District Superintendents

District: Franklin: - Commenced in 1843-1845; Horatio N. Stearns 1845-1847; W. H. Hunter 1847-1848; Edwin J. L. Baker 1848-1850; William F. Wilson 1850-1852; Moses Hill 1852-1855; Name changed to New Castle District in 1855; Moses Hill 1855-1856; Gaylord B. Hawkins 1856-1860; George W. Clarke 1860-1864; Richard A. Caruthers 1864-1868; R. H. Hurlburt 1868-1872; John S. Lytle 1872-1876; David Latshaw 1876-1880; John W. Blaisdell 1880-1884; Alfred Wheeler 1884-1890; John Peate 1890-1893; Robert Newton Stubbs 1893-1894; John Cook Scofield 1894-1900; Reuben F. Randolph 1900-1906; Thomas Washington Douglas 1906-1912; John Albert McCamey 1912-1918; Clement W. Minor 1918-1923; Frank Sherman Neigh 1923-1929; Cinnett Grant Farr 1929-1933; New Castle District replaced by Grove City District in 1933: Cinnett Grant Farr 1933-1935; Thomas E. Colley 1935-1938; William E. Bartlett 1938-1944; Harold Adam McCurdy 1944-1947; Thomas H. Morris 1947-September 1952; Bruce L. Middaugh October 1952-1956; Arthur B. R. Colley 1956-1962; Continued in Western Pennsylvania Conference at merger in 1962: Arthur Mead Crawford 1962-1965; Walter Donald Whetsel 1965-1971; Name Changed to Franklin District: Harold Ray Kelly 1971-1977; Jack Emerson Spencer 1977-1983; Robert Fox Richards 1983-1989; Aimee Arlene Klein Wicks Twigg 1989-1995; John Ord Magargee 1995-2001; James LaVerne Tubbs 2001--.

 

ARMSTRONG                                                                                                        FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                       18??-1853

 

Location: It was located either in Clarion or Venango County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Armstrong was on the Shippenville Circuit. It closed in 1853.

 

ASHLAND                                                                                                             FRANKLIN DISTRICT

EVANGELICAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                                 1854

Mailing Address: RD 1, Box 582, Venus PA 16364                                                                 814/354-2305

ID: 188777

Location: Located at Camp Coffman Road in Ashland Township, R. D. 1, Cranberry, in Clarion County, PA.

 

History: Evangelical – Pittsburgh Conference. A congregation organized in 1833 met first in the Wise School. On December 3, 1874 land was purchased from John Snively and the church was erected. The first pastor for the new Church was Reverend G. W. Cupp in 1876. Ashland was a part of the Venango Circuit. It was associated with a number of churches in the area. In 1970, at Union, there were 28 members. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 19.

 

Pastors: Venango Circuit: Ashland: H. H. Beecher and J. Rosenberger 1854-1856; J. Rosenberger 1856-1857; William Pfiefer and J. Crossman 1857-1858; J. Ream 1858-1859; J. Homecker 1859-1860; G. W. Cupp and J. Q. A. Miller 1860-1861; G. W. Cupp 1861-1862; No Record 1862-1865; H. B. McBride 1865-1866; C. W. Davis 1866-1868; I. Dick 1868-1869; No Record 1869-1872; L. Shobert 1872-1873; J. H. Bates 1873-1874; E. Beatty 1874-1875; G. W. Cupp 1875-1877; D. S. Poling 1877-1879; G. W. Brown 1879-1881; G. S. Domer 1881-1883; F. P. Saylor 1883-1885; F. P. Saylor and Joel Smith 1885-1886; Joel Smith and D. M. Baumgardner 1886-1889; J. Esch 1889-1892; F. P. Hummel 1892-1896; B. W. Luckenbill 1896-1898; L. E. Haviland 1898-1900; H. H. Faust 1900-1903; R. C. Miller 1903-1904; M. B. McLaughlin 1904-1905; W. Iris Weygant 1905-1909; A. W. Bender 1909-1909; B. Hardy 1909-1912; A. W. Bender 1912-1915; A. G. Meade 1915-1920; W. H. Haines 1920-1923; J. H. Sanders 1923-1925; W. A. Bauman 1925-1927; George Engle 1927-1929; W. S. Harr 1929-1932; R. W. Weston 1932-1935; Harry M. Mohney 1935-1940; W. M. West 1940-1944; Clarence C. Van 1944-1947; L. C. Pierce 1947-1953; Lickingville/Van/Ashland: Jay Frank Shaffer 1953-1957; Lickingville/Ashland/Mount Zion/Old Zion (Starr): Harry Donald Lash 1957-1960; Lickingville/Ashland: Donald Bruce Beam 1960-1964; Lickingville/Ashland/Venango: Fred W. Doverspike 1964-1968; Fertigs/Ashland/Pine City: Roger Raymond Buzard 1968-1969; Howard Sherman Hess 1969-1972; Wilbert E. Billingsley 1972-1977; Linda Brown Chambers 1977-1982; Linda Brown Chambers 1982-1985; James A. Heflin Reeves 1985-1988; Raymond Harold Kane 1988-1990; To Be Supplied 1990-1990; Julie Loney Applegate 1990-1996; James E. Bartholomew 1996-2002; W. John Hickman 2002--.

 

BALM                                                                                                                    FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                               1889

Mailing Address: 1536 Butler Pike, Mercer, PA 16137                                                            724/748-3495

ID: 86816

Location: Located in the Village of Blacktown on Route 258, six miles south of Mercer in Mercer County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Out of Revival services which were held in the German-Reformed Churches of Blacktown, Reverend Edward K. Creed whose services were solicited by Mrs. Carrie Brush, organized a class of thirty-six members April 21, 1889. Services were held in the schoolhouse on Sunday afternoon and conducted by Reverend Creed, who was pastor of the Mercer Church, until the purchase of a building. J. M. Van Horn and George McCullough built the pews and pulpit. The one story frame chapel was dedicated December 11, 1892. The building was raised in 1929 and a basement and vestibule were added. The Church was on different circuits, but mostly on a charge with Nazareth and Pardoe. On April 1, 1966, Reverend John Allen of Rockwell, Michigan, a commemorative Circuit Rider, made a short stop here on his way to Baltimore, Maryland for the Two Hundredth Anniversary of Methodism. The membership in 1968 was 97. In 1993 it became a station appointment. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 66.

 

Pastors: Mercer Circuit: Balm: Edward K. Creed 1887-1890; Balm: Horace G. Dobbs 1890-1892; Samuel Long Mills 1892-1893; Melville B. Riley 1893-1895; David Martin 1895-1896; Clyde M. Gearhart 1896-1900; Balm/Pardoe: Herbert C. Lytle 1900-1901; Robert C. McMinn 1901-1902; Charles A. Imhoff 1902-1903; Charles B. Livingston 1903-1904; Balm: George Thomas Robinson 1904-1905; Alfred B. Smith 1905-1906; Silas M. Clark 1906-1907; Palmer N. Taylor 1907-1908; Hugh Melvin Stevenson 1908-1909; John J. Brown 1909-1912; Balm/ Hendersonville: John J. Brown 1912-1914; Balm/Blacktown: William J. Vaughn 1914-1915; Balm/Mount Pleasant/Nazareth: Hugh Melvin Stevenson 1915-1923; William M. Lockard 1923-1924; Hugh Melvin Stevenson 1924-1925; Balm/Nazareth: Edwin Charles Hasenplug 1925-1926; Balm/Mount Pleasant/Nazareth: Chester W. McCaskey 1926-1929; Balm/Nazareth: Job Ellis 1929-1930; Henry C. Beatty 1930-1932; G. E. Marguard 1932-1936; Balm/Nazareth/ Pardoe: W. E. Planks 1936-1937; Blaine H. Kuhn 1937-1938; Walter Woodrow Gilliland, Sr. 1938-1939; James Wooster 1939-1940; Balm/Nazareth: Theodore Merle Silvis 1940-1941; Benjamin E Downs 1941-1944; Balm/Nazareth/Pardoe: Abraham Pollock Shaffer 1944-1952; Balm/Nazareth: Harold E. Nunemaker 1952-1954; Jacob Walter Carr 1954-1958; Daniel Large 1958-1959; George Kendall 1959-1960; Charles W. Livingston 1960-1962; Balm/Nazareth: Clyde Ralph Lewis 1962-1964; Balm/Nazareth/Pardoe: Clyde Ralph Lewis 1964-1972; Robert Edward Johnson 1972-1978; Balm/Nazareth: Edward Charles Patterson 1978-1981; Pamela A. Huff 1981-1983; Russell William Shuluga 1983-1989; David Russell Lewis 1989-1993; Balm: David Russell Lewis 1993-1999; Richard N. Carlson 1999-2003; Sharon: Oakland Avenue/Balm: Richard N. Carlson 2003--.

 

BARKEYVILLE                                                                                                        FRANKLIN DISTRICT

EVANGELICAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                                 1875

Mailing Address: 5420 Pittsburgh Road, Harrisville, PA 16038                                                814/786-9458

ID: 188356

Location: Located at 1375 East Gilmore and Route 8 at Interstate 80 in Venango County, PA.

 

History: Evangelical - Pittsburgh Conference. The Church was built and organized in 1875 by the Evangelical Association. The stone for the basement was cut by hand. In 1894 the Church became United Evangelical. In 1970 it was linked with Hebron. The membership in 1968 was 129. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 151.

 

Pastors: Barkeyville: G. W. Cupp 1875-1876; H. Rhodes and G. W. Dunlap 1876-1877; D. S. Poling 1877-1879; G. W. Brown 1879-1880; G. S. Domer 1880-1883; G. W. Finnecy 1883-1884; A. C. Miller 1884-1886; J. H. Vogt 1886-1889; W. H. Cromer 1889-1892; P. F. DeVaux 1892-1895; 1894 it became Barkeyville United Evangelical: L. E. Baumgardner 1895-1896; M. E. Borger 1896-1898; David Berkey 1898-1900; Samuel Milliron 1900-1901; D. R. Miller 1901-1903; S. B. Rohland 1903-1905; F. C. Timmis 1905-1907; J. K. Jones 1907-1908; V. E. Williams 1908-1909; Charles E. Engle 1909-1912; W. J. Lloyd 1913-1917; George Engle 1917-1919; R. D. Himes 1919-1921; J. M. Booser 1921-1924; C. H. Stang 1924-1928; Amzy Merrill Gahagan 1928-1930; J. K. Jones 1930-1935; Clyde W. Dietrich 1935-1939; N. H. Peterson 1939-1942; P. E. Hodge 1942-1943; Walter Carrel 1943-1945; To Be Supplied 1945-1947; Paul W. Miller 1947-1949; To Be Supplied 1949-1950; Barkeyville Charge: Barkeyville: Harry M. Mohney 1950-1958; Vernon Witt 1958-1960; Delbert Mace Jr. 1960-1965; George Asa Lyford 1965-1967; Charles A. McKelvey 1967-1970; Trinity Yoke Parish: Barkeyville/Hebron/ Pleasantview/Wesley: Edwin E. McElroy 1970-1977; Virgil Park Muzzy 1977-1981; Rico James Vespa 1981-1984; Robert Brian Trask 1984-1986; Allen 0rville Grimm Jr. 1986-1992; Barkeyville: John Dobbs Patterson 1992-January 1, 1997; Frederick Lee Thompson January 1, 1997-2001; Stephanie Thompson 2001--.

 

BEAVER                                                                                                                FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                       18??-1854

 

Location: It was located in either Clarion or Venango County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Beaver was on the Shippenville Circuit. It closed in 1854.

 

BLACK ASH                                                                                FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                               1855-1977

 

Location: This Church was located in open country on Route 27 about halfway between Meadville and Titusville in Crawford County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. Organized in 1855. The Black Ash Church was built 1861-1863 and lasted until 1977. The basement was excavated in 1950 and after that the Church had been renovated. It was part of the Chapmanville Charge until Chapmanville was closed in 1969, leaving Black Ash, Bradleytown and Wallaceville on the Circuit. The 1968 membership was twenty-five. The Church was declared abandoned in 1977 and the records went to Mount Hope.

 

Pastors: Black Ash: Records not available 1855-1969; Bradleytown Charge: Black Ash/Bradleytown/ Wallaceville: David H. Gill 1969-November 1, 1970; Mount Hope/Pine Grove/Black Ash: Theodore Griffith Cole 1970-1972; The Church was declared abandoned in 1977.

 

BLACKTOWN                                                                                                        FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                       18??-1914

 

Location: This church was on Route 258 Southeast of Mercer in Mercer County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Blacktown was on the Mercer Circuit with Balm. It was declared abandoned and closed in 1914.

 

Pastors: Blacktown: W. J. Vaughn 1914.

 

BLUE RIDGE                                                                                                          FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                       18??-1954

 

Location: Blue Ridge was in Jefferson County PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Blue Ridge was on the Sigel Charge on the former Clarion District. It was declared abandoned in 1954. The sale was ordered with the proceeds going to Sigel Charge.

 

BOLLINGER                                                                                                           FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                                         18??-1969

 

Location: Bollinger was located in Clarion County, PA.

 

History: Methodist – Erie Conference. Closed in 1969.

 

Pastors: Bollinger/Sportsburg: Edward Johnson 1954-1959.

 

BOLLINGER-SYPHERT                                                                                           FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                                           1???-1???

 

Pastors: Bollinger-Syphert: Thomas Johnson 1924--.

 

BRADLEYTOWN                                                                                                    FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                               1891

Mailing Address: 176 Bradleytown Road, Cooperstown, PA 16317                                         814/374-4165

ID: 89136

Location: Located at 176 Bradleytown Road in the village of Bradleytown on Route 427 in Venango County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. This congregation developed from a Class organized in the Valley School House in March 1891, by Reverend E. J. Stinchcombe as a preaching place on the Sunville Circuit. Being in the Sugarcreek Valley it was named the Valley Methodist Episcopal Church. Samuel Williams was the first Class Leader. The congregation continued to meet in the school building until the erection of the Church in 1910-1911. The basement was excavated and the Church remodeled in 1964-1965. It continued on the Sunville Circuit until 1951 when the name of the Circuit was changed to Chapmanville. With the closing of the Chapmanville Church in 1969 the Charge continued with the Bradleytown, Black Ash and Wallaceville Churches. The membership in 1968 was 54. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 71.

 

Pastors: Sunville Circuit: Valley/Bradleytown/Oil City: Trinity: Edwin J. Stinchcombe 1891-1892; William Peter Lowthian 1892-1897; James C. Rideout 1897-1899; Samuel E. Winger 1899-1901; William Robert Buzza 1901-1902; James Brent Cook 1902-1904; George W. Chapin 1906-1911; C. M. Burnette 1911-1915; Louis E. Bedison 1915-1916; L. B. Southworth 1916-1918; Summerville/Bradleytown: Lewis W. Miller 1918-1920; E. F. McPeters 1920-1921; Lloyd A. McKinley 1921-1922; Ebenezer Wilson Springer 1922-1925; W. W. Turner 1925-1926; L. E. Gibson 1926-1930; Lloyd V. Mohnkern 1930-1933; Chapmanville/Bradleytown: John Lawrence Murray 1933-1959; Ernest Washburn 1959-1961; Daniel Taylor Enterline 1961-1967; David H. Gill 1967-1968; George Hodge 1968-1970; Bradleytown/Wallaceville: Edward Charles Patterson July-August 1970; Bradleytown/ Wallaceville/Worden Chapel: Calvin Gilmore September-October 1970; Bradleytown/Cooperstown/Franklin: Bethel: Donald Bruce Beam Novemberr 1970-1976; Lee Karns 1976-1984; Joseph Peter Martin, Jr. 1984--.

 

BRADY’S BEND                                                                                                     FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                      1851-1879

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Was in the Clarion District associated with East Brady and Rimersburg Churches. See East Brady.

 

Pastors: Brady’s Bend: John W. Wrigglesworth 1851-1852; D. M. Stover 1852-1853; Jared Howe 1853-1854; Brady’s Bend/Mount Hope: Robert Beatty 1854-1855; James Shields 1855-1856; Brady’s Bend: Elliott H. Yingling 1856-1858; Thomas Graham 1858-1860; Gabriel Dunmire 1860-1862; Abraham H. Domer 1862-1863; Courson M. Heard 1863-1864; Allen Fouts 1864-1865; George W. Moore 1865-1868; Rimersburg/Bradys Bend/East Brady: John J. Excell 1868-1870; Thomas Graham 1870-1872; Samuel L. Wilkinson 1872-1873; Samuel E. Winger 1873-1874; James M. Groves 1874-1876; J. Boyd Espy 1876-1879; See East Brady.

 

BREDINSBURG                                                                                                      FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                       18??-1969

 

Location: Bredinsburg was located in Venango County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Bredinsburg was on with Seneca for many years. Bredinsburg’s membership in 1968 was 27. It was closed in 1969 and sold.

 

Pastors: Bredinsburg/Seneca: Merle Clifford Wonderling1968-1969. Bredinsburg closed in 1969.

 

BRYOM STATION                                                                                                  FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                       18??-1888

 

Location: Bryom Station was located in Clarion County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Bryom Station was on the Clarington Charge. It closed in 1888.

 

CALLENSBURG                                                                                                      FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                               1840

Mailing Address: PO Box 34, Callensburg, PA 16213-0034                                                     814/358-2495

ID: 85322

Location: Located in the Borough of Callensburg on Route 368 at the Clarion River in Clarion County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. Classes were formed according to Methodist usage in the 1840's. Pastors from Rimersburg, Curllsville and Shippenville supplied the preaching. The first protracted meeting was held by Reverend Ahab Keller pastor of the Curllsville Circuit, in the Gourley cabinet shop in Callensburg in 1850. In 1851 the Church Trustees purchased two lots. The following year the first church building was dedicated. The first building burned on February 22, 1896. The new church building was built in 1897 and dedicated in August 1897. Reverend W. O. Calhoun was the pastor at that time, and R. C. Smith was the Presiding Elder. In 1968 it was on a Circuit with Perryville and West Freedom. The 1968 membership was 133. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 35.

 

Pastors: Curlsville/Callensburg/West Freedom: Ahab Keller 1850-1852; No Record 1852-1860; Simon G. Burton 1860-1862; Callensburg/West Freedom: Obed G. McEntire 1862-1865; John H. Starrett 1861-1867; John E. Johnson 1867-1869; Callensburg/Perrysville: William M. Hayes 1869-1871; Isaac N. Clover 1871-1874; Orsamus M. Sackett 1874-1877; Edward M. Kernick 1877-1880; Benjamin Franklin Delo 1880-1882; Joseph Henry Laverty 1882-1885; Callensburg/West Freedom: Ezra R. Knapp 1885-1887; James K. Adams 1887-1890; William E. Frampton 1890-1895; Winfield S. Gearhart 1895-1896; William 0. Calhoun 1896-1900; Charles J. Zetler 1900-1904; Melville B. Riley 1904-1908; Henry Smallenberger 1908-1912; William Peter Lowthian 1912-1915; Callensburg/Perrysville: John J. Ware 1915-1916; Frank Charles Timmis 1916-1923; A. M. Swarmer 1923-1925; William B. Allison 1925-1929; Edward Charles Hasenplug 1929-1930; L. E. Gibson 1930-1931; Lee Ralph Phipps 1931-1932; William M. Harmon 1932-1937; Bernard C. Himes 1937-1940; Philip Charles Heilbrun 1940-1944; William J. Wilmoth 1944-1946; Callensburg/West Freedon/Perrysville/Mount Zion/Monterey: Merle Clifford Wonderling 1946-1953; Charles Mervin Schwab 1953-1963; Callensburg/West Freedon/Perrysville: David Jordan Lutz 1963-1965; David Spencer Caldwell 1965-1967; William Edward Shaffer 1967-August 15, 1969; Frank Stephen Tulak September 1969-1973; Delbert Wayne Wasser July 1973-1976; June Yvonne Lingler 1976-August 1982; Callensburg/Perrysville/West Freedom/West Monterey: Ralph Phillip Cotton August 1982-1986; Ronald Eugene Thomas 1986-1988; Callensburg/Perrysville/West Freedom: Glea Leann Bearfield Foster 1988-1996; Donald Wayne Kephart 1996-2000; Barry Lee Weyant 2000-2004; New Covenant Charge: Callensburg/Parker/Perrysville/West Freedom: Robert Patrick Hernam 2004--; Susan M. Hoover Associate 2004-2006; Kenneth E. Hughes Associate 2006--.

 

CARSONVILLE                                                                                                       FRANKLIN DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                              1???-1936

 

Location: Was located near Pithole, Venango County, PA.

 

History: United Brethren – Erie Conference. Closed in 1936.

 

CARTER HILL                                                                                                        FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                       1???-1930

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Sold in 1930.

 

CENTENARY                                                                                                          FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL - ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                      1874-1939

 

Location: Centenary was located on the Fredonia-Stoneboro Roads, Mercer County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Centenary was sold in 1939 to Township Supervisors. Records went to Clarks Mills.

 

Pastors: Jackson Center Charge: Centenery/Millbrook: Schoefield/Hendersonville/Jackson Center: Joseph B. Wright 1874-1876;

 

CHAPEL HILL                                                                                                        FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                       18??-1978

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Chapel Hill was closed and sold in 1978.

 

CHAPMANVILLE                                                                                                    FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                      1871-1969

 

Location: Located in the village of Chapmanville on Route 27 between Meadville and Titusville in northern Venango County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. The Chapmanville Class with 10 members, was organized by Reverend Robert Beatty, pastor of the Sunville Circuit in 1871. Services were held in the Chapmanville school house. On July 12, 1878 Stephen Morse deeded ½ acre of ground to the congregation, and a Church was built on it and dedicated on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1879. Before 1951 it was on the Sunville Circuit. In 1951 the named was changed to Chapmanville. By 1968 this congregation had dwindeled to 20 members. It was closed in 1969. Most of the members joined the Chapmanville Baptist Church.

 

Pastors: Sunville Circuit: Chapmanville/Oil City: Trinity: John Van Horn 1848-1849; Pleasantville/ Chapmanville/Oil City: Trinity: Thomas G. McCreary 1849-1851; Peter Burroughs and John T. Boyle 1851-1852 John Wrigglesworth and Madison Wood 1852-1853; Samuel Hollen and Flauntly Muse 1853-1854; James Gilfillan and James B. Hammond 1854-1855; Sunville Circuit: Chapmanville/Oil City: Trinity: James Gilfillan and Benjamin Marstellar 1855-1856; Jeptha Marsh 1856-1857; Jeptha Marsh and Zaccheus Shaddock 1857-1858; Nelson C. Brown 1858-1860; Stephen S. Stuntz and John M DeWoody 1860-1861; Stephen S. Stuntz and William A. Clark 1861-1862; George M. Eberman 1862-1863; No Record 1863-1951; Sunville Circuit changed to Chapmanville: 1951; Chapmanville/Bradleytown: John Lawrence Murray 1951-1959; Ernest Washburn 1959-1961; Daniel Taylor Enterline 1961-1967; David H. Gill 1967-1968; George Hodge 1968-1969; Chapmanville Closed in 1969.

 

CHARLESTON                                                                                                       FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                               1840

Mailing Address: 1156 Greensfield Road, Hermitage, PA 16148-4906                                     724/346-4455

ID: 86430

Location: The Charleston church is located at 1156 Greensfield Road, just south of Route 62 off the Mercer-Sharon road about three rods north of the Lackawannock township line in Mercer County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. The church received its name from the first purchaser of a lot in the Village who was given the honor of naming the Village. Charles Beatty was the first purchaser and he called the Village Charleston. A Methodist Society was organized in 1840. Services were held in a hewed log house with only eight or ten members. William Miller was the first class leader. William Glindwell erected the building in 1850 on the lot deeded by Henry Campbell. In 1952 the first large remodeling was started and from that time on much repairing and remodeling work was done. In the early history of the Erie Conference, Charleston was a part of the Clarksville Circuit. Later the circuit consisted of Clarksville, New Virginia, Big Bend and Charleston. In 1961 Charleston became a station with its own full time pastor. The 1968 membership was 212. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 199.

 

Pastors: Greenville-Clarksville Circuit: Clarksville/New Virginia/Big Bend/Charleston: John Crum, John Van Horne and John E. Bassett 1840-1841; Billings 0. Plimpton and Reuben J. Sibley 1841-1842; Clarksville Circuit: Charleston: Thomas Graham 1842-1843; Joseph Uncles 1843-1844; Charleston/Clarksville/Greenville: James R. Locke and Henry S. Winans 1844-1845; John McLean and Jacob W. Clock 1845-1846; John McLean and Hiram Luce 1845-1847; Bryan S. Hill and William M. Bear 1847-1849; David H. Jack and Stephen Hubbard 1849-1850; Clarksville/Charleston/Sharon: David Harper Jack and John Henderson Vance 1850-1851; Clarksville/Charleston: Josiah Flower and Madison Wood 1851-1852; Samuel N. Forest and Henry M. Chamberlain 1852-1854; Hiram Luce and William Lund 1854-1855; Milo H. Bettes 1855-1857; Richard A. Caruthers 1857-1859; John G. Thompson 1859-1861; Thomas G. McCreary 1861-1863; William M. Bear 1863-1864; James Finney Perry 1864-1866, Richard M. Bear 1866-1869; Abraham H. Domer 1869-1872; John Perry 1872-1874; John Wellington Crawford 1874-1876; John Crum 1876-1878; Washington N. Hollister 1878-1880; John Eckels 1880-1882; John Perry 1882-1884; Samuel K. Paden 1884-1887; Samuel E. Winger 1887-1889; William A. Merriman 1889-1892; Daniel Wellwood Thompson 1892-1895; Winfield Scott Shepard 1895-1898; John C. Womer 1889-1903; Edwin J. Stinchcombe 1903-1907; James E. Drake 6 months 1907-1907; George W. Pender Supply 1907-1909; Mayson H. Sewell 1908-1910; Ebenezer Wilson Springer 1910-1912; Charles Ezra Deem 1912-1919; Charles F. Richmond 1919-1920; Louis Edward Elbel 1920-1923; William E. Frampton 1923-1929; Charles C. Baker 1929-1932; John E. Allgood 1932-1937; John Ellsworth Iams 1937-1940; Henry Edgar Doverspike 1940-1943; Arvel Gaylord Neal 1943-1946; Everett F. Spring, Jr. 1946-1948; Ewart L. Porterfield 1948-1951; John H. Snyder 1951-1954; James Charlton Kelly 1954-1957; Ernest L. Bolling 1957-1961; Charleston: Roger William Cramer 1961-1966; William Robert Keys 1966-1968; Wilbert Emory Billingsley 1968-1971; William Paul Reeby 1971-October 1977; Merritt Howard Edner November 1, 1977-1985; Frank Robert James 1985-1994; Mary Jane Fullerton 1994-1999; Roy Milton Daugherty 1999-2002; Charleston/Clark: Trinity: Larry Gene Rowe 2002--.

 

CHERRY RUN                                                                                                        FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                      1938-2005

Mailing Address: PO Box 127, Sligo, PA 16255

 

Location: Located in Toby Township, near Sligo, in Clarion County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. This Class was organized in 1838 and became a preaching place on the Curllsville Circuit. The log Rose Schoolhouse was the meeting place until 1849 when the congregation moved to the Myers School. The church lot of one-half acre was purchased in 1871 for $20, and the Church was built on it in 1872. The interior was remodeled and the arched ceiling installed in 1895. The Church Hall was purchased from the Toby Township School Board in 1953. This Church was on the Curllsville Circuit until 1883 and since that time it was a part of the Sligo Charge. The membership in 1968 was forty-eight. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 27. Closed in 2005.

 

Pastors: Shippenville/Cherry Run: John Scott 1833-1834; Shippenville/Cherry Run/Pine Grove Mission: John Scott and Chester Morris 1834-1835; Shippenville/Cherry Run/Tionesta Mission: Samuel W. Ingraham and Lewis Janney 1835-1836; Shippenville/Cherry Run/Bloomfield Mission: Samuel W. Ingraham and John F. Hill 1836-1837; Shippenville/ Cherry Run: Reuben Peck and Lorenzo Whipple 1837-1838; Francis Guthrie and Stephen Heard 1838-1839; Jesse P. Benn 1839-1840; Jesse P. Benn and Isaac Scofield 1840-1841; Isaac Scofield and John Abbott 1841-1842; George F. Reeser and John Abbott 1842-1843; James M. Plant and John Abbott 1843-1844; Ignatius C. T. McClelland and Hiram Luce 1844-1845, Ignatius C. T. McClelland 1845-1846; Curllsville/Cherry Run/Rimersburg: Henry M. Chamberlin and Thomas Benn 1846-1847; Isaiah Hildebrand 1847-1848; George F. Reeser 1848-1849; George F. Reeser and John R. Lyon 1849-1850; Ahab Keeler and John R. Lyons 1850-1851; Ahab Keeler and John Whippo 1851-1852; John Crum and Samuel Hollen 1852-1853; Richard A. Caruthers and David M. Stever 1853-1854; David M. Stever and John G. Thompson 1854-1855; John G. Thompson and George W. Moore 1855-1856; John Crum and James K. Mendenhall 1856-1857; Robert Beatty and Gabriel Dunmire 1857-1858; Robert Beatty and Samuel Coon 1858-1859; Benjamin Marstellar, Courson M. Heard and Samuel Coon 1859-1860; Thomas Graham and A. D. Davis 1860-1861; A. D. Davis 1861-1862; James F. Perry 1862-1864; Joseph F. Hill 1864-1866; H. P. Henderson 1866-1868; Samuel Coon 1868-1869; Frederick Fair 1869-1871; Joseph W. Davis 1871-1872; Cornelius C. Hunt 1872-1875; David C. Plannette1875-1876; Winfield Scott Shepard 1876-1877; Jeremiah Garnett 1877-1879; Cornelius C. Hunt 1879-1881; William A. Baker 1881-1884; Sligo/Cherry Run: L. W. Showers 1884-1886; Joseph W. Weldon Supply 1886-1888; Russell Madison Felt 1888-1893; E. N. Eskey 1893-1897; Frederick A. Mills 1897-1899; William Robert Buzza 1899-1900; Robert J. Montgomery 1901-1906; James K. Adams 1906-1908; Williams H. Robinson 1908-1911; Herbert W. Hunter 1911-1912; C. C. Campbell 1912-1914; C. M. Haines 1914-1916; William L. McKinley 1916-1917; Solomon L. Richards 1917-1921; John Lee Buck 1921-1926; Benjamin J. Watkins 1926-1928; Milton I. Thomas 1928-1930; William M. Harmon 1930-1932; Albert J. Renwick 1932-1939; Edward Charles Hasenplug 1939-1944; Lloyd Wayne Chelton 1944-1949; Paul Bryan Dunlap 1949-1957; John Lee Gorman 1957-1962; Dwight S. Montgomery 1962-1966; David T. Griffith 1966-1968; Gale Albert Jewell, Sr. 1968-1972; Elwin Jeremiah Sheerer October 1972-1978; Richard A. Eddinger 1978-May 1992; Thomas Arthur Johnson 1992-May 1, 1995; Allen Franklin Maihle, Jr. 1995-1996; Bessie C. Maihle March 1, 1996-2002; Richard Russell 2002-2003; East Brady/Sligo/Cherry Run: Richard Russell 2003-2005. Cherry Run closed in 2005.

 

CHERRY TREE                                                                                                       FRANKLIN DISTRICT

EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE                                                    1878

Mailing Address: 972 Buxton Road, Titusville, PA 16354                                                         724/376-2161

ID: 60936

Location: Located at 972 Buxton Road, Route 8 and 417, in Cherry Tree, Venango County, PA.

 

History: United Brethren - Erie Conference. The first church was built in 1878 by Peter Bennehoff. It was discontinued after some years. Services were resumed in 1945 and a deed made for the church in 1949. After extensive repairs it was rededicated June 15, 1952. In 1970 it was linked with Kaneville and had 31 members. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 28.

 

Pastors: Cherry Tree: A. Meeker 1878-1879; Diamond/Cherry Tree: W. C. Webster 1879-1880; Z. C. Dilley 1880-1882; James P. Atkins 1882-1884; R. A. McIntyre 1884-1885; Z. C. Dilley 1886-1888; E. E. Belden 1888-1890; W. W. Vaughn 1890-1892; F. A. Harrison 1892-1894; G. W. Waldo 1894-1895; William Wygant 1895-1896; T. E. Evans 1896-1899; W. W. Vaughn 1899-1902; Timothy Hammond 1902-1904; W. W. Bedow 1904-1905; Robert Summergill 1905-1906; A. K. Root 1906-1907; E. F. Swanson 1907-1910; A. Jordon 1910-1911; L. H. McIntyre 1911-1912; William D. Fullom 1912-1913; J. L. Strong 1913-1915; W. W. Cage 1915-1916; R. C. Stewart 1916-1917; C. N. Hanks 1917-1918; George B. Mulvin 1918-1921; Alvin Reed 1921-1922; M. F. Howard 1922-1924; Clark Spaulding 1924-1925; Cherry Tree/Diamond/Kaneville/Maple Hill/Petroleum Center: Roland H. Eaggleston 1925-1927; Clarence Watson 1927-1928; Cyrus Wescott 1928-1933; Closed 1933-1947; John Blakely 1947-1949; Harry Andorf 1949-1951; Donald Richardson 1951-1954; Charles Gray 1954-1956; Kaneville/Cherry Tree: Meredith H. Swift 1956-1961; Kaneville/Cherry Tree: Floyd Edward Martin 1961-1962; Bruce Price 1962-1963; Raymond Reed 1963-1968; George Smith 1968-1969; William H. Sturdevant 1969-1970; Raymond J. Conaway 1970-1973; Cherry Tree: Calvin Gilmore 1973-1974; Luther Chapel/Cherry Tree: Edward Charles Patterson 1974-1975; Raymond J. Conaway 1975-1978; Gregory Littell Spencer June-August 1978; Clay Campbell 1978-1979; Edward DeMoss Clark 1979-1979; Cherry Tree/Wallaceville: Donald E. Myers 1979-1983; Jack Clair Winger 1983-1987; Valley Charge: Cherry Tree/Wallaceville: William Harold Smith September 1, 1987-1988; Rodger Raymond Buzard 1988-1989; Bessie C. Maihle 1989-1991; Shirley Ann Goodman McGowen 1991-1993; Valley Chapel Charge: Cherry Tree/Wallaceville/Worden Chapel: Henry Gerald Poole, Jr. 1993-1997; Robert George Scheer 1997-2000; Daniel Myers 2000-2002; Earl R. Dykes 2002--.

 

CLAPPS                                                                                                                 FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                       18??-1857

 

Location: Clapps was located either in Clarion or Venango County.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Clapps was on the Shippenville Charge. It was abandoned in 1857.

 

CLARION: FIRST                                                                                                    FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                               1840

Mailing Address: 600 Wood Street, Clarion, PA 16214                                                           814/226-6660

ID: 85344

Location: Located at the corner of Wood Street and Sixth Avenue in Clarion Borough, Clarion County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. Methodists first began holding services here in 1840 and the Erie Conference first appointed a minister to serve here in 1841. Early meeting places were the schoolhouse and then the jail. In 1843 the congregation decided to build. The first church, completed at a cost of $3500, was dedicated on October 16, 1844. The cornerstone was laid September 12, 1887 and the building was dedicated on August 25, 1889. The cost of building this church building was $35,000. In 1905 the parsonage was added as an integral part of the total structure. Other major building improvements included: Excavation of the basement, about 1915; the installation of the pipe organ in 1921; the completion of the educational wing in 1956; and major remodeling and the creation of Wesley Chapel in 1963. The membership in 1968 was 1153. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 1049.

 

Pastors: Clarion: Job Wilson 1830-1832; Abner Jackson 1832-1833; No record 1833-1840; Horatio N. Stearns and John Graham 1840-1842; Clarion: First/Rimersburg: John Graham 1842-1843; Jacob W. Clock and Samuel C. Churchill 1843-1844; John W. Hill and David Harper Jack 1844-1845; John W. Hill and John K. Hallock 1845-1846; John K. Hallock 1846-1847; Richard M. Bear 1847-1849; William F. Wilson 1849-1850; William F. Day 1850-1851; Ebenezer B. Lane 1851-1853; Clarion/Corsica: John R. Lyon 1853-1855; John T. Boyle 1855-1857; Darius S. Steadman 1859-1860; Thomas P. Warner 1860-1861; Jarius J. Bentley 1861-1863; Thomas Graham 1863-1865; Russell F. Keeler 1865-1867; D. Allen Crowell 1867-1868; Stephen S. Stuntz 1868-1869; William F. Warren and Ernest R. Knapp 1869-1870; Cornelius C. Hunt 1870-1872; Orsamus M. Sackett 1872-1874; Cyril Wilson 1874-1876; Manasses Miller 1876-1878; Harvey Henderson 1878-1880; Clarion: William Hiroman Mossman 1880-1882; Charles W. Darrow 1882-1885; Benjamin Franklin Delo 1885-1888; Cearing Peters 1888-1891; David Latshaw 1891-1892; John C. Gillette 1892-1896; Jason N. Fradenburgh 1896-1899; Charles Orville Mead 1899-1902; Sylvester Hamilton Day 1902-1907; Willis Kirby Crosby 1907-1909; Frank Sherman Neigh 1909-1914; Alfred Cookman Locke 1914-1919; William E. Bartlett 1919-1922; Corydon J. Warner 1922-1927; Wilbur J. Baldwin 1927-1929; Peter A. Galbreath 1929-1931; William Palmer Murray 1931-1935; Frank A. Wimer 1935-1939; Mark H. Parry 1939-1944; Albert C. Howe 1944-1948; George Raymond D. Braun 1948-1953; Ralph W. Richardson 1953-1961; George A. Myers 1961-Feburary 1, 1964; James W. Cox February 14, 1964-1968; William A. McCartney 1968-1971; George Samuel Crooks 1971-1979; William Leroy Jones 1979-September 14, 1987; John Kyle Jefferis Associate 1979-1982; John David Panther Associate 1982-1986; Mark Edward Goswick Associate 1986-1989; Roger G. Rulong October 1, 1987-1990; Madge Black Floyd 1990-November 15, 1999; Stephen Joseph Ray Associate 1989-1993; William Robert Lavelle, Jr. Associate 1993-2000; John Carter Boor Associate April 1, 1993-1994; Arnold Allan Rhodes 2000-2007; Richard Keith Harry Associate 2000-2005; Deryl Kent Larsen 2007--.

 

CLARK: TRINITY                                                                                                    FRANKLIN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE                                                                               1819

Mailing Address: PO Box 123, Clark, PA 16113-0123                                                             724/962-2340

ID: 86428

Location: Located at 96 Charles Street and Route 258 in