District Superintendents

District: Johnstown: Commenced in 1970; Harry Jacob Fisher 1970-1973; Hugh Dewey Crocker 1973-1978; John Dobbs Patterson 1978-1984; Ferd Brownlee Park 1984-1990; Roger Glenn Rulong 1990-1995; Jaime Potter-Miller 1995-2002; Charles Robert Fowler 2002--.

 

ADAMSVILLE                                                                                                   JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN                                                                                                              1???-1971

 

History: United Brethren. Was on the Glasgow Charge.

 

ALLEMANSVILLE                                                                                              JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE                                                                 1890-1971

 

History: United Methodist – Western Pennsylvania Conference. Allemansville was a frame church built in 1891. It was dedicated by Reverend J. H. Pershing, Presiding Elder. The membership was 10. In 1970 it was linked with Utahville, Fiske, Pleasant Hill and Roseland. Transferred back to Central Pennsylvania Conference in 1971 and the records went to Ramey.

 

Pastors: Glasgow Larger Parish: Allemansville/Fiske/Fallen Timber/Pleasant Hill/Roseland/Utahville: Richard Charles Baker 1970-1971. Transferred back to Central Pennsylvania Conference in 1971.

 

ALUM BANK (PLEASANTVILLE)                                                                        JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                    1889-1968

 

Location: Located one block from route 56, on Locust Street, Alum Bank, in Pleasantville Borough, in Bedford County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Central Pennsylvania Conference. The Methodist Episcopal church was built in 1889. They added a basement in 1949. This church is a merger in 1968 of the former Evangelical, Pittsburgh Conference church and the former Methodist Episcopal, Central Pennsylvania Church to become Alum Bank United Methodist Church of the Pittsburgh Conference.

 

Pastors: Pleasantville Charge: Alum Bank: Anderia P. Moore 1871-1872; R. H. Wharton 1872-1873; Emid White 1873-1874; T. W. Bell 1874-1876; George A. Singer 1876-1879; J. F. Pennington 1879-1882; W. S. Hamlin 1882-1885; R. H. Stein 1885-1887; George L. Camp 1887-1891; Edward Porter 1891-1892; Robert M. Snyder 1892-1895; W. W. Rothrock 1895-1896; J. R. Melroy 1896-1899; M. Andrujar 1899-1901; J. R. Collins 1901-1904; C. F. Weise 1904-1906; E. S. Bierly 1906-1907; J. W. Chambers 1907-1910; Bruce Hughes 1910-1913; J. A. Garman 1913-1914; J. Max Lantz 1914-1918; Will Rininger 1918-1920; Levi Bemson 1920-1921; R. V. Clemence 1921-1924; H. S. Taylor 1924-1925; G. H. Van Nott 1925-1930; James Boberty 1930-1931; J. T. Cobb 1931-1935; A. C. Fray 1935-1939; Franklin Miller 1939-1940; Clyde Levergood 1940-1940; __ Phillips 1940-1945; G. C. Patterson 1945-1951; O. L. Gordon 1951-1952; Richard Hockenberry 1952-1954; Ellis Davidson 1954-1955; Carl Rutherford 1955-1956; A. J. Walters 1956-1956; Miss Marjorie Hanton 1956-1958; R. D. Fravel 1958-1961; Jay M. Derk 1961-1964; Galen Whitman 1964-1964; Ernest Newton Rumbaugh, Jr. 1964-1967; William Patterson 1967-1968; Merged to become Alum Bank United Methodist Church in 1968.

 

ALUM BANK                                                                                                     JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                 1886-1968

 

Location: Located one block from route 56, on Locust Street, Alum Bank, in Pleasantville Borough, in Bedford County, PA.

 

History: Evangelical Association - Pittsburgh Conference. The first Evangelical Association Church was built in 1886. In 1894 the Church split. The United Evangelical group in built a Church beside the old one in 1897. In 1923 the denominations united and in 1934 the two buildings were moved together. In 1946 it became the First Evangelical United Brethren Church. February 27, 1949 the church was destroyed by fire. The new building was erected on the same site in 1950 and dedicated October 1, 1950. First Evangelical United Brethren Church parsonage was dedicated August 4, 1957. An educational unit was added and dedicated April 26, 1964. Merged the Methodist Church to become The United Methodist Church on October 4, 1968. The membership in 1970 was 271 members. The membership on January 1, 2001 was 399.

 

Pastors: Evangelical Association: E. F. Dickey 1886-1891; C. E. Martin 1891-1894; H. H. Faust 1894-1898; L. B. Luckenbell 1898-1901; W. E. Fredericks 1901-1904; G. E. Letchworth 1904-1906; S. B. Rittenhouse 1906-1908; W. F. Conley 1908-1913; A. F. Richards 1913-1920; J. L. Smith 1920-1923; E. J. Mankameyer 1923-1928; F. O. Fuss 1928-1931; M. L. Kaufman 1931-1938; C. R. Dovenspike 1938-1947; Gilbert Shilling 1947-1949; First Evangelical United Brethren: W. R. Harr 1949-1952; George Ogle Summer 1952; Robert Berkebile 1952-1959; Herbert Lawrence Lohr 1959-1967; Arthur James Decker 1967-1968. Merged with the United Methodist Church 1968.

 

ALUM BANK                                                                                                     JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

UNITED METHODIST – WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                                  1968

Mailing Address: PO Box 27, Alum Bank, PA 15521-0027                                                       814/839-4200

ID: 188048

Location: Located one block from route 56, 208 Locust Street, Alum Bank, in Pleasantville Borough, in Bedford County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. This Church is a merger in 1968 of the former Evangelical Church of Pittsburgh Conference and the former Methodist Episcopal Church Central Pennsylvania Conference. They became United Methodist and part of the Western Pennsylvania Conference in 1968. In 1970 there were 271 members. An education unit was added and the mortgage was burned on May 6, 1973. A new sound system was installed in April of 1978. Membership on January 1, 2003 was 399.

 

Pastors: Alum Bank: Arthur James Decker 1968-1972; Rudolph Gerald Schmidt 1972-1974; Roy Milton Daugherty 1974-1978; Howard Nelson Boyd 1978-1983; James Howard Cooper September 1, 1983-1987; Norman Jay Nightingale 1987-1993; Thomas Quay Strandberg 1993-2002; Charles Glenn Jack, Jr. 2002--.

 

AMSBRY                                                                                                          JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                              1892

Mailing Address: 200 Amsbry Road, Gallitzin, PA 16641                                                        814/948-9729

ID: 176198

Location: Located at Amsbry, in Cambria County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Central Pennsylvania Conference. The building was erected in 1892. In 1970 there were 71 members. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 30.

 

Pastors: Amsbry: H. K. Ash 1894-1895; G. W. McLanay 1895-1897; Bruce Hughes 1897-1898 Closed 1898-1899; H. W. Minnigh 1899-1901; J. A. J. Williams 1901-1903; John V. Boyer 1903-1905; Charles Griffin 1905-1908; Horace N. Sipes 1908-1909; Clair J. Switzer 1909-1910; H. R. Miller 1910-1911; Walter H. Williams 1911-1912; James Doherty 1912-1914; J. W. Chambers 1914-November 1914; George F. Conners December 1914-1915; H. L. Nester 1915-1916; David M. Kerr 1916-1917; Ira E. Fisher 1917-1918; P. R. Miller 1918-1918; J. D. Hammer 1918-1919; A. I. Ross 1919-1920; W. A. Dysart 1920-1924; G. A. Wittaker 1924-1925; Harold Pruyn 1925-1926; C. A. Wittaker 1926-1926; Robert E. Gibson 1926-1934; Paul R. Rowland 1934-1935; Kenneth A. Burket 1935-1937; Merle S. Cowher 1937-1939; R. D. Martin 1939-1941; George Bradley 1941-1947; Harry D. Ross 1947-1968; James F. Myers 1968-1969; Mrs. James Myers 1969-1969; Michael J. Colombo 1969-1970; Peter Anthony Alfieri 1970-1974; Cresson/Gallitzen/Amsbry: John Richard Friggle 1974-1978; Benjamin A. Laird 1978-1982; Amsbry/Gallitzen: R. J. Monahan 1982-1993; Darlene Ruth Wiewiora 1993-1997; Bonnie L. Naugle 1997-2005; Amsbry/Gallitzen/Cresson: Phyllis Gramling 2005--.

 

ARMAGH                                                                                                         JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                  1845

Mailing Address: PO Box 186, Armagh, PA 15920-0186                                                         814/446-5551

ID: 97227

Location: Located on old route U. S. 22 about one mile west of route 56, 570 West Philadelphia Street Extension in the town of Armagh, in Indiana County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. The Armagh Church came into being as a result of the preaching of ministers of the Blairsville Circuit. The first class was organized about 1845. In early 1867 the Trustees met in the office of R. J. Tomb to plan a building. The first building was erected in 1868 or 1869 in the borough on the main street (old route U.S. 22 East). In 1938 the basement was dug out and finished and a new furnace purchased. Further remodeling took place in 1948 and again in 1955. In 1959 the congregation voted to construct a new church on land donated by Sam Hutchison. This building was erected during 1961-1962 and was opened for use on Mothers' Day of 1962. The 1968 membership was 216. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 284.

 

Pastors: Indiana Circuit: Armagh: Abraham J. Rich and Joseph Shaw 1850–1851; David B. Campbell and James R. Means 1851-1853; Blacklick Circuit: Samuel Jones and William S. Blackburn 1853-1854; Samuel Jones and James A. Miller 1854-1855; Richard J. Jordan and John H. McIntyre 1855-1856; Richard J. Jordan and Tobias Hull 1856-1857; Wiley W. Roup and Minard F. Olp 1857-1858; Wiley W. Roup and Anthony Blackburn 1858-1859; Mechanicsburg Circuit: James Simpson and John W. Weaver 1859-1860; John D. Knox and Anthony W. Blackburn 1860-1862; John D. Miller and Noble Garvin Miller 1862-1864; Peter G. Edmonds and Henry Long 1864-1865; Peter G. Edmunds and William H. McBride 1865-1866; Peter G. Edmunds and Charles Castin 1866-1867; Albert Baker and Joseph N. Perish 1867-1868; Albert Baker and Richard J. Jordan 1868-1869; Albert Baker and Milton Mechesney Sweeney 1869-1870; Armagh: Joseph Jackson Hays 1870 1871; Joseph N. Perish 1871-1873; John W. McIntyre 1873–Spring 1876; Alexander Scott Spring 1876-1878; Thomas Henry Woodring 1878-1881; Zenas M. Silbaugh 1881-1883; Joseph W. Jennings 1883-1884; Norman Bruce Tannehill 1884-1887; Andrew Lucius Kendall 1887-1888; Andrew Smith Hunter 1888-1891; William S. Cummings 1891-1894; Alson M. Doak 1894-1895; Walter Bryant Bergen 1895-1896; George M. Allshouse 1896-1901; Harry H. Household 1901-1904; Maris Russell Hackman 1904-1906; James A. Hamilton 1906-1908; William S. Drake 1908-1909; John S. Potts 1909-1910; Robert B. Carroll 1910-1911; Samuel Hill 1911-1914; F. H. Bosson 1914-1915; Abraham W. Donaldson 1915-1917; Joseph James Buell 1917-1919; Olin E. Rodkey 1919-1922; George W. Ringer 1922-1924; John Thomas Davis 1924-1928; Edward C. Taylor 1928-1929; Armagh/Seward/Cramer: Robert W. Jackson 1929-1932; H. E. Smith 1932–1939; Armagh/Seward: Gustave Emil Malmquist 1939-1941; Henry Carl Buterbaugh 1941-1944; Clark S. Derby 1944-1949; J. D. Dodd 1949-1952; Robert Dawson Hopson 1952-1957; Donald Richard Brown 1957-February 1963; Henry Arden Morris March 1963-1971; William Lester Karns 1971-January 13, 1974; Cecil William Kelley 1974-1974; Harry Edwin Hull 1974-1982; Armagh: Kenneth Roy Wagoner 1982-1988; Gregory Littell Spencer 1988-1993; John Edward Flower, Jr 1993-2000; David Robert Stains 2000-2006; John Walter Hodge 2006--.

 

BAKERTON                                                                                                      JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                              1903

Mailing Address: PO Box 246, Elmora, PA 15737-0246                                                          814/247-8911

ID: 176520

Location: At Carrolltown turn left at the fire hall. Go 3 miles to Bakerton and turn right on the lane just before the post office. The church is up the hill on the left.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Central Pennsylvania Conference. In 1900 a Sunday School was started at Elmora. In March 1903 the Church was built. The first official board was formed in February 1904. In 1970 this Church was linked with Hastings and the membership was 160. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 97.

 

Pastors: Bakerton: J. R. Shaffer 1904-1906; F. W. Roher 1906-1907; J. V. Roger 1907-1909; E. V. Brown 1909-1910; Hugh Strain 1910-1911; R. B. Foster 1911-1911; W. C. Robbins 1911-1912; Harry Babcock 1912-1917; R. C. Cuddy 1917-1918; A. J. Rose 1918-1919; D. A. Sower, Jr. 1919-1921; C. J. Switzer 1921-1926; H. P. Beam 1926-1928; Harry Neiman 1928-1928; H. B. Simmons 1928-1929; T. R. G. Gibson 1929-1931; W. M. Kepler 1931-1935; W. H. Upham 1935-1936; C. C. Livergood 1936-1939; L. O. Brubaker 1939-1941; R. A. Goss 1941-1943; Robert Hilliard Karalfa 1943-1945; R. S. Krouse 1945-1946; Warren Amos Swank 1946-1951; Bakerton/Spangler: William Lester Karns 1951-1954; D. W. Herbert 1954-1955; To Be Supplied 1955-1956; R. A. Goss 1956-1959; F. J. Geiger 1959-1963; A. G. Walters 1963-1967; Hastings/Bakerton: Donald Milton Peregoy 1967-1969; John Irvin Colpetzer 1969-1972; Lloyd Garrison Mullhollen October 1972-January 1, 1979; Mark Wilson February 1, 1979-1983; David Robert Stains 1983-1993; Roy Wallace Gearhart 1993-1996; Thomas Alexander Topar 1996-2001; John Henry Weaver 2001-2006; Vickie Oliver 2006-2007; E. Robert Nagy 2007--.

 

BANNER RIDGE                                                                                                JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN                                                                                        1???-1964

 

History: Evangelical United Brethren. Was on the Mahaffey Charge. Closed in 1964.

 

BARNSBORO: SAINT JOHNS                                                                            JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                    1900-2000

 

Location: Located on the corner of Tenth Street and Chestnut Avenue, in the Borough of Barnesboro, in Cambria County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Central Pennsylvania Conference. It was organized July 15, 1900 with seven members. Services were first held in Speice’s Hall. Ground was broken for the Church on June 14, 1903, St. John the Baptist Day. In honor of that and also of Saint John’s, the early Methodist Church in New York City, the Church was named Saint John’s. Dedication services were held on February 26, 1905. Sunday School rooms were added in 1919. At first Saint John’s was on the Grant Charge. In 1970 it was transferred to Western Pennsylvania Conference and linked with Spangler. Barnesboro’s name was changed to Northern Cambria: Saint Johns in 2000. The 1970 membership was 312 members.

 

Pastors: Grant Charge: Saint Johns: Bert A. Slates 1900-1902; Harry J. Schuchart 1902-1904; John C. Young 1904-1907; Elmer G. Baker 1907-1908; Ellsworth M. A11er 1908-1910; George L. Comp 1910-1912; Joseph H. Knisely 1912-1916; George A. Duvall 1916-1922; Frank W Leidy 1922-1926; Walter H. Williams 1926-1928; Alexander Scott 1928-1930; Homer C. Knon 1930-1932; Thomas S. Stansfield 1932-1933; Raymond A. Zimmerman 1933-1936; Nevin G. McClosky 1936-1937; Edward Jackson 1937-1939; Clair J. Switzer 1939-1943; J. Earl Bassler 1943-1948; Walter F. Glenn 1948-1951; Oren R. Williams 1951-1956; Kenneth Robert Bonham September 15, 1956-1959; F. Wayne Yaples 1959-1964; George Franklin Gray, Jr. 1964-1967; Robert Elmer George 1967-1969; John T. T. Cummings 1969-1970; Barnsboro/Spangler: John T. T. Cummings 1970-1971; Richard Bailey Snyder 1971-1975; Walter Charles Krause 1975-1983; David Lynn Wirick 1983-1989; Edward Charles Patterson 1989-1991; Peter Anthony Foley 1991-2000; Name changed to Northern Cambria: Saint Johns in 2000.

 

BEAVER DAM                                                                                                   JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                            1???-1943

 

History: Methodist – Pittsburgh Conference. Declared abandoned and sold in 1943.

 

BEAVER VALLEY                                                                                               JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE                                                                          1823

Mailing Address: PO Box 48, Glasgow, PA 16644-0048                                                          814/687-3325

ID: 188493

Location: Located on Route 11052 in Beaver Valley, about one mile from the breast of the dam in Gallitzin Park, in Cambria County, PA.

 

History: United Brethren – Allegheny Conference. The Beaver Valley Class was organized by Reverend Empfield. The Class worshipped in a school house but it became inadequate and a one-room frame building was erected in 1864. The Gates families were early leaders. The church served the Class until it was razed and a new two room red brick Church was built on the same site under the leadership of Reverend H. A. Buffington. It was dedicated July 21, 1908 by Bishop J. S. Mills assisted by Dr. J. S. Fulton and cost $5,300. The Trustees were Steward Gates, Perry Esch, J. A. Glass, Guy Bollinger and G. I. Gates. Joseph McKee and Lloyd Garrison Mulhollen entered the ministry from the Church. It was remodeled in 1964. Originally Beaver Valley was on the Fallen Timber Circuit later the Coalport Circuit. The first parsonage was a frame structure built on a lot at Coalport and attached to the Coalport Church. This was sold and a new and modern seven room buff brick parsonage was built on the lot adjoining the Coalport Church and is owned jointly by these two churches. In 1970 it was linked with Coalport and the membership was 122. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 87.

 

Pastors: Fallen Timber Circuit: Beaver Valley: Ondyke Sneck 1823; ___Flegal 1828; S. S. Snyder 1830; ___Sexsmith 1833; J. Wild 1835; Ivern Florence 1845; George Snyder 1846; Thomas Thomas and ___Gambel 1850; J. Cidman and R. Bartow 1855; Thomas Vanscoys 1856-1857; H. Moore 1857-1859; Jeptha Potts 1859-1861; W. H. Keyes and Thomas Hollen 1861-1862; Cyrus Jefferies 1862-1868; ___Eister 1868-1869; J. Reynolds, David Sheerer and R. Williams 1869-1871; J. B. Empfield 1871-1872; J. A. Clemm 1873-1874; J. McCord 1874-1875; D. A. Messinger 1875-1878; John L. Baker 1878-1881; G. M. Potter 1881-1883; A. Davidson 1883-1884; W. H. Mattern 1884-1885; B. J. Hummel 1885-1887; George C. Cook 1887-1888; R. F. Noon 1888-1889; S. I. Buell 1889-1890; J. S. Hayes 1890-1893; J. B. Pershing 1893-1896; E. F. Ott 1896-1897; W. H. Spangler 1897-1898; A. E. Wilson 1898-1901; B. C. Shaw 1901-1904; D. Barnhinger 1904-1906; R. A. Buffington 1906-1910; L. B. Fasick 1910-1911; J. C. Rupp 1911-1914; J. H. Bridigum and J. F. Kelly 1914-1915; M. L. Wilt 1915-1917; J. A. Mills 1917-1920; E. B. Somers 1920-1921; G. E. Householder 1921-1926; A. S. Doloway 1926-1927; W. G. Hawk 1927-1929; C. H. Rhodes 1929-1930; Coalport Circuit: Beaver Valley: J. P. Rauch 1930-1933; John Winwood 1933-1934; G. O. Neff 1934-1939; Cecil Clyde Cowder 1939-1943; Albert Jacob Steiner 1943-1946; James C. Moses 1946-1947; R. U. Jones 1947-1952; W. S. Harr 1952-1954; G. O. Pearce 1954-1956; Melvin Himes 1956-1958; Coalport/Beaver Valley: John Robert Singleton 1958-1966; Donald Bruce Beam 1966-1970; Glasgow Larger Parish: Beaver Valley/Blandburg/Fiske/Glasgow: Pleasant Hill/Utahville: Richard Charles Baker 1970-1977; Robert W. Dillion 1977-1979; Edward Leroy Clarke 1979-1984; William Lowell Kemp 1984-1988; Warren Cosmo Cravatta 1988-1992; Thomas C. McGill Associate 1988-1995; Thomas C. McGill 1995-1998; Stanley D. Nixon Associate 1995-2001; David Thomas Heckman 1998-2004; Joseph Short Associate 2001-2005; Jack Clair Winger 2004-2006; Joseph Allen Onder 2006--; John Franklin Dallape Associate 2006--.

 

BEAVERDALE                                                                                                   JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE                                                                          1899

Mailing Address: PO Box 608 Beaverdale, PA 15921-0608                                                     814/487-4644

ID: 187625

Location: Located at 601 Cameron Avenue and Stuart Street in the town of Beaverdale, in Cambria County, PA.

 

History: United Brethren – Allegheny Conference. This congregation was organized at Lloydell about 1899 during the pastorate of Reverend R. P. Roberts. The first church was built on property in the Lloydell section of Beaverdale on property donated by the Mountain Coal Company. The appointment was made a part of the Dunlo-Beaverdale Charge. It was dedicated May 26, 1901. This property was sold in 1911. In 1909 steps were taken to build on ground donated by the Logan Coal Company. Reverend S. H. Ralston became the pastor and along with John Cowher, William Parcel, Mrs. Emily Hess and Mrs. Ella B. Black proceeded to build the auditorium of the new church which was erected. Dedication services were held on November 14, 1909 with Rev. Dr. J. S. Fulton. The building cost $4000. Later a Sunday School room and basement were added. In 1916 the Class purchased a fine seven-room house with all modern improvements for a parsonage. In 1970 there were 312 members. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 98.

 

Pastors: Dunlo/Beaverdale: R. P. Roberts 1903-1904; Arthur Boodle and Newton S. Bailey 1904-1905; A. S. Wolfe 1905-1906; S. J. Wilson 1906-1908; S. H. Ralston 1908-1911; C. A. Weaver 1911-1912; Unknown 1912-1914; C. B. Shaw and Brystol Hardy 1914-1915; Beaverdale: J. M. Sharp; 1915-1916; W. A. Wissinger 1916-1917; J. L. Colledge 1917-1921; J. C. Rupp 1921-1926; G. E. Smith 1926-1928; John Isaac Lewis Ressler 1928-1934; Charles Best Prisk 1934-1937; G. R. Alban 1937-1939; C. R. Murray 1939-1948; Donald Nicholas Ciampa 1948-1963; William Delano Schmeling 1963-1968; Harry Edwin Hull 1968-January 1, 1973; Beaverdale/Mount Olive: Harry Edwin Hull January 1, 1973-1974; Edward Christian McCollough 1974-1977; Norman Jay Nightingale 1977-1981; Jack Logan Reaugh, Sr. 1981-November 1, 1983; Olivia Elaine Graham November 1, 1983-1989; Jeffrey Lee Popson 1989-February 1, 1995; Beaverdale: William Bramwell Huson 1995-1997; Robert B. Stultz, Jr. 1997--.

 

BLACK LICK COMMUNITY                                                                                 JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                  1832

Mailing Address: 1488 Bracken Road, Vintondale, PA 15961                                                  814/446-5456

ID: 97307

Location: Located at River Road and Bracken Road on Black Lick Creek, near the old iron furnace by the same name two miles east of Dilltown, in Buffington Township, Indiana County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. Records indicate that the first Methodist preaching in the area were at the home of James Wakefield about 1830 or earlier. The first sermons were preached in the orchard near the house but the Quarterly Conferences were held in the home. The first Church, a log structure, was built in the early 1830s. In 1854 the new Church was built with additions completed in 1874, 1955 and 1966. The overall size of the new building is sixty by one hundred fifteen feet. The Church belonged to the Armagh Circuit for nearly 100 years. In 1929 it was joined to the Belsano-Strongstown Charge where it remained until 1944. Following the close of World War Two with the subsequent economic boom new life and interest were born in the community and with the Church confronting and challenging this interest “Old Black Lick”, as it had become known, experienced the greatest spiritual awakening and re-birth of its history. Today “New Black Lick” has the largest rural congregation in Indiana County. The membership in 1968 was 276. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 263.

 

Pastors: Armagh Circuit: Black Lick: James Green Sansom and John Martin 1832-1833; Nathaniel Callender 1833-1834; M. Fichenell and Thomas Thomas 1834-1835; Wesley Smith and Ellis Worthington 1835-1836; Gideon D. Kinnear and H. Broadshaw 1836-1837; Simon Elliott and John McClosky 1837-1838; John Coil and David Gordon 1838-1839; John Coil and Joseph Ray 1839-1840; John L. Williams and James Graham 1840-1841; John L. Williams and Joseph Shaw 1841-1842; Caleb Foster and David S. Willing 1842-1843; Indiana Circuit: Black Lick: Alpheus C. Gallahue and Robert J. White 1843-1844; Robert J. White and Richard W. Barnes 1844-1845; Robert J. White and George Washington Cranage 1845-1846; Robert J. White and Edward Burns Griffin 1846-1847; Indiana-Cambria Circuit: Black Lick: Martin Luther Weekly, Abraham J. Rich and Daniel A. Haines 1847-1848; Martin Luther Weekly and John Woodroffe 1848-1848; Abraham J. Rich and Dennis B. D. Coleman 1848-1849; Abraham J. Rich and Daniel A. Haines 1849-1850; Indiana Circuit: Black Lick: Abraham J. Rich and Joseph Shaw 1850-1851; David B. Campbell and James R. Means 1851-1853; Cambria Mission: Black Lick: Samuel Jones and William S. Blackburn 1853-1854; Samuel Jones and James Alexander Miller 1854-1855; Cambria Mission: Black Lick/Stonypoint: Richard J. Jordan and John McIntyre 1855-1856; Black Lick: Richard J. Jordon and Tobias Hull 1856-1857; Wiley W. Roup and Minerd F. 01p 1857-1858; Wiley W. Roup and Anthony Blackburn 1858-1859; Mechanicsburg Circuit: Black Lick: James Simpson and John W. Weaver 1859-1860; John D. Knox and Anthony Blackburn 1860-1862; John C. Miller and Noble Garvin Miller 1862-1864; Peter G. Edmonds and Henry Long 1864-1865; Peter G. Edmunds, William H. McBride and Charles Castin 1865-1867; Albert Baker and Joseph N. Pershing 1867-1868; Richard J. Jordan and Milton Mechesney Sweeney 1868-1870; Armagh Circuit: Black Lick: Joseph Jackson Haynes 1870-1871; Joseph N. Pershing 1871-1873; John W. McIntyre 1873-Spring 1876; Alexander Scott Spring 1876-1878; Thomas Henry Woodring 1878-1881; Zenas M. Silbaugh 1881-1883; Joseph W. Jennings 1883-1884; Norman Bruce Tannehill 1884-1887; Andrew Luther Kendall 1887-1888; Andrew Smith Hunter 1888-1891; William S. Cummings 1891-1894; Alson M. Doak 1894-1895; Walter Bryant Bergen 1895-1896; George M. Allshouse 1896-1901; Harry H. Household 1901-1904; Maris Russell Hackman 1904-1906; James A. Hamilton 1906-1908; William S. Drake 1908-1909; John S. Potts 1909-1911; Samuel Hill 1911-1914; Abraham W. Donaldson 1914-1917; Joseph James Buell 1917-1919; Olin E. Rodkey 1919-1922; George W. Ringer 1922-1924; John Thomas Davis 1924-1927; Edward C. Taylor 1927-1928; James B. Dobb 1928-1928; Belsano Charge: Black Lick: William E. Siess 1928-1929; Black Lick Community/ Belsano/Strongstown: Frank T. Howard 1929-1930; Belsano Charge: Black Lick: Frank A. Webb 1930-1932; Arnold Merriman Beggs 1932-1933; Parker Wesley Large 1933-1937; George S. Stephens 1937-1944; Clarence M. Bennett 1944-1974; Peter Anthony Alfieri 1974-1989; Craig Loren Lyman 1989-1994; Black Lick Community/ Johnstown: Garfield Street: Keith McClellan Dovenspike 1994-1999; Black Lick Community: Keith McClellan Dovenspike 1999-2001; Gary E. Utz 2001-2005; Jonathan Reed Bell 2005--.

 

BLANDBURG                                                                                                    JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                              1891

Mailing Address: PO Box 48, Glasgow, PA 16644-0048                                                          814/687-3325

ID: 177295

Location: Located at 1165 Skyline Drive in the town of Blandburg, Cambria County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Central Pennsylvania Conference. Services were held as early as 1891 and held in a school house. A Church was built across the road from the school in 1894. It was still in use in 2002. Additions were made in 1914 and 1922. This Church and Congregation were transferred to Western Pennsylvania Conference in 1971. The membership in 1970 was 72. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 64.

 

Pastors: Blandberg: W. L. Chilcoat September 1, 1899-March 1902; G. W. Strong March 23, 1904; July 1905; M. H. Ake June 20, 1905-September 1905; W. A. Faus September 1, 1905-April 1906; G. A. Williams April 3, 1906-September 1906; J. W. Chambers September 1906-April 1907; W. L. Chilcoat May 1907-March 1909; W. F. Bragonier 1909-1910; J. F. Cobb 1910-1913; W. H. Williams 1913-1914; G. P. Survia 1914-1916; D. G. Felker 1916-1918; G. B. Reidell 1918-1919; E. Z. Utts 1919-1922; M. L. Hess March 1922-March 1923; B. M. Posten March 1923-May 1923; T. M. Hall July 1923-June 1925; G. Baughman June 1925-March 1926; R. U. Clemens 1926-1927; G. Bradley 1927-1930; J. D. Doherty 1930-1933; George Martin 1933-1935; G. M. Shimer 1935-1936; P. B. Dunlap 1936-1939; D. L. Long 1939-1940; G. D. Krep 1940-1942; Adam Sommer 1942-1946; Joseph Wagner 1947-1951; Unknown 1951-1952; J. E. Kane 1952-1954; Richard Hockenberry 1954-October 1957; Charles Hess 1957-June 1961; John Miller July-August 1961; __ Adams August 1961-June 1963; Marvin Freed 1963-1965; Thomas Searfoss 1965-1966; Donald Woods and Edward O. Bonsell July 1966-February 1967; Roy Keagy February-July 1967; William Dysart August-October 1967; Donald Bailer 1967-1970; Transferred to Western Pennsylvania Conference 1970: Richard Baker 1970-1976; Frank Tulak 1976-April 1977; Robert Dillon June 7, 1977-January 1, 1979; Edward Leroy Clarke January 1, 1979-December 1983; Glasgow Larger Parish: Beaver Valley/Blandberg/Fiske/Pleasant Hill/Utahville: William Lowe Kemp January 1, 1984-1988; Edward O. Bonsell Associate 1980-1985; Warren Cosmo Cravata 1988-1992; Thomas C. McGill Associate 1988-1995; Thomas C. McGill 1995-1998; David Thomas Heckman 1998-2004-; Stanley D. Nixon Associate 1995-2001; Joseph Short Associate 2001-2005; Jack Clair Winger 2004-2006; Joseph Allen Onder 2006--; John Franklin Dallape Associate 2006--.

 

BLOOMINGTON                                                                                               JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                    1868-1987

 

Location: Located in the town of Bloomington, Clearfield County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Central Pennsylvania Conference. Land for a Church was purchased in 1868. The Church was built soon afterward. In 1970 it was transferred to Western Pennsylvania Conference and linked with New Millport, Mount Zion and O’Shanter. In 1971 it was in the Johnstown District and in 1981 placed in the Indiana District. In 1987 it was transferred back to Central Pennsylvania Conference. The membership in 1970 was 35.

 

Pastors: Bloomington: J. B. Moore 1868-1870; M. L. Ganoe 1870-1872; W. S. Hamlin 1872-1874; R. W. Wharton 1874-1876; Furman Adams 1876-1879; Isaiah Edwards 1879-1881; Sydney Stone 1881-1882; W. F. D. Noble 1882-1883; Elisha Shoemaker 1883-1885; E. W. Wonner 1885-1887; H. N. Minnigh and Bruce Hughes 1887-1888; H. N. Minnigh 1888-1889; Charles A. Biddle 1889-1893; Freeman S. Vought 1893-1895; Wilbert W. Cadle 1895-1899; Charles W. Rishell 1899-1900; William C. Wallace 1900-1904; Theodore S. Faus 1904-1907; Hugh Strain 1907-1909; James E. Dunning 1909-1912; Elmer F. Ingenfritz 1912-1914; Martin C. Fegal 1914-1918; William R. Jones 1918-1922; Arthur A. Price 1922-1923; Abner C. Logan 1923-1924; Roy C. Gray 1924-1926; Joseph P. Stoudt 1926-1927; Rollin H. Taylor 1927-1930; G. C. Patterson 1930-1938; Walter R. Byers 1938-1940; 0. Lee Gordon 1940-1943; William H. Rissmiller 1943-1945; Luther W. McGarvey 1945-1947; William H. Brown 1947-1949; Paul Watts 1949-1950; William S. Wood September 1, 1950-1952; Lester McRea 1952-1955; H. Mearle Saxon 1955-1957; Edgar J. Workman 1957-1958; Clair J. Switzer 1958-1959; Merrill J. Barter 1959-1960; Richard N. Dunlap 1960-1962; Larry Butler 1962-1962; H. Robert Rombo 1962-1965; Carl Ogden 1965-1966; Samuel Mohansing 1966-1970; Thomas McCoy 1970-1970; Transferred to Western Pennsylvania Conference: Bloomington: Boyd Cable 1970-May 29, 1976; Gerald Harris Miller 1976-1980; New Millport Charge: Bloomington: Paul Conrad Freidhof 1980-1982; Robert Murray Getschman 1982-1987; Transferred back to Central Pennsylvania Conference in 1987.

 

BUFFALO MILLS                                                                                               JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                              1868

Mailing Address: 10137 Hyndman Road, Manns Choice, PA 15530                                         814/623-5937

ID: 176358

Location: Located at Pennsylvania Route 31 and Church Street, in Buffalo Mills, Bedford County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Central Pennsylvania Conference. The first worship services were held in 1868 in a school house. A Church was built in 1869-1870. It was still in use in 2002. It was transferred to the Western Pennsylvania Conference in 1970 and was linked with New Paris, Mann’s Choice and Ryot. The 1970 membership was 44. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 75.

 

Pastors: Buffalo Mills: A. W. Decker and J. B. Akers 1868-1869; James B. Gray 1868-1870; ___Ross 1870-1871; Isaac Heckman 1871-1873; ___Chandler 1873-1876; J. M. Johnson 1876-1878; G. M. Hoke 1878-1880; J. E. Bell 1880-1881; S. A. Creavling 1881-1884; L. G. Heck 1884-1885; J. R. Shipe 1885-1887; J. H. Kinsley 1887-1890; W. H. Bowden 1890-1892; E. E. Herter 1892-1896; W. R. Whitney 1896-1899; W. A. Lepley 1899-1902; M. J. Runyan 1902-1905; Jonathan Guldin 1905-1909; George W. King 1909-1911; M. C. Flegal 1911-1914; William W. Rose 1914-1916; Stewart E. Engler 1916-1919; D. M. Kerr 1919-1921; G. H. Knox 1921-1924; W. H. Upham 1924-1926; Thomas R. Gibson 1926-1929; W. L. Phillips 1929-1930; B. V. Leffler January 1, 1930-July 1931; R. H. Taylor 1931-1934; C. Edgar Manherz 1934-1935; Isaac Humbert 1935-1936; W. A. Snyder 1936-1939; R. A. King 1939-1940; J. E. Matlock 1940-1942; J. A. Wagner 1942-1947; R. S. Wagner 1947-1949; Norman L. Marden 1949-1952; Paul Schroder 1952-1953; Edmund Minnich 1953-1956; Lester Showalter 1956-1957; Elmer C. Clouser, Sr. 1957-1960; Blake C. Anderson 1960-1964; James H. Taylor 1964-1966; John Guscott 1966-1967; William W. Funk 1967-1969; New Paris/Buffalo Mill/Manns Choice/Ryot: Mearle Chelmer Leventry 1969-April 1, 1973; Shawnee Charge: Buffalo Mills/Helixville/Manns Choice/Pleasant Ridge: Stevens 0wen Burr October 1, 1973-1983; Otto Zane Tinkey 1983-Eric Larson Associate 1983-1986; Harold Wayne Beam Associate November 1, 1985-1988; Roy Wallace Gearhart 1988-1993; Harold Richard Burgess Associate 1988-1991; Harold Wayne Beam Associate 1990-1994; Donald Ray Henderson 1993-2006; Erenie Beatrice Hudson-Pons Associate August 1, 1994-1996; Joy Ann Blackburn Associate 1996-May 1, 1998; Vivian Ruth Waltz Associate 1999-2002; Mark Allison Griffith 2006-2007; Shawnee Charge: Buffalo Mills/Helixville/Manns Choice: Mark Allison Griffith 2007--.

 

BURNSIDE                                                                                                        JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                              1875

Mailing Address: Third and Pine Street, Burnside, PA 15721                                                   814/674-8287

ID: 176655

Location: Located on the corner of Third and Pine Streets, in the Village of Burnside, Clearfield County, PA.

 

History: United Methodist Episcopal – Central Pennsylvania Conference. The first services were held in a Union Church. In 1875 the Church was built. Alterations were made in 1915. In 1970 it was transferred to the Western Pennsylvania Conference and linked with Cherry Tree, Emeigh and Susquehanna. The membership in 1970 was 12. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 36.

 

Pastors: Burnside: George B. Ague 1875-1876; W. H. Norcran 1876-1882; Owen Hicks 1882-1884; John W. Mattius 1884-1886; Andrew W. Wharton 1886-1888; Nathan B. Smith 1888-1892; George Track 1892-1894; Job Truax 1894-1896; William J. Sheaffer 1896-1900; Charles Rishell 1900-1903; John C. Young 1903-1904; W. C. Wallace 1904-1906; Abraham L. Frank 1906-1909; Frank C. Buyers 1909-1911; David J. Frum 1911-1914; Stewart H. Engler 1914-1916; William F. Gilbert 1916-1917; David M. Kerr 1917-1920; William S. Rose 1920-1924; Harry H. Sherman 1924-1928; George B. M. Reidell 1928-1929; Norman J. Simmons 1929-1931; Newton D. Shirley 1931-1933; Charles E. Fuller 1933-1934; Edwin E. Fuller and John Walker 1934-1935; Nelson A. Thomas 1935-1939; Garland C. Patterson 1933-1943; Walter Byer 1943-1945; George C. Patterson 1945-1948; Paul Taylor 1948-1951; Paul Schrader 1951-1953; William Barr 1953-1957; Michael Columbo 1957-1960; John Irvin Colpetzer 1960-1963; Harter S. Taylor 1963-1969; Cherry Tree Circuit: Burnside/Cherry Tree: Patton/Emeigh/Susquehanna: Ronald E. Marshall 1969-2006; Cherry Tree Circuit: Patton: Cherry Tree/Burnside/Emigh: Ronald E. Marshall 2006-2007; Douglas Brink 2007--.

 

CENTRAL CITY                                                                                                 JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE                                                                          1913

Mailing Address: PO Box 129, Shanksville, PA 15560                                                             814/267-3861

ID: 171037

Location: Located on Lohr Street in Central City, Somerset County, PA.

 

History: United Brethren – Allegheny Conference. This Class was organized in 1913 under the leadership of Reverend J. K. Huey. Services were first held in a schoolhouse with plans to build a church on grounds donated by O. B. Lohr. The building was begun in the summer of 1914 and on September 27, 1914, Dr. J. S. Fulton laid the cornerstone. The church was formally opened for services in 1916; On August 25, 1918 he dedicated the church and, having secured every dollar needed to pay all bills, burned the mortgage and note held against the church. Miss Gold Wechtenhizer Keller entered the ministry from this church. An addition was added in 1955. In 1959 the church was brick encased. In 1963 carpeting, the basement was paneled, new ceiling tile was installed, new chairs put in place and a Hammond organ were installed. In 1970 it was linked with Shanksville. The membership in 1970 was 192. In 1986 the men of the church paneled the basement of the educational wing and put in ceiling tile. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 136. Transferred from Connellsville District in 2004.

 

Pastors: Central City: J. K. Huey 1914-1923; Theresa Kline 1923-1924; W. G. Hawk 1924-1927; J. K. Lilly 1927-1929; Paul A. Morris 1929-1930; J. S. Eminheizer 1930-1931; W. Maynard Sparks 1931-1937; Shanksville/Central City: A. Byron Fulton 1937-1940; W. R. Fisher 1940-1945; G. O. Neff 1945-1949; John Robert Peterson 1949-1953; Warren K. Alnor 1953-1956; Harry Edwin Hull 1956-1961; Jay Frank Shaffer 1961-1964; Ralph Wayne Brownfield March-April 1964; Marlin Ashley Miller 1964-1983; Michael Lloyd Holt 1983-March 31, 1985; Robert Raymond Slack 1985-1988; Dennis Jay Cornelius 1988-1990; Samuel Jean Weible 1990-1992; Douglas Edward Burns 1992-1998; Alice Jean Speakman Parker 1998-2000; Ronald Emery 2000-2003; Ruth Ann Campagna 2003-January 16, 2004; Randy C. Newell January 16, 2004 --.

 

CHERRY CORNER                                                                                             JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE                                                                   19??-19??

 

History: United Brethren – Allegheny Conference. The Cherry Corner Church was a frame building which met the needs of the Community in an adequate way. The Class numbered 43 and was for a long time, a part of the Mahaffey Charge. It was a strictly rural Church and maintained a fine community program. It was valued at $1,000.

 

Pastors: Punxsutawney Larger Parish: Cherry Corners/Coolspring/Burketts Hollow/ LaJose/Mahaffey/Mount Carmel/Mount Tabor/Pine Valley/Pleasant Hill/Worthville: John L. Rauch, Arnold Allen Rhodes, Loye Dale Startzell and Edwin Bullers 1961-1965; Harvey L. Williams 1965-1970;

 

CHERRY TREE: ZION                                                                                        JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN                                                                                        1???-1971

 

History: Evangelical United Brethren. Cherry Tree: Zion on the Westover-Cherry Tree Charge was abandoned and discontinued in 1971.

 

COALPORT: CHRIST                                                                                         JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

UNITED BRETHREN – ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE                                                                  18??-1971

 

Location: Located in the town of Coalport in Clearfield County, PA.

 

History: United Brethren – Allegheny Conference. Christ United Brethren Church was organized by Reverend B. J. Hummel who became its first pastor. A lot was donated by a Mr. Haines and on it was erected a one-room frame building which was dedicated in 1886 by Reverend J. Medsger, Presiding Elder. In this Church, the class worshipped and prospered. It was struck by lightening and one man was killed. Repairs were made and it served until the new splendid Church was built in 1925 at a cost of $14,000. It was dedicated by Dr. J. S. Fulton assisted by the pastor, Reverend G. E. Householder. In 1970 Coalport: Christ was linked with Beaver Valley with 52 members. In 1971 Coalport: Christ merged with Coalport: First to become Coalport: First United Methodist Church.

 

Pastors: Coalport: Christ: J. A. Elliott 1881-1882; J. A. J. Williams 1882-1884; J. C. Young 1884-1885; G. W. Baker and W. H. Lingenfelter 1885-1886; C. A. Biddle 1886-1889; Jobe Truax 1889-1891; G. E. King 1891-1892; L. M. Brady 1892-1893; A W. Guyer 1893-1895; R. H. Wharton 1895-1897; G. T. Gray 1897-1899; J. P. Benford 1899-1900; C. W. Karns 1900-1906; W. A. Lepley 1906-1910; W. L. Armstrong 1910-1911; G. L. Comp 1911-1913; J. T. Williammee 1913-1919; A. L. Frank 1919-1920; J. T. Cobb 1920-1923; C. B. Littleton 1923-1926; (G. E. Householder 1921-1926); F. E. Hartman 1926-1929; R. R. Miller 1929-1932; Howard Fitzgerald 1932-1934; J. P. McCurdy 1934-1943; H. Richard Welliver 1943-1947; T. G. Parkyn 1947-1948; Paul R. Rowland 1948-1949; Charles J. Redmond 1949-1954; Clifford C. Williams 1954-1958; Bernard J. Shropshire 1958-1960; Eljoseph R. Raycroft 1960-1962; John Guscott 1962-1966; George W. Henry 1966-1968; John Richard Hackenberry 1968-1970; Coalport: Christ/Beaver Valley: 1970-1971; Merged with Coalport: First United Methodist in 1971.

 

COALPORT: FIRST                                                                                            JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                    1881-1971

 

Location: Located in the town of Coalport, Clearfield County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Central Pennsylvania Conference. The Methodist Society began in 1881 and a Church was built in 1882. The new brick Church was built in 1902. Coalport transferred from Central Pennsylvania Conference to the Western Pennsylvania Conference in 1970 with a membership of 350. Coalport: First was linked with Irvona and Glen Hope with a membership of 192. Coalport: Christ and Coalport: First merged in 1971 and became known as Coalport: First United Methodist Church.

 

COALPORT: FIRST                                                                                            JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT

UNITED METHODIST – WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE                                                  1971

Mailing Address: PO Box 383, Coalport, PA 16627-0383                                                        814/672-3222

ID: 176702

Location: Located on Main Street in the village of Coalport in Clearfield County, PA.

 

History: United Methodist – Western Pennsylvania Conference. This Church is a merger of Coalport: Christ (formerly United Brethren - Allegheny Conference) and Coalport: First (formerly Methodist Episcopal - Central Penns