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The Good Intent Shirt Factory dates back to 1899, when citizens of Dun- cannon donated the ground and furnished an additional $500 towards secur- ing the industry. Emanuel Jenkyn, of Tremont, was the projector and owner, and successfully managed the business until 1911, when it was pur- chased by J. Arthur Rife. In October, 1919, it was purchased by S. Rosen- bloom, of Baltimore, Mr. Rife remaining as manager. This industry has been operated continuously with from forty to sixty employees.
The Standard Novelty Works, incorporated, began business in 1904, in the brick manufacturing plant, formerly the brass works, purchased from the Duncannon Improvement Company. The business began in a small way, with the manufacture of children's sleds, and while that still is the principal product, the line now includes porch swings, porch gates, maga- zine racks, roller coasters and other novelties. During the past year (1920) more children's sleds were made there than in any other plant in the world, and the substantially constructed little "Lightning Guider" makes happy the lives of children in every land where snow abounds. The capacity is from 1,600 to 7,800 sleds a day. The first officers of the Standard Nov- elty Works were: William Wills, president; C. A. Walter, secretary and manager, and P. F. Duncan, treasurer. The present officers are : William Wills, president; P. F. Duncan, secretary and treasurer, and C. H. Mane- val, manager. A large additional building, used as a planing mill, was erected in 1910. The old Duncannon planing mill building is also about to become a part of the plant. About sixty persons find employment at this plant.
During 1920 William Wills presented to the borough a plot of ground on Carver's Hill for park purposes, and during 1921 P. F. Duncan donated the use of grounds in the upper end for the same purpose.
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Duncannon people keep up two organizations having as their object re- lief in case of death. The first, known as the Duncannon Workingmen's Burial Association, was at first confined to employees of the Duncannon Iron Company, and came about through the "passing of the hat" in many instances after a death had visited a family. After its organization $50 was paid in case of death. In later years the G. A. R. Burial Association was organized along the same lines, paying the same amounts. These organizations have large memberships and are a distinct aid to the com- munity. A Community League was organized in 1920.
The first physician of which there is record who located at Duncannon -then "Clark's Ferry"-was Dr. John W. Armstrong, who practiced from 1818 to 1824, when he changed his location to Liverpool, in whose list of physicians he is spoken of again. Dr. Armstrong's successor was Dr. Joseph Speck, who was a graduate of Dickinson College as well as a medical college. He practiced in Duncannon until 1834, when he moved to New Bloomfield, where he remained two years. He then moved back to Duncannon, and later went West. In May, 1834, Philip Ebert, of York County, according to records, located at "Clark's Ferry" (now Duncan- non). He was a graduate of the University of Maryland. He practiced until 1865, when he removed to Runyan, Ohio. He was once an associate judge of Perry County. About 1850 Dr. A. J. Werner, of Reading, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, located and practiced until his death, in 1881, which occurred while on a professional call to the coun- try, his body being found in his carriage. Dr. Joseph Swartz graduated at Jefferson Medical College in 1857, and located at Grier's Point, Perry County, where he succeeded Dr. Kaechline. In 1860 he located in Duncan- non, and in the War between the States he was a surgeon of a Pennsyl- vania regiment. He conducted a drug store in connection with his medical practice. He was married to a daughter of Dr. Philip Ebert. He died in 1887. In 1860 Dr. W. W. Culver and Dr. Frederick Nockel were located in Duncannon, and in 1862 Dr. H. A. Boteler located and practiced a few years.
In 1859 Dr. N. C. McMorris graduated at the Pennsylvania Medical Col- lege and practiced on several different occasions at Duncannon. He died i11 1905. Dr. Thomas L. Johnston, of Lebanon, graduated at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in 1868, and after a brief practice elsewhere located in Duncannon in 1871, where he remained in practice until 1896. , Dr. Al- fred L. Shearer, a native of the county, graduated at the University of New York in 1883, and located in Duncannon, where he also conducted a drug store for many years in connection with his practice. He practiced here until 1905, when he located in Harrisburg. Dr. Harry D. Reutter, a son of Dr. George N. Reutter, graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1884, and located in Duncannon, where he practiced until his death in 1915. Dr. H. W. Mckenzie graduated from Dickinson College in 1886 and from Hahnemann College in 1889. He immediately located in Dun- cannon, his home town, and became the first homeopathic physician to practice in the county. Dr. Frank C. McMorris, University of Pennsyl- vania, '93, practiced for about ten years thereafter, until his health failed. Dr. B. F. Beale located here in 1905, succeeding to the practice of Dr. A. L. Shearer. He and Dr. Mckenzie are the only physicians now, while several decades ago there were seven for a time.
Dr. Jerome Sunday, educated at the medical department of the Univer- sity of Hudson, Ohio; Dr. Sylvanus H. Green; Dr. John U. Hobach, now of Philadelphia; Dr. Robert T. Barnett, who later located at Lewistown ; Wr. Winfred J. Wright, who later located at Skippack, Pennsylvania, and several others practiced for a number of years.
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Dr. Joseph B. D. Ickes practiced on Duncan's Island until his death in 1851. He also practiced in territory of Perry County contiguous to that island.
When the state passed a law, recently, authorizing boroughs to appoint Park and Shade Tree Commissions, Duncannon was the first borough to appoint one, the members of which were B. Stiles Duncan, Abram Dearolf and Joseph N. Wolpert.
The mercantile appraiser reports the following in business in Duncan- non, the date following the name specifying the time of their beginning business in that line :
General stores. Samuel Sheller (1905), established by Samuel Sheller, Sr. (1852) : George B. Noss, established by Samuel Noss : W. O. Miller, L. W. Miller, A. S. Hays (1890), Duncannon Merchandise Company, John S. Ken- nedy (1896), C. F. Mutzabangh.
Groceries, Wmn. E. Bender (1916), George E. Boyer (1905), C. A. Hunter, George Hemperly, W. D. Owens, F. E. Wase, E. F. White (1906), Oscar Wagner.
Notions, etc., Mrs. L. F. Gintzer, Mrs. E. G. Gladden, Mrs. N. M. Miller, Mrs. Carrie Fenstemacher (1914).
J. A. Martin, jewelry and saddlery (1906), established (1874) at New Bloomfield by J. A. Martin and removed to Duncannon (1893).
Alander & Bolden, Theodore Noye, meat markets.
Sylvester Sheller (1905), established by Samuel Sheller (1882), coal, grain and lumber.
C. N. Reed, coal and feed ; C. F. Gelbach (1900), fertilizer and lime.
J. Y. Wills & Son (1890), George M. Zerfing (1917), hardware.
\V. H. Zeigler (1904), Nickel Furniture Co. (1920), established by S. H. Moses ( 1853), furniture and undertaking.
Joseph E. Lestz, Win. D. Kline Estate (1895), clothing.
D. W. Bell, W. H. Heffley, Chas. Mager, cigars.
Miscellaneous : E. S. Glass, bakery (1908) ; Charles J. Wagner, news stand: E. C. Smith, drugs (1913) ; Central Garage Company (John S. Ken- nedy and Robert E. Owen, 1917) ; Frank Snyder, marble works; Elmer S. Loy, jewelry ; Ed. Michener, restaurant ; M. J. Derick, musical instruments ; O. S. Ebersole & Co., feed ; Abram Roth, wallpaper ; Miss Ida Kline, millinery.
Frank Snyder, marble works, long operated by Lupfer & Flickinger, and later by F. E. Flickinger.
*Duncannon Presbyterian Church. Almost with the first settlers came Presbyterianism. The early records tell of the establishment of churches in the west end of the county, but are mute as to the very first efforts to establish a congregation at what is now Duncannon. In October, 1793, Presbytery appointed supplies for Sherman's Creek, Dick's Gap and "at the mouth of the Juniata," a Sabbath to be spent at each place. This is the first mention of the place, yet the fact that no mention of it is made as a new place signifies that it was already a place where services had been held and where a people awaited the gospel.
In conjunction with Middle Ridge and the Sherman's Creek Church the people of that faith residing here issued a call, March 10, 1803, to Rev. James Brady, of Carlisle, to become pastor. The services were then held in a stone house, above William Irwin's store. During the next year a log church, 25x30 feet in size, was built on the bluff, above Duncannon, on lands purchased of Cornelius Baskins-the location occupied by the Pres- byterian cemetery. On October 3, 1804, Rev. Brady was installed as pastor of these three churches.
Rev. Brady located on a farm, where he opened an academy and in con- junction with his work for the Master gave attention to the great need for
*The author is indebted to the Duncannon Presbyterian Church for a number of the electrotypes used in this book.
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education. He died April 24, 1821, and his remains are interred in the cemetery started by the church he loved. Shortly after this what was probably the first Sunday school in the county was started, the exact date being unknown, It has been stated as being in 1816, but no official record can be found substantiating that date. Mrs. Campbell and her daughter, Sarah and Julianna, and her sister, Miss Harriet Miller, of Carlisle, were the factors to whom posterity gives credit for its organization. It had about forty pupils, who walked, as the roads were few and the vehicles fewer. This school, however, must have failed to continue, as there is record of its reorganization by Mrs. William Irwin, the wife of a ruling elder of the church, in her home. Mrs. Irwin personally purchased all of the supplies, Bibles. Testaments, etc., in Harrisburg, making the trip in a small boat which was poled there and back by a man named John Harris, the ancestor of the Harris family which resided in the vicinity of Duncannon, until recently.
After Rev. Brady's death Rev. Cornelius Loughran filled the pulpit for a short time. November 1, 1826, Rev. John Niblock was called. He served until his death, August 30, 1830. His remains lie in the Middle Ridge graveyard. From January, 1831, until October, 1844, Rev. Matthew Patterson was pastor. He was a pioneer in the cause of temperance. In the meantime the town, then known as Petersburg, had grown from the small settlement to a village of considerable size, and a new church had been built on High Street and was dedicated in August, 1841. It was a frame church, 40x50 feet in size, and on the site of the present church. The Sunday school was held for a time in the old building on the heights, but was soon transferred to the new school building, where it met until the church was erected. Occasional services were also held in the old church until April 12, 1866, when a storm laid it in ruins.
From 1844 until 1847 the pulpit was filled by supplies, Rev. Charles B. McClay being installed in 1847 and serving during 1848-49. From 1849 to 1853 Rev. Hezekiah Hanson was a supply, and from then until 1856 the regular pastor, being installed as such. In 1856 Rev. William B. Craig was called, and remained until June, 1867. He also served the New Bloom- field church, which paid half his salary. He resided in New Bloomfield until 1863, when he purchased a farm near Duncannon and removed there. He conducted an academy at Duncannon, but its life was brief, owing to lack of support. Rev. Craig established a congregational library in the church during his pastorate. Rev. Craig was then a young man and lived for many long years thereafter. When the writer was editor of the Dun- cannon Record, during the period from 1801 to the end of the century, Rev. Craig was a frequent visitor to his office, and while half a century of difference existed in their ages, a friendship sprang up which lasted until the death of Rev. Craig. The New Bloomfield church had become self-sustaining, and after the pastorate of Rev. Craig it became a separate pastorate. The successive ministers since then have been :
1868-73-Rev. Wm. B. Thompson. 1884-85 -*
1874-77-Rev. George Robinson.
1877-80-Rev. W. W. Downey.
1881-84-Rev. James W. Gilland.
1886-99-Rev. O. B. McCurdy.
1901-08-Rev. J. N. Wagenhurst.
1908-21-Rev. George H. Johnson. 1921- - Rev. Raymond Wilson.
A new brick edifice was erected upon the same site at a cost of over $10,000, being dedicated April 27, 1888. In 1901 the old parsonage was sold and a new and commodious one erected on Market Street.
A local tradition connected with the building of this first church at its elevated location at the mouth of the Juniata appears faulty. The state- ment is made that it was built there so that Indians could be seen even
*During 1884-85 Rev. Mcclurkin filled the pulpit, but was not installed as pastor.
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at far-away points. As it was not built until 1803 and as the Indians had gone even before the Revolution, that is hardly plausible. However, the graveyard may have been located there for that reason, as it dates farther back.
Duncannon Methodist Church. The farm one-fourth of a mile west of Duncannon, on the New Bloomfield road, long owned by William Mor- rison, and now by J. W. Mumper, was the scene of the first meetings of members of the Methodist faith. It was then owned by Abraham Young, who was a pioneer in the district, and who gave the use of his home for services, which date as far back as 1809. Methodism was then a comparatively new faith and attracted people from long distances. The congregation was known as Young's and was one of four appointments of the Juniata Circuit, the original Methodist charge of what is now Perry County. The others were Alexander Shortess' home, near Shermansdale ; Liverpool and Pfoutz Valley. The preachers at that time and following were :
1809 -Rev. Michael Borge, Rev. Allen Green.
1820 1821
-Rev. John Henry. --- Rev. Israel Cook.
1810 -Rev. John Thomas.
1822 -Rev. Thomas Magee,
1811 -Rev. John Gill Watt.
Rev. N. B. Mills.
1812 -Rev. Nathan Lodge.
1813-14-Rev. John Thomas.
1823 -Rev. N. B. Mills, Rev. Jacob B. Shepherd.
1824 -- Rev. Thos. Magee, 1815 -- Rev. David Stevens.
1816 -Rev. Wm. Butler,
Rev. John Gier.
Rev. Morris Hoes.
1825 ---- Rev. Jacob R. Shepherd,
1817 -Rev. John Everhart.
Rev. J. Wm. Pool.
1818 -Rev. James Moor.
1810 -Rev. Robert Cadden.
1826 -Rev. Jacob R. Shepherd, Rev. Jonathan Munroe.
The adjoining farm to the north, long known as the Godcharles farm, now in the possession of Samuel B. Sheller, was then owned by Christian Young (a nephew of Abraham, in whose house the meetings had been conducted all these years). On a level plateau, at the top of the hill, Christian Young gave the ground for burial place and the erection of a meeting house. The pastors then were Rev. John Smith and Rev. Oliver Ege, who with the first official board, soon had a church erected. The members of this board were Christian Young, John L. Morgan, John Young, Sr., and Henry Branyan. The building, 20x20 in size, was dedi- cated in 1827. It faced the highway and had a rough, high pulpit and slab seats. The only thing left to show the site is the old burying ground, often sadly neglected, at the top of the hill.
At the time of the erection of this old church, long known as Young's Church, this congregation was a part of the Concord Circuit, which ex- tended from Concord, Franklin County, through western Perry to the Juniata and along that river as far as Mifflintown.
This church was in use until 1840, when it was sold to the school board for use as a school building, being in use only a few years however. In the meantime Petersburg (Duncannon) had grown to be a considerable town, and it was decided to build the new church there. A lot was pur- chased from Jacob Clay for $100, its location being on the corner of High Street and an alley. It is the site of the church to this day. On New Year's Day, 1841, it was dedicated. The official board at the time of its building was composed of Jacob Bruner, Sr., Jonathan Beck, Henry Branyan, Abner VanFossen, and George Bruner. In order to help defray the expense of building two lots were cut from the church property and were sold to Robert Jones and John Glass.
In 1882 the present substantial brick parsonage, one of the finest homes in Duncannon to this day, was built. The Duncannon organization also
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owns Pennell's Church, in Wheatfield Township, in the history of which an account of that church appears. The appointment on Duncan's Island, the result of Rebecca Duncan's efforts towards having services held there, were supplied by the Duncannon charge. Sce Duncan's Island chapter. The pastors, since the building of Young's Church in 1827, have been as follows :
1827-Rev. Jolin Smith, Rev. Oliver Ege.
1842-Rev. Joseph Parker, Rev. Charles McClay.
1828-Rev. John Smith,
1843-Rev. Wm. H. Enos,
Rev. John Forrish. Rev. E. Teal. 1829-Rev. Jonathan Munroe, Rev. Henry Tarring.
1844-Rev. Wmn. H. Enos,
Rev. Wmn. F. Pentz.
1830-Rev. Edward Allen, Rev. Allen Britten.
1845-Rev. F. Dyson, Rev. John Ewing.
1831-Rev. Thomas Taneyhill, Rev. Zachariah Jordan.
Rev. W. W. Meminger.
1832-Rev. David Thomas,
1847-Rev. Robert T. Nixon, Rev. John Thrush.
Rev. Daniel Hartman.
1848-Rev. Geo. Berkstresser,
1833-Rev. David Thomas, Rev. Wesley Howe.
Rev. Win. Harden.
1834-Rev. Jacob MeEnaly, Rev. John Wosborn.
1835-Rev. Thos. S. Harding, Rev. Robert T. Nixon.
1850-Rev. Oliver Ege,
Rev. W. Champion.
1836-Rev. John Hodge, Rev. Geo. Berkstresser.
Rev. James Beatty.
1837-Rev. David Shaver, Rev. Jesse Stanbury.
1838-Rev. David Shaver, Rev. John M. Green.
1853-Rev. Wesley Howe, Rev. H. C. Westwood.
1854-Rev. W. R. Mills,
Rev. Job Price.
Rev. John Lanahan.
1855-Rev. W. R. Mills,
1840-Rev. Peter MeEnally, Rev. Joseph S. Morris.
Rev. R. E. Wilson.
1841-Rev. Joseph Parker, Rev. John MeClay.
1856-Rev. G. Stevenson, Rev. W. F. Keith.
In the meantime Duncannon and Newport had been formed into a charge, which was separated after 1856 and each made a separate pastorate. The pastors, from then :
1857-58-Rev. T. D. Gotwalt.
1888-89-Rev. J. A. DeMoyer.
1859-60-Rev. John Stine. 1800-94-Rev. George M. Hoke.
1861-62-Rev. Daniel Hartman. 1895-97-Rev. John B. Mann.
1863 -Rev. S. L. M. Conser. 1898-99-Rev. John Horning.
1864-65-Rev. James Brads. 1900-03-Rev. W. H. Stevens.
1866-68-Rev. A. W. Gibson. 1904-05-Rev. J. Emory Weeks.
1869-70-Rev. G. T. Gray. 1906 -Rev. Edgar R. Heckman.
1871-73-Rev. C. Graham.
1907 -Rev. Wilbur H. Norcross.
1874 -Rev. G. Leidy.
1908-09-Rev. George L. Comp.
1875-77-Rev. W. H. Keith.
1910-11-Rev. Ellsworth M. Aller.
1878-79-Rev. Wm. Rink.
1880 -Rev. J. H. MeCord.
1881-82-Rev. J. Ellis Bell.
1918-19-Rev. Samuel Fox.
1883-85-Rev. B. F. Stevens.
1886-87-Rev. J. T. Wilson.
1917 -Rev. H. L. Schuchart.
1920-22-Rev. L. Elbert Wilson.
Christ's Lutheran Church. When the settlement below the mouth of the Juniata grew to some size and was called Petersburg, there had come into the community a number of families of the Lutheran faith. The nearest churches of the denomination were at New Buffalo and at Fishing Creek. To Dr. Philip Ebert is largely due the establishing of the church here.
1852-Rev. Wesley Howe,
Rev. David C. Wertz.
1839-Rev. Peter MeEnally,
1851-Rev. Oliver Ege.
1849-Rev. Geo. Berkstresser,
Rev. John Lloyd.
1846-Rev. F. Dyson,
1912-16-Rev. W. W. Sholl.
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He appeared at the sessions of the West Pennsylvania Synod, held in New Bloomfield in 1842, and presented the necessity of such a move. In No- vember, 1842, Rev. Andrew Berg held the first Lutheran service in the Methodist Church, after which such services were conducted there every four weeks. At the close of the following month, December, 1842, an organization was effected by electing George Keim, elder, and Jonathan Michener and Dr. Philip Ebert, deacons. In the following January it had seventeen members, and admitted eighteen more in June. After this Rev. Berg resigned and was succeeded in October, 1843, by Rev. L. T. Wil- liams. On November 10, 1844, the new church was dedicated, the building committee being Andrew Hantz, Dr. Philip Ebert and Edward Miller.
On October 1, 1845, Rev. Lloyd Knight succeeded to the pastorate, and was in turn succeeded by Rev. Jacob Martin, in July, 1849. In February, 1850, the Petersburg congregation with Mt. Pisgah and Mt. Zion, in Fish- ing Creek Valley; St. David's ( formerly Billow's), at Dellville, and the church at New Buffalo were formed into one charge. Rev. Martin re- signed in June, and Rev. John P. Heister became pastor of the new charge. A list of the later pastors follows :
1850-53-Rev. John P. Heister. 1875-78-Rev. J. J. Kerr.
1854-58-Rev. George A. Nixdorff. 1879-82-Rev. G. W. Crist.
1858-62-Rev. W. H. Diven. Rev. A. F. Yeager (supply).
863 -- Rev. Kinsel. 1884-87-Rev. H. F. Long.
1863-64-Rev. S. Aughe.
1887-92-Rev. F. L. Bergstresser.
1865-66 -- Rev. M. L. Culler.
1892-93-Rev. G. W. Leisher.
1867-69-Rev. J. E. Honeycutt. 1804-95 -- Rev. W. C. Dunlap.
1870 -Rev. M. L. Heisler (supply). 1896-00-Rev. Jerome M. Gnss.
1871-73-Rev. P. B. Sherk. 1900-02 -- Rev. George W. Engler.
1874 -Rev. S. E. Herring (supply). 1903-05-Rev. E. E. Dietterich.
Then, from 1900, for a period of several years the Marysville church was separated from the Duncannon church, each having its own pastor until October 1, 1905. After again uniting, as the Marysville charge, the pastors have been :
1905 -Rev. J. G. Langham. 1912-18-Rev. S. L. Rice.
1806-11-Rev. H. L. Gerstmyer. 1918- - Rev. J. C. Reighard.
The old church, a stone edifice, was torn away in 1885, and on the site was built the present white church, a frame structure, 34x55 feet in size. It was dedicated November 25th. The building committee was composed of S. H. Moses, John Shively and B. F. Wert, the latter also being the contractor. It is mounted by a large steeple, and its entire cost was but $2,600. That was a remarkably low figure for a church of such sub- stantial construction and modern finish, even in those days. The church was incorporated as "Christ's Lutheran Church of Duncannon," on April 6, 1865.
Duncannon U. B. Church. The United Brethren Church at Duncannon was organized in 1845, and up to 1870 constituted a part of what is known as the Perry Circuit, and was served by the pastors serving that charge. In 1870 it was detached from Perry Circuit and with Marysville, Duncan's Island, and the Hill Church near New Buffalo, became a circuit, known as Duncannon Mission Charge. It remained that way one year, under Rev. G. W. Lightner. In 1871 Marysville church was detached from Duncan- 1011, and attached to that at West Fairview. Duncannon, Duncan's Island and Hill Church continued in their relationship under the pastorate of Rev. G. W. Lightner, succeeded by Rev. J. R. Hutchinson, until 1874, when the Hill Church was detached and attached to the Allegheny Conference, it being in the bounds of the Allegheny Conference territory. The church
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in Duncannon, and the Duncan Island class remained in relationship as such until about the year 1886 or 1887, when the members of the latter class united with the church at Duncannon. From then on the church at Duncannon has been a station. The new church, built in 1903, is a brick structure of modern design, valued at $8,000 to $10,000. A new parsonage was recently purchased at a cost of $4,500. An incomplete record of the pastors follows :
1873-75-Rev. Jos. Hutchinson. 1903-05-Rev. Chas. J. Gardner.
1884-86-Rev. A. R. Ayres. 1905 -Rev. McDaniels (died).
1891 -Rev. Chas. J. Gardner. 1906-09-Rev. Oyer.
Rev. A. A. Long.
1909-11-Rev. Samuel G. Zeigler.
1891-94 -- Rev. J. A. Gohn.
1911-13-Rev. John I. Green.
1894-96-Rev. E. H. Hummelbaugh.
1913-17-Rev. Fillmore T. Kohler.
1896-99-Rev. John W. Owen.
1917-20-Rev. Marks.
1899 -Rev. Schlichter (died).
1920-21-Rev. W. L. Murray.
1900-03-Rev. J. F. Kleffman.
1921 -Rev. B. P. S. Busey.
German Reformed Church. The Duncannon Reformed Church is, in a way, an outgrowth of the St. David's congregation at Dellville. On May 16, 1858, it was organized, and the majority of the membership were those transferred from St. David's. The organization took place in the United Presbyterian Church, which had been erected in 1852, and which the con- gregation afterwards purchased. Lewis Harling and John Achenbach were the first trustees; Frederick Wahl, Sr., and George F. Moyer, elders, and Lewis Sommers and John Achenbach, deacons.
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