District Superintendents

District: Wheeling: Commenced in 1832: Robert Finley Hopkins 1832-1834; James Green Sansom 1834-1837; Samuel R. Brockunier 1837-1840; Thomas M. Hudson 1840-1843; Samuel E. Babcock 1843-1847; Cornelius D. Battelle 1847-1850; Thomas M. Hudson 1850-1852; Became Pittsburgh Conference: Washington District: in 1852: Thomas M. Hudson 1852-1854; James Green Sansom 1854-1855; Edward Birkett 1855-1857; Charles Avery Holmes 1857-1860; David L. Dempsey 1860-1864; William Cox 1864-1866; William A. Davidson 1866-1868; Became West Pittsburgh District 1868: Asbury L. Petty 1868-1871; Stephen F. Minor 1871-1875; James Alexander Miller 1875-Fall 1876; Renamed Washington District: Samuel H. Nesbit Fall 1876-1878; John Wesley Baker 1878-1882; James Mechem 1882-1886; James Fletcher Jones 1886-1892; Jesse Franklin Core 1892-1898; James Mechem 1898-1904; George Washington Terbush 1904-1910; John Hoffman Miller 1910-1916; Joseph Buchanan Risk 1916-1922; Sanford W. Corcoran 1922-1924; James Vernon Wright 1924-1926; Richard Bruce Cuthbert 1926-1931; Burr R. McKnight 1931-1933; Renamed Monongahela District: Burr R. McKnight 1933-1936; Thomas George Hicks 1936-1939; Renamed Washington District: Thomas Leroy Hooper 1939-1944; Lemon Dorsey Spaugy 1944-1946; Albert G. Curry 1946-1952; W. Sproule Boyd 1952-1956; George Warren Smucker 1956-1962; Became Western Pennsylvania Conference: Washington District: James Andrew Geiser 1962-1967; John Paul Lambertson 1967-1978; Henry Carl Buterbaugh 1968-1973; Nelson Errett Stants 1973-1976; Donald Richard Brown 1976-1982; Robert Stewart Lash 1982-1988; Andrew Charles Harvey 1988-1994; Oden Robert Warman 1994-2000; Richard Donnelly Markle 2000-2004; LaMar Edison Carlson 2004--.

 

ALLENPORT                                                                                                   WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                  1893

Mailing Address: PO Box 507, Roscoe PA 15477-0507                                                                              

ID: 102520

Location: Located in the borough of Allenport on route 88 along Monongahela river five miles north of the town of California in Washington County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. Reverend Homer David Whitfield organized this church when he was pastor of the Fayette City Charge 1891-1894. The first services were held in the Allenport School. The first frame Church building was erected in 1893, which was purchased from the Krepps family. It was partly destroyed by fire in 1944, repaired and then completely destroyed by another fire in 1959. The new church was built in 1960. In 1968 it was a part of the Allenport Circuit composed of Allenport, Howe and Mount Tabor Churches. In 1971 it became part of the Roscoe Larger Parish. In 1974 the name was changed to New Hope Parish. Roscoe Larger Parish was made up of six churches: Allenport, Coal Center, Howe, Mount Tabor, Roscoe and Saint Johns in West Brownsville. Two members of the Allenport Church went into the ministry, namely: Charles Kenneth Sowden and Norman Carlysle Young. Its membership in 1968 was 113. In 1992 Coal Center closed and in 2001 West Brownsville: Saint Johns closed and left only four churches on the Charge. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 40.

 

Pastors: Fayette City and Allenport: Homer David Whitefield 1893-1894; James E. Inskeep 1894-1896; John Montgomery Pascoe 1896-1897; Lewis Sutton Wilkinson 1897-1900; Allenport: William H. Kirkland 1900-19O2; L. Z. Robinson 1902-1903; Weldon P. Varner 1903-1904; J. W. Jennings 1904-1906; Allenport/Coal Center: William James Law 1906-1907; Allenport: William F. Seitter 1907-1909; Homer E. Lewis 1909-1910; L. Z. Robinson 1910-1912; Homer Nelson Newell 1912-1913; William S. Cummings 1913-1915; William Leroy Hogg 1915-1917; Clay J. Bland 1917-1918; George Andrew Federer 1918-1920; Charles Wallace 1920-1923; Roscoe/Allenport: Samuel M. Mackey 1923-1925; Ralph Edward Spangler 1925-1926; Cecil Newton McCandless 1926-1928; Arthur Culmer Schultz 1928-1929; Lester M. Bonner 1929-1932; George Andrew Federer 1932-1935; Speers/Ebenezer/Allenport: Harold Ellsworth Buell 1935-1936; Howard Morrow Pape 1936-1938; Roscoe/Mount Tabor/Allenport: Harold Theodore Porter 1938-1940; Allenport/Howe/Coal Center: Mary Elizabeth Kunselman Zook 1943-1946; Roscoe/Allenport: Harry Edward Sayre 1946-1948; James McCune, Jr. 1948-1950; Thomas Carl Stoffel 1950-1952; Lawrence J. Wallis 1952-1954; Allenport/Howe/Mount Tabor: Frank Andy Bodnar 1954-1956; Kent Acklin Lighthall 1956-1959; Donald Merle Scandrol 1959-1960; Allenport: John Thomas Warren 1960-1962; Pauline Burke 1962-1963; Gerald E. Brown 1963-1966; David Lynn Griffith 1966-1968; David Merle Davis 1968-1970; Allenport/Roscoe: Daniel Arthur Stinson 1970-1971; Roscoe Larger Parish: Allenport/Howe/Roscoe/Mount Tabor/Coal Center/West Brownsville: Saint Johns: Lloyd Dice Tennies 1971-1974; Marcus Gamble Yohe Associate 1971-1975; Name Changed to New Hope Parish: Allenport/Howe/Roscoe/Mount Tabor/Coal Center/West Brownsville: Saint Johns: Charles Henry Armstrong Woods 1974-1978; Kevin Tudish Associate 1975-1977; Kent Acklin Lighthall Associate 1977-1978; Seth Paul Bower 1978-1986; Patricia Mitchell Dore Bower Associate 1978-1986; John Frederick Fleischman, Sr. 1986-1989; Mary Keturah Fleischman Associate 1986-1989; Richard Henry Carson 1989-1992; New Hope Parish: Allenport/Howe/Roscoe/Mount Tabor/West Brownsville: Saint Johns: Elaine Zern Carson Associate 1989-1992; Linda Lou Taylor 1992-1998; Floyd D. Thomas, Jr. Associate 1992-January 1, 1994; Joan Lee Rouseaux 1998-2001; New Hope Parish: Allenport/Howe/Roscoe/Mount Tabor: Joan Lee Rouseaux 2001-2003; Terrance A. Tellach 2003-2007; To Be Supplied 2007--.

 

AMITY                                                                                                            WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST PROTESTANT – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                              1831

Mailing Address: RD 1, Box 1, Amity, PA 15311                                                                     724/222-9090

ID: 102542

Location: Located at 641 Amity Ridge Road, in Amity Borough on Route 19 mid-way between Washington and Waynesburg in Washington County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Protestant – Pittsburgh Conference. Methodist Protestant Services were first conducted in the home of Joel Woods in 1831. In 1832 Amity was recognized as a regular appointment on the Monongahela Circuit with the Reverends John Lucas and William B. Dunlevy as preachers. In 1833 The Presbyterian log meeting house was purchased for $50 and moved and used for worship for 17 years. In 1851 a new frame church was built for $500. It was sold in 1867 and converted to a home. The new structure was built in 1867. A basement was built in 1953 and the sanctuary renovated in 1955. The church has been on the Monongahela Circuit, the Brownsville Circuit, the Washington Circuit and the Waynesburg Circuit. It became an independent station in 1873. In 1964 the Amity Methodist Official Board voted to continue worshipping with the local congregation of the Presbyterian Church following a six-month experiment on a rotating basis in the two churches. The plan ceased due to the contrary vote of the Presbyterian Church. The 1968 membership was 210. The Membership on January 1, 2003 was 154.

 

Pastors: Monongahela Circuit: John Wilson and Israel Tharp 1831-1832; John B. Lucas and William B. Dunlevy 1832-1833; H. Langford and George Hughes 1833-1834; Isaac Fordyce and Zachariah Ragan 1834-1835; Zachariah Ragan and Franklin L. Flowers 1835-1836; Danie1 Sherman and ___Atwood 1836-1837; William L. Dunlap and William Ross 1837-1838; ___Messer 1838-1839; William Munhall 1839-1840; John R. Shearer and James Hopwood 1840-1841; Washington Circuit: Nelson Burgess 1841-1842; George W. Laishley and Nelson Watson 1842-1843; Brownsville Circuit: Thomas J. Addis and Thomas W. Watson 1843-1844; William Hazlett and William Ellis 1844-1846; Robert T. Simonton and F. Hennon 1846-1847; Union Circuit: Henry Palmer and William M. Betts 1847-1848; Brownsville Circuit: Henry Palmer and S. J. Dorsey 1848-1850; Amity/Washington Mission: Joel Wood and Jessie H. Hull 1850-1852; Washington Circuit: Henry T. Layton 1852-1853; Amity Circuit: William Beard 1853-1854; J. J. French 1854-1855; Joel J. Wood 1855-1856; William H. Betts 1956-1858; William H. Phipps 1858-1859; J. S. Herr 1859-1860; David Jones 1860-1861; William H. Phipps 1861-1862; Henry H. Palmer 1862-1863; Alexander A. Patton 1863-1865; C. P. Gordon 1865-1866; Washington/Amity Circuit: J. S. Herr 1866-1868; William Wallace 1868-1869; F. A. Day 1869-1870; William H. Griffith 1870-1871; Amity/Waynesburg Circuit: William Wallace l871-1873; Amity: James M. Mason 1873-1874; John Fletcher Dyer 1874-1878; George G. Conway 1878-l882; C. M. Conway 1882-l886; Thomas Wilmer Colhour 1886-l888; Alfred E. Fletcher 1888-1892; Charles Edgar Wilbur 1892-1894; George G. Conway 1894-1895; Joseph Henry Shimp 1895-1896; John F. Dimit 1896-1899; Elbert Clarence Lane 1899-1903; Elias Judson Headley 1903-1907; William S. Martin 1907-1909; John Alonzo Elliott 1909-1916; Harry Monroe Peterson 1916-1918; Jacob I. Brown 1918-1919; Adam Robert Rush 1919-1922; Obadiah Masters Taylor 1922-June 17, 1923; Charles A. Biles 1923-January 1, 1926; John Rodda January 5, 1926-1926; Charles Donnelly 1926-1927; George Elmer Schott 1927-1930; Amity/Nebo/Union Valley: Nevin E. Schindler 1930-1932; Amity/Mount Zion: Howard Charles Emerick 1932-1936; Amity/Union Valley: Walter Albert Linaberger, Jr. 1936-1937; George Elmer Schott 1937-1940; Lawrence S. Cass 1940-1943; Harry Edward Sayre 1943-1946; Willis Stanton River 1946-1947; Stephen Malesick 1947-1950; Thomas E. Deneen 1950-1952; Robert Stewart Lash 1952-1956; Henry Rexford Dreistdadt 1956-1959; Kent Acklin Lighthall 1959-1962; Leroy S. Cass 1962-December 1, 1963; Raymond Archer Jones December 1, 1963-1969; Myles Thomas Bradley 1969-1971; Thomas Howard Funka 1971-1973; James William Kramer 1973-1975; Terry Howard Wardle 1975-1979; Herbert Golden Gates, III 1979-March 23, 1980; Robert Dawson Hopson March 23, 1980-1980; Thomas Joseph Love 1980-1984; Jay H. Langley 1984-1987; Edward William Rogosky 1987-1989; Edward Paul Saxman 1989-1995; Susan Elaine Sphar-Calhoun 1995-1998; Dana Matthew Hiles 1998-2003; Giard Marten Sayre, Jr. Interim June 2003-October 2003; Frances Jayne Verner December 21, 2003-2005; Amity: Larry Gordon Wiltrout 2005-January 2007; David Henderson Lindberg December 1, 2006-2007; Amity/Liberty: Lois G. Swestyn-.

 

ASBURY CHAPEL                                                                                            WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH – WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE                                        1866-1972

 

Location: Located on Route 19 between Kirby and Mount Morris, Greene County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal South – West Virginia Conference. This Church was one of 5 congregations which composed the Greene Circuit of the Clarksburg District of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The other Churches of the Circuit were: Claughton Chapel, Murrill Chapel, Mount Pleasant and Fairview, West Virginia. The Circuit was formed in 1866. The first Asbury Chapel was built ½ mile south of the second Church. It burned and the second Church also burned. In 1887 the third Church building was erected on a plot of ground purchased from S. H. and Melinda Rose for $150. The Church had been renovated at different times by adding electric lights, new seating, a vestibule, the excavation of a basement and provision for a parking lot. At Methodist Union, in 1939, the Churches in Pennsylvania came into the Pittsburgh Conference. They were then designated The Asbury Circuit and composed of Asbury Chapel, Shannon Run, Davistown, Shorden Chapel and Mount Pleasant. In 1966 the Circuit was divided and Asbury Chapel became a part of the Fairall Circuit. The membership in 1968 was 55. The Church closed in 1972 and the records went to Mount Morris.

 

Pastors: Green Circuit: Asbury Chapel/Claughton Chapel/Murrill Chapel/Mount Pleasant/Fairview, West Virginia: William F. Claughton 1867-1869; W. R. Chambers 1869-1870; A. P. Sturm 1870-1874; C. L. Hanline nine months 1874; Charles R. Taylor three months 1874; J. C. Vaught 1875-1876; John S. Pullen 1876-1878; E. M. Murrill 1878-1879; E. W. Reynolds 1879-1880; Charles W. Shearer 1880-1882; William F. Claughton 1882-1883; S. H. Johnson 1883-1884; Warwick Briscoe 1884-1885; C. B. Fontaine 1885-1886; E. B. Jones 1886-1887; J. W. Flanigan 1887-1888; George R. Mays I888-1889; Hamilton Poling 1889-1892; A. P. Sturm 3 months 1892; John Shordon 1892-1896; E. R. Powers 1896-1899; G. S. Lightner 1899-1901; J. F. Richardson 1901-1902; H. K. Clark 1902-1904; A. B. Moore 1904-1909; L. S. Auvil 1909-1913; W. J. Richardson 1913-1915; C. W. O'Dell 1915-1918; W. H. Beale 1918-1920; S. H. Worrell 1920-1923; C. C. Jarvis 1923-1928; C. W. Scragg 1928-1934; W. T. Lantz 1934-1937; Lester W. Peters 1937-1938; Pittsburgh Conference: Asbury Circuit: Asbury Chapel/Shannon Run/Davistown/Shorden Chapel/Mount Pleasant: Lester W. Peters 1939-1940; Asbury Circuit: Asbury Chapel/Shannon Run/Davistown/Shorden Chapel: Lester W. Peters 1940-1942; William H. Miller 1942-1945; Howard Ernest McNeely 1945-1947; George A. Smith 1947-1951; Robert Stewart Lash 1951-1952; Norman Allers 1952-1953; Lawrence Clesson Jewell 1952-1953; Harvey C. Nicholson 1953-1955; Robert Paul Veydt 1955-1956; George 0liver Elgin 1956-1957; William R. Wigton 1957-1958; Asbury Chapel/Shannon Run/Davistown/Shorden Chapel: John Eugene Duvall 1958-1964; Robert K. Coffman 1964-1966; Fairall Circuit: Asbury Chapel/Claughton Chapel/Fairall/Kirby/Valley Chapel: David Henderson Lindberg 1966-1968; William P. Hand 1968-1970; Floyd Edward Kelly 1970-1972; Closed in 1972 and the records went to Mount Morris.

 

BALD HILL                                                                                                      WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – BALTIMORE CONFERENCE                                                          1807-2006

ID: 103513

Location: Located at the junction of Legislative Routes 30074 and 30107, 3.7 miles east of Mount Morris, in Greene County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Baltimore Conference. Became Methodist Protestant in 1830 and became part of the West Virginia Methodist Protestant Conference. Transferred from West Virginia Conference Methodist Protestant to Pittsburgh Conference The Methodist Church in 1939. The log church was built under Methodist Episcopal auspices in 1807 by the men of the community. The Reverend Asa L. Shinn preached the dedicatory sermon. In 1829 a society of the Associated Methodists was formed at Bald Hill and in 1830 the entire class transferred in a body to the newly founded Methodist Protestant Church. West Virginia College has no records from 1830 to 1855 when the West Virginia Conference was established. In 1835 the log church was weather boarded and sealed. In 1892 under the pastorate of the Reverend W. H. Hart another church was built on a lot donated by J. C. Watson across the road from the old location. The Reverend John M. Conway President of the West Virginia Conference preached the dedicatory sermon. Since then renovations and improvements have been made including aluminum siding, a new roof, and a modern oil furnace. In 1968 the church is on the Mount Morris Circuit, which includes the Bald Hill, Mount Morris, Shannon Run and Taylortown churches. The membership in 1968 was 32. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 23. Closed February 2, 2006.

 

Pastors: Monongahela District: Greenfield Circuit: John West and Thomas Daughaday 1807-1808; Asa L. Shinn and James Wilson 1808-1809; John West and James Reiley 1809-1810; John Meek and Wesley Webster 1810-1811; Thornton Fleming and Allen Green 1811-1812; John West and William Monroe 1812-1813; Jacob Dowell and Joshua Monroe 1813-1814; John Laws and John Connelly 1814-1815; James Laws and John White 1815-1816; Joshua Monroe and John Watson 1816-1817; Asby Pool and Jacob Snyder 1817-1818; John West and George Erwin 1818-1819; Henry Baker and Nathaniel B. Mills 1819-1820; Henry Baker and John Watson 1820-1821; Amos Barns and Thomas Beaks 1821-1822; Thomas Jamison and Elias Bruen 1822-1823; Asby Pool and David Stevens 1823-1824; Asby Pool, Jonathan Holt and Thomas M. Hudson 1824-1825; Peregrine G. Buckingham and Richard Armstrong 1825-1826; Peregrine G. Buckingham and John Tackaberry 1826-1827; Henry Furlong and John H. Moffitt 1827-1828; Simon Lauck and Thomas J. Taylor 1828-1829; Simon Lauck and Thomas Jamison 1829-1830; Transferred to West Virginia Methodist Protestant Conference: no records 1830-1855; West Virginia Conference Established. John Wilson 1830-1831; No Methodist Protestant records 1831-1838; Peter T. Lashley 1838-1841; William Wragg 1855-1857; George Gideon Westfall 1857-1859; Peter T. Lashley 1859-1861; Unsupplied 1861-1862; Daniel R. Helmick 1862-1863; Unsupplied 1863-1865; E. F. Westfall 1865-1868; J. G. Weaver 1868-1871; B. Stout 1871-1872; John Norris 1872-1873; B. Stout 1873-1874; J. J. Mason 1874-1878; A. L. McKeever 1878-1881; C. C. Conway 1881-1884; D. C. Weece and J. I. Vincent 1884-1885; D. C. Weece 1885-1887; M. L. Smith 1887-1888; W. C. Conway 1888-1889; A. J. Yoke 1889-1891; W. H. Hart 1891-1892; W. M. Williams 1892-1894; J. N. Hart 1894-1896; J. W. Ireland 1896-1897; L. A. McNemar 1897-1901; C. P. Butler 1901-1903; G. B. Stewart 1903-1904; Unsupplied 1904-1905; J. A. Perry 1905-1906; Thomas Jefferson Hickle 1906-1910; J. H. Mossburg 1910-1912; J. R. Jones 1912-1914; I. A. Barnes 1914-1915; C. P. Butler 1915-1919; J. A. Richmond 1919-1921; L. W. Loudin 1921-1924; U. R. Hinzeman 1924-1927; T. A. McMillen 1927-1929; B. F. McGee 1929-1931; W. G. Vincent 1931-1933; G. H. Snyder 1933-1935; C. D. Tharp 1935-1937; W. H. Burns 1937-1940; Pittsburgh Conference: Mount Morris Circuit: Bald Hill/Taylortown/Mount Morris: Anthony H. Sarrio 1940-1941; Harry V. Leland 1941-1943; Alfred J. Jenkins 1943-1947; Samuel G. Noble 1947-1948; Stephen Elwood Cupcheck 1948-1951; Robert Drodge 1951-1954; Amos Shimko 1954-1958; Miller Bartley Clendenien 1958-1962; Carson Edgar McCormick 1962-1964; David Hedley Watson 1964-1969; Frank Stephen Tulak 1969-1971; Thomas Liotta 1971- 1972; Mount Morris Circuit: Bald Hill/Mount Morris/Shannon Run/Taylortown: Harry Clayton Prince July 1972-1973; Robert Frank Siple, Jr. March 1973-January 1979; Nelson Thomas Thayer 1979-1982; Gordon Barry Davis, Jr. 1982-1983; Jeffrey Lee Popson 1983-1986; Willard Stanley Morse 1986-1998; Robert Andrew Verner 1998-2001; David Duane Ealy 2001-2004; Bald Hill/Taylortown: Gale Cobb 2004-February 2, 2006.

 

BALLTOWN                                                                                                    WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                         18??-1903

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. Closed in 1903.

 

BEALLSVILLE                                                                                                  WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – BALTIMORE CONFERENCE                                                                   1794

Mailing Address: 2925 Main Street, Beallsville, PA 15313-0136                                               724/632-3310

ID: 102586

Location: Located on 2925 Main Street, old route U. S. 40, in the borough of Beallsville in Washington County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Baltimore Conference. Grew out of a society which was organized on the Greenfield Circuit in 1799. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kenney friends of John Wesley and probably his converts moved here from England in 1802 and joined the society at Beallsville. It was included on the Peter's Creek Circuit. It became the Beallsville Circuit in 1833 with Reverend Samuel R. Brockunier as minister. Beallsville became a station in 1918. Pittsburgh Conference was organized in 1825. The Society worshipped in Thompson's School House until 1825 when the first church was built. The brick structure was built in 1872. On January 12, 1947 the last of the 10 memorial windows was dedicated. On May 5, 1957 a fine Baldwin organ, a gift of the Jess P. Miller family, was dedicated. In 1960 a stainless steel steeple was placed on the church and new steps leading to the Church were laid. The outside of the church has been cleaned and painted. In 1968 Beallsville was on a two Church appointment with Mount Zion. Currently is it part of the United Methodist Community Churches, which include Beallsville, Beallsville: Mount Zion, Marianna and Zollarsville. The membership in 1968 was 201. The membership on January 1, 2003 was178.

 

Pastors: Greenfield Circuit: Edmund Wayman and James Quinn 1799-1800; Nathaniel B. Mills and James Quinn 1800-1801; Lasley Matthews and Isaac Robbins 1801-1802; Benjamin Essex and Noah Fidler 1802-1803; William Page and Lewis Sutton 1803-1804; Baltimore Conference: Monongahela District: Greenfield Circuit: Jesse Stoneman 1804-1805; Thomas Daughaday 1805-1806; Thomas Church and William G. Lowman 1806-1807; John West and Thomas Daughaday 1807-1808; Asa L. Shinn and James Wilson 1808-1809; John West and James Reiley 1809-1810; John Meek and Wesley Webster 1810-1811; Thornton Fleming and Allen Green 1811-1812; John West and William Monroe 1812-1813; Jacob Dowell and Joshua Monroe 1813-1814; John Law and John Connelly 1814-1815; James Law and John White 1815-1816; Joshua Monroe and John Watson 1816-1817; Asby Pool and Jacob Snyder 1817-1818; John West and George Erwin 1818-1819; Henry Baker and Nathaniel B. Mills 1819-1820; Henry Baker and John Watson 1820-1821; Amos Barns and Thomas Beaks 1821-1822; Thomas Jamison and Elias Bruen 1822-1823; Asby Pool and David Stevens 1823-1824; Asby Pool, Thomas M. Hudson and Jonathan Holt 1824-1825; Greenfield Circuit: Peregrine G. Buckingham and Richard Armstrong 1825-1826; Peregrine G. Buckingham and John Tackaberry 1826-1827; Henry Furlong and John H. Moffitt 1827-1828; Simon Lauck and Thomas J. Taylor 1828-1829; Simon Lauck and Thomas Jamison 1829-1830; John White 1830-1832; Beallsville Circuit: Samuel R. Brockunier 1833-1834; Samuel E. Babcock 1834-1835; William Tipton 1835-1837; John Spencer 1837-1838; John Spencer and Benjamin F. Sawhill 1838-1839; Thomas Stinchcomb and Isaac McClaskey 1839-1840; David Sharp and Richard Armstrong 1840-1841; Abner Jackson and Jeremiah Knox 1841-1843; John White and George McCaskey 1843-1844; George McCaskey and Heaton Hill 1844-1845; Heaton Hill and Josiah Adams 1845-1846; Benjamin F. Sedwick and William Cox 1846-1847; John Spencer and John L. Irwin 1847-1849; Warner Long and James T. Dorsey 1849-1850; Warner Long and Lewis Janney 1850-1851; James Green Sansom and Gustavus A. Lowman 1851-1852; Samuel D. Wakefield and Gustavus A. Lowman 1852-1853; George B. Hudson 1853-1855; James D. Turner 1855-1856; John S. Wakefield 1856-1858; Matthias Myers Eaton 1858-1860; John C. Brown 1860-1861; Josiah Mansell 1861-1863; Thomas C. McClure 1863-1866; David B. Campbell 1866-1868; James H. McIntyre 1868-1871; James Laferty Stiffy 1871-1873; Joseph H. Henry 1873-1875; Josiah Mansell 1875-Fall 1876; William Alexander Stuart Fall 1876-1879; Charles McCaslin 1879-1882; John G. Gogley and John C. McMinn 1882-1883; John G. Gogley 1883-1885; Elliott Sansom White 1885-1888; Henry J. Hickman 1888-1891; Leroy M. Humes 1891-1892; Shields Winfield Macurdy 1892-1896; Albert Howell Acken 1896-1897; William Elmer Ellsworth Barcus 1897-1898; Weldon P. Varner 1898-1901; Albert Jacob Cook 1901-1904; Walter Bryant Berger 1904-1905; Daniel C. Dorchester, Jr. 1905-1906; Shields Winfield Macurdy 1906-1907; Oliver B. Patterson 1907-1910; Henry Charles Millington 1910-1912; John William King 1912-1917; George Meade Daugherty 1917-1920; Lee Wilson LePage 1920-1920; John 0wen Martin 1920-1921; Edward Harold Miller 1921-1922; Ralph Bell 1922-1924; William Earle Thompson 1924-1927; Harry Monroe Jenkins 1927-1931; Morris L. Husted 1931-1934; W. Donald Whetsel 1934-1938; Delphin Delmas Dillon 1938-1940; William B. King 1940-1945; Charles A. Hoover 1945-1946; George L. Smith 1946-1950; Gerald Bonney 1950-1953; Beallsville/Beallsville: Mount Zion: George Raymond Provance 1953-1958; Jack David Fields 1958-1961; David Edward Youngdahl 1961-October 1, 1963; Donald Charles Rudat February 1, 1964-1967; Roger Arlo Applebee 1967-1973; Patricia Mitchell Dore Bower January-June 1973; George Stephen Dran 1973-1977; William Harvey Miller 1977-1980; John Herbert Stubbs 1980-1984; John Douglass Inghram 1984–1990; David Daniel Janz 1990-1994; Floyd Alan Hall 1994-1997; Beallsville: Mount Zion/Marianna/Zollarsville/Winnett Chapel: Gary Lee Gregg 1997-1993; United Methodist Community Churches: Beallsville/Beallsville: Mount Zion/Marianna/ Zollarsville Chapel: Gary Lee Gregg 1993-2006; James Sample Markley 2006--.

 

BEALLSVILLE: MOUNT ZION                                                                           WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST PROTESTANT – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                              1853

Mailing Address: PO Box 136, Beallsville, PA 15313-0136

ID: 103661

Location: Located on Beallsville-Fredericktown Road three miles south of Beallsville in Washington County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Protestant – Pittsburgh Conference. The first Mount Zion Church had its beginning in the old Spring Hill School on Dry Ridge in Deemston Borough. It met there for several years. In 1853 the Reverend George Brown dedicated the first Mount Zion Church. It was located on a piece of ground obtained from Ruben and Alice Smith. This first building was a long, narrow frame structure with very small windows and home made benches. On July 31, 1910, the new red brick Mount Zion Church was dedicated. Since then the dining room has been enlarged, a new kitchen and rest rooms added, an organ purchased, gas furnace installed and the sanctuary completely renovated. It 1866 Mount Zion belonged to the Brownsville Circuit of the Methodist Protestant Pittsburgh Conference, in 1904 to the Belle Bridge Circuit, in 1932 to the Rogersville Circuit, in 1940 it united with the Fredericktown parish for a two point Charge. In 1953 it separated from Fredericktown and united with Beallsville in two point Charge and remained with Beallsville. In 2000 it became part of the United Methodist Community Churches consisting of Beallsville/Beallsville: Mount Zion/Marianna/Zollarsville Chapel. The membership in 1968 was 203. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 81.

 

Pastors: Morgantown Circuit: Mount Zion: Henry T. Layton 1853-1854; Amity Circuit: Mount Zion: Jacob French 1854-1855; Joel J. Wood 1855-1856; William M. Betts 1856-1858; Robert T. Simonton 1858-1860; David Jones 1860-1861; Henry Lucas 1861-1862; Jesse Hall 1862-1863; Valentine Lucas 1863-1864; Milton P. Stillwell 1864-1866; Brownsville Circuit: Mount Zion: Charles R. Stillwagon 1866-1867; William Wallace 1867-1868; Charles P. Goodrich 1868-1869; John Hodgkinson 1869-August 17, 1870; Samuel Ferry Crowther 1870-1872; John H. Stone 1872-1873; Christian P. Jordon 1873-1877; Henry Siviter 1877-October 10, 1877; Henry Lucas October 10, 1877-December 1, 1881; Christian P. Jordan 1881-1883; Jeremiah Leech Simpson 1883-1885; Henry Siviter 1885-1889; William West 1889-1892; J. Nelson Bennett 1892-1895; Samuel Miller Vardon Hess 1895-1899; Walter Reed 1899-1900; John C. Cusic 1900-1903; Mount Zion/Belle Bridge: Adam Robert Rush 1903-1904; Lewis Phillips 1904-1906; Adam Robert Rush 1906-1908; Obadiah Masters Taylor 1908-1910; George G. Conway 1910-1923; Mount Zion: Ernest Strayer Fooks 1923-1926; Amity Circuit: Mount Zion: Charles Donnelly 1926-1929; Mount Zion: Adam Robert Rush 1927-1930; Frank A. Waltz 1930-1932; Rogersville Circuit: Mount Zion: Thomas Milton Gladden 1932-1933; Harry Moore Peterson 1933-1936; James W. Gladden 1936-1938; William B. King 1938-1940; Edward Harold Miller 1940-1942; William J. Miller 1942-1946; Fredericktown/Mount Zion: John Boyle Warman 1946-1950; Henry Carl Buterbaugh 1950-1953; Beallsville/Mount Zion: George Raymond Provance 1953-1958; Jack David Fields 1958-1961; David Edward Youngdahl 1961-October 1963; Donald Charles Rudat February 1964-1967; Robert Arlo Applebee 1967-1973; Patricia Mitchell Dore Bower 1973-1973; George Stephen Dran 1973-1977; William Harvey Miller 1977-1980; John Herbert Stubbs 1980-1984; John Douglas Inghram 1984–1990; David Daniel Janz 1990-1994; Floyd Allen Hall 1994-1997; Beallsville: Mount Zion/Marianna/Zollarsville/Winnett Chapel: Gary Lee Gregg 1997-1993; United Methodist Community: Beallsville/Beallsville: Mount Zion/Marianna/Zollarsville Chapel: Gary Lee Gregg 1993-2006; James Sample Markley 2006--.

 

BENTLEYVILLE                                                                                                WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                  1853

Mailing Address: Box 183, Bentleyville, PA 15314                                                                  724/239-2513

ID: 102600

Location: Located at 712 Main Street and Washington in the borough of Bentleyville, Washington County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. The first Methodist Church, a brick edifice 40 by 50 feet, was built in 1853 on the East Side of Pigeon Creek. That same year the Pittsburgh Conference recognized this as a Methodist Episcopal Congregation and assigned the first ordained minister, Reverend Henry Snyder. This building served the congregation for 40 years and in the spring of 1893 the church was torn down and a new church was erected. In 1911 and in 1925 the basement was finished and an addition was made to the rear of the church for Sunday school rooms. The educational addition was built in 1951 and the sanctuary was remodeled in 1956 with new cloakrooms being added on each side of the foyer in 1963. From 1868 until 1939 the Bentleyville Church was on a circuit with the Clover Hill Church. It became a Station Church in October of 1939. Its membership in 1968 was 282. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 300.

 

Pastors: Bentleyville: Henry Snyder 1853-1855; Thomas M. Hudson 1855-1857; George Washington Cranage 1857-1859; James Green Sansom 1859-1860; Jeremiah W. Kessler 1860-1861; Henry Neff 1861-1863; James Laferty Stiffy 1863-1864; Warner Long 1864-1865; David B. Campbell 1865-1866; Thomas C. McClure 1866-1868; Bentleyville/Scenery Hill: Joseph V. Yarnall 1868-1870; Bentleyville/Pigeon Creek: Thomas C. McClure 1870-1871; Samuel D. Wakefield 1871-1872; J. Hudson 1872-1874; George Washington Cranage 1874-1875; Edward Burns Griffin 1875-Spring 1876; Thomas Patterson Spring 1876-1878; Andrew Lucius Kendell 1878-1879; Edward Burns Griffin 1879-1881; Reimund C. Wolf 1881-1883; George A. Sheets 1883-1885; George H. Huffman 1885-1886; William L. McGrew 1886-1887; Arthur Smith 1887-1892; Oliver J. Watson 1892-1893; John C. Burnworth 1893-1896; Leroy M. Humes 1896-1899; Maris Russell Hackman 1899-1900; Franklin Lawson Teets 1900-1904; William C. Strohmeyer 1904-1905; William J. Hunter 1905-1906; Thomas Morgan Dunkle 1906-1907; John S. Allison, Jr. 1907-1912; L. Z. Robinson 1912-1914; Leonard G. Richey 1914-1917; Walter H. DeBolt 1917-1920; Bentleyville/Clover Hill: Robert Porter Graham 1920-1925; Gilbert Marion Conner 1925-1928; Lowen 0rmond Douds 1928-1931; George L. Bayha 1931-1934; Frederick W. McConnell 1934-1939; Bentleyville: Frederick W. McConnell 1939-1942; Arnold England Allerton 1942-1948; Gilbert Marion Conner 1948-1949; John Calvin Cox 1949-1950; E. M. Beard 1950-1954; Robert Henson Ling 1954-1958; Thomas A. Wildman 1958-1961; Albert W. Smith 1961-1967; Kenneth Albert McCay 1967-1975; Samuel Miles McConnell 1975-1988; Kenneth James Peters 1988-1994; Robert Keith Moffat 1994-1998; David Philip Zona May 1, 1999-2005; Bentleyville/Houston: Sang Kong Choi 2005--.

 

BOBTOWN                                                                                                     WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                  1938

Mailing Address: PO Box 172, Bobtown, PA. 15135                                                               724/839-7456

ID: 102644

Location: Located at 104 West South Street in the village of Bobtown in Greene County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. This Church had its origin as a non-denominational Church and Church School meeting in the Fire Hall in Bobtown in 1929. Due to Methodist leadership and the availability of a Methodist minister under the appointment system it became a Methodist Church in the 1930's. Land was obtained from the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company and the Church was completed in 1940. A parsonage was secured in Bobtown for the Circuit in 1963. Bobtown was on a Circuit with Mount Olive and Mount Pleasant from the 1940's. The Mount Olive Church was closed in 1965 and the Shordon and Davistown Churches were added in 1965 making the Circuit in 1968 Bobtown, Mount Pleasant, Davistown and Shorden Chapel. This became a two-point Charge in 2001 with Bobtown and Mount Calvary. The Bobtown membership in 1968 was 139. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 97.

 

Pastors: Bobtown/Mount Olive/Mount Pleasant: Paul Trimpey 1938-1939; Lester Reckard 1939-1946; Stephen Malesick 1946-1947; Jacob Steinstraw 1947-1948; George Taylor 1948-1950; David Dayen May-September 1950; Hugh Brooks 1950-1954; Lawrence Clesson Jewel 1954-1957; Dale Miller May-November 1957; John Robert Donley 1957-1960; H. Norman Morris 1960-1961; Robert Lind 1961-1964; Gary L. Smith 1964-1965; Bobtown/Shordon Chapel/Davistown: Gary L. Smith 1965-1966; Dubs William Logan 1966-1967; Bobtown/Mount Calvary: George Stephen Dran 1967-1968; Bobtown/Shordon Chapel/Davistown/Mount Pleasant: George Stephen Dran 1968-1969; Gary Tulak 1969-1971; Greensboro/Mapletown/Bobtown: Gerald Wesley Michel 1971-1974; Harold R. Kelley Associate 1973-1974; Mary Elizabeth Kunselman Zook 1974-1978; Harold Inghram Zook Associate 1974-1978; Carmichaels/Bobtown: Bernard Lee Shuey 1978-1984; Rudy Mayak Associate 1979-January 1981; George Edward Himes 1984-1987; William Lee Parker Associate October 1984-1987; Bobtown/Mount Calvary: William Lee Parker 1987-1990; Scott Alan Eckert 1990-1991; Warren Charles Lash 1991-1996; James F. King 1996-1998; Kenneth A. Haines 1998-2001; Terence A. Teluch 2001-2003; Daniel E. Long 2003-2006; Bobtown/Taylortown/Mount Calvary: Burl Gale Cobb 2006--.

 

BOBTOWN: MOUNT OLIVE                                                                             WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                           18??-1960

 

History: Methodist – Pittsburgh Conference. Bobtown: Mount Olive was on a Circuit with Bobtown and Mount Pleasant from the 1930's. The Mount Olive Church was discontinued in 1960.

 

Pastors: Bobtown/Mount Olive/Mount Pleasant: Paul Trimpey 1938-1939; Lester Reckard 1939-1946; Stephen Malesick 1946-1947; Jacob Steinstraw 1947-1948; George Taylor 1948-1950; David Dayen May-September 1950; Hugh Brooks 1950-1954; Lawrence Clesson Jewel 1954-1957; Dale Miller May-November 1957; John Robert Donley 1957-1960; Mount Olive closed in 1965.

 

BRAVE: KENTS CHAPEL                                                                                  WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH – WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE                                                 1876

Mailing Address: PO Box 732, Brave, PA 15316

ID: 102677

Location: Located in the Village of Brave, just north of the West Virginia line, on legislative route 30009, in Wayne Township of Greene County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal South – West Virginia Conference 1876 to 1939. The original Church was built on land donated by William and Jane Kent on May 22, 1876. This site was in Monongalia County, West Virginia, where the church was an appointment on the Wana Circuit. The new Church was built in Brave in 1910 on land donated by the People’s Gas Company. The Brave Circuit consisted of Kents Chapel, Kuhntown, Phillips and Spraggs in 1968. Kent’s Chapel membership in 1968 was 79. The membership on January 1, 2002 was 74.

 

Pastors: Wana Circuit: Kents Chapel: Unknown 1876-1880; W. J. Sharpes 1880-1882; J. T. Eichelberger 1882-1884; Daniel Cool 1884-1887; C. W. Upton 1887-1889; J. B. Feather 1889-1892; Francis Marion Cain 1892-1896; F. G. W. Ford 1896-1898; M. E. Goodrich 1898-1899; A. D. Perry 1899-1900; S. B. Hart 1900-1906; W. H. Gilmore 1906-1907; Jacob Cuppett 1907-1910; F. V. Arnett 1910-1913; E. O. Jones 1913-1916; T. H. Taylor 1916-1917; J. J Gress 1917-1918; ___Weimer 1918-1919; William Anderson 1919-1921; H. K. Clarke 1922-1923; George Andrew Federer 1923-1924; R. H. Skaggs 1924-1926; Paul K. Lambert 1926-1930; W. M. Caste.1930-1931; O. L. Hawkins 1931-1932; T. E. Shea 1932-1934; G. D. Watts 1934-1937; C. O. 0’Neill 1937-1939; H. L. Henthorne 1939-1940; Delphin Delmas Dillon 1940-1942; Stephen Malesick 1942-1943; Charles Frederick Crow 1943-1946; Albert Merz 1946-1951; Jack Winfield Miller 1951-1954; Ralph George Shipley 1954-1957; George 0liver Elgin, Sr. 1957-1959; William L. Lytle 1959-1960; Edward R. Cottrill 1960-1962; A. Gene Hasson 1962-1963; John James Mowry 1963-1964; Neal Kay Rogers 1964-January 1969; Brave: Kents Chapel/Spraggs/Kuhntown/Phillips: Albert Merz 1969-1973; Dale Raymond Rhodes 1973-1975; David Robert Stains April 1975-1979; Brave: Kents Chapel/Spraggs: David Mark Biondi 1979-1981; Joseph James Kosarek 1981-1985; Timothy James Clemons 1985-1988; Jay Phillip Tennies 1988-1992; John Philip Hoffman 1992-1995; David R. Boyd 1995-1996; Michael Henderson 1996-1998; To Be Supplied 1998-1999; Kenneth G. Miller 1999-2001; Kathryn Reitz 2001-2003; Kathy Lynn Kosanovich Higgins 2003-2006; Brave: Kent’s Chapel/Spraggs/Valley Chapel: Kathy Lynn Kosanovich Higgins 2006-2007--.

 

BRIDGEVILLE: FIRST                                                                                       WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                  1878

Mailing Address: 244 Station Street, Bridgeville, PA 15017-1845                                             412/221-5577

ID: 102688

Location: Located at the corner of Station and Chess Streets in the Borough of Bridgeville, in Allegheny County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. This Church grew out of a series of Cottage Prayer Meetings formed and conducted by Mrs. Elizabeth Fryer in 1876. In September of 1878 the Pittsburgh Annual Conference assigned Reverend Reimund C. Wolf to serve the Bridgeville and Fawcett Circuit. Under his leadership the church was organized with 12 charter members. Prior to the erection of a building, services were held in the Fryer School on Baldwin Street and later in the Valley School on Miller's Run Road. In 1886 the congregation purchased a plot of ground at the junction of Miller's Run and Hickory Grade Roads on which they built their first church building. The new building was erected in 1910 and extensively remodeled in 1955. Bridgeville was on a Circuit with the Fawcett and Federal Churches until 1910 when it became a station. It was known as the Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church until 1910 when the name was changed to the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Bridgeville. The membership in 1968 was 493. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 278.

 

Pastors: Bridgeville/Fawcett/Federal: Reimond C. Wolf 1878-1881; George B. Hudson 1881-1882; John E. McGaw 1882-1884; Earl A. Jesler 1884-1885; Milton G. Potter 1885-1886; Bethany-Fawcett Circuit: George B. Hudson 1886-1887; Thomas Patterson 1887-1888; Daniel H. McKee 1888-1991; Bridgeville Daniel H. McKee 1991-1893; Bridgeville/Fawcett/Federal: Andrew Smith Hunter 1893-1894; Charles M. McCaslan 1894-1896; George M. Kelley 1896-1898; William Elmer Ellsworth Barcus 1898-1900; Edmund L. Nicholson 1900-1902; Theodore Myers House 1902-1903; Edgar P. Harper 1903-1908; William Floyd Hunter 1908-1909; John Clark Matterson 1909-1910; Bridgeville: John Clark Matterson 1910-1912; Gordon L. Granger 1912-1913; Robert Wilson Martin 1913-1917; Rezin Beeson Mansell 1917-1919; George A. Allison 1919-1922; Reimond C. Wolf 1922-1924; George Allen Parkins 1924-1929; Lee Wilson LePage 1929-1934; Lawrence K. Whitfield 1934-1937; Bridgeville/Fawcett: Clyde Lewis Nevins 1937-1939; Herman Fred Roney 1939-1939; Harry Monroe Jenkins 1939-1942; Sidney Thomas Davis 1942-1947; Bridgeville/Bethel: Clark Russell Kerr 1947-1952; Bridgeville: Clark Russell Kerr 1952-1955; Dwight Glasgow Townsend 1955-1958; John William Lofgren 1958-1962; William H. Miller 1962-1966; John Calvin Cox 1966-1975; Jack Robert Rees 1975-1985; John Walter McLeister 1985-1991; Howard Franklin Burrell, Jr. 1991-1995; Edward Paul Saxman 1995-2007; -.

 

BROWNSVILLE: CENTERVILLE                                                                         WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                  1829

Mailing Address: 823 Old National Pike, Brownsville, PA 15417                                              724/632-6501

ID: 102781

Location: Located in the Village of Centerville on Route 40 and 481, half way between Washington and Uniontown, in Washington County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. Originated in 1829 in the home of Wesley Kenney. The organized class was represented at the Quarterly Conference at Williamsport, now Monongahela City, in 1829. The first meeting house was built in 1830. It became a part of the Williamsport Circuit for four years. In 1833 it became part of the Beallsville Circuit. The first building was erected in 1830. The second building was erected in 1872 and was still in use in 1968. From 1833 to 1889 the church was on the Beallsville Circuit, with the exception of 1884 when it was on the Bentleyville Circuit. It became the Centerville-Taylor Charge in 1919. Remodeling began in March or April of 1828. Excavation was made for the basement heater, a new roof was put on the west side, new windows on the first and second floors and in the front and a new drainage system. The work was done at a cost of $20,000. The membership in 1968 was 220. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 126.

 

Pastors: Greenfield Circuit: Simon Lauck and Thomas Jamison 1829-1830; John White 1830-1832; Samuel E. Babcock and Samuel G. T. Worthington 1832-1833; Beallsville Circuit: Samuel R. Brockunier 1833-1834; Samuel E. Babcock 1834-1835; Beallsville/Centerville: William Tipton 1835-1837; John Spencer 1837-1838; John Spencer and Benjamin F. Sawhill 1838-1839; Thomas Stinchcomb and Isaac McClaskey 1839-1840; David Sharp and Richard Armstrong 1840-1841; Abner Jackson and Jeremiah Knox 1841-1842; Jeremiah Knox and Joseph Wright 1842-1843; Joseph Wright and George M. McCaskey 1843-1844; George M. McCaskey, Heaton Hill and Samuel Kyle 1844-1845; Heaton Hill and Josiah Adams 1845-1846; Benjamin F. Sedwick and William Cox 1846-1847; John Spencer and John L. Irwin 1847-1849; Warner Long and James T. Dorsey 1849-1850; Warner Long and Lewis Janney 1850-1851; James Green Sansom and Gustavus A. Lowman 1851-1852; Samue1 D. Wakefield and Gustavus A. Lowman. 1852-1853; George B. Hudson 1853-1855; James D. Turner 1855-1856; John S. Wakefield 1856-1858; Matthias Myers Eaton 1858-1860; John C. Brown 1860-1861; Josiah Mansell 1861-1863; Thomas C. McClure 1863-1866; David B. Campbell 1866-1868; John H. McIntyre 1868-1871; James Laferty Stiffy 1871-1873; Joseph H. Henry 1873-1875; Josiah Mansell 1875-Fall 1876; William Alexander Stuart Fall 1876-1879; Charles McCaslin 1879-1882; John G. Gogley and John C. McMinn 1882-1884; George A. Sheets 1884-1885; Elliott S. White 1885-1888; Henry J. Hickman 1888-1891; Leroy M. Humes 1891-1892; Shields Winfield Macurdy 1892-1896; Albert Howell Acken 1896-1897; William Elmer Ellsworth Barcus 1897-1898; Weldon P. Varner 1898-1901; Albert Jacob Cook 1901-1904; Walter Bryant Berger 1904-1905; Daniel C. Dorchester, Jr. 1905-1906; Shields Winfield Macurdy 1906-1907; Oliver B. Patterson 1907-1910; Henry Charles Millington 1910-1912; John William King 1912-1917; George Meade Dougherty 1917-1919; Centerville/Taylor: George Meade Dougherty 1919-1920; George M. Kelly 1920-1921; Joseph William Garland 1921-1924; Thomas Theodore Sharp 1924-1925; Clay J. Bland 1925-1927; Ralph Edward Spangler 1927-1931; James A. Forgie 1931-1935; George Elwood Buhan 1935-1938; L. Z. Robinson 1938-1941; Miller Bartley Clendenien 1941-1944; Thomas Milton Gladden 1944-1947; Raymond D. Roche 1947-1950; John Calvin Cox 1950-1953; Carl Emmett Sphar 1953-1957; Frank R. Kahn 1957-1958; Thomas Snyder Lynn 1958-1962; William Adelbert Cassidy 1962-1964; Robert Edward Maynard 1964-September 1, 1972; Roger William Cramer, Sr. September 1, 1972-1976; Robert Raymond Slack 1976-1985; Clifford Eugene Stollings 1985-1991; Daryl William Harclerode 1991-1995; Edward Henry Myers 1995-2007; Nancy Gayle Zahn 2007--.

 

BURGETTSTOWN                                                                                            WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                         18??-1904

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. Closed before 1904.

 

Pastors: Burgettstown: George L. Sisson 1835-1836;

 

CALAMITY HOLLOW                                                                                       WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                           1???-1???

 

Location: Located near West Elizabeth, Allegheny County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal – Pittsburgh Conference. Calamity Hollow was on a Circuit with Elrama and Newell in 1911.

 

Pastors: Calamity Hollow/Elrama/Newell: William S. Cummings 1911-1913;

 

CALAMITY HOLLOW                                                                                       WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                           18??-1943

 

History: Methodist – Pittsburgh Conference. District Superintendent of the Washington District, Reverend T. L. Hooper, requested the Conference to declare Calamity Hollow abandoned and it was approved in 1943 and he was given the authority to sign the deed.

 

CALIFORNIA                                                                                                   WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                  1859

Mailing Address: PO Box 426, California, PA 15419-0426                                                       724/938-2270

ID: 102702

Location: Located at 227 Third Street at the corner of Third and Liberty Streets in the Borough of California on Route 88, in Washington County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. Broke off from Greenfield (Coal Center) Circuit in 1859. Some of the first meetings were held in the Normal School Hall. A new building was dedicated in 1860. It was named Kier's Chapel after Samuel Kier who gave the largest single contribution. It was part of a four-point circuit until 1865 when Greenfield and Kier's Chapel formed a two-point circuit. During the pastorate of Reverend Joseph E. Wright (1884-1887) Kier's Chapel became a single charge. The building was remodeled extensively before the turn of the century. The name was changed from Kier's Chapel to the Methodist Church of California at the time of incorporation, when the educational wing was built, in 1951. Extensive remodeling was done in 1966. This church served when California was a mining center in the earlier decades of the twentieth century. It seeks to serve the community today as it becomes more and more a residential college town. The membership in 1968 was 481. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 213.

 

Pastors: Greenfield Circuit: Kier’s Chapel: William McCracken 1860-1862; Joseph Jackson Hays 1862-1864; David B. Campbell 1864-1865; Thomas S. Hodgson 1865-1866; Morris B. Pugh 1866-1867; Abner Jackson 1867-1868; David A. Pierce 1868-1870; John G. Gogley 1870-1872; William Johnson 1872-1875; O. S. Baketel 1875-1876; James Hollingshead six months 1876-1876; William F. Lauck 1876-1879; James M. Swan 1879-1882; William D. Slease 1882-1884; Joseph E. Wright 1884-1887; California: James Bruce Taylor 1887-1890; Harry W. Camp ten months 1890-1891; Dr. T. B. Noss two months 1891-1891; Charles Wesley Miller 1891-1894; George D. Crissman 1894-1898; John Franklin Murray 1898-1902; J. B. Starkey temporary 1902-1902; Henry N. Cameron 1902-1906; Joseph R. Fretts 1906-1907; Samuel M. Mackay 1907-1909; Albert Walter Renton 1909-1916; Richard M. Fowles 1916-1917; William Carson Weaver 1917-1922; George W. Pender 1922-1924; Clifford H. Buell 1924-1925; Franklin Lawson Teets 1925-1928; Harry Alden Price 1928-1931; Thomas George Hicks 1931-1936; William F. Seitter 1936-1939; Raymond W. Faus 1939-1942; Thomas George Hicks 1942-1944; Kenneth Page Rutter 1944-1952; Ralph Starkey Robinson 1952-1956; William Robert Wilson 1956-1961; William Thompson Garland 1961-1965; William Leroy Jones 1965-1973; Charles Erwood Goodin 1973-1975; George Stahl Phillips 1975-March 1976; Kent Acklin Lighthall March 1976 June 1976; Arthur James Decker 1976-1982; George Stephen Dran 1982-1991; Edward Leroy Clark 1991-1992; David Henderson Lindberg 1992-October 1, 2002; Christen Scott Decious October 1, 2002-2005; Thomas Veloor Chalco 2005--.

 

CANONSBURG: FIRST                                                                                     WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                  1842

Mailing Address: 161 West Pike Street, Canonsburg, PA 15317                                              724/745-5771

ID: 102724

Location: Located at 161 West Pike Street in the Borough of Canonsburg in Washington County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. Organized as a Methodist Society in 1842 with three members. In 1845 Reverend Israel C. Pershing, uncle of General John J. Pershing, led in organizing as a church on March 8, 1845. Ground was donated on what is now Greenside Avenue and in 1847 a brick chapel was erected. This was the first church building of any denomination in Canonsburg. The new building was constructed on the West Pike Street location and dedicated April 22, 1888. The educational addition was dedicated March 29, 1914. The 1968 membership was 509. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 358.

 

Pastors: Washington-Canonsburg Circuit: Charles Cooke 1845-1846; Thomas M. Hudson 1846-1847; Edward Birkett 1847-1849; Canonsburg/Fawcett: Henry Snyder and David Alexander McCready 1849-1851; Abner Jackson and Robert Cunningham 1851-1852; Sheridan Baker and Morris B. Pugh 1852-1853; Sheridan Baker and John C. Brown 1853-1854; Peter F. Jones 1854-1855; Josiah Mansell and John R. Shearer 1855-1856; Alexander Scott 1856-1858; Richard L. Miller 1858-1860; Latshaw M. McGuire 1860-1862; James Fletcher Jones 1862-1863; Sylvester F. Jones 1863-1864; Martin Sherrick Kendig 1864-1865; Henry Neff 1865-1866; David A. Pierce 1866-1868; John Cranson Castle 1868-1870; J. F. Huddleston 1870-1872; Cassius M. Westlake 1872-1874; William Francis Conner 1874-Spring 1876; Leonidas Hamline Eaton Spring 1876-Fall 1876; Edwin Ruthven Jones Fall 1876-1877; David M. Hollister 1877-1880; Canonsburg: Daniel J. Davis 1880-1882; Jeremiah W. Kessler 1882-1884; Thomas Patterson 1884-1887; Reimund C. Wolf 1887-1892; Jacob Brenneman Uber 1892-1896; Shields Winfield Macurdy 1896-1899; John D. W. Heazelton 1899-1903; Charles Wesley Miller 1903-1906; Frederick D. Esenwein 1906-1909; George Henry Flinn 1909-1910; Andrew J. Ashe 1910-1914; Calvin Henry Reckard 1914-1918; Daniel M. Paul 1918-1919; Herbert Melvin Carnahan 1919-1921; William Elmer Ellsworth Barcus 1921-1923; Charles Reimond Wolf 1923 -1929; Thomas Morgan Dunkle 1929-1931; James Vernon Wright 1931-1933; Reuben Secrist Harding 1933-1936; Edwin John Keifer 1936-1942; Lawrence K. Whitfield 1942-1945; Wilhelm Eurenius Chellgren 1945-1948; Chester Arthur Clark 1948-1953; Henry Carl Buterbaugh 1953-1957; Thomas Reese Thomas 1957-1964; Lawrence Eugene Garner 1964-February 17, 1969; Jacob Henry Breakiron 1969-1975; William Harold Hiles 1975-1982; Howard Nelson Boyd 1982-November 1, 1986; Charles Clifford Sargent November 1, 1986-1987; James Earl Davis 1987-1990; James William Kramer 1990-1992; Joseph William Patterson, III 1992-2007; Joan Elaine Reasinger Deacon 2005-2007; Ronald Keith Simmons 2007--.

 

CARMICHAELS: FIRST                                                                                     WASHINGTON DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE                                                                  1824

Mailing Address: 104 West South Street, Carmichaels, PA 15320                                            724/966-7123

ID: 102746

Location: Located at West South and Vine Streets in the Borough of Carmichaels on route 88 in Greene County, PA.

 

History: Methodist Episcopal - Pittsburgh Conference. Reverend Thomas M. Hudson, one of the three circuit riders on the Greenfield Circuit, organized this Society in 1824. Prior to 1833 it met in the old Greene Academy and that same year the Church building was erected. In 1877 under the leadership of Reverend Joseph Jackson Hays a brick church was erected with a membership of 275. In 1920 a basement was excavated, hot air heating installed and the interior was renovated. The educational building was erected in 1940 and dedicated in 1943 under the pastorate of Reverend Kenneth G. Coggon. In 1948 the Church became self-supporting after 120 years as a circuit Church. In 1968 it was on a two-point circuit with Mount Calvary. It later became a Station Appointment again. The membership in 1968 was 349. The membership on January 1, 2003 was 443.

 

Pastors: Greenfield Circuit: Waynesburg: First/Carmichaels: Thomas M. Hudson 1824-1825; Peregrine G. Buckingham and Richard Armstrong 1825-1826: Peregrine G. Buckingham and John Tackaberry 1826-1827; Henry Furlong and John H. Moffitt 1827-1828; Simon Lauck and Thomas J. Taylor 1828-1829; Simon Lauck and Thomas Johnson 1829-1830; John White 1830-1832; Samuel E. Babcock and Samuel G. J. Worthington 1832-1833; Waynesburg Circuit: George M. McCaskey and James Read 1833-1834; William Tipton and Jacob Keiss Miller 1834-1835; John C. Summerville and Francis H. Read 1835-1836; Jeremiah Phillips 1836-1837; John L. Williams and Hosea McCall 1837-1838; John L. Williams 1838-1839; Isaac N. McAbee and Richard Armstrong 1839-1840; Isaac N. McAbee and Joseph Wright 1840-1841; Benjamin F. Sedwick and Henry Ambler 1841-1842; Shadrack Chaney and John W. Reger 1842-1843; Shadrack Chaney and John Gregg 1843-1844; Carmichaeltown: William D. Lemon and Richard Jordan 1844-1845; Abner Jackson and Curtis W. Scoles 1845-1846; No record 1846-1847; Josiah Adams 1847-1848; Josiah Adams and James Beacom 1848-1849; Peter F. Jones and George B. Hudson 1849-1850; Peter F. Jones and Elias H. Green 1850-1851; Warner Long and Hugh Montgomery 1851-1852; Warner Long 1852-1853; John J. Covert 1853-1854; Ezra Hingeley and James Shepherd 1854-1855; Ezra Hingeley and John R. Cooper 1855-1856; Matthias Myers Eaton 1856-1858; David Cross and Artemus E. Ward 1858-1859; Isaac P. Saddler and Thomas Hudson Wilkenson 1859-1860; Isaac P. Saddler and Charles Wesley Smith 1860-1861; Matthew McKendree Garrett and