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District: Indiana: Commenced in 1970; James Allen Woomer 1970-1974; James Lewis Carraway 1974-1980; Robert Clarence Siess 1980-1986; William Donald Mock 1986-1992; Richard Harding Sanford 1992-1998; John Everett Ciampa 1998-2005; Sharon Lynn Schwab 2005--.

ALBION HEIGHTS INDIANA DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE 1905

Mailing Address: Box 474, Punxsutawney, PA 15767 814/938-6916

ID: 189065

Location: Located on Route 6 at Albion in Jefferson County, PA.

History: United Brethren - Allegheny Conference. Albion Church grew out of services held in the Community School House. The church was organized by Reverend R. S. Showers and held the first services. C. K. Gahaghen donated the ground upon which the church stood. A brick-case structure was dedicated by Bishop E. B. Kephart, September 3, 1905. In 1970 it was a part of the Punxsutawney Larger Parish consisting of Albion, Burketts Hollow, Coolspring, LaJose, Mahaffey, Mount Carmel, Mount Tabor, Pine Valley, Pleasant Hill and Worthville. L. C. McHenry and Alex Swarmer entered the ministry from this church. The Membership in 1970 was 92. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 55.

Pastors: Jefferson/Albion Heights: R. S. Showers, W. S. Wilson, L. Rexrode, J. S. Hayes, A. J. Orlidge, O. T. Stewart, E. E. Shelley, A. H. Haire, G. E. Hoey, E. F. Sturgeon, Burr Rossiter Smith Four Months 1923; George Edward Kelly 1928-1931; E. E. Shannon and James C. Moses 1933-1935; C. F. Fox no record of dates 1905-1942; Z. H. Courtney 1942-1942; Punxsutawney: Albion: Elmer Ray Miller 1942-1945; J. H. Bridigum and George C. Phillips 1948-1949; W. C. Sell 1949-1953; Arthur L. Barnett 1952-1958; James Paul Ciampa 1958-1960; Arthur Paul Peden 1960-1961; John Rauch and Arnold Allan Rhodes 1961-1965; Punxsutawney Larger Parish: Harvey Williams 1965-January 1, 1970; Punxsutawney Larger Parish: Albion/Burketts Hollow/Coolspring /LaJose/Mahaffey/Mount Carmel/Mount Tabor/Pine Valley/Pleasant Hill/Worthville: Percy Ellenberger 1970-1974; John Doyle Hollis 1974-1975; Calvin Leroy Sheppard, Sr. 1976-1980; Albion Heights: Randall William Bain 1980-1984; Albion/Coolspring/Pine Valley/Worthville: Randall William Bain 1984-1987; Albion/Big Run: Joseph Paul Tagliaferre 1987-February 1, 1989; Joseph Allen Onder 1989-1992; DeWayne Eugene Burfield Jr. 1992-1996; Keith Howard McIlwain 1996-April 9, 1997; Albion Heights/Big Run: Saint Philips: Keith Howard McIlwain April 9, 1997-2000; Robert Frank Siple, Jr. 2000-2003; James Walter Parkinson July 20, 2003-2005; Robert Emerson Kifer 2005--

ALLENS MILLS INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE 1887

Mailing Address: 57 Allens Mills Road, Brookville, PA 15825 814/328-2506

ID: 85515

Location: Located at the junction of Pennsylvania State Routes 310 and 830 in Jefferson County PA.

History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. Organized as a class of 15 by the Reverend William Burnham Holt in 1887 and first met in a Grange Hall a short distance down Route 310 from the new site of the church. A few of the original class were Jacob Raybuck, Elijah Shick, Clayton Brenholtz and Milton Corbin. The new church was built in 1893 on land donated by the Allen Family during the pastorate of Reverend Hardman F. Miller and was known as Newman's Chapel a name which it still retains. In 1968 this Church was part of the Hazen Charge, which included Hazen, Allen's Mills, Richardsville, Munderf and Lake City. The membership in 1968 was 75. In 2002 this church was part of the Good Shepherd Parish consisting of Allen’s Mills: Newman’s Chapel, Hazen, Lake City, Munderf: Zion and Richardsville. The Allen Mills membership on January 1, 2003 was 59.

Pastors: Richardsville/Allen Mills: Newman’s Chapel: William Burnham Holt 1887-1888; James C. Wharton 1888-1891; Hazen/Allen Mills: Newman’s Chapel: Hardman F. Miller 1891-1894; A. G. Hills 1894-1897; William Robert Buzza 1897-1899; Lewis Wick 1899-1901; James K. Adams 1901-1904; James F. Drake 1904-1906; Frank Hurlburt Frampton 1906-1909; David R. Palmer 1909-1912; Orley H. Sibley 1912-1915; Ebenezer Wilson Springer 1915-1917; David O. May 1917-1919; Omar L. Winger 1919-1926; Ralph C. Brooks 1926-1933; Arthur Albin Swanson 1934-1935; William B. Allison 1935-1938; Elroy Mervin Sayers 1938-1939 Arnold W. Lundberg 1939-1940; Rollin E. Ferry 1940-1942; M. Saxman 1942-1944; Bernard C. Himes 1944-1947; Edward Charles Hasenplug 1947-September 1950; Herbert William Shobert September 1950-1951; Milton I. Thomas 1951-1954; Clair Arden Lundberg 1954-1961; Jay Stanley Pifer 1961-1964; George Edward Himes 1964-1967; Ivan DeWayne Johnson 1967-1971; To Be Supplied July 1971-February 1972; Laverne R. Howard February 1972-1985; Hazen/Allens Mills: Newman’s Chapel/Lake City/Munderf: Zion/Richardsville: Jon Duane Gustafson 1985-1987; Howard Sherman Hess 1987-1994; North Clarion: Good Shepherd Parish: Allens Mills: Newman’s Chapel/Falls Creek/Hazen/Brookville: Lake City/Munderf: Zion/Richardsville: Ellen Louise Walch Blade Bullock 1994-2001; John Robert Bullock Associate 1994-2001; Good Shepherd Parish: Allens Mills/Lake City/Hazen/Munderf: Zion/Richardsville: Ellen Louise Walch Bullock 2001-2005; John Robert Bullock Associate 2001-2005; John Doyle Hollis 2005-2006; Joni K. Brewer Williams Associate 2005-2007; Donald Ray Henderson 2006--;.

APOLLO INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1830

Mailing Address: PO Box 432, Apollo, PA 15613-0432 724/478-4525

ID: 97205

Location: Located at Penna and 319 North Second Street in the Borough of Apollo on Route 56 and 66 in Armstrong County, PA.

History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. Earliest records show that there was a deed, dated January 11, 1830, which conveyed a lot in Warren, now Apollo, to David Risher for the purpose of erecting thereon a “House of Public Worship for the Methodist Episcopal Church.” Reverend Benjamin Haynes of the Chartiers Circuit was responsible for the raising of funds for the erection of a log Church in 1838. Another deed, dated November 1, 1845, says that John and Nancy Speer sold to Peter Risher, John Elwood, John Cochran and Jeremiah Ward, Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church a lot adjacent to the Church. The old log Church and lot were sold and a two story brick Church was built on the new lot. At the instigation of Rev. Henry J. Giles, the new church was begun in 1898, completed in 1899 and dedicated in 1900. The Church was chartered by the Armstrong County Court on June 2, 1856. It celebrated its centennial in 1956 under the pastorate of Reverend Gilbert Grover Gallagher. Apollo was on the Elderton Circuit from 1859 to 1860. It became a Station from 1860-1861. It was placed on the Burrell-Apollo Circuit in 1861-1868; was a Station 1868-1876. It was on the Apollo-Leechburg Circuit 1876-1882. It remained a Station from 1882 to 1896. Through the efforts of the congregation the Vandergrift Methodist Church was organized. For one year from 1896-1897, the two churches formed the Apollo-Vandergrift Circuit. Both became Stations the following year 1897. Apollo has continued as a Station. It was known as the Methodist Episcopal Free Church until 1888 when the name was changed to The Apollo Methodist Church. The membership in 1968 was 672. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 300. Transferred from Greensburg District in 2004.

Pastors: Apollo: Not available: 1830-1835: Elijah Coleman 1835-1838; Kittanning Circuit: Apollo: Hosea McCall 1838-1839; Hosea McCall and Thomas McGrath 1839-1840; Jeremiah Phillips 1840-1842; Joseph Ray and James Henderson 1842-1843; Joseph Ray 1843-1844; Gustavus A. Lowman 1844-1845; William Lynch 1845-1847; William Cooper and Edward Burns Griffin 1847-1848; William Cooper and Samuel H. Nesbit 1848-1849; Martin Luther Weekley 1849-1850; Elderton Circuit: Apollo: Daniel A. Haines 1850-1851; William S. Blackburn 1851-1852; Isaac P. Sadler and Henry L. Chapman 1852-1853; James R. Means and Andrew J. Lane 1853-1854; James R. Means and James Sansom Bracken 1854-1855; Samuel Jones and John Simson 1855-1856; John Simson and James Borbidge 1856-1857; James Borbidge and Jeremiah W. Kessler 1857-1858; Joseph Shaw and David Mutersbaugh 1858-1859; Joseph Shaw and Daniel W. Wampler 1859-1860; Apollo: John S. Wakefield 1860-1861; Burrell/Apollo: William A. Stuart and Richard G. Heaton 1861-1862; William A. Stuart and Isaac A. Pearce 1862-1863; Joseph Shane 1863-1865; Joseph Shane and Amos Potter Leonard 1865-1866; John S. Lemmon and Henry Long 1866-1867; John S. Lemmon 1867-1868; Apollo: Marion W. Dallas 1868-1870; Charles Wesley Miller 1870-1873; Earl D. Holtz 1873-1876; Joseph Walter Miles Spring 1876-Fall 1876; Leechburg Circuit: Apollo: William C. Weaver Fall 1876-1877; Edward Burns Griffin and William Carson Weaver 1877-1878; Alexander Scott and William Carson Weaver 1878-1879; Charles Wesley Miller 1879-1882; Apollo: John Franklin Murray 1882-1884; Robert J. Hamilton 1884-1887; Daniel J. David 1887-1891; Joseph E. Wright 1891-1893; Noble Garvin Miller 1893-1896; Apollo/Vandergrift: Noble Garvin Miller 1896-1897; Apollo: Noble Garvin Miller 1897-1898; Henry J. Giles 1898-1904; Jesse William Carey 1904-1907; Preston C. Brooks 1907-1909; Morris Floyd 1909-1911; Harry G. Gregg 1911-March 30 1915; Henry J. Giles April 1, 1915; October 1915; Walter Scott Trosh October 1915-1917; George Grant 1917-1919; Oliver B. Patterson 1919-1923; William Elmer Ellsworth Barcus 1923-1926; Walter Leslie Morgan 1926-1927; John Clark Matteson 1927-1930; Lawrence Andrew Stahl 1930-1935; Edgar P. Harper 1935-1940; William Henry Schatz 1940-1944; Benjamin F. Shue 1944-1948; Gilbert Grover Gallagher 1948-1958; George Raymond Provance 1958-1978; Elmer Harold Reamer, Jr. 1978-1989; Sylvan Jerry Berman 1989-1995; Robert Warren Baur 1995-1999; Olivia Elaine Graham 1999-2005; Apollo: First/Saltsburg: Richard Joseph Helsel 2005--.

BARTON CHAPEL INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE 1839

Mailing Address: 1292 Hoffman Hollow Road, Somerville, PA 15864-7138 814/849-8447

ID: 86190

Location: Located in the village of Sprankle Mills near Punxsutawney in Jefferson County, PA.

History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. This Church was organized by Reverend John Monks in 1839. Its first Church building was erected in 1854 and named Wesley Chapel. It burned in 1855 and in 1866 a new Church was dedicated and the name changed to Barton Chapel. This second Church also burned in December 1924. The new Church was dedicated in November 1925. The Oliver Township school directors made the Sprankle Mills School available to the congregation during the rebuilding. In 1929-1930 Mrs. Iva Olmstead, daughter of Reverend Anthony Groves, pastor of the Church 1891-1896, finished the basement and furnished it. Since before 1947 it has been part of the Ringgold Charge. The membership in 1968 was 40. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 15.

Pastors: Wesley Chapel: No Records 1839-1866; Barton Chapel: 1866-1904; Ringgold/Barton Chapel: James Riveous Burrows 1904-1904; William J. Small 1905-1907; Henry Smallenberger 1907-1908; James K. Adams 1908-1910; James C. Wharton 1910-1912; Harry Agnew Silvis 1912-1914; Solomon L. Richards 1914-1917; L. A. Morrison 1917-1918; Orley H. Sibley 1918-1919; C. B. McKay 1919-1921; Samuel Lewis Allaman, Sr. 1921-1925; Ernest Victor Rupert 1925-1926; C. A. Hoover 1926-1927; Arthur E. Timmis 1927-1929; Claude Eshelman 1929-1930; Job Ellis 1930-1931; Paul Reams Smith 1931-1932; Charles C. Baker 1932-1935; Frederick Morris 1935-1936; Elmer R. Nunemaker 1936-1938; H. G. Shindledecker 1938-1940; Bernard C. Himes 1940-1941; James Ward Frampton 1941-1945; Alvin Harry Rhodes 1945-1950; William Roy Ross 1950-1951; Herbert William Shobert 1951-1952; John L. Gorman 1952-1954; Robert Leonard Britton 1954-1960; H. P. Scriven 1960-1964; Robert John Horneman 1964-1971; Martin Boyd Hardy 1970-December 1974; Michael Lloyd Holt December 1974-1983; William A. Schneider, Jr. 1983-1986; Ringgold/Barton Chapel/Langville: Jeffery Lee Popson 1986-1989; Joel Albert Wilcher October 1, 1989-1991; Barton Chapel: Thomas Melvin Himes 1991-December 13, 1996; John Richard Hackenberry January 1, 1997--.

BEECHTREE INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL - ERIE CONFERENCE 1???-1925

Location: Beechtree was located in Jefferson County, Brookville District, Brockway Charge, PA. Closed in 1925.

History: Methodist Episcopal – Erie Conference. Beechtree was on with Brockway prior to 1899.

Pastors: Beechtree/Brockwayville: Obed G. McIntyre 1861-1862; George W. Moore 1862-1864; David Latshaw 1864-1866; P. W. Scofield 1866-1868; George F. Reeser 1868-1870; Joseph L. Mechlin 1870-1872; Loriston G. Merrill 1872-1875; Cornelius C. Hunt 1875-1877; James W. Martin 1877-1880; Lewis W. Wick 1880-1882; Ezra R. Knapp 1882-1885; Charles W. Darrow 1885-1889; Beechtree: Daniel Armstrong Platt 1889-1894; Darius S. Steadman 1894-1897; James Graham Harshaw 1897-1900; Joel Smith 1900-1903; Jerome Douglas Clemmons 1903-1905; Beechtree/Lane’s Mills: Roy F. Howe 1905-1912; Ivan G. Koonce 1912-1916; Earl T. English 1916-1917; Jeremiah Bates Edwards 1917-1918; L. G. Wayne Furman 1918-1919; Chester McCaskey 1919-1923; Arthur Brown Ray Colley 1923-1924; Ernest Victor Rupert 1924-1925; Lee Ralph Phipps 1925-1926; Closed.

BELSANO INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1840

Mailing Address: 3552 Ben Franklin Highway, Belsano, PA 15922

ID: 97262

Location: Located in the village of Belsano, on Route 422, eight miles west of Ebensburg, in Cambria County, PA.

History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. The first organized religious services began in Belsano in 1840. The Society was interdenominational at first but became Methodist in 1849. There has been four Church buildings, the first two being destroyed by fire. The second fire was in 1890 and the Church was built that year. The new Church was built in 1940 and in 1945 a new parsonage was erected. Both buildings are of an English design being designed by the pastor Reverend George S. Stephens who was an Englishman. They are finished in brick and stone. An organ has been installed, the Church basement tiled and an outdoor bulletin board erected between 1958 and 1966. Belsano has always been on Circuits which have been changed many times. From 1929 to 1992, it was on a two point Charge with Strongstown. Since 1992 it is linked with Nanty Glo to form Glo-Bel Charge. Its membership on 1968 was 115. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 63. Transferred from Johnstown District in 2004.

Pastors: Johnstown/Cambria Mission: William Lynch and Robert Cunningham 1849-1850; Cambria Mission: Robert Hamilton 1850-1852; Joseph Jones 1852-1853; Joseph Shaw 1853-1854; Cambria/Stony Point: Robert J. Jordan 1854-1855; Cambria Mission: William S. Blackburn 1855-1857; Matthew J. Montgomery and David Mutersbaugh 1857-1858; Matthew J. Montgomery 1858-1859; Samuel T. Shaw and John G. Cogley 1859-1862; Ebensburg Circuit: Samuel T. Shaw and Henry Long 1862-1863; John S. Lemmon and James B. Gray 1863-1864; John S. Lemmon 1864-1865; Albert Baker 1865-1868; Mechanicsburg: Albert Baker and Richard Jordon 1868-1869; Albert Baker and Milton Mechesney Sweeny 1869-1870; Hugh Harvey Pershing 1870-1872; George Cook 1872-1874; John Ashbaugh 1874-1875; William Johnson and William C. Weaver 1875-1875; William Johnson 1875-1876; Solomon Keebler 1876-Fall 1879; Andrew J. Ashe Fall 1879-1881; Nelson Davis 1881-1884; Samuel Breth Laverty 1884-1886; George H. Huffman 1886-1888; Thomas William Robins 1888-1889; Charles C. Emerson 1889-1891; Albert Howell Acken 1891-1892; Joel Hunt 1892-1898; Ebensburg/Belsano: John H. Lancaster 1898-1901; Albert B. Shaw 1901-1903; Joseph Francis Ditner 1903-1905; J. M. Hitler 1905-1906; John H. Bracken 1906-1907; Phillip J. Chilcote 1907-1909; Joseph James Buell 1909-1910; Brush Valley Circuit: John J. Broadhead 1910-1911; Maris Russell Hackman 1911-1912; Paul 0tterbein Wagner 1912-1916; Olin E. Rodkey 1916-1919; Samuel Hill 1919-1921; Samuel Ford 1921-1922; Belsano: Charles H. Porter 1922-1924; William E. Hess 1924-1929; Belsano/Strongstown: Fielding Howard 1929-1930; Frank Webb 1930-1932; R. W. Beggs 1932-1933; Parker Wesley Large 1933-1937; George S. Stephens 1937-1945; Ralph S. Robinson 1945-1947; Jonathan Duncan Schrecengost 1947-1952; Henry F. Pollock 1952-1954; Harry Edward Sayre 1954-1955; Eugene Ross Barrett 1955-1957; Harry Thorn 1957-1958; C. P. Wright 1958-1961; Kenneth A. McCay 1961-1964; Leo E. Harrold 1964-1968; Leroy Barnhart 1968-1973; Belsano Yoked Parish: Clayton Duane Harriger 1973-1979; Bruce D. Harrison 1979-1984; John R. Basinger, Jr. 1984-1988; Ralph Atlee Mostoller 1988-1992; Glo-Bel Charge: Nanty Glo/Belsano: Robert Scott Berkley 1992-1999; John Henry Snyder 1999-2007; Glo-Bel Plus: Belsano/Belsano: Faith/Nanty Glo/Strongstown/North Cambria: Mount Union: John Snyder 2007--; Thomas Budner Associate 2007--.

BELSANO: FAITH INDIANA DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE 1830

Mailing Address: PO Box 32, Belsano, PA 15922-0032 814/749-0743

ID: 187636

Location: Located on Route 422 in Belsano, Cambria County, PA.

History: United Brethren – Allegheny Conference. The Belsano Church is older than the Allegheny Conference. Records of this Church are scarce but it is a well-established fact that the church was built in the early 1830s. It was built and given outright by Adam Makin, who afterwards left his estate to the conference. Reverend R. M. Hamilton, while pastor of the Belsano Charge, preached in the old Big Ben School House. The Church was completed and it was dedicated by Dr. J. S. Fulton on January 29, 1908, during the pastorate of Reverend Oscar O. Krenz. It was destroyed by fire in 1926 and it, with the lot was sold. A new location was secured and the new structure was erected in 1926. It was dedicated by Dr. W. S. Wilson assisted by Dr. J. S. Fulton October 23, 1927. It was built during the pastorate of Reverend L. C. McHenry. It was made a part of the Belsano Charge in 1904. In 1929 the building was moved 90 feet because of highway construction. The Church was remodeled in the 1940s. The Church has been well cared for and improved from time to time so that it is now comfortable and fills well its mission. The parsonage is a good six-room frame house and is located by the side of the Church. In 1970 it was linked with Twin Rocks. The membership in 1970 was 106. It later was placed on a charge with Strongstown and Twin Rocks and the name was change to Triangle Charge. The Belsano Evangelical Church was renamed Belsano: Faith Church. The membership on January 1, 2002 was 119. Transferred from Johnstown District in 2004.

Pastors: Belsano: R. S. Woodward 1873-1876; D. Strayer 1876-1877; B. Noon 1877-1879; E. A. Fulton 1879-1882; Isaiah Potter 1882-1883; C. Wortman 1883-1885; D. Sheerer 1885-1886; J. S. Buell 1886-1889; A. E. Fulton 1889-1891; H. A. Buffington 1891-1894; O. T. Stewart 1894-1896; L. B. Fasick 1896-1897; G. R. Robb 1897-1899; R. N. Hamilton 1899-1904; W. A. Sites 1904-1905; J. A. Miles 1905-1907; Oscar Krenz 1907-1908; G. W. Eminhizer 1908-1913; J. H. Weaver 1913-1915; S. M. Johnson 1915-1922; J. B. Keirn 1922-1923; Charles W. Gwynn 1923-1925; L. C. McHenry 1925-1928; Dwight M. Spangler 1929-1931; A. D. Thompson 1931-1933; Lloyd Garrison Mulhollen 1933-1934; Arthur Ritchey 1934-1938; Donald Nicholas Ciampa 1938-1948; Harvey L. Williams 1948-1953; C. H. Stang 1953-1963; Dale R. Rhodes 1963-1970; Leroy D. Barnhart 1970-1973; Belsano Yoked Parish: Belsano Methodist/ Belsano Evangelical/Strongstown/Twin Rocks: Clayton Duane Harriger 1973-1979; Triangle Charge: Belsano: Faith/Strongstown/Twin Rocks: Clayton Duane Harriger 1979-1996; Arlene Rae Bobrowicz 1996-2001; Terry Gindlesperger 2001-2003; Belsano: Faith/Strongstown: Terry Gindlesperger 2003-March 15, 2006; Sharon Hamley March 15, 2006-2007; Glo-Bel Plus: Belsano/Belsano: Faith/Nanty Glo/Strongstown/North Cambria: Mount Union: John Snyder 2007--; Tom Budner Associate 2007--.

BIG RUN: SAINT PHILLIPS INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE 1870

Mailing Address: PO Box 304, Big Run, PA. 15715-0304 814/427-2964

ID: 85220

Location: Located at 100 Church Street and Route 119 in the Village of Big Run, five miles north of Punxsutawney on Route 119. Jefferson County, PA.

History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. Congregation grew out of a group, which met in the 1860's in a log schoolhouse. Reverend Clinton Jones was the pioneer preacher. In 1870 a building was started. Until 1888 the Church was on the Punxsutawney Circuit. In 1888 there were 112 persons on the rolls. Less than four years later there were over 200 members. The new brick building was constructed in 1900 and dedicated in 1901 while Reverend Anthony Groves was pastor. In 1931 major renovations were made through the generosity of Mrs. Olmstead daughter of Anthony Groves. The 1968 membership was 246. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 77.

Pastors: Punxsutawney Circuit: Big Run Frank Sherman Neigh 1888-1892; James R. Miller 1892-1893; John Henderson Vance 1894-1896; James K. Adams 1896-1898; Anthony Groves 1898-1903; Cyrus Craig Rumberger 1903-1906; Albert Sydow 1906-1907; John E. Allgood 1907-1910; Charles J. Zetler 1910-1911; William Peter Lowthian 1911-1912; E. T. English 1912-1917; Albert E. Salisbury; 1917-1919; Frank W. Shope 1919-1922; William Earle Thompson 1922-1925; Omar L. Winger 1925-1927; Kenneth C. Moore 1927-1929; Ray W. Marshall 1929-1932; Lee Ralph Phipps 1932-1934; Milton I. Thomas 1934-1937; Ralph C. Brooks 1937-1953; Ralph M. Metcalf 1953-1954; Hugh Dewey Crocker 1954-1958; Jonathan E. Shaffer 1958-1960; Virgil Stafford 1960-1961; Clair Arden Lundberg 1961-1966; Harry Raymond Speakman, Sr. 1966-1969; James Charlton Kelly 1969-1971; Ray Edward Gnagey 1971-November 1, 1978; Richard A. George January 1, 1978-1986; Joseph Paul Tagliaferre 1986-1987; Big Run/Albion: Joseph Paul Tagliaferre 1987-February 1, 1989; Joseph Allen Onder 1989-1992; DeWayne Eugene Burfield, Jr. 1992-1996; Keith Howard McIlwain 1996-April 9, 1997; Albion Heights/Big Run: Saint Philips: Keith Howard McIlwain April 9, 1997-2000; Robert Frank Siple, Jr. 2000-2003; James Walter Parkinson July 20, 2003-2005; Robert Emerson Kifer 2005--.

BLACK LICK INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1860

Mailing Address: PO Box 435, Black Lick, PA 15716-0435 724/248-3650

ID: 97320

Location: Located at 36 Walnut Street in the village of Black Lick on route 119 in Indiana County, PA.

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. In the spring of 1859 a revival meeting was held in the Bell's Mills School House by Reverend Robert Cunningham the pastor at Blairsville. A Class of twenty-four members was organized with G. S. Jamison of Bairdstown as Class Leader. A tent meeting that Fall increased the group. On November 6, 1859 they were prohibited from using the School House. They leased property from the Pennsylvania Railroad and built a Church in 1860. The Church was built in 1875-1876. During the 1930's the old Jacksonville Church was moved and placed behind the Black Lick Church where it serves as an annex. At first this Church was on the Blairsville Circuit then from 1869 to 1918 it was part of the Homer City Charge. The Blacklick Circuit was created in 1918 and the first parsonage was purchased in Grafton. A new parsonage beside the Church in Black Lick was first occupied in 1921. The Black Lick Circuit arrangement consisted of Hopewell, Graceton, Strangford and Black Lick was made in 1952 due to the closing of several Churches by the Conemaugh Valley Flood Control project. The membership in 1968 was 140. The Circuit in 2002 consisted of Black Lick, Hopewell and Strangford. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 128.

Pastors: Black Lick: Richard Jordan 1855-1858; Blairsville/Black Lick: Robert Cunningham 1858-1860; John Wesley Shirer 1860-1862; Thomas T. McCleary 1862-1864; Samuel Y. Kennedy 1864-1866; Alexander Scott 1866-1868; Henry Conley Beacom 1868-1870; Homer City/Black Lick: John S. Wakefield 1870-1871; Richard Jordan 1871-1873; Thomas J. Kurtz 1873-1875; Asbury C. Johnson 1875-1877; Charles Wesley Miller 1877-1879; Charles L. E. Cartwright 1879-1879; Solomon Keebler 1879-1882; William Alexander Stuart 1882-1885; William Johnson 1885-1886; Jacob Brenneman Uber 1886-1888; Joseph N. Pershing 1888-1893; Henry J. Altman 1893-1894; Amos P. Leonard 1894-1895; Josiah Elmer Kidney 1895-1896; Henry J. Hickman 1896-1898; George H. Huffman 1898-1900; James E. Inskeep 1900-1903; Samuel Breth Laverty 1903-1906; Lee Wilson LePage 1906-1907; Frederick A. Richards 1907-1910; John C. Burnworth 1910-1913; Charles Amos Hartung 1913-1916; Albert H. Davis 1916-1918; Homer City Circuit: Black Lick: Arthur Russell Groves 1918-1919; Joseph Dushane Piper 1919-1922; L. Z. Robinson 1922-1923; George L. Bayha 1923-1925; Harry C. Critchlow 1925-1927; William James Law 1927-1928; Harry G. Trimmer 1928-1932; Black Lick/Hopewell: Frederick W. McConnell 1932-1934; George E. Letchworth 1934-1939; H. E. Miller 1939-1946; Hayden L. Henthorne 1946-1946; Robert Dawson Hopson 1946-1949; Black Lick/Hopewell/Strangford: Willis Stanton River 1949-1951; William Robert Wilson 1951-1954; Theodore W. Rickabaugh 1954-1955; Rymer Dale Lewis 1955-1955; John Nelson Hempstead 1955-1963; Frederick William Stanton 1963-1965; Earl Frankford Ostrander 1965-1968; Richard Crane Briant, Jr. 1968-1970; Paul Everett Wilson, Sr. 1970-1973; William A. West 1973-1978; Black Lick/Hopewell/Strangford/Graceton: John Douglas Patterson 1978-1979; Black Lick/Black Lick: Hopewell/Strangford: John Douglas Patterson 1979-1982; Lloyd Dice Tennies October 1982-1985; Terry Leonard Hurlbutt 1985-1994; Don Raymond Smith 1994-2002; Jason Lloyd McQueen 2002--.

BLAIRSVILLE: FIRST INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1822

Mailing Address: 50 South Walnut Street, Blairsville, PA 15717 724/459-6155

ID: 97342

Location: Located at Brown and South Walnut Streets in the borough of Blairsville. Indiana County, PA.

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. Origin was in 1822. It was part of the Mahoning Circuit, Baltimore Conference. The Reverend Dennis B. Dorsey and Thomas M. Hudson were ministers in charge of the three hundred mile Circuit. In 1824 it became a part of the Indiana Circuit. In 1828 the first Church building was completed under Samuel Shafer. In May 1830 Blairsville became a Station. On September 28, 1843 a Charter was granted to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Blairsville. In May 1832 a Sunday school was organized. In 1847 the second Church was built. Then in 1860 the third church was erected on South Walnut St. In 1888 the sand stone church was built on South Walnut and Brown Streets. In 1944 an educational unit consisting of a basement and first and second floors was built. The Church exterior was sand blasted and re-pointed in 1967. The 1968 membership was 808. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 323. Fire destroyed the 1888 and 1944 buildings in 1975.

Pastors: Mahoning Circuit: Blairsville: Dennis B. Dorsey and Thomas M. Hudson 1822-1823; Robert Barnes and Jesse Chesney 1823-1824; Indiana Circuit: Blairsville: Henry Baker 1824-1825; Connellsville Circuit: Blairsville: Robert Boyd l825-1826; George Waddle 1826-1827; David Sharp 1827-1828; Jacob Keiss Miller and Charles Thorn 1828-1830; Blairsville: Charles Thorn 1830-1831; James Green Samson 1831-1833; Nathaniel Callender 1833-1834; Moses Tichenell 1834-1835; Wesley Smith 1835-1836; Gideon D. Kinnear 1836-1837; Simon Elliott 1837-1838; John Coil 1838-1840; James Graham Supply 1840-1841; John L Williams 1840-1842; Caleb Foster 1842-1843; David S. Welling 1843-1844; Charles C. Best 1844-1846; William F. Lauck 1846-1848; Abraham J. Rich 1848-1850; Samuel H. Nesbit 1850-1852; James Sansom Beacom 1852-1854; James L. Deens 1854-1855; Thomas J. Higgins 1856-1858; Blairsville/Black Lick: Robert Cunningham 1858-1860; John Wesley Shirer 1860-1862; Thomas McCleary 1862-1864; Samuel Y. Kennedy 1864-1866; Alexander Scott 1866-1868 Henry Conley Beacom 1868-1871; George B. Hudson 1871-1872; Blairsville: John Grant 1872-1874; William F. Lauck 1874-1876; Jesse Franklin Core 1876-1878; Simon P. Woolf 1878-1880; James Mechem 1880-1882; Joseph Walter Miles 1882-1885; Homer J. Smith 1885-1887; James Sansom Bracken 1887-1888; Thomas Henry Woodring 1888-1890; Asbury C. Johnson 1890-1895; Henry Viant Givler 1895-1897; James Bruce Taylor 1897-1899; Benjamin Fell Beazell 1899-1903; Thompson F. Pershing 1903-1907; Jacob Thomas Pender 1907-1913; Harry Parker Johnson 1913-1917; Paul Weyand 1917-1922; Howard Ellsworth Lloyd 1922-1930; William J. Miller 1930-1934; Clovis Preston Salladay 1934-1941; Arthur W. Sandberg 1941-1945; John Nelson Hempstead 1945-1953; Howard Morrow Pape 1955-1962; John Carson Cogley, Sr. 1962-1971; John Wesley Ford 1971-1979; Byrom Tate Fulton 1979-1984; Richard Maxwell King 1984-1995; Dean Earl Byron 1995-2006; Terry George Shaffer 2006--.

BOWDERTOWN INDIANA DISTRICT

EVANGELICAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1870

Mailing Address: 1219 Philadelphia Avenue, Northern Cambria, PA 15714-1360

ID: 189282

Location: Located at Bowdertown in Indiana County, PA.

History: Evangelical - Pittsburgh Conference. In 1971 this Church was in the Johnstown District. In 1981 this Church was placed in the Indiana District. The first church was built some time after 1870 on land given by Felix Bostic. It was known as the Church of the Bostic. The church became United Evangelical when the split occurred in the 1890s. In 1970 it was a part of the Westover Cherry Tree charge. The membership in 1970 was 15. The membership on January 1, 2002 was 11.

Pastors: The Church of the Bostic: The following Pastors served but exact dates are unknown. A. H. Shannon, L. M. Boyer, L. H. Hetrick, E. Beatty, W. W. Elrick, J. Esch, J. W. Domer, D. J. Hershberger, F. W. Ware, J. O. Bishop, J. B. Sheasley, J. G. Wise, D. P. K. LaVan, J. W. Domer, F. E. Hetrick, G. C. Collins, R. C. Miller, E. L. Nicely, George Domer J. D. Domer, J. W. Richards, Irvin Smith, T. B. Havermail, W. H. McLaughlin 1870-1917; D. G. Baumgardner 1917-1917; W. E. Wineberg 1917-1921; R. A. Nelson 1921-1925; E. I. Mankamyer 1925-1929; W. A. Bowman 1929-1930; J. H. Wise 1930-1931; E. L. Rittenhouse 1931-1931; Perry E. Pyle 1931-1931; George W. Sprinkle 1931-1934; Clewell E. Miller 1934-1936; M. R. Tyson 1936-1939; S. B. Rowland 1939-1942; C. H. Ream 1942-1946; Chester E. Dickey 1946-1948; Louise Lear 1948-1948; W. S. Harr 1948-1949; J. M. Miller 1949-1950; Cherry Tree Circuit: Bowdertown/Mount Union/Patchinville/Uniontown/Zion: John Howard Smith 1950-1954; John Sass, Jr. 1954-1956; Harry Andorf 1956-1957; Arthur Lee Barnett 1957-1959; Paul Edward Snyder 1959-1965; Gordon E. Bolt 1965-1966; Cherry Tree-Westover Larger Parish: John Robert Singleton 1966-1977; Westover: Grace/Bowdertown/East Ridge/Harmony/Five Points/Mount Joy/Uniontown: John Vernon. King 1977-November 15, 1979; James Howard Cooper December 1, 1979-1980; Bowdertown/Cherry Tree: Uniontown: Edwin E. Nichol 1980-2003; Peter A. Foley January 1, 2004-2007; Hannah Judy 2007--.

BROCKWAY: MOORHEAD INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE 1845

Mailing Address: 335 Main Street, Brockway, PA 15824-0233 814/268-8242

ID: 85300

Location: Located at 335 Main Street and Fourth Avenue in the borough of Brockway on Routes 219 and 28 in Jefferson County, PA.

History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. In 1833 Reverend Zarah Hale Coston, Presiding Elder of the Allegheny District, appointed Reverends Abner Jackson and Chester Morrison to organize the Brookville and Ridgway Mission. It had twenty-nine preaching places and was two hundred fifty miles around. This provided the first Methodist preaching in the neighborhood of Brockwayville as the community was then known. In 1845 Reverend John K. Coxon and Reverend Henry M. Chamberlain pastors on the Luthersburg Mission organized a Class at Beman's Schoolhouse. The first Church in Brockwayville was built in 1861-1862. In 1889 the original Church was moved to the rear of the lot and a new frame building was built incorporating the old building as a Sunday School room. At that time Brockway had ninety members and was the head of a four-point Circuit consisting of Brockway, Crenshaw, Lanes Mills and Coal Glenn. In 1928 the interior of the Church was remodeled and the exterior was brick encased. The educational and recreation unit was built in 1967. The membership in 1968 was 611. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 510.

Pastors: Brookville and Ridgway Mission Circuit: (29 Churches): Abner Jackson and Chester Morrison 1833-1834; John K. Coxon and Henry J. Chamberlain 1845-1946; Brockwayville: Obed G. McEntyre 1861-1862; George W. Moore 1862-1864; David Latshaw 1864-1866; Platt Wheeler Scofield 1866-1867; George F. Reeser 1868-1869; Joseph L. Mechlin 1870-1872; Loriston G. Merrill 1872-1875; Cornelius C. Hunt 1875-1877; James W. Martin 1877-1880; Lewis Wick 1880-1882; Ezra R. Knapp 1882-1885; Charles W. Darrow 1885-1889; Wesley W. Dale 1889-1994; Job L. Stratton 1894-1895; Daniel Armstrong Platt 1895-1902; John W. Blaisdell 1902-1908; James H. Jelbart 1908-1910; John Ellsworth Iams 1910-1913; William Penn Graham 1913-1914; James Graham Harshaw 1914-January 17, 1917 (by death); William Earl Davis February 1917-1920; Tate W. English 1920-1926; Brockway: David Ralph Dunn 1926-1928; John Lee Buck 1928-1931; William O. Calhoun 1931-October 1938 (died while serving); Paul Kennedy Scott October 1938-1941; Harry Agnew Silvis 1941-1943; Thomas Henderson Johnson 1943-December 31, 1947; Clifford S. Joshua January 1, 1948-August 1949 (died while serving); Margaret Joshua 1949-1950; Owen Williams Shields 1950-1953; Henry J. Masman 1953-1958; Norman C. McLean 1958-1961; Delbert P. Remaley 1961-1965; Fred Bryce Grimm 1965-1969; Moorhead: Hulett Arnold Ohl 1969-1973; Percy Ellenberger 1973-1976; George Sturley Cook 1976-1983; Wayne Bertis Price 1983-1986; James Newville Shaver, Jr. 1986-1989; Donald Everett Bloomster 1989-1994; Walter Byron Hehman 1994-2007; Marjorie E. Lindahl 2007--; Betty Lyle Deacon 2007--.

BROOKVILLE: EVANGELICAL INDIANA DISTRICT

EVANGELICAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1872

Mailing Address: 30 South White Street, Brookville, PA 15825 814/849-2612

ID: 188425

Location: Located on Route 36 and Route 322, on South White Street in Brookville Borough in Jefferson County, PA.

History: Evangelical - Pittsburgh Conference. Preaching began in 1872 in the home of Amos Hinterliter. The Reverend Henry Rhodes, minister of Worthville Circuit preached regularly that year. The first Quarterly Conference was held May 9, 1874. A lot was purchased on the corner of Weinker Way and Pickering Street. The church, known as the Memorial Evangelical Church was dedicated December 5, 1876. The morning offering was used for current expenses and the evening offering for the pastor's salary. In the 1890s the church became a part of the United Evangelical Church. A building on Madison Avenue was dedicated October 7, 1897. The new building was dedicated September 22, 1957. The church became the Evangelical United Methodist church in 1970. That year there were 316 members. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 259.

Pastors: Brookville: Henry Rhodes 1872-1873; Sherman Woodhull; 1873-1874; J. J. Carmany 1874-1874; Eli Baumgardner 1874-1875; Joseph F. Porch 1875-1876; James Dunlap 1876 1879; J. D. Domer 1879-1880; C. C. Poling 1880-1882; J. A. Rohland 1882 1884; Amos Platt 1884-1884; J. B. Ward 1885-1886; F. P. Hummell 1886-1889; A. B. Day 1889-1892; ___ Feit 1892-1894; J. M. Weaver 1894-1895; P. D. Steelsmith 1395-1899; G. M. Finnecy 1899-1902; J. Garner 1902-1904; T. J. Barlett 1904-1907; H. L. Earnest 1907-1908; G. W. Finnecy 1908 1910; G. L. Nicely 1910-1913; L. R. Hetrick 1913-1914; S. Milliron 1914 1915; J. M. Miller 1915-1920; M. E. Boyer 1920-1923; S. A. Miller 1923; 1926; C. W. Winch 1926-1933; L. J. Osburn 1933-1935; Perry Edgewood Pyle 1935-1945; A. J. Kimmel 1945-1948; J. C. Wygant 1948-1952; S. Clay Shaffer 1952-1956; William M. West 1956-1959; Robert Berkebile 1959-1967; Ivan S. Thompson 1967-1975; George Edward Himes 1975-1978; David Allen Davis 1978 1984; George Sturley Cook 1984-1984; Reginald Gene Lilley 1984-1989; Keith McClellan Dovenspike 1989-February 15, 1991; Robert Frank Siple, Jr. February 15, 1991-1997; Robert Frank Zilhaver 1997-2003; Andrew Paul Spore 2003-2005; Timothy Christopher McConville 2005--.

BROOKVILLE: FIRST INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE 1828

Mailing Address: 205 Jefferson Street, Brookville, PA 15825 814/849-5367

ID: 85286

Location: Located at the corner of Jefferson and Pickering Streets in the Borough of Brookville in Jefferson County.

History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. Methodism began as a class meeting in a log barn near Brookville in 1821 with five pioneer souls present. That year seven new members were acquired for the church and a Sunday School was formed. In 1828 Reverend Nathanial Callender was appointed preacher at Brookville then part of Shippenville Circuit. The congregation worshipped in a local mill, an old school and the courthouse until in 1850, when the first Methodist Church building was erected. This frame structure was destroyed by fire in 1856 and was replaced with a brick church in 1857. In 1885 the church building was sold and in 1886 a new larger brick structure was built nearby. Extensive membership growth later called for a larger building which was built of stone at the corner of Jefferson and Pickering and was dedicated in 1911. This structure burned in 1921 leaving only the walls standing. In 1923 the newly rebuilt church was dedicated and serves Methodists of this area. In 1965 an entire renovation of the structure with the exception of the sanctuary was completed. The 1968 membership was 902. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 679.

Pastors: Shippenville/Rimersburg/Brookville: First: Nathaniel Callender 1828-1829; John Johnson and John C. Ayers 1829-1830; Clarion/Rimersburg/Brookville: Job Wilson 1830-1831; Clarion/Rimersburg/ Brookville/Lawsonham: Abner Jackson 1832-1833; Brookville/Ridgway Mission: Abner Jackson; 1833-1834; Brookville: Ahab Keller 1834-1835; Brookville/Fertigs: John Scott 1835-1836; Brookville/Fertigs /Rimersburg/Lawsonham: John A. Hallock 1836-1837; Brookville Mission: William Carroll 1837-1838; Shippenville/Brookville/Fertigs/Rimersburg/Lawsonham/Sligo: Lorenzo Whippo 1838-1839; Harvey S. Hitchcock 1839-1840; Brookville/Rimersburg/Lawsonham/Fertigs: Daniel Prichard 1840-1841; Elijah Coleman 1841-1843; Luthersburg/Brookville/Fertigs: John Graham 1843-1844; Brookville: Thomas J. Benn 1844-1845; Luthersburg Mission/Brockway: Moorhead/Brookville/Fertigs: John K. Coxon 1845-1846; John Wigglesworth 1846-1847; Brookville: Ignatius T.C. McClelland 1847-1848; Dean C. Wright 1848-1850; Brookville/Fertigs: George F. Reeser 1850-1852; John R. Lyon 1852-1853; John T. Boyle 1853-1855; John Crum 1855-1856; Thomas Graham 1856-1858; Elliott H. Yingling 1858-1860; Darius S. Steadman 1860-1862; Andrew Nelson Coons 1862-1863; John Cook Scofield 1863-1866; Washington Hollister 1866-1867; John H. Starrett 1867-1869; David Latshaw 1869-1872; Benjamin Franklin Delo 1872-1873; Robert B. Boyd 1873-1876; Alexander L. Kellogg 1876-1877; John O'Neill 1877-1880; Brookville: Obed G. McIntyre 1880-1882; Robert S. Borland 1882-1883; Platt Wheeler Scofield 1883-1886; John Lusher 1886-1889; John W. Blaisdell 1889 1894 Russell M. Warren 1894-1896; Francis H. Beck 1896-1897; Samuel M. Gordon 1897-1901; William Penn Graham 1901-1905; John Albert. McCamey 1905-1908; Hiram Gearing Hall 1908-1910; John G. Cornwell 1910-1911; George Mead Hughes 1911-1914; Homer B. Potter 1914-1918; Lawrence M. Barnard 1918-1921; William Palmer Murray 1921-1925; Charles Edward Petree 1925-1927; Austin J. Rinker 1927-1929; Alfred B. Smith 1930-1934; William A. Thornton 1934-1939; Harold Adam McCurdy 1939-1942; William V. McLean 1942-1944; William E. Bartlett 1944-1946; Chester W. McCaskey 1946-1949; Newton H. Swanson 1949-1953; Albert C. Howe 1953-November 1956; Sherman Hutchinson Epler November 1956-1962; Harold Lester Knappenberger, Sr. 1962-1966; Brookville: First: Herbert M. Pennington, Jr. 1966-1974; James Allen Woomer 1974-1979; Rodney Oliver Doughty Associate 1978-1979; Benton Robert McKee-1979-1984; Bernard Lee Shuey 1984-1988; Brookville Cooperative Parish: Brookville: First/Mount Tabor/Burketts Hollow: Bernard Lee Shuey 1988-1992; Brookville: First: Bernard Lee Shuey 1992-1994; William Paul Saxman 1994-1999; Dennis Mearl Henley 1999-2001; William Max Chittester 2001--; Bessie C. Maihle Associate March 18, 2004--.

BRUSH VALLEY INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1859

Mailing Address: RD 3, Box 790, Homer City, PA 15748 724/479-3337

ID: 97400

Location: Located in the village of Brush Valley at the intersection of Valley View Road and Route 259 South in Indiana County, PA.

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. This Church was an original appointment on the Mechanicsburg Circuit organized in 1859. The new Church was built in 1860 and the parsonage in 1861. The Charter of the Church was recorded in the Indiana Courthouse July 10, 1861. The original trustees were: William A. Campbell, John McNutt, Jacob Clark, Daniel Miller, George Murphy, Jeremiah Wakefield, Benjamin Evans and Samuel McNutt. The Church has been remodeled at different times and the Sunday School room was added in 1923. It was part of a two-point Charge with Penn Run for many years until Penn Run was merged with the Penn Run Presbyterian Church in 1968. In 1968 it was a Station appointment with 221 members. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 224.

Pastors: Mechanicsburg/Brush Valley: John Simpson 1859-1860; John D. Knox 1860-1862; John Coleman High 1862-1864; P. G. Edmonds 1864-1867; Albert Baker 1867-1869; Milton Mechesney Sweeney 1869-1870; Hugh H. Pershing 1870-1872; Solomon Keebler Fall 1876-Fall 1879; Andrew J. Ashe 1879-1881; Nelson Davis 1881-1884; Samuel Breth Laverty 1884-1886; George H. Huffman 1886-1888; Charles C. Emerson 1889-1892; Albert Howell Acken 1892-1893; Levi Scott Peterson 1893-1895; John Martin Cogley 1895-1898; Joel Hunt 1898-1903; Brush Valley: John N. Bracken 1903-1907; Thomas F. Chilcote, Sr. 1907-1910; John J. Brodhead 1910-1911; Maris Russell Hackman 1911-1912; Paul 0tterbein Wagner 1912-1916; Olin E. Rodkey 1916-1919 Samuel Hill 1919-1921; Samuel Ford 1921-1925; George S. Stephens 1925-1926; Walter H. DeBolt 1926-1927; John Martin Cogley 1927-1928; Owen Curtis Carlisle 1928-1931; Thomas Theodore Sharpe 1931-1934; Frank A. Webb 1934-1940; Ralph Starkey Robinson 1940-1942; G. B. Bambert 1942-1944; John 0wen Martin 1944-1946; William H. Seybolt 1946-1952; Kenneth H. Conant 1952-1955; Brush Valley/Penn Run: Ernest Newton Rumbaugh, Sr. 1955-1956; Willis Stanton River 1956-1961; Howard Edgar Kennedy 1961-1965; Randall P. Luther 1965-November 1967; Raymond Paul Kerr November 1967-1968; Brush Valley: Raymond Paul Kerr 1968-November 1970; Adolph Peter Weaver November 1970-1976; David Norman Hughes 1976-1981; James Hartley Ritchie, Jr. 1981-1986; Herman Leroy Ridley 1986-1994; John Albert Logan, Jr. 1994--.

BRUSH VALLEY: CALVARY INDIANA DISTRICT

EVANGELICAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1821

Mailing Address: PO Box 18, Brush Valley, PA 15720-0018 724/459-7988

ID: 187671

Location: Located at 5401 Route 56 Highway E and 259 North in the village of Brush Valley in Indiana County, PA.

History: Evangelical - Pittsburgh Conference. The church dates back to 1821 when the Frey, Overdorff, Hess, Enders and Bowmaster families moved from the York County area. Services were held by Evangelical preachers. A class was organized in 1822, a part of Somerset, later Indiana Circuit. A log church was built about 1840. A second building was dedicated February 14, 1875 as Calvary Church. In 1894 the church became United Evangelical. Fire destroyed the building June 14, 1906. It was rebuilt and dedicated June 16, 1907 later was the sanctuary. A Sunday School annex was dedicated May 3, 1942. In 1970 it was linked with Mount Tabor and Robinson. The membership in 1970 was 102. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 104.

Pastors: Brush Valley: J. Stover Fry 1832-1833; S. G. Miller and Jacob Boas 1833-1834; J. Lutz and P. Goetz 1834-1835; S. A. Altimus and J. Boaz 1835-1836; Peter Weist and D. W. Long 1836-1837; Daniel Kerr and William Berkheimer 1837-1838; Robert Miller 1838-1839 D. N. Long and Charles Wagoner 1839-1840; Jacob Rank 1840-1841; Alex Longsdorff and Levi Eberhart 1841-1842; Benjamin Eppley 1842-1843; J. Brickley 1843-1844; Daniel Sill and George Cupp; 1844-1845; Daniel Sill and G. J. Fry 1845-1846; J. Rank and W. Plankett 1846-1847; J. Edgar and L. Kelley 1847-1848; J. D. McCartney 1848-1849; Jacob Rank 1849-1850; No record 1850-1859; M. H. Shannon and S. B. Kring 1860-1861; E. Beatty 1861-1862; J. Q. A Weller 1862-1863; M. H. Shannon and H. B. Summers 1863-1864; J. D. Donner and S. Vandersal 1864-1865; T. Monasmith 1865-1866 G. W. Reisinger 1866-1867; M. H. Shannon 1867-1868; __ Needler 1868-1869; Levi Ross 1869-1870; William Houpt 1870-1871; J. Esch and T. Eisenhour 1871-1872; J. Esch 1872-1873; A. W. Platt 1873-1874; L. E. Baumgardner 1874-1875; Brush Valley: Calvary: J. Portch 1875-1877; J. Trzise 1877-1878; S. Milliron 1879-1881; H. S. Stouffer 1881-1882; W. M. Covert 1882-1883; G. Focht 1883-1885; L. Ross 1885-1886; D. J. Hershberger 1886-1888; M. V. B. DeVaux 1888-1891; M. H. Shannon 1891-1892; C. W. Seigfried 1893-1894; H. B. Seese 1895-1896; S. B. Rohland 1897-1898; D. R. Miller 1898-1899; H. M. Cook 1899-1901; H. B. Seese 1901-1902; A. A. Hillary 1902-1903; M. V. DeVaux 1903-1904; J. L. Mull 1904-1905; J. T. Shaffer 1905-1907; C. E. McCauley 1907-1911; C. W. Fowkes 1911-1916; G. W. Sprinkle 1916-1921; W. S. Harr 1921-1923; H. B. Seese 1923-1924; G. W. Sprinkle 1924-1928; Lewis Steeley 1928-1930; A. F. Richards 1930-1934; A. G. Meade 1934-1940; G. W. Sprinkle 1940-1943; Collins Cramory 1944-1944; Clyde Wilbur Dietrich 1944-1951; Ernest R. McClain 1951-1957; Robert O. Hooper 1957-1960; Brush Valley: Calvary/Blairsville: John Howard Smith 1960-January 1964; Brush Valley: Calvary: James Frederick Bray January 1964-1967; Lloyd Garrison Mulhollen 1967-1970; Brush Valley: Calvary: Lloyd Garrison Mulhollen 1970-September 1, 1972; John Francis Olexa November 1, 1972-1975; Brush Valley Circuit: Brush Valley: Calvary/Mount Tabor/Robinson: Evangelical: Dale Raymond Rhodes 1975-1978; Elwin Jeremiah Sheerer 1978-October 1979; James Ray Myers January 1980-August 15, 1984; Harold Arden Wertz 1984-1990; Kenneth Scott Custer 1990-1996; DeWayne Eugene Burfield, Jr. 1996-2002; Michelle Lee Stewart Wobrak 2002-2005; Scott D. Hamley 2005--.

BURKETTS HOLLOW INDIANA DISTRICT

EVANGELICAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE 1880-2005

ID: 189076

Location: Located near Oliveburg in Jefferson County, PA.

History: Evangelical - Pittsburgh Conference. The first services were held in 1880 in the Burkett Hollow school house. In 1884 the (former Presbyterian) building was moved from Oliveburg. The land was donated by Samuel Burkett. In 1970 it was a part of the Punxsutawney Larger Parish. The 1970 membership was 16. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 9. Closed November 30, 2005.

Pastors: Burkett’s Hollow: F. P. Hummel 1885-1886; Burkett’s Hollow/Pine Valley: F. D. Ellenberger 1886-1889; A. C. Miller 1889-1892; W. A. Reininger 1892-1893; D. J. Hershberger 1893-1895; H. H. Faust 1896-1898; W. A. Bauman 1903-1904; M. V. Kelley 1904-1908; E. J. Jones 1908-1911; C. E. McCauley 1911-1914; H. R. Valentine 1914-1915; L. Steeley 1915-1918; H. M. Cook 1918-1919; RR Doverspike 1919-1922; B. Murphy 1922-1923; T. O. Fuss 1923-1924; L. C. Pierce 1924-1925; George Engle 1925-1927; L. H. Benson 1927-1930; D. E. Mohnkern 1930-1931; L. B. Rittenhouse 1931-1932; G. P. Garland 1932-1935; C. W. Shields 1935-1939; C. C. Van 1939-1942; S. B. Rohland 1942-1946; A. M. Gahagan 1946-1951; George 0. Pierce 1951-1954; Walter H. Price. 1954-1955; A. F. Thomas 1955-1959; W. C. Sell 1959-1961; John Rauch and Arnold Allen 1963-1965; Punxsutawney Larger Parish: Albion/Burkett’s Hollow/Coolspring/LaJose/Mahaffey/Mount Carmel/Mount Tabor/Pine Valley/ Pleasant Hill/Worthville: Harvey L. Williams and Virgil Engles 1965-1967; Russell Merton McGaughey 1967-1973; Lois Freda Shobert Associate 1972-1973; Burkett’s Hollow/Mount Tabor: Lois Freda Shobert 1973-1986; To Be Supplied 1986-1988; Brookville Cooperative Parish: Brookville: First/Mount Tabor/Burkett’s Hollow: Bernard Lee Shuey 1988-1992; Punxsutawney: Woodland Avenue/Mount Tabor/Burkett’s Hollow: Roger Carl Saunders Associate 19989-1995; Herbert Martin Pennington, Jr. 1995-1997; Punxsutawney Crosstown Ministries: Punxsutawney: Grace/Punxsutawney: Woodland Avenue/Burkett’s Hollow/ Olivesburg: Mount Tabor: Eric George Raygor 1997-2005; Punxsutawney Crosstown Ministries: Punxsutawney: Grace/Punxsutawney: Woodland Avenue/Burketts Hollow/Olivesburg: Mount Tabor: Alfred Harlan Kimmel 2005. Burketts Hollow: Closed November 30, 2005.

CANOE INDIANA DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE