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PASTORS.
The Rev. J. L. Sanders, who was licensed and ordained to the gospel ministry on the 7th of May, 1833, by the Maryland Classes of the Ger- man Reformed Church, was the first minister of the congregation. He served it from the time of its organization until the 7th of November. 1835, making the time of his pastorate two and a half years.
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His successor was the Rev. Frederick Rahauser, who preached in both the German and English languages. He served the congregation about four and one-half years, when he resigned, and was followed by the Rev. Daniel Kroh, who had just been ordained to the gospel ministry.
The Rev. Kroh commenced his labors as pastor on the 18th of Sep- tember, 1840, and was regularly installed over the congregation as such on the 12th of April, 1841. The church being without pews up to this time, the members sitting on slab benches, was furnished with pews, which made it a more comfortable place of worship than formerly. The Rev. Kroh continued as pastor until the 12th of May, 1846, when he resigned.
The Rev. Hiram Shaull became his immediate successor. During his pastorate the church building, which had not been plastered or painted, was finished, and was dedicated about the Ist of January, 1847. The Rev. Shaull, having been appointed by the boards of trustees of the Theological Seminary and Heidelberg College, located in Tiffin, to a joint agency for the purpose of endowing these institutions of learn- ing, and feeling it to be his duty to accept this appointment, resigned the pastorate of the congregation, which took effect on the Ist of Jan- uary, 1852.
The Rev. George D. Wolff then served the congregation as pastor for one year, after which he resigned. His resignation went into effect in July, 1853.
After a vacancy of one year, the Rev. William K. Zieber became the pastor. He commenced his labors here in the month of August, 1854. He labored with acceptance until the ist of August, 1857, when he re- signed, for the purpose of entering upon the duties of the office of general superintendent of Home Missions, under the direction of the different boards of Home Missions of the Reformed Church.
A vacancy again occurred for over one year, after which the Rev. E. E. Higbee became the pastor. He commenced his duties on the ist of October, 1858. During his pastorate the present church edifice was erected, the old one being unfit any longer for use. It was commenced in the summer of 1860, and was completed the following spring. The Rev. Higbee continued to be the pastor until the 10th of March, 1861, when his resignation, which had been previously offered, went into effect.
The congregation was then served by the Rev. M. Kieffer, D. D., as a supply, until the Ist of July, 1863, when the Rev. L. H. Kefauver be- came its pastor, and has continued in this position to the present time.
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The congregation is in a prosperous condition, with a communicant membership of 230, and a flourishing Sunday School of 250 scholars.
THE REFORMED CHURCHES IN SENECA COUNTY.
There are now fourteen churches in Seneca county belonging to the denomination known as the Reformed Church in the United States, descended from the Reformed Confession in Germany and Switzerland, whose best known representatives in the reformation age were Ulric Zwingle, John Calvin, Henry Bullinger, Zacharias Ursinus, and Casper Olevianus. The settlers in Seneca county who founded these churches were mainly of three kinds: first, those from Maryland (mostly from Frederick and Washington counties); second, those from Pennsylvania (Lehigh, Berks, Union, Northampton and other counties); third, those from Germany and Switzerland (mostly from the Palatinate, or Rhenish Bavaria, Westphalia, Nassau, Hessia, etc). The following table will show the location, founding and strength of these churches, together with such illustrative notes as it was in my power to gather, which, I hope, will have a historical value: .
TABLE OF REFORMED CHURCHES IN SENECA COUNTY.
WHERE
NAME.
LOCATED.
WHEN FOUNDED. 1833
NO. OF MEMBERS.
SITTINGS.
First Church Tiffin,
Tiffin City,
227
600
Zion's Church,
Thompson T'w'p,
1830
140
500
Salem Church,
Scipo. T'w'p,
1837
80
400
St. Jacob's,
Adams T'w'p.
1834
54
200
Bloomville.
Bloomville,
1850
90
300
Bascom.
Bascom,
1852
53
150
Salem,
Seneca T'w'p,
1853
50
300
Berwick,
Berwick,
1850
150
Olive Chapel.
Jackson T'w'p,
1852
57
250
Ft. Seneca.
Pleasant T'w'p.
1855
50
300
Caroline.
Venice T'w'p,
100
300
Second Tiffin.
Tiffin.
1550
240
400
Glade Union.
Pleasant T'w'p.
1875
40
250
Fostoria.
Fostoria,
1879
44
300
REMARKS AND NOTES.
It will be noticed that there is a Reformed Church in each of the fifteen townships of the county, with the exception, as yet, of Liberty, Reed, Eden and Big Spring. The following notes will rescue some facts from oblivion:
A special history of this church will be found in another place. The Thompson church was organized in 1830 by Rev. Stauch,
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the land being donated by John Heeter. It has had three church edifices, on the same ground; the first built in 1832, the second in 1843, and the third, one of the finest edifices in Seneca county, of brick, with a tall steeple, in 1873. The size is forty by fifty-five feet. The names of the ministers, in succession, are as follows:
1. Rev. Marchup. 6. Rev. Eli Keller.
2. Frederick Rahauser. 7. Joseph A. Keller.
3. Frederick Wahl. 8. Wm. H. Sandel.
4 J. C. Klar. 9.
: Wm. J. Peters.
5.
" David Kelley.
The principal families at the start were: John Royer, Sr., John Wollenslagel, Adam Good, Jacob Bunn, Sr., John Bunn, Jr., John Bunn, Sr., Isaac Lewis, Henry Bowman, Rudolph Bowman, Henry Stetter, and Henry Bunn. Other families since, represented by Isaac Royer, Samuel Royer, John Royer, Manam Royer, Jared Royer, Emanuel Good, George Good, Adam Good, Jr., George Wollenslagel, Conrad Wollenslagel, John Wollenslagel, Jr., Christian Wollenslagel, Wm. Good, Wm. Bennehoff, John Matz, Neri Matz, Samuel Maury, .Gottlieb Maury, Malachi Loeseber, Fred. Bowman, and Augustus Steinmetz. The value of the present church property is about $6,000.
Salem Reformed church was first organized in Adams township (a union church, Reformed and Lutheran) by Rev. F. Rahauser. The original land in Adams township was donated by John German. The land on which the church now stands was purchased from David Wyant. There have been four church edifices, the first built in 1837. The present neat brick church was erected in 1868. The following . have been the ministers:
1. Rev. F. Rahauser. 5. Rev. Eli Keller.
2. Fred. Wahl. 6. " Joseph A. Keller.
3. " D. W. Kelley. 7. . " W. B. Sandel.
= 4. J. C. Klahr. 8. " W. J. Peters.
The original families were represented by John Hensinger, Andrew Mitower, Eli Karshner, Eli Dought, Joseph Kunes, and Jacob Britten; to which we may add as later ones: George Schoch, Ephraim Close, Anthony Harpster, Henry Bacher, Stephen Strauss, Adam Harkey, Monroe Kistler, C. Hensinger, John Hensinger, Jr., and Robert Close. The church has a parsonage, and a church property worth about $4,000.
The St. Jacob's church, in Adams township, was originally gath- ered by Rev. Conrad, and organized as a Lutheran and Reformed Church. It was served for many years by Rev. J. J. Beilharz. In the year 1851, Rev. Prof. J. H. Good laid the basis, and subsequently or-
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ganized the Reformed congregation of that name, and has been pastor until the present time. The church is built on land donated by Jacob Gruber. The following are the representative heads of the principal families: Herman Detterman, Jacob Gruber, Joseph Hilsinger, Paul Hobbes, George Detterman, Samuel Detterman, Henry Cook, Daniel Reiter, Daniel Gruber, Henry Detterman, H. Brinkman, F. Berlekamp, R. Berlekamp, Thomas Mohr, and others.
The original name of the Bloomville church was Mt. Pisgah; organized the 25th of August, 1850, by Rev. H. K. Baines, with George Swigart and Philip Heilman as elders, and Adam Baker and F. Zim- merman as deacons. The church is built on an acre of land donated by Simon Koler. The property is worth about $2,500. The ministers and supplies have been:
I. Rev. H. K. Baines. 7. Rev. Joseph A. Keller.
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2. J. C. Klahr. 8.
" I .. Grosenbaugh.
3. David Kelley. 9. J. A. Steplar.
4. " M. Keiffer, D. D. IO.
66 J. D. Gehring.
5. J. H. Good. 11. Samuel Shaw, since Aug ..
= 6. W. W. James. [1876.
The principal families are the Heilmans, Krilleys, Kolbers, Bakers, Geigers, Klahrs, Samsels, Frankenfields, etc.
The Bascom church was originally gathered by Rev. J. J. Beil- harz, as a Lutheran and Reformed church, and a neat little church erected in the village of Bascom. On the Ist of January, 1852, it was organized by Rev. Prof. E. V. Gerhart as a German Reformed church. The first officers were, Benjamin Fried, elder, and Christian Deubel, deacon. The heads of the principal families have been: Dr. Henry. Werz, John George Werz, Michael Walter, Michael Strong, Jacob Schmid, Nicholas Dewald, Peter Dewald, Philip Dewald, Jacob Kissa- beth, Philip Kissabeth, Jacob Brendle, John Nau, George Shattner. John Kinkerter, Philip Stucky, Jacob Sherer, Conrad Bohn, Jacob Heisserman. The ministers have been:
1. Rev. E. V. Gerhart. .
Rev. Jacob Kuhn.
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2. M. Mueller. 8.
= W. H. Fenneman.
3. H. J. Rutenick. 9. L. Richter.
4. « J. J. Escher. 10. " C. F. Krithe.
5. « J. Matzinger. 11. J. H. Good.
6. : F. Strassner.
Salem church. in Seneca township, was organized by Rev. Prof. E. V. Gerhart, on November 12th, 1853. The male members present at the organization were: Casper Bachman, Isaac Miller, Ludwig
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Emich, Lambert Martin, John Houck, Jacob Schaub, Andrew Burg- doerffer, Frederick Baker and William Rex.' Most of these had pre- viously belonged to a Lutheran and Reformed congregation, originally organized by Rev. Conrad, in the year 1834. The first church was built in 1837, about one and one-half miles east of the present village of New Riegel, of hewn logs, fitted with split and hewn plank for its floor and seats. The building was eighteen by twenty-two, and about eleven feet high The Salem church, after its organization, built a neat and handsome frame church, still standing, con land purchased from Philip Nibergal. The heads of the principal families, in addition to those previously named, have been, John Miller, J. J. Buser, Jacob Shubach, N. Feindel, Wm. Wenner, Robert Burne, Esq., Fred. Shamacher, N. Enrich, W. Deis, Silas Hoffert, T. Wagner, J. Scherer, George Robb, John Rothfuchs, and others. The successive ministers have been:
1. Rev. E. V. Gerhart. 5. Rev. Jacob Kuhn
2. " 'M. Mueller. 6. ' W. H. Fenneman.
3. " J. J. Escher. 7. " L Richter.
4. " F. Strassner. 8. " J. H. Good.
The Berwick congregation was first gathered, so far as I can . learn, by Rev. Frederick Wahl. The principal families were the Schumachers, Blooms, Millers, Longs, Spraus and others It has gen- enerally been supplied by the same pastors as have preached at Salem, which is only two miles distant. For a number of years now services have been suspended at this place, the members attending regularly at Salem.
The congregation at Olive Chapel, in Jackson township, was organized by Rev. Prof. R. Good, of Tiffin. The church was built in 1862, on land donated by Jacob Stahl. The successive ministers have been:
1. Rev. R. Good. 7. Rev. D. Kroh.
:. M. Mueller. 8. H. Daniels.
3. " S. Shaw. 9. " T. J. Baeber.
4. H. Baer. IO. " I .. Richter.
5. T. F. Staufer. II. A. Casselman.
6. George Rettig.
The original families were those of George and Jacob Stahl. F. Febles, C. Myers and some others. The value of the church property is about $1,000.
The Second Reformed Church, of Tiffin, grew from small be- ginnings, and was first organized by Rev. Frederick Wahl. Its minis- ters since have been, Rev. E. V. Gerhart, Rev. J. H. Good, and Rev. H.
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organization Mr. Rickenbaugh and Mr. Bowser were elected elders, and Mr. Ritsman and Mr. Sechrist, deacons.
In 1865 the old frame church was moved away, and the present beau- tiful, brick edifice erected in its place. Dr. Crouse is now serving as pastor of the congregation in his fourth year. There are two hundred members enrolled, and two hundred scholars in the Sunday school.
REV. JOSHUA CROUSE, D. D
There are self-made men in the pulpit, as well as in other walks of life, and the subject of this sketch is one of these. This sketch is in its proper place here, because Dr. Crouse dedicated the first English Lutheran church here (the frame building,) afterwards the present · brick edifice, and is now serving the congregation in the fourth year of his pastorate.
He is the son of Jacob and Eliza Crouse, (the maiden name of the latter being Wildisin,) and was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 29th day of August, 1812. His parents came to Columbiana county in 1805, from Emmittsburg, Maryland. Young Crouse's education was the best the common schools in that country afforded at that time .. He married when only twenty-two years of age, and taught school several terms for a livelihood, both English and German at the same time.
When he arrived at man's estate, and during the time and after he taught school, he felt very keenly the want of a thorough education, and applied himself to books with the iron will and persevering indus- try that always lead to success, in every walk of life.
From his boyhood up, he cherished a desire to become a preacher of the gospel, and when the time arrived for the choice of a life-work, no one employment suited his nature so well as that of the ministry of the gospel Many circumstances combined to prevent his engagement in the work, among which was his diffidence and fear of personal unfit- ness for the calling
After he had passed his thirtieth year, a providential way seemed to open to him for the work. He still had his troubles, and doubts of being able to enter upon it; and there was a struggle between a keen sense of duty to preach and want of confidence in himself to meet the duty, which made him mentally wretched for some time. After passing months in this unhappy state of mind, he finally threw himself into the, hands of God, leaving results to Him.
With that confiding trust, he preached about two years, by the com- mon consent of the neighboring ministers, delivering his first sermon in
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February, 1842. In September, 1844, he was examined by a commit- tee of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio and adjacent states, and was licensed at the same time. Preaching .about three years longer, he was ordained in 1847. He has been in the service now a little over thirty-eight years; seven years of this time he was the financial secre- tary of Wittenberg College, at Springfield, Ohio.
Dr. Crouse is a fine specimen of a christian teacher ; mild and friendly in his intercourse with others, broad and liberal in his views, a thorough theologian, a forcible and eloquent pulpit orator. His labors in the vineyard of the Lord during so many years have given ample proof that his conception of the mission of his life was well grounded.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Soon after the secession in the old M. E. Church, a society of sixteen members was organized in March, 1829, under the conventional articles, by Rev. James Montgomery, at Fort Seneca. Mr. Montgomery was entirely alone as a reformer, there being no society nearer than one hundred miles: but he was " all in all " to his little flock up to his death. The little society was then left without a shepherd, but they resolved to stand fast. John Souder, then a layman, was elected class-leader. They kept up their meetings, and in 1832 Adget McGuire made them a missionary visit of four or five Sabbaths, during which he organized two other small classes. Daniel Gibbons, a young man, was then sent to them, who, in the next conference, reported one hundred and thirty-five members. After him, David Howell was appointed, who also made progress. Brother Souder, the veteran pioneer, long since known as a local minister, has lived to see the little flock grow into large pro- portions.
The congregation that was organized in Tiffin put up a brick church on Monroe street, which was dedicated on the 8th and gth days of July, 1837.
John Souder, William Campbell, Joseph Walker and Daniel H. Phillips were the building committee. Here the congregation attended worship until their present large and beautiful church, on Market street. was built in 1872. Rev. Chandler is the minister.
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The little brick chapel, near East Madison street, has already been described. It was not dedicated until the 7th day of January, 1837. Services were held in it, however, from the time it was finished. The bishops have made it a rule not to dedicate a church while it is in debt; a very good rule. It makes delinquent subscribers pay up.
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The organization of the congregation dates back to September, 1829, when Bishop Fenwick, of Cincinnati; bought of Josiah Hedges the site. The building was postponed for want of means, and until Mr. Kinney . and others contracted for the brick as before stated. Father Edmund Quinn took charge of the congregation in 1833. He was a venerable and noble looking priest, highly esteemed by all our citizens. He had his mother here with him. This brick church was finished in the spring of 1833. Father Quinn remained in charge of it until his death here, in the fall of 1835. Thereupon Bishop Purcell appointed the Rev. Father Schoenhenz, who continued to officiate until the fall of 1839, and was succeeded by Father McNamee and the Rev. J. P. Machebeouf, at present bishop of Colorado and New Mexico. Father Machebeout, in 1842, went to Sandusky City, and Fether McNamee remained until 1847, late in the fall, when Bishop Rappe appointed the Rev. Father M. Howard, who remained until April, 1850, in September, when the Rev. M. Molon succeeded him, and remained until 1852. He was succeeded by the Rev. M. O'Sullivan, who, in the summer of 1856, built the present St. Mary's church, and remained in charge until February, 1859, when its present pastor, the Rev. Father M. Healy, took charge of the church, and who has officiated now twenty-one years. There are 950 members belonging to this church. Father Healy organized three schools, in 1864, numbering now 160 scholars, and in 1870 built the present parsonage. Their present cemetery was purchased in 1878, containing five acres, east of the city, on the North Greenfield road, and was blessed by Father Healy, assisted by Fathers Evrard and Ahern, October 13, 1878.
SALEM CHURCH. EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.
About the year 1848, Jacob Snyder came to Tiffin with his family, and in the years 1854-55 the families of the Rev. J. G. Zinser, Ludwig Schubert, William C. Negile and M. Huber settled in the city; these organized a class and were served by the regular circuit preachers, in the following order, viz: Revs. F. Frech, John Erb, R. J. J. Kanaga and J. G. Theurer. Their services, both preaching and prayer meetings, were held in the houses of these families.
At the annual conference of 1856 this society was constituted a mis- sion station, with fifty members. The Rev. L .. F. Sheurerman became its first missionary, in 1857, and served until the spring of 1859, and since that time the church has been served by the following pastors, viz :- J. G. Theurer, up to 1860; J. G. Zinser, to 1861: C. Gramer. to 1863; G. Harenpflug, to 1855; J. Frankhauser, to 1867; E. B. Crouse.
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to 1868; F. Frech, to 1869; J. G. Theurer, to 1871; C. F. Negile, to 1874; E. B. Crouse, to 1876 ; C. G. Koch, to 1879; and N. Schupp since spring, 1879.
In 1858 the church and parsonage were erected, at a cost of $2,500 under the pastorate of L. F. Scheurerman and J. G. Zinser, John Loos and Jacob Snyder serving as trustees and building committee. Both church and parsonage have undergone repairs, at an expense of about $1,000. On the 21st day of April, 1858, the first Sunday school was organized, with thirty scholars, and has increased to eighty scholars, the present number. William C. Negile has been the superintendent from the organization to the present time-twenty-two years.
The Ohio annual conference held two of its sessions in this church, in 1865 and 1875. In 1871 the society became self supporting, and was changed from a mission to a station. In 1873, by an act of the society the Sunday evening preaching services were held in the English language, and shortly after an English class was formed, which was the origin of the Ebenezer church, now worshipping in their new edifice on North Washington street. However, the German and English classes worshipped together until 1876, when they became two separate organizations by common consent. Rev. J. Lerch served the English congregation, and C. H. Koch the German. This society enjoyed a special revival under the present pastorate, with a net increase, and it now numbers one hundred and twenty-five members.
EBENEZER CHURCH.
In the spring of 1876, the Ohio conference of the Evangelical Association established an English mission in Tiffin, called "Tiffin Washington street mission." The steps that led to this result were the following: An English class was formed in the German (Salem) church in 1873, for the benefit of the English speaking people. The pastor, the Rev. C. F. Ingle, of the Salem church, began English preaching service on Sabbath evenings.
Rev. Jesse Lerch was appointed the first missionary, the mission then numbering forty members. During the first year the church on North Washington street was built, at an expense, including the lot, of $7,100. Mr. Lerch served for three years, and in the spring of 1879 he was supported by the Rev. J. A. Hensel.
The mission at present numbers eighty-five members, and is in a flourishing condition, both financially and spiritually. Its Sunday school numbers eighty scholars: Mr. E. Nicolai is the superintendent
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ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH.
In 1845 the German Catholics of Tiffin, who for a number of years had been members of St. Mary's English church, solicited and obtained from the Right Rev. J. B. Purcell, Bishop of Cincinnati, the permission to organize a separate congregation. They numbered at that time from thirty to forty families. They went to work with energy and lib- erality, and selected near the city a beautiful site of two acres.
From 1845 until January, 1852, the new German organization was attended by priests of the Sanguinnist congregation, who came from Thompson or New Riegel (then called Wolf Creek), the Revs. F. Sale- sius Brunner, John Wittmer, J. B. Jacomet, Yacob Ringeli, M. Anton Meyer, P. Anton Capeder, F. X. Obermiller, Maximillian Hamburger. John Von den Broeck and Mathias Kreusch. The last named resided for a few months in the city, with a catholic family. In January, 1852. Rev I .. Molon, pastor of St. Mary's church, was also appointed pastor of the German congregation, and had a separate service in each church every Sunday until September of the same year, when Rev. J. B. Uhl- mann arrived from Germany and was appointed pastor of the young and flourishing congregation. The present parsonage was then built. Rev. Uhlmann remained in Tiffin until May, 1856, when he was sent to Canton, Stark county, Ohio.
His successor was the Rev. Joseph L. Bihn, who was removed in September, 1873. at his own request, after a pastoral ministration of more than seventeen years. In August, 1870, Rev. N. Schnitz became hi- assistant, and remained until August, 1872. In September, 1872. Rev. A. M. Meile was appointed assistant, and remained until July. 1873. Another assistant, Rev. J. A. Michenfelder, was appointed; but remained only eighteen days and was removed after the resignation of the pastor.
In punishment of the disorders which had compelled Rev. J. L. Bihn to give up his charge, the congregation was left without a pastor and the church closed for more than two months, after which time the Right Rev. Bishop, moved by the repeated petitions of the people, appointed the present pastor, Rev. Charles Evrard, under whose administration peace was at once restored and has since remained undisturbed. In August. 1877, the Rev. J. B. Heiland became his assistant, but was compelled by his failing health to leave Tiffin. in March, 1878.
At the time of the organization of the new congregation the leading men were Joseph Knebler. Dr. Joseph Boehler, Michael Kirchner, Frank
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Greulich, Joseph Vollmer, Michael Theissen, John Houck and John Bormuth.
The present church building was commenced in 1860, and consecra- ted September 14, 1862, by the Right Rev. J. M. Young, Bishop of Erie, in the presence and with the assistance of Right Rev. A. Rappe, Bishop of the diocese. The beautiful gothic edifice, under the able management of Rev. J. L. Bihn, did not cost more than $25,000, and is a standing monument of the zeal of the pastor and the liberality of the people.
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