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District Superintendents District: Erie Meadville: - Meadville commenced as a District in Pittsburgh Conference in 1832. Erie name changed from Meadville in 1962; Erie-Meadville name was adopted in 1970. James Gilbert Cousins 1970-1973; Herman Fred Roney 1973-1979; George Samuel Crooks 1979-1985; James Howard Wright 1985-1991; Thomas Lynn Funk 1991-January 1, 1997; Jerry Lee Gray January 1, 1997-2004; Patricia Salapaw Harbison 2004--.
ADAMS ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT 1???-1???
Location: Located in Erie County, PA.
History: Closed.
ALBION: CALVARY ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT UNITED BRETHREN ERIE CONFERENCE 1911 Mailing Address: PO Box 145, Albion, PA 16401-0145 814/756-5642 ID: 189976 Location: Located at 136 East State Street in the Borough of Albion in Erie County, PA.
History: United Brethren - Erie Conference. The earliest record is the purchase of a church building on April 21, 1911. A number of additions have been made. In 1960 Cranesville and Pont merged with Calvary. The Cranesville class dated from 1853. In 1895 a church was built and it was moved into Cranesville in 1911. The Pont class started in the 1860s built a church in 1891. In 1970 Albion: Calvary had 120 members. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 52.
Pastors: Albion: Calvary: F. E. Depwe 1911-1913; J. A. Higley 1913-1916; R. L. DuVze 1916-October 15, 1916; C. M. King January 1, 1917-1917; S. P. Weaver July 7, 1917-1918; H. S. Kissinger 1918-1919; J. A. Robinson 1919-1920; C. L. Bash 1920-1922; Charles B. Anderson 1922-1924; William D. Fulton 1924-1929; W. H. Chase 1929-1931; Charles B. Anderson 1931-1934; H. H. Williams 1934-1936; George B. Mulvin 1940-1941; Paul Young 1941-1942; Claude Gerald Groters 1942-1946; Robert I. Smith 1946-1950; Royden C. Mott 1950-1957; William F. Atkins 1957-1961; Leon H. Tickner 1961-1967; Byron Van Ness Berry 1967-1970; Leroy M. Gasler 1970-1971; Albion: Calvary/Wellsburg: Lynn H. Ostrander 1971-1977; John H. Stubbs 1977-1980; Dale Raymond Rhodes 1980-1982; Albion: Calvary/Wellsburg/Albion: Grace: Craig Loren Lyman 1982-1989; Albion: Calvary/Wellsburg: Forest David Rowles 1989-March 1, 1995; Albion: Calvary: Lloyd Samuel Sturtz 1995-August 1, 2001; Joong Wook Koe 2001-2002; To Be Supplied 2002-2003; Kenneth W. Driedger 2003-September 30, 2005; Melvin E. Bendig October 1, 2005--.
ALBION: GRACE ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 1833 Mailing Address: 49 Franklin Street, Albion, PA 16401 814/756-3464 ID: 88985 Location: Located at 49 Franklin Street and East Pearl in the borough of Albion in Erie County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. Organized in 1833 in the home of Albert Jackson. Albion was then known as Jackson's Crossroads. Services were held in the Jackson log cabin home at first, then in Juliet Academy from 1839 to 1853. It was on a two-point charge with Springfield from 1833 until 1854. A white frame church was constructed in 1854 and from that time it has been a Station Appointment. The brick building was erected in 1913 and the educational unit was added in 1958. The membership as reported in the 1968 Conference Journal was 493. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 395.
Pastors: Springfield/Albion: Grace: William Todd 1833-1834; John Chandler 1834-1835; John Chandler and John Prosser 1835-1836; John Bain and Samuel Leech 1836-1837; John Bain and Warren Griffith 1837-1838; Aurora Chandler and John L. Holmes 1838-1839; Aurora Chandler and James W. Lowe 1839-1840; James W. Lowe 1840-1841; William Patterson and Watts B. Lloyd 1841-1842; William Patterson, William W. Maltby and Gaylord B. Hawkins 1842-1843; John Crum and Almeron G. Miller 1843-1844; Josiah Flower and Daniel C. Richey 1844-1845; Josiah Flower and Matthias Himerbaugh 1845-1846; Almeron G. Miller and Rufus Parker 1846-1847; Hiram Kingsley and John Prosser 1847-1848; Hiram Kingsley and Samuel B. Sullivan 1848-1849; Byron S. Hill and John W. Wilson 1849-1850; Milo B. Bettes and John W. Wilson 1850-1851; Milo B. Bettes, Samuel N. Ford and John Akers 1851-1852; John Akers and John McLean 1852-1853; John McLean and James B. Groves 1853-1854; Albion: Grace: Isaac O. Fisher 1854-1855; Isaac O. Fisher and John Prosser 1855-1856; Ezra S. Gillette 1856-1857; Carlos R. Chapman and William M. Hayes 1857-1858; Carlos R. Chapman and Lorenzo D. Prosser 1858-1859; Albina Hall and Lorenzo D. Prosser 1859-1860; Albina Hall and Zaccheus W. Shadduck 1860-1861; John W. Wilson and Edward M. Nowlen 1861-1862; Edward M. Nowlen and Samuel Wilkinson 1862-1863; Samuel Wilkinson and Reuben K. Deem 1863-1864; Simeon S. Burton and Francis H. Beck 1864-1865; Alvin Burgess 1865-1866; Clinton L. Barnhart and William Austin Maltby (died September 20,1866) 1866-1867; Theodore D. Blinn 1867-1869; John A. Kummer 1869-1871; John B. Corey 1871-1872; Silas M. Clark 1872-1874; Michael Williams 1874-1875; John Henderson Vance 1875-1877; Henry M Chamberlain 1877-1879; Thomas Washington Douglas 1879-1882; Charles Wesley Foulke 1882-1884; Thomas P. Warner 1884-1885; Thomas J. Hamilton 1885-1887; David E. S. Perry 1887-1891; John Graham 1891-1892; Frank S. Heath 1892-1893; Bedford Leak Perry 1893-December 31, 1893; Sherman Groo Gillette January l, 1894-1895; George W. Corey 1895-1896; Ellsworth C. Rickenbrode 1896-1898; John Fletcher Black 1898-1900; John M. Crouch 1900-1901; Walter H. Lofthouse 1901-1904; William Franklyn Flick 1904-1906; Willis S. Burton 1906-1908; Oliver H. Nickle 1908-1911; Samuel Alexander Smith 1911-1913; George Thomas Robinson 1913-1914; Freeman M. Redinger 1914-1921; Frank A. Wimer 1921-1923; Ivan Everett Rossell 1923-1926; Harvey H. Bair 1926-1929; John Fletcher Black 1929-1932; Alvin A. Jones 1932-1935; Preston A. Cross 1935-1937; Archie Russell Hillard 1937-1939; Vincent L. Bloomquist 1939-1943; Clyde C. Ross 1943-1948; Herbert Edmund Boyd 1948-1962; Wayne Bertis Price 1962-1967; Hulett Arnold Ohl 1967-1969; Henry Charles Zimmerman 1969-1974; Sherrill James Schmittle 1974-1986; Daniel Arthur Stinson 1986-1992; William Frank Rautner 1992-1996; Jay Paul Cook 1996-2006; Larry Alton Reitz 2006--.
ANNANDALE ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT 1???-1???
History: In Erie District. Closed.
ASH CORNERS ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 1???-1???
History: Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference. Annual Conference authorized the sale of the church and the proceeds were given to Sharp Church in the Erie District.
BAKER HILL ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN ERIE CONFERENCE 1???-1???
Location: Erie County, PA.
History: Evangelical United Brethren Erie Conference. Closed.
BEALS ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT 1???-1???
History: Was in the former Meadville District.
BEAVER CENTER ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 1838-1932
Location: Crawford County. PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference. Annual Conference declared the Church abandoned in 1932. It was sold by action of the Annual Conference in 1933 and the proceeds were given for the benefit of the District Parsonage.
Pastors: Beaver Center: Arthur S. M. Hopkins 1927-1929.
BLOOMING VALLEY ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 1835 Mailing Address: 24740 State Street, Meadville, PA 16335 814/724-1274 ID: 89001 Location: Located in the Borough of on Route 77, in Crawford County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. First Methodist meetings took place as early as 1835 at Cowan's School about one mile north of the village. Services were later conducted in the Advent Christian building. In 1874 the new building was erected at a cost of $4500. In early years Blooming Valley was on the Riceville circuit. For sometime prior to 1897 Blooming Valley was with Saegertown. Church records prior to 1910 were destroyed in a fire. In the years following 1910 Blooming Valley was a circuit with Lyons, Pine Grove and State Road. In 1961 Blooming Valley, Pine Grove and State Road became part of the Saegertown charge. Since 1963 Blooming Valley and Saegertown have been a charge. The membership reported in 1968 was 191. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 203.
Pastors: Riceville/Blooming Valley: William R. Johnson 1851-1852; John Abbott 1852-1853; John N. Henry 1853-1854; Charles Irons 1854-1855; George M. Eberman 1855-1856; Alexander Barris and Friend W. Smith 1856-1857; Spartansburg/Spring Creek/Blooming Valley: Lorenzo D. Brooks 1857-1858; Steuben/Blooming Valley: Jonathan Whitely 1858-1860; Riceville/Blooming Valley: William M. Haynes and Warner Bush 1860-1861; James K. Mendenhall 1861-1862; Edwin Hull 1862-1863; Alexander L. Miller 1863-1864; Joseph Allen and George W. Patterson 1864-1865; John Crum 1865-1866; Abraham H. Bowers and Edwin Chace 1866-1867; Abraham H. Bowers 1867-1869; Edwin Chace 1869-1870; George M. Eberman 1870-1872; Lucien F. Merritt 1872-1873; John W. Wilson 1873-1874; Saegertown/Blooming Valley: James Finney Perry 1874-1876; Daniel W. Wampler 1876-1878; Ira D. Darling 1878-1881; Darius I. Steadman 1881-1883; James Clyde 1883-1885; William B. Trevey 1885-1887; James Arnold Parsons 1887-1890; William H. Faroat 1890-1891; Charles H. Quick 1891-1892; Martin V. Stone 1892-1895; Herbert H. Clare 1895-1897; Sherman Groo Gillette 1897-1898; Herbert Morris 1898-1900; Blooming Valley: William M. Buzza 1900-1901; Robert A. McIntyre 1901-1903; Charles F. Bunce 1903-1904; Robert W. Scouton 1904-1905; Thomas F. Chilcote 1905-1906; Walter C. Cloe 1906-1908; Dicksonburg/Blooming Valley: Frank G. Willey 1908-1909; Blooming Valley: Albert B. Hines 1909-1910; James G. Lane 1910-1911; Henry Leitzel 1911-1912; Otto A. Parmenter 1912-1913; Oliver Gornall 1913-1914; James G. Lane 1914-1915; George W. Chapin 1915-1917; Harold Adam McCurdy 1917-1919; Blooming Valley/Pine Grove/State Line: Ralph M. Gray 1919-1921; Charles C. Baker 1921-1924; James C. Hankey 1924-1927; Ernest Victor Rupert 1927-1928; Thomas Henderson Johnson 1928-1930; Gary W. Roush 1930-1932; Robert G. Reis 1932-1934; James G. Cousins 1934-1937; James Milford McIntosh 1937-1941; Dale Ruth 1941-1944; Horace Frantz 1944-1945; James Armitage 1945-1946; Arthur Ray Babbitt 1946-1951; James Charlton Kelly 1951-January 1953; Thomas Frederick Cruddas 1953-1956; Clyde C. Ross 1956-1961; Saegertown/Blooming Valley: Donald Cecil Horton 1961-1971; Leo Carl Cramer 1971-November 1979; Jack Levi Hemskey December 1, 1979-1983; David Merle Davis 1983-April 1, 1985; Blooming Valley: Donald Leslie Poole April 1, 1985-March 1, 1990; Blooming Valley/State Road: Donald Leslie Poole March 1, 1990-1992; Blooming Valley: Allen Wendell Jones 1992-1998; Tracy June Weigant Cox 1998-2002; Christine Elaine Rogan 2002-2006; Blooming Valley/Townville/Troy Center: Cynthia K. Schneider 2006--; Donald Lester Russell Associate 2006-2007; Jesse LeRoy Baker Associate 2007--.
BRANCHVILLE ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN ERIE CONFERENCE 18??-1930
Location: Erie County, PA.
History: Evangelical United Brethren Erie Conference. Declared vacant in 1930.
BRITTON RUN ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 18??-1931
History: Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference. Was in Erie District. Closed in 1931. On with Centerville and Riceville in 1903--.
Pastors: Centerville/Riceville/Britton Run: David R. Palmer 1903-1904; Reuben Knight Rumbaugh 1904-1906; Wilber Jay Hewitt 1906-1908; James F. McAboy 1908-1909; Milton E. Muder 1909-1910; William B. Allison 1910-1912; William Rufus Hofelt 1912-1913; Alfred Lindsey 1913-1914; Samuel L. Whiteman 1914-1915; Paul Brasher 1915-1916; Frank A. Wimer 1916-1917; George E. Boyer 1917-1921; Robert M. Gray 1921-1922; Escar L. Pickens 1922-1923; Spartansburg/Centerville/Britton Run: George W. Carey 1923-1925; William L. Updegraph 1925-1926; Archie Gibson 1926-1931; Britton Run closed in 1931.
BROWN HILL ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT UNITED BRETHREN ERIE CONFERENCE 1860 Mailing Address: 22742 Wilkie Road, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403 ID: 60333 Location: Located 0.2 mile north of Legislative Route 20077 on Brown Hill Road, Rockdale Township, Crawford County, PA.
History: United Brethren - Erie Conference. A Class was organized in 1860. Worship was held in the schoolhouse until 1875 when a church building was shared with the Baptists. After a time the United Brethren congregation bought the property. Additions have been made to the original building. Many of the Maple Grove members joined with Brown Hill after their church burned in 1961. In 1970 it was linked with Mackey Hill and had 87 members. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 36. Brown Hill Church had extensive fire damage on May 30, 2007.
Pastors: Maple Grove: Hiram Bedow 1860-1862; W. Cadman 1862-1864; James Hoyt 1864-1869; George Hill 1869-1871; D. C. Starkey 1871-1872; F. H. Herrich 1872-1875; L. McIntyre 1975-1876; W. Robinson 1876-1878; R. Smith 1878-1879; N. C. Foulk 1879-1881; E. E. Belden 1881-1883; W. H. Childs 1883-1886; W. W. Bedow 1886-1888; W. W. Vaughn 1888-1890; George Waldo 1890-1893; E. E. Belden 1893-1894; F. A. Harrison 1894-1895; E. Forest Amy 1895-1899; J. H. Spellman 1899-1900; E. S. Way 1900-1904; Charles Reed 1904-1908; J. E. Platz 1908-1909; William D. Fulton 1909-1913; W. H. Chase 1913-1915; L. H. Morton 1915-1917; Herbert M. Tingley 1917-1919; Forest Fuller 1919-1921; J. W. Hawkins 1921-1925; Byran M. Mead 1925-1929; Glenn O. Reed 1929-1936; Roy W. Driscoll 1936-1940; -Paul W Hunter 1940-1947; Paul Whitcomb 1947-1950; Claude Gerald Groters 1950-1953; Little Cooley/Brown Hill: Don McEntire 1953-1955; Brown Hill: Don McEntire 1955-1963; Claude E. Hunsberger 1963-1977; Brown Hill/Mackey Hill: Lynn H. Ostrander 1977-1981; Richard Lee Downing 1981-1983; Barry L. Taylor 1983-1986; Randy L. Helsel 1986-1988; Don McEntire 1988-1998; Brown Hill: Don McEntire 1998-May 1, 2004; Brown Hill/Teepleville: Terry Pattison May 1, 2004-2007; Brown Hill/Little Cooly/Venango: Larry Thomas Corner 2007--.
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS: FIRST ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 1828 Mailing Address: PO Box 204, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403-0204 814/398-4333 ID: 89023 Location: Located at South Main and Lincoln Streets in the Borough of Cambridge Springs on Routes 6 and 19 in Crawford County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. The Society that was to evolve into the Cambridge Springs Church was organized in 1828. It met in a Schoolhouse until its first building was erected on Church Street in 1832. This building served the congregation until 1865 when the second Church was erected on Church Street. This building was sold to the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church after the new Church was built in 1900. The new Church was dedicated free of debt on July 15, 1900. The membership in 1968 was 339. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 187.
Pastors: Meadville Circuit: Cambridge: Alcinus Young and Benjamin Preston 1831-1832; Cambridge: Hiram Kingsley and Joseph E. Lee 1832-1833: Jacob Jenks 1833-1835; Daniel C. Richey 1835-1836; James H. Whallon and Peter D. Horton 1836-1837; Cambridge Springs/Woodcock: Watts B. Lloyd 1837-1838; Watts B. Lloyd and Waldo W. Lake 1838-1839; Daniel Pritchard and James R. Locke 1839-1840; Ahab Keller 1840-1841; Ahab Keller and John E. Bassett 1841-1842; David W. Vorce and Reuben J. Sibley 1842-1843; Isaac Scofield and Richard M. Bear 1843-1844; Rockville/Cambridge Springs: John Graham and Fortes Morse 1844-1845; John Graham and Ira Blackford 1845-1846; David Harper Jack 1846-1848; Aurora Callendar and Josiah Hildebrand 1848-1849; Milo H. Bettes 1849-1850; Orsemus P. Brown 1850-1851; John McLean 1851-1852; Samuel K. Paden 1852-1853; Samuel K. Paden and Benjamin Marstellar 1853-1854; Carlos R. Chapman 1854-1856; Abraham H. Bowers 1856-1857; Isaiah Lane 1857-1859; Parker W. Sherwood and John M. DeWoody 1859-1860; William A. Clark 1860-1861; John W. Wriggleworth 1861-1863; Ezra Wade 1863-1864; Samuel Hollen 1864-1865; John W. Hill 1865-1867; George M. Eberman 1867-1869; James Finney Perry 1869-1871; Reuben C. Smith 1871-1874; Henry M. Chamberlain 1874-1877; Rockville Circuit: Woodcock/Cambridge Springs/North Richmond/New Richmond/Teepleville/Jervis/Pennys Corners: John Henderson Vance 1877-1880; Cambridge Springs: Washington Hollister 1880-1883; Ira D. Darling 1883-1886; Amos M. Lockwood 1886-1889; Anthony J. Lindsey 1889-1892; William Penn Graham 1892-1895; Cambridge Springs: First: Josiah R. Rankin 1895-1899; Cambridge Springs: First/Millers Station: John C. Gillette 1899-1903; Robert Newton Stubbs 1903-1906; Frank Sherman Neigh 1906-1909; Samuel M. Gordon 1909-1912; Thomas Washington Douglas 1912-1914; Corydon J. Warner 1914-1919; Oliver Gornall 1919-1922; William Earl Davis 1922-1925; William A. Thornton 1925-1927; Wilber Jay Hewitt 1927-1935; W. Harold Sloan 1935-1938; Palmer N. Taylor 1938-1940; Ethelbert D. Hulse 1940-1942; Lewis W. Miller 1942-1945; James Milford McIntosh 1945-1948; Clifford Abraham McEntarfer 1948-1956; Thomas Edwin Spofford 1956-1957; Emery M. Roberts 1957-1962; Edward Everett Donner 1962-1967; William Lester Karns 1967-1971; Frederick Morris 1971-1975; James Edward Williams 1975-1983; Gregory Littell Spencer 1983-1988; Byron Van Ness Berry Associate 1986-1987; Terry Lee Greenlee 1988-October 28, 1989; Peter A. DeGerlando January 1, 1990-1991; Bruce K. Northey 1991-1994; Cambridge Springs: First/North Richmond: Ronald Lewis Hankey February 1, 1995-1999; Thomas Veloor Chacko 1999-2003; Cambridge Springs: First/New Richmond: Eric Carlson Leonard 2003-2007; Stephanie Ruth Gottschalk 2007--.
CENTERVILLE ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 1831 Mailing Address: PO Box 44, Centerville, PA 16404-0044 814/654-7102 ID: 89513 Location: Located at 17688 Erie Street in the town of Centerville on Route 8, eight miles north of Titusville in Crawford County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. Centerville Circuit was organized in 1831. The new church organized in 1858. Church building erected in 1875 and dedicated in February 1876. Centerville was a part of the Riceville Circuit until 1873. Reverend Elmer E. Higleys first pastorate was the Centerville Charge (1891-1892). Mr. Higley attained prominence in Methodism in the United States and also through his work with the American Indians. In 1902, The Centerville Charge was comprised of Centerville, Riceville and Britton Run. In 1923 it became a part of the Spartansburg Charge. Prior to 1930 an annex was built onto the rear of the church for classrooms. Centerville joined with the Hydetown Charge 1947. An adjoining property was purchased in 1953 for use as a parish house. In 1960 the Miller Station Charge was formed with Centerville being the resident point of the pastor. The Centerville Charge with Riceville and Wilkins was formed in 1965. Former members who became ministers are Roy. B. Decker and John Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harvey served as missionaries in New Guinea. The membership in 1968 was 42. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 103.
Pastors: Centerville/Riceville Circuit: Centerville: Thomas Thompson and John Summerville 1831-1832; John Scott and John Robinson 1832-1833; Daniel C. Richey 1833-1834; Centerville/Blacks Run (Grove City): William Carroll 1834-1835; Joseph W. Davis 1835-1836; Reuben Peck and Watts B. Lloyd 1836-1837; Charles C. Best and Harvey S. Hitchcock 1837-1838; John A. Hallock and Isaac Scofield 1838-1839; Service discontinued 1839-1851; William R. Robinson 1851-1852; Riceville/Centerville/Blooming Valley: John Abbott 1852-1853; John N. Henry 1853-1854; Charles Irons 1854-1855; George M. Eberman 1855-1856; Alexander Barris and Friend W. Smith 1856-1857; Lorenzo D. Brooks 1857-1858; Steuben/Blooming Valley/Centerville: Jonathan Whitely 1858-1860; Riceville/Blooming Valley/Centerville: William Haynes and Warner Bush 1860-1861; James K. Mendenhall 1861-1862; Edwin Hall 1862-1863; Alexander L. Miller 1863-1864; Joseph Allen and George W. Patterson 1864-1865; John Crum 1865-1866; Abraham H. Bowers and Edwin Chace 1866-1867; Abraham W. Bowers 1867-1869; Edwin Chace 1869-1870; George M. Eberman 1870-1871; Lucien F. -Merritt 1872-1873; Centerville Circuit: Centerville/Blooming Valley/Riceville: John W. Wilson 1873-1875; Centerville: Marlin V. Stone 1875-1876; Centerville/Riceville: Martin V. Stone 1876-1877; Joseph L. Mechlin 1877-1878; David R. Palmer 1878-1880; Charles A. Knesel 1880-1881; Charles A. Knesel and George W. Clarke 1881-1882; Charles A. Knesel and Levi Beers 1882-1883; Frederick Fair 1883-1884; John P. Hicks 1884-1886; Robert A. McIntyre 1886-1888; Bedford Leak Perry 1888-1890; James Clyde 1890-1891; Elmer Ellsworth Higley 1891-1893; Charles E. McKinley 1893-1894; Lucius Jones Bennett 1894-1895; John Fletcher Black 1895-1898; Earnest Minor Fradenburgh 1898-1899; Centerville: Samuel Groo Gillette 1899-1901; Gilbert Dawson Walker 1901-1903; Centerville/Riceville/Britton Run: David R. Palmer 1903-1904; Reuben Knight Rumbaugh 1904-1906; Wilber Jay Hewitt 1906-1908; James F. McAboy 1908-1909; Milton E. Muder 1909-1910; William B. Allison 1910-1912; William Rufus Hofelt 1912-1913; Alfred Lindsey 1913-1914; Samuel L. Whiteman 1914-1915; Paul Brasher 1915-1916; Frank A. Wimer 1916-1917; George E. Boyer 1917-1921; Robert M. Gray 1921-1922; Escar L. Pickens 1922-1923; Spartansburg/Centerville/Britton Run: George W. Carey 1923-1925; William L. Updegraph 1925-1926; Archie Gibson 1926-1931; Britton Run Closed. Spartansburg/Centerville: Ralph B. Wadsworth 1931-1935; James G. Hanna 1935-1936; Herbert L. Schuckers 1936-1939; Elwood Avery 1939-1940; Arnold W. Lundberg 1940-1946; Elgin/Spartansburg/Centerville: Edwin F. Armitage 1946-1949; Hydetown/Centerville: William N. Luttrell, Jr. 1949-1951; Fred Harringer 1951-1955; Lloyd W. Chelton 1955-1960; Millers Station/Centerville: Dallas Beck 1960-1963; Robert Louis Trimble, Jr. Associate 1961-1963; Centerville/Riceville: Jack Logan Reaugh, Sr. 1963-1965; Centerville/Riceville/Wilkins: Jack Logan Reaugh, Sr. 1965-1968; Richard Charles Johnson 1968-1973; Robert Glenn McFarland 1973-1974; Centerville/Riceville: Jack Preston Boyd 1974-1981; Dennis Baker Keefe 1981-1987; Joseph James Kosarek 1987-1994; Clyde Elmer Koah 1994-1997; Mark Lee Ongley August 1, 1997-2005; Olivia Elaine Graham 2005--.
CENTRAL ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 18??-1950
History: Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference. Central was on the Riceville Charge. Declared abandoned by Annual Conference in 1950. Authorized the sale to the Britton Run Mennonite Church. After failure to sell to the Britton Run Mennonite Church, the Annual Conference in 1951 authorized the sale to Mr. And Mrs. Ted Nichols of Union City, PA.
CENTRAL HILL ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 18??-1950
Location: Located at Tillotson in Crawford County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference. Closed in 1950.
CHERRY HILL ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST ERIE CONFERENCE 18??-1964
Location: Was located in Erie County, PA
History: Methodist Erie Conference. Was on the Springfield Charge. Reported to Annual Conference in 1964 that the church was abandoned years ago and the building was sold and the proceeds given to the West Springfield Charge.
CLARENCE CENTER ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN ERIE CONFERENCE 18??-19??
History: Evangelical United Brethren Erie Conference. Closed before 1936.
COCHRANTON ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 1839 Mailing Address: 5304 US Highway 19, PO Box 35, Cochranton, PA 16314 814/425-3081 ID: 89067 Location: Located at the intersection of Route 19 and US State Route 285, 114 East Adams Street in the Borough of Cochranton in Crawford County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. Organized in 1839 by Reverend William Patterson, Pastor of the Oil Creek Circuit with twelve families as members. It was later a part of the Cochranton Circuit and in 1855 became the head of the circuit. The first church building located on Pine Street, was built in 1843 at a cost of $900 and was remodeled in 1870. The new brick church building located on East Adams Street was built in 1891 at a cost of $8,000 and was remodeled in 1957. Church schoolrooms were added to the building and other remodeling was done in 1950. An educational unit was added in 1962. The Church became the head of the two Church appointments with Mumford Chapel. The 1968 membership was 380. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 264.
Pastors: Oil City Circuit: Cochranton: William Patterson and George I. C. Baker 1839-1840; Salemeron Smith and John Graham 1840-1841; Joshua Leech 1841-1842; Cooperstown/ Cochranton: Theodore D. Blinn 1842-1843; George F. Reesner 1843-1844; Cooperstown/Cochranton/Lupher Chapel: John Abbott 1844-1845; Ingatius H. Tackitt 1845-1846; William Monks 1846-1847; Hiram Luce 1847-1849; Isaiah C. T. McClelland 1849-1850; John Abbott and Elisha T. Wheeler 1850-1851; John Abbott and Abram S. Dobbs 1851-1852; Edwin Hull 1852-1854; Copperstown/Cochranton/Luther (Wesley) Chapel: Ahab Keeler 1854-1855; Stephen S. Stuntz 1855-1856; Robert Gray 1856-1858; Jeptha Marsh 1858-1859; Cochranton/Cooperstown/Lupher (Wesley) Chapel: John Abbott 1859-1860; Nelson C. Brown 1860-1861; John C. Sullivan 1861-1862; John C. Sullivan and William A. Clark 1862-1863; John W. Hill 1863-1864; Parker W. Sherwood 1864-1865; Peter Burroughs 1865-1867; Cochranton: Benjamin A. Delo 1867-1869; Lorenzo D. Williams 1869-1871; George H. Brown 1871-1872; John Abbott 1872-1874; Reuben C. Smith 1874-1877; John W. Wright 1877-1878; James F. Perry 1878-1880; Martin V. Stone 1880-1882; George W. Clarke 1882-1883; Washington Hollister 1883 1885; James Clyde 1885-1886; John Graham 1886-1889; Charles H. Quick 1889-1891; William W. Cushman 1891-1894; George J. Squier 1894-1897; Dewitt M. Carpenter 1897-1900; Bedford Leak Perry 1900-1903; Joel Smith 1903-1906; Joseph Ashley Lyons 1906-1910; Epley W. Robinson 1910-1912; Kelsey T. JaQuay 1912-1914; James W. Reis 1914-1916; William Frederick Collier 1916-1918; Thomas Pollard 1918-1921; Harold Adam McCurdy 1921-1924; William Pontius Sipe 1924-1927; James Ward Frampton 1927-1928; Sherman Hutchinson Epler 1928-1933; Lee D. Smith 1933-1936; Ivan Everett Rossell 1936-1939; Elza Wayne Chitester 1939-1944; Walter R. Warner 1944-1948; Donald E. Struchen 1948-January 1952; James Charlton Kelly January 1952-1954; Cochranton/Mumford Chapel: Jack Gail Ammon 1954-1958; Melvin E. Anderson 1958-1961; Robert Temple Johnson 1961-1966; Emory Beggs Billingsley 1966-1972; Ralph Boyd Kilburn 1972-1975; Earl Franklin Waterson 1975-1982; Ronald Lewis Hankey 19821987; William Joseph Maher 1987-1992; Denton Sharp Mann 1992-September 17, 1993; Gary William Runtas January 1, 1994-2001; Russell Delbert Hines 2001-2005; Bruce Judy 2005--.
COLUMBUS ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 18??-1921
Location: On U. S. Route 6, East of Corry in Warren County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference. Permission was granted to lease the Church and the Parsonage to the Community Church in 1921.
Pastors: Columbus/North Corry: Darius Smith 1834-1835; Not Listed 1835-1842; Alexander Barris 1842-1844; Orsemus P. Brown 1844-1845; Carlos R. Chapman 1845-1846; Isaac Scofield 1846-1848; Watts B. Lloyd 1848-1849; Alexander Barris 1849-1851; Wareham French 1851-1852; David Mizener 1852-1853; John W. Wrigglesworth 1852-1853; Oreb D. Parker 1854-1856; Columbus/Spring Creek: George M. Eberman and Lorenzo D. Brooks 1856-1857; Columbus: George M. Eberman 1857-1858; Lorenzo D. Brooks 1858-1859; Simon S. Burton and Major Colgrove 1859-1860; S. N. Wagner 1860-1861; George F. Reeser 1861-1862; Columbus/Corry: First: George F. Reeser 1862-1863; John K. Hallock 1863-1864; John W. Wilson 1864-1866; Samuel Hollen 1866-1867; Robert W. Scott 1867-1868; Archibald Stewart Goodrich 1868-1870; Clymer/Columbus: Joseph W. Davis 1870-1871; John W. Wilson 1871-1872; Columbus/North Corry: Almon A. Horton 1872-1874; George M. Eberman 1874-1875; Simon S. Burton 1875-1878; William Rice 1878-1880; Miller Fording 1880-1881; James K. Adams 1881-1882; John W. Wilson 1882-1884; Columbus: George H. Humason 1884-1887; Levi Bird 1887-1888; James F. Stocker 1988-1890; C. E. Byram 1890-1895; Arthur S. M. Hopkins 1892-1897; Darius E. Baldwin 1897-1898; Columbus/North Corry: Samuel Alexander Smith 1898-1900; A. B. Williams 1900-1902; J. W. Hickok 1902-1904; C. H. King 1904-1905; C. C. Lanham 1905-1906; Columbus/North Corry/Scioto: Thomas Franklin Chilcote, Sr. 1906-1907; Columbus/North Corry: William B. Allison 1907-1910; Leon Lacey Woodin 1910-1915; Columbus: Albert J. Patterson 1915-1916; G. W. Galbraith 1916-1917; Columbus/Springs Creek: H. E. Burnham 1917-1918; Otto H. Bloomster 1918-1919; C. E. Arters 1919-1921; Church Closed and Permission given by Annual Conference to lease the Church and the Parsonage to the Community Church.
CONCORD RIDGE ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 18??-1954
Location: On the Spartansburg Charge in Crawford County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference. Closed. Annual Conference authorized the sale of the church and the proceeds to go for repairs on a church on the Charge.
Pastors: Concord Ridge: William H. Garnett 1913-1916; Concord/Spartensburg/McCray: James Ward Frampton 1917-1918; Charles E. Knopp 1918-1919.
CONNEAUT LAKE: TRINITY ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 1839 Mailing Address: PO Box BB, Conneaut Lake, PA 16316 814/382-1121 ID: 89080 Location: Located at 240 North Third Street and Line Street near Routes 285 and 322 in the Borough of Conneaut Lake in Crawford County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. Organized as a Class in the early 1800's and met in the loft of Voorman's wagon factory. In 1839 a lot was purchased and a white frame church was built. During these years ministers of the Salem, Dicksonburg and Geneva Circuits served this Church. Conneaut Lake was then known as Evansburg. In 1842 a Circuit was formed of Conneaut Lake, Geneva, Hartstown, and Vernon. After some years the Vernon Church was abandoned and the Hartstown Church added to the Espyville Charge. The Shermansville Church became a part of this Circuit in 1886. In 1964 the Geneva Church became part of another Circuit. The new brick church was built in 1901 and the educational plant built in 1956. In 1960 two large lots next to the church were purchased. The 1968 membership was 343. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 449.
Pastors: Harmonsburg/Conneautville/Evansburg: Gustavus Hills and Philander S. Ruter 1834-1835; Gustavas Hills and Calvin D. Rockwell 1835-1836; Benjamin Preston and Warren Griffith 1836-1837; Daniel C. Richey and Carlos A. Chapman 1837-1838; Lorenzo D. Presser and John Demming 1838-1839; John Demming and Isaac Scofield 1839-1840; Joseph Leslie and Stephen Heard 1840-1841; Lorenzo Rodgers and Theodore D. Blinn 1841-1842; Albert Norton 1841-1842; Evansburg (Conneaut Lake)/Geneva/Hartstown/Vernon: John Prosser 1842-1843; Rufus Parker 1843-1844; Salem Circuit: Salem/Evansburg/Fallowfield (Wesley Chapel)/Sugar Grove/Old Salem: William Patterson and Harmon C. Cole 1844-1845; William Patterson and John Demming 1845-1846; John Crum and Aurora Chandler 1846-1848; David Harper Jack and George Stocking 1848-1849; John McLean and Harry M. Chamberlain 1849-1850; John McLean and Thomas Benn 1850-1851; Evansburg: (Conneaut Lake): Ignatius C. T. McClelland and Thomas Benn 1851-1852; Ignatius C. T. McClelland 1852-1853; John Abbott and Alexander L. Miller 1853-1854; John K. Hallock 1854-1854; John Abbott and Frederick Vernon 1854-1855; Isaiah Lane 1855-1857; Venango/Evansburg (Conneaut Lake: Trinity): James B. Orwig 1857-1859; John Wriggleworth 1859-1860; Isaac Scofield and John Wriggleworth 1860-1861; Evansburg (Conneaut Lake: Trinity): Isaac Scofield 1861-1862; Samuel Hollen 1862-1864; Evansburg (Conneaut Lake: Trinity)/Wellsburg/Cranesville/Geneva: John W. Hill 1864-1865; Evansburg (Conneaut Lake: Trinity)/Geneva: James Shields 1865-1866; John Crum 1866-1857; James Finney Perry 1867-1869; George M. Eberman 1869-1870; John Eckels 1870-1872; Frederick Fair 1872-1874; William H. Hover 1874-1875; James Albert Hume 1875-1876; Lewis W. Wick 1876-1878; Daniel W. Wampler 1878-1880; Loriston G. Merrill 1880-1882; Anthony J. Lindsey 1882-1884; Charles R. Thoburn and Charles M. Miller 1884-1885; Ernest A. Bell 1885-1886; John M. Crouch 1886-1888; Benjamin F. Wade 1888-1891; Conneaut Lake: James Finney Perry 1891-1895; Jerome Douglas Clemmons 1895-1898; William Jacob Barton 1898-1901; John Anthony Lavely 1901-1902; Horace McKinney 1902-1903; Edgar D. Mowry 1903-1904; Oliver H. Nickle 1904-1905; Richard A. Buzza 1905-1906; Otis H. Sibley 1906-1907; Conneaut Lake/Emrickville/Meade Chapel: Otis H. Sibley 1907-1908; Conneaut Lake: Ellsworth C. Rickenbrode 1908-1910; James W. Reis 1910-1912; Charles B. Livingston 1912-1915; William E. Bassett 1915-1917; Samuel B. Bartlett 1917-1918; Emerson H. Jones 1918-1923; Louis Edward Elbel 1923-1925; David 0. May 1925-1928; Henry Smallenberger 1928-1930; William 0. Brainard 1930-1936; Adolph Peter Weaver 1936-1939; Samuel Thompson Davidson 1939-1941; John A. Fetzer 1941-1945; Paul J. Hogg 1945-1946; Donald E. Modisher 1946-1949; Palmer N. Taylor 1949-1952; Harold F. Porter 1952-1969; Conneaut Lake: Trinity: John Edward Donley 1969-1974; Scott Edward Shaffer 1974-November 1, 1980; Robert John Horneman November 3, 1980-1982; John Harper Creeks 1982-1987; George Edward Himes 1987-1992; James William Kane 1992-1997; Bruce Kingford Davis August 1, 1997-2007; William Roy Green 2007--.
CONNEAUTVILLE: VALLEY ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT METHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 1829 Mailing Address: PO Box 304, Conneautville, PA 16406 814/587-3662 ID: 89103 Location: The Valley Church is located at at 1118 Main Street at the Intersection of Route 18 North and Snyder in the Borough of Conneautville, in Crawford County, PA.
History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. The church grew out of a class organized by Reverend Joseph Davis in the spring of 1829. In 1834 the circuit was known as the Harmonsburg Circuit. By the spring of 1837 plans were formulated for the building of the first house of worship and it was built that year. 1842 marked the division of the Harmonsburg Circuit into two charges of Conneautville and Evansburg. Then in 1868 Conneautville became for the first time a station. The new brick structure was constructed in 1877 and an educational plant was added in 1966. The summer of 1967 marked the merger of the First Methodist Church of Conneautville with The United Presbyterian Church. A new congregation was formed and incorporated under the name of "The Valley Church"-United Methodist Affiliated. Membership in 1968 was 272. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 257.
Pastors: Harmonsburg Circuit: Harmonsburg/Evansburg (Conneaut Lake)/Conneautville: Gustavus Hills and Philander S. Ruter 1834-1835; Gustavus Hills and Calvin D. Rockwell 1835-1836; Benjamin Preston and Warren Griffith 1836-1837; Daniel C. Richey and Carlos R. Chapman 1837-1838; Lorenzo D. Presser and John Demming 1838-1839; John Demming and Isaac Scofield 1839-1840; Joseph Leslie and Stephen Heard 1840-1841; Lorenzo Rodgers and Theodore D. Blinn 1841-1842; Conneautville Charge: Ignatius H. Tackitt and Samuel C. Thomas 1842-1843; William Patterson and John Mortimer 1843-1844; James M. Plant and Richard M. Bear 1844-1845; Fortes Morse 1845-1846; Alexander L. Miller and Ira Blackford 1846-1847; Alexander L. Miller and David M. Stever 1847-1848; John Graham and Alexander L. Miller 1848-1849; John Graham and Benjamin F. Langdon 1849-1850; William Monks and Henry M. Chamberlain 1850-1851; William Monks and Stephen Hubbard 1851-1852; John E. Hallock and William P. Bignell 1852-1853; John K. Hallock 1853-1854; William C. Henderson and George W. Staples 1854-1855; Richard M. Bear and James Gillmore 1855-1856; Jonathan Whitely and Stephen S. Stuntz 1856-1857; Jonathan Whitely and Andrew Jackson Merchant 1857-1858; Allen Fouts and Andrew Jackson Merchant 1858-1859; Isaiah Lane and William Hirdman Mossman 1859-1860; John H. Tagg and William Hirdman Mossman 1860-1861; John H. Tagg 1862; David M. Rodgers 1862-1863; John C Sullivan 1863-1866; Frank Brown 1866-1868; Gabriel Dunmire 1868-1870; Nicholas H. Holmes 1870-1872; Henry Sims 1872-1873; Ira D. Darling 1873-1876; Albert Russell Rich 1876-1877; William Hirdman Mossman 1877-1880; William W. Painter 1880-1883; Francis H. Beck 1883-1885; Reuben C. Smith 1885-1889; Philo P. Pinney 1889-1893; Thomas Washington Douglas l893-1896; Milton Smith 1896-1898; Amos M. Lockwood 1898-1902; Herbert H. Clare 1902-1905; Oliver H. Nickle 1905-1907; William J. Small 1907-1912; Conneautville/Dicksonburg: Robert B. Davis 1912-1918; Conneautville: Wilbur J. Baldwin 1918-1922; Charles M. Hartshorn 1922-1925; James W. Fenton 1925-1927; Elmer 0rville Minnigh 1927-1930; Robert Sherwood Naylor 1930-1936; Claude L. Downs 1936-1943; Ralph W. Richardson 1943-1947; George Brinton Nolder 1947-1948; Thomas Edward Spofford 1948-1950; Noble C. Gray 1950-1954; Gilbert L. Schilling 1954-1955; Henry Charles Zimmerman 1955-1960; Robert Lee Critchlow 1960-1963; Paul R. Tompkins 1963-1967; Conneautville: Valley: Richard Harding Sanford 1967-1971; Robert LaVern Miller 1971-September 15, 1973; Henry Harrison Shissler September-December 1973; Frederick Henry Leasure January 1, 1974-1978; Fredrick Charles Vanderhoff 1978-1989; Earle Henry Fouts 1989-1993; John Huston Phipps 1993-1999; Robert William Hinkle 1999-2001; Thomas Alexander Topar 2001-2003; Conneautville: Valley/Dicksonburg/Palmer: Thomas Alexander Topar 2003-2004; Conneautville: Valley/Palmer: To Be Supplied 2004; Conneautville: Valley/Hickernell/Norrisville: Steven Richard McGuigan and David L. Acker 2005-2007; Conneautville: Valley/Hickernell: Steven Richard McGuigan 2007--.
COONS CORNERS ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICTMETHODIST EPISCOPAL ERIE CONFERENCE 1???-19??
History: Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference. On with Venango from 1918-1920.
CORRY: EVANGELICAL ERIE-MEADVILLE DISTRICT
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