, Pennsylvania in 1951.
BERLIN CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT UNITED EVANGELICAL PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1???-1???
History: United Evangelical Pittsburgh Conference. Closed.
BRADDOCKSFIELD CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE ????-????
Pastors: Braddocksfield: George L. Sisson 1834-1835;
BRIDGEPORT CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1870 Mailing Address: 481 Bridgeport Road, RD 4, Box 156, Mount Pleasant, PA 15676 724/547-5366 ID: 170751 Location: Located in the village of Bridgeport, one mile south of Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA.
History: Evangelical Association - Pittsburgh Conference It was organized in 1870, with services being held in the home of Jacob Sigwalt. The first church, dedicated in September 1883, is still in use in 2002. From 1894 to 1922 it was a part of the United Evangelical Church. In 1970 it was linked with Paradise and had 70 members. The membership on January 1, 2002 was 70. Transferred from Greensburg District in 2004.
Pastors: Bridgeport: W. A. Reininger 1874-1876; Isaac A. Smith 1876-1877; Frank Bone 1877-1878; A. S. Baumgardner 1878-1880; James Wagner 1880-1881; J. Woodhull 1881-1883; J. Q. A. Curry 1883-1886; G. J. Coleman 1886-1888; W. W. Elrick 1888-1890; J. H. Schweisberger 1890-1893; G. W. Ringer 1893-1894; J. R. Clark 1894-1895; D. Stull 1895-1896; S. H. Barlett 1896-February 1899; A. L. Burket February 1899-1900; M. V. DeVaux 1900-1902; A. B. Day 1902-1904; J. W. Waters 1904-1905; M. V. DeVaux 1905-1906; P. D. Steelsmith 1906-1907; M. F. Shafer 1907-April 1908; J. E. Hablison April 1908-1910; C. M. Haines 1910-1911; M. C. Clemence 1911-1914; Philson L. Berkley 1914-1918; J. B. Beck 1918-December 1918; F. M. Brickley January 1919-1919; Charles E. McCauley 1919-1921; H. M. Cook 1921-1922; Charles E. McCauley 1922-1923; H. H. Faust 1923-1926; Bridgeport/Paradise: Clewell E. Miller 1926-1928; John O. Bishop 1928-1935; A. M. Gahagan 1935-1940; George Arthur Wright 1940-1942; Michael Robert Tyson 1942-January 1943; A. B. Hossbach February 1943-May 1943; Rayford Glenn Feather June 1943-1948; Charles Ralph Weslager, Jr. 1948-1954; Orion Alexander Womer 1954-1957; Gerald Leroy Pardoe 1957-1965; Frances T. Bach 1965-November 1968; Fern Tybertius Barner November 1968-1975; Clyde Wilbur Dietrich 1975-1979; David Samuel Evans 1979-1987; Paul Anthony Dunn 1987-1989; John Wright Gordon, Sr. 1989-1990; Bridgeport: John R. Basinger, Jr. 1990-1992; Kenneth Martin Lashen 1992-1996; Acme/Bridgeport: Paula Jo Logan 1996-1999; Terry Trudgeon 1999-August 13, 2000; Bridgeport: Ardith E. Hill August 13, 2000-.
BROADFORD CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST PROTESTANT PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE ????-????
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Pastors: Broadford/Hopwood: Thomas Wilmer Colhouer 1915-1920; Isaac Allen Barnes 1916-1918; Isaac Allen Barnes 1919-1920; Broadford/Coolspring Missions: Adam Robert Rush 1930-1931; Percy/Juniata/Broadford: Alton Sankey Miller 1938-1939; Coolspring/Juniata/Broadford/Summit: Harry Moore Peterson 1939-1940; John Wright Gordon, Sr. 1940-1941; N. E. Shindler 1941-1942; Raymond 0. Hitchcock 1942-1944; Jefferson King August-September 1944; Coolspring Circuit: Broadford/Juniata: Arthur Sellers 1944-1946; Broadford/Juniata/Summit: George Washington Stump 1946-1948; James E. Bird 1948-1951; David W. Worsdell 1951-1953; Richard Akers 1953-1954; Virgil Eicher 1954-1958; Robert E. Hull 1958-1960;
BROWNFIELD CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST PROTESTANT PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1885 Mailing Address: Box 17, Brownfield Road, Brownfield, PA 15445 724/439-9010 ID: 99226 Location: Located in the village of Brownfield, three miles south of Hopwood, in Fayette County, PA.
History: Methodist Protestant Pittsburgh Conference. Shortly after a revival meeting at Hutchinson School house in 1882, was conducted by Reverend John McCarty of Fairchance and Reverend George McCollum of Uniontown, it was decided to build a Union Church at Brownfield. This building was taken over by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1889, but the church continued holding services there until 1897. Then the new building, with an addition in 1926, was dedicated as the Brownfield Methodist Protestant Church. It was always on a circuit. There was the Fairchance-Monroe Circuit, which included the Fairchance, Hopwood, and Brownfield Churches. There was the Fairchance Circuit, which included Brown's Chapel, White Rock and Brownfield. From 1959 to 1965 there was the Brownfield-White Rock Circuit which included Brownfield, White Rock and Hutchinson Churches. Since 1965 there was the Hopwood-Brownfield Circuit which includes the Hopwood and Brownfield Churches. The membership in 1968 was 160. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 128.
Pastors: Fairchance/Monroe/Brownfield Circuit: William Henry Gladden 1884-1886; William Bryenton 1886-1887; Monroe Circuit: Fairchance/Hopwood/Brownfield: Benson F. Sadler 1887-1890; Peter Thornton Conway 1890-1895; Joseph C. Carpenter 1895-1899; J. C. Cobb 1899-1901; Samuel Clarence Benninger 1901-1902; Fairchance Circuit: Browns Chapel/White Rock/ Brownfield: Alexander Hadley Martin 1902-1904; Elias Jasper Wilson 1904-1907; Thomas Milton Gladden 1907-1910; Daniel C. White 1910-1911; Joseph Henry Shimp 1911-1914; Theodore Wesley Darnell 1914-1915; Ernest Strayer Fooks 1915-1917; Charles A. Biles 1917-1918; Owen Curtis Carlisle 1918-1921; Joseph Henry Shimp 1921-1922; John Rodda 1922-1924; Perry J. Null 1924-1926; White Rock/Brownfield/Hopwood: Perry J. Null 1926-1930; Robert Lee Carraway 1930-1932; Fairchance Circuit: Fairchance/Brownfield/Hopwood: Harry Moore Peterson 1932-1933; George Budd 1933-1936; Fairchance/Brownfield/Juniata: Harry Moore Peterson 1936-1937; Fairchance/Brownfield/Coolspring: Harry Moore Peterson 1937-1938: Fairchance/ Brownfield/White Rock: Harry V. Leland 1938-1941; Alexander Ernest Taylor 1941-1942; William L. Miller 1942-1944; Maybelle Miller Bonney Johnston 1944-1946; Fairchance/ Brownfield: Thomas Duane Stewart 1946-1947; Robert Florin Connor 1947-1950; Fairchance/ Brownfield/White Rock: Earl N. Coddington 1950-1957; Homer Leroy Weaver 1957-1960; Harold Eugene Williams 1960-1962; Brownfield/White Rock: James William Martin, Jr. 1962-1965; Hopwood/Brownfield: Robert Eugene Robinson 1965-1969; Arnold Ardell Slagle 1969-1973; Arthur Fredrick Hummel 1973-1981; Scott Richard McCormick 1981-1991; Frederick Michael Monk 1991-1998; Madison L. Stringfellow, Jr. 1998-2004; Randy Clifford Costolo 2004--; Madison L. Stringfellow, Jr. Associate 2004-2007;.
BROWNSVILLE: FIRST CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL BALTIMORE CONFERENCE 1794 Mailing Address: 412 Second Street, Brownsville, PA 15417 724/785-8704 ID: 99248 Location: Located at 215 Church Street in the Borough of Brownsville, Fayette County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal Baltimore Conference. There is evidence showing that a Methodist Society was meeting at the home of Chads Chalfant, a local exhorter and citizen of Brownsville, as early as May 3, 1794. It was made a preaching point on the Redstone Circuit July 14, 1794. The Class was officially formed August 12, of that same year. In 1804 a stone building (36' X 30') was erected. In 1806 Chads Chalfant conveyed one-half acre "in trust for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1821 the size of the church building doubled. In 1861 the stone structure was replaced by a brick building. In 1815 this church was on the Brownsville and Uniontown circuit. In 1833 Uniontown became a station, and Bridgeport (Second Methodist Episcopal Church, Brownsville; now known as South Brownsville Methodist Church) was united with First Church and together they were known as the Brownsville Station. This arrangement continued until 1849 when each church became a station. First Church was a two-point circuit, along with West Bend Methodist Church, as of 1965. In 1990 it was made a three-point Charge with Brownsville: First/South Brownsville and West Bend Churches. The 1968 membership was 295. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 161.
Pastors: Redstone Circuit: Brownsville: Daniel Hitt and John Phillips 1794-1795; Redstone/ Washington Circuit: Brownsville: Charles Conaway, Thomas Haymond and John Fell 1795-1796; Redstone Circuit: Brownsville: Charles Conaway and James L. Higgins 1796-1797; James Smith and Solomon Harris 1797-1798; Jacob Colbert and Edmund Wayman 1798-1799; James Paynter and Charles Burgoon 1799-1800; Rezin Cash and Isaac Robbins 1800-1801; Jesse Stoneman and Asa Shinn 1801-1802; Lasley Matthews 1802-1803; James Quinn and Thomas Budd 1803-1804; James Hunter and Simon Gillespie 1804-1805; William Page and William Knox 1805-1806; James Hunter and Saul Henkle 1806-1807; William Page and Robert Bolten 1807-1808; John West and William G. Lowman 1808-1809; Thomas Daughaday and Joseph Lanston 1809-1810; Thornton Fleming and Tobias Reiley 1810-1811; Jacob Young and James Wilson 1811-1812; John Meek and Joshua Monroe 1812-1813; Simon Lauck and Nathaniel B. Mills 1813-1814; William Monroe, H. Padgett and Thornton Fleming 1814-1815; Brownsville/Uniontown Circuit: Thornton Fleming and Asa Shinn 1815-1816; John West and John Everhart 1816-1817; James Reily and John Bear 1817-1818; Samuel Montgomery and Samuel P. V. Gillespie 1818-1819; Asby Pool and Dennis Battee 1819-1820; Dennis Battee 1820-1821; Henry Baker and William Barnes 1821-1822; John West and William Brandeberry 1822-1823; John West and Henry Slicer 1823-1824; Thornton Fleming and John B. West 1824-1825; Pittsburgh Conference Organized: Brownsville Station/ Brownsville: First and South: David Sharp 1825-1826; Henry Biddleman Bascom 1826-1827; Charles Elliott 1827-1828; John Waterman 1828-1829; Thornton Fleming 1829-1830; Thornton Fleming and Homer Jackson Clark 1830-1831; Charles Cooke 1831-1833; Brownsville Station: Andrew Coleman 1833-1835; Samuel E. Babcock 1835-1836; Brownsville/Bridgeport/South Brownsville: Samuel E. Babcock 1836-1837; John J. Swayze 1837-1838; Isaac N. McAbee 1838-1839; Christopher Hodgson 1839-1841; Hamilton Cree, Jr. 1841-1842; Thomas Baker 1842-1843; Josiah Adams 1843-1845; Josiah J. Gibson 1845-1846; Curtis W. Scoles 1846-1847; John Coil 1847-1849; Brownsville: First: Caleb Foster 1849-1855; Sheridan Baker 1855-1856; Hiram Miller 1856-1858; Ezra Hingeley 1858-1860; Stephen F. Minor 1860-1862; William F. Lauck 1862-1864; Richard L. Miller 1864-1866; Lancelot Robinson Beasom 1866-1868; James L. Deens 1868-1871; James Henderson 1871-1872; Josiah Mansell 1872-1875; William Alexander Stuart 1875-Fall 1876; Rezin Beeson Mansell Fall 1876-Fall 1879; Silas Thayer Mitchell 1879-1882; John Thompson Steffy 1882-1884; Alexander Scott 1884-1885; Theodore J. Shaffer 1885-1887; John W. Righter 1887-1892; Charles L. Smith 1892-1893; Thomas Patterson 1893-1895; Andrew Smith Hunter 1895-1896; James Law 1896-1898; John C. Burnworth 1898-1902; William M. Medley, Sr. 1902-1904; Charles T. Murdock 1904-1905; Albert Howell Acken 1905-1907; George M. Kelley 1907-1910; Oliver B. Patterson 1910-1915; Norman Bruce Fierstone 1915-1917; Alexander Earl Husted 1917-1925; Walter R. Robinson 1925-1928; John Wesley Hall 1928-1931; Howard Weston Jamison 1931-1935; Lloyd E. Headley 1935-1936; John W. Buono 1936-1939; William John Lowry 1939-1942; Joseph Matthews Somers 1942-1945; Delmar Clarence Robbins 1945-1954; Ben F. Donley 1954-1956; Frank Thomas James 1956-1958; Frederick William Wright 1958-1961; Walter Charles Herron 1961-1963; David Sigvard Sandberg 1963-1965; West Bend Charge: Brownsville: First: Guy Lewis Burt 1965-1968; Blaine Philip Meider 1968-1969; Elmer Edwin Tannehill 1969-February 1972; Loyal Wilson Kelso February 1972-1975; Richard Donald Updegraff 1975-1976; A1bert Allen Bryan 1976-November 1, 1979;. David Alan Eiche1berger January 1, 1980; December 1, 1981; Richard Bailey Snyder December 1, 1981-1985; Kathy Lynn Kosanovich Higgins 1985-1988; Robert Murray Getchman 1988-1990; Brownsville: First/ Brownsville: South/West Bend: Harry Raymond Speakman, Jr. 1990-January 1, 1997; John Vernon King February 1, 1997-2000; Bonnie Tyack Friend King Associate February 1, 1997-2000; Paul Everett Wilson, Sr. 2000--.
BROWNSVILLE: SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1833 Mailing Address: 412 Second Street, Brownsville, PA 15417-1606 724/785-8704 ID: 99352 Location: Located at the corner of Second and Main Streets in the Borough of Brownsville, Fayette County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal Pittsburgh Conference. The Bridgeport Methodist Episcopal Sunday school was organized in May of 1834 at the suggestion of Reverend Andrew Coleman. They met in an old stone school house on Second Street. Reverend Samuel E. Babcock, pastor at Brownsville First Methodist Episcopal Church, took the new group under his guidance. Land was purchased in 1833 from the Cadwallader estate for $230 and a Church building was constructed on it with dedication in 1837. The Charge was designated Brownsville and Bridgeport in 1838. It became a Station appointment in 1849. The last meeting was held in the old church June 14, 1863 and its demolition followed. The congregation met in the West Brownsville Town Hall and the Wesleyan Church. The new church was opened October 30, 1864. A parsonage was built in 1866. A new educational annex was dedicated in 1963. The name of this Church was Bridgeport until 1880 when it was changed to the Second Methodist Episcopal Church of Brownsville. In 1908 the name was changed again to South Brownsville. A new educational unit was constructed and dedicated July 1, 1963. A Baldwin Electric Organ was purchased in 1970 replacing the pipe organ purchased in 1904 with half the cost donated by Andrew Carnegie. The front pipes were left in the front of the sanctuary. A new parsonage was purchased in 1973 at 1003 High Street and the parsonage on Second Street was demolished. The membership in 1968 was 656. In 1990 First United Methodist, South Brownsville United Methodist and West Bend yoked and became the Brownsville Charge with one pastor serving all three churches. An 800 pound bell was given to the church in 1859 and after a recasting and repair of the bell tower, is still used in 2004 to call people to worship. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 221.
Pastors: Brownsville Circuit: Bridgeport/Brownsville: Andrew Coleman 1834-1835; Samuel E. Babcock 1835-1837; John J. Swayze 1837-1838; Bridgeport/Brownsville: Isaac N. McAbee 1838-1839; Christopher Hodgson 1839-1841; Hamilton Cree, Jr. 1841-1842; Thomas Baker 1842-1843; Josiah Adams 1843-1845; Josiah J. Gibson 1845-1846; Curtis W. Scoles 1846-1847; John Coil 1847-1849; Bridgeport: Josiah Mansel1 1849-1851; Peter M. McGowan 1851-1852; Robert Hamilton 1852-1854; David Alexander McCready 1854-1856; William Alexander Stuart 1856-1858; Benjamin F. McMahan 1858-1859; Artemus E. Ward 1859-1861; John McIntyre 1861-1862; Charles W. Smith 1862-1864; Joseph Jackson Hays 1864-1866; James R. Mills 1866-1868; Simpson W. Horner 1868-1870; Charles W. Scott 1870-1872; Homer J. Smith 1872-1873; John Cranson Castle 1873-1876; Theodore N. Eaton 1876-Spring 1878; A1bert R. Cameron 1878-1880; Name Changed from Bridgeport to Brownsville Second Methodist Episcopal Church: Charles L. E. Cartwright 1880-1883; Reimund C. Wolf 1883-1884; David M. Hollister 1884-1887; Henry J. A1tsman 1887-1888; Oliver H. P. Graham 1888-1893; William Craft Davis 1893-1897; Harty Malcom Cha1fant 1897-1900; Josiah Elmer Kidney 1900-1903; Calvin H. Miller 1903-1907; Charles F. Bollinger 1907-1908; Name Changed to South Brownsville: Silas Elmer Rodkey 1908-1910; William Rainie Moore 1910-1915; Rezin Beeson Mansell 1915-1917; John Melson Betts 1917-1920; Robert Louis Erhart 1920-1924; Elmer H. Greenlee 1924-1931; William Edward Boetticher 1931-1932; Ernest Weals 1932-1937; Charles W. Oresek 1937-1939; Harrison Eugene Modlin 1939-1941; Paul P. Holden 1941-1945; Edwin John Keifer 1945-1949; Dalton William Davis 1949-1954; Frank Thomas James 1954-1956; South Brownsville/First: Frank Thomas James 1956-1959; South Brownsville: Frank Thomas James 1959-1960; John Wright Gordon, Sr. 1960-February 1, 1964; Dallas Wilson Butler March 1, 1964-1969; Dotson True Spangler 1969-July 1972; John Henry Weaver July 1972-1975; Charles Robert Fowler 1975-1981; Norman Jay Nightingale 1981-1987; Charles Kenneth Sowden 1987-1990; Brownsville Charge: Brownsville: First/Brownsville: South/West Bend: Harry Raymond Speakman, Jr |
