History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania, Part 178

Author: Mathews, Alfred, 1852-1904. 4n
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : R.T. Peck & Co.
Number of Pages: 1438

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23, 1737, and is supposed to have organized the four historie churches-Machackemech, Minisink, Walpack and Smithfield-about the sanie time.

Rev. S. W. Mills, in an historical address delivered at Bushkill January 13, 1874, says : " The precise date of organization is not known, but the minutes of consistory date back to August 23, 1737, at which time a consistory was found in each church performing consistor- ial acts. Mancius, as it would seem from the record of baptisms in his handwriting, was in the habit of coming here regularly every six months (in May and November) from their first organization to preach and administer the sae- raments, until they obtained a minister of their own," which was in 1741, when John Casparus Fryenmuth became the first regular pastor of the four churches. The first record reads as follows.

" Whereas, Some among us are unwilling to re- munerate the minister who is coming to officiate among us, and yet wish to avail themselves of his services, it was approved and resolved by the Con- sistory : That every one dwelling among us requir- ing the services of the minister shall pay for the baptism of a child six shillings, and those who live without our bounds shall pay for the baptism of a child three shillings. Signed in behalf of others,

" GEORG WILHELM MANCIUS. " Done in Consistory August 23, 1737." 1

During the four years that Dominie Mancius visited the Minisink Churches he baptized one hundred and two persons. J. C. Fryenmuth (written at a later period Fryenmoet) was found among the people, a young man, and was sent to

1 The following is a literal copy of the first record show- ing the existence of a consistory in the Minisink Churches. It is in the handwriting of Dominie Mancius, pastor of the Kingston Church.

" Acten van de E. Kerkenraad gepasseert.

"Dewyl eenige onder ons onwillig zyn tot het betalen aan't tractament van den predikant die ons hier komt bedieness en egler den dienst van den predikant willen genieten ; zoo is van de E. Kerkenraad geconcludeert en goedgevonden dat yeder onder ons hier woonende de will aan't tractament van den predikant wil betaalen voor enn kind dat hy wil gedoopt hebben zal betallen zes schelling; dog een die buiten ons woont zal voor't doopen van een kind betalen 3 schelling,

" Dit getuige ik uyt allernaam,

" GEORG WILHELM MANCIUS.

" Actum den 23 August, 1737."

Amsterdam and there educated for four years by the Minisink Churches, at the end of which time he returned and commenced his labors, June 1, 1741, at the age of twenty, and labored faithfully for fifteen years in the four churches, extending over a territory that reached from Westbrookville on the north to Smithfield on the south, a distance of fifty miles. The Smith- field Church paid their quota of the preacher's salary, seventeen pounds and ten shillings, in " proclamation money." At a meeting of the consistory of the four churches appears the fol- lowing :

" The Reverend Consistory of Smithfield hath con- cluded, with the consent of the minister, to contribute to his support £17 10s. Proclamation money."

The first reference to Smithfield Church, where it is specifically named, occurs December 26, 1743, where

" The Consistory resolved that the acts of the Church of Smithfield passed December 26, 1743, should be disannulled." "The Consistory also fixed the time for dispensing the Lord's Supper (Avond- maal) in each church, viz .: On the incoming Easter (Paasch-cag) at Manissinck, in June at Smithfield, in September at Machackemnech and Christmas (Kers- dag) at Walpack. The Communion in each church to be preceded by family visitation and preparatory service. March 31, 1746. At a meeting of the Con- sistories it was resolved, That all the transactions of the Consistories shall be signed by the minister and the eldest elder of all the churches.

"J. C. FRYENMUTH, President and Scribe.

" WILLIAM COLE,

" HENDRICK CORTRECHT,

" MOSES DEPUI."

May 5, 1746, the names of Nicolass Dupui, Direk Westbrocck, Jan Van Kampen and Jacob Westfael appcar to a resolution wherein the act of subordination to the Classis of Amsterdam is ordered to be submitted to be signed and established by the neighborhoods of the four churches. Benjamin Depuy and Moses Depuy appear to have been elders and Lambart Brynck and James Hyndslaw deacons of the Smithfield Church.

The following record appears for January 13, 1748 :

"I bind myselfby my signature to the four united churches of Smithfield, Walpack, Mennissinck and Machackemech (pursuant with an obligation of the

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same date as this) henceforth to serve the churches with my own horse.

" For the establishment of this I subscribe my own name.

"J. C. FRYENMOET." 1

Iu 1750 William Allen conveyed five acres of land to Nicholas Depui and others, in trust for the use of a " Presbyterian Meeting-House," and in 1752 a building known by after genera- tions as the "Old Stone Church " was erected near the Indian town of Shawnee. The thirce persons principally concerned in the building of this church were Nicholas De Pui, Samuel De Pui and Abraham Van Kampen. Their initials and the date of erection are cut on the corner- stone, which now has a place in the new build- ing, erected a century later.

This old stone church stood as a monument to the devotion of its worthy founders, and, with the original log church and the present struc- ture, represents a period of one hundred and forty-four years. Who shall estimate the value to this community of this century and a half of church organization ? Blessings have attended it, and must attend the community, and especi- ally the descendants of those whose first thoughts in their pioneer life, as in this case, were directed to means for securing the minis- tration of the sacred Word, and for maintaining and having dwell with them one suited to the high calling.

The old stone church was typical of the church architecture of the time of its erection. It possessed the elevated pulpit, reached by a flight of steps, and above the speaker's head the sounding-board of bygone days. It was origi- nally designed as a Presbyterian Church, but does not appear to have been organized as such until many years after, but was free to all Chris- tian denominations.

The Reformed Dutch, who, under John Casparus Fryenmuth, worshipped in the log church, two miles above, since 1741, now assembled at the stone church and continued under the various pastorates for more than half a century.

The following is a list of the clergymen of that denomination who are known to have served in the church of Smithfield : Rev. J. C. Fryenmuth from 1741 to 1756 (nine or ten years of this time he preached in the log chureli erected in 1741) ; Rev. J. H. Goetchin, for six months ending June, 1757; Rev. Thomas Romeyn, cleven years, ending with 1781 ; Rev. D. Romeyn, three years, ending with 1775; Rev. Elias Van Bunschooten's first term of service was from 1786 to 1797. He frequently visited the church after this date, the last re- corded August 22, 1813.

Rev. Benjamin Dubois, of Monmouth County, N. J., visited the Smithfield Church in 1788, and baptized Juliana, daughter of Henry Shoe- maker and Blandina Van Campen, Philip Shrawder and wife acting as sponsors.

Rev. Mr. Darrien was here in 1789, and bap- tized Sarah, daughter of John Coolbaugh and Susanna Van Campen.

Rev. Mr. Hunt was here, in 1799, and baptized, among others, Eliza, daughter of John Stroud and Elizabeth Depui ; Anna, daughter of George Labar and Sarah Jayne ; and John and Moses, sons of John Coolbaugh and Susanna Van Campen.

The two clergymen last named were proba- bly not of the Reformed Dutch Church, but of the Presbyterian. Jacobus Romine, Reformed Dutch, was here temporarily in 1805.

PRESBYTERIAN CLERGYMEN IN SMITH- FIELD .- Azarialı Horton, a Presbyterian mis- sionary and friend of Rev. David Brainerd, visited Smithfield in 1741, and remained here about two weeks. Rev. J. Kirby Davis says,- "He set out in 1741 from Kaunameek and came by what is known as the Mine road from Kingston to this place. He preached in a log school-house and probably passed a Sabbath here. He went to the Forks of the Delaware to confer with the Indians in regard to having Brainerd preach among them."

David Brainerd preached here to the Indians in 1744. He came down the old Mine road from the Hudson. Brainerd had a missionary station at what is now known as Allen's Ferry, seven miles below the Water Gap, on the Dela- warc. The Indian town was called Sakhau-

1 Extracts from translations of original records made by Rev. J. B. Ten Eyck and published by W. H. Nearpass, of Port Jervis.

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watung, meaning in their language the mouth of a creek where some one resides. There was another Indian town called Clistowacke, where Brainerd built a cottage and lived for a time. It was situated near the three briek churches in Mount Bethel township, near the residences of Mr. Baker and Mr. Skinner, fifteen miles south of the Water Gap. Moses Funda Tatemy aeted as interpreter for Rev.'David Brainerd and was also interpreter at several of the treaties held with the Indians. "Tatemy's Gap", on the Blue Mountain, three miles west of the Delaware Water Gap, was named after him.

DAVID BRAINERD, THE MISSIONRAY-HIS FIRST VISIT TO NORTHAMPTON COUNTY-INDIAN VILLAGES CLISTOWACKI AND SAKHAUWOTUNG, 1

On a Saturday afternoon in May, one hundred and forty years ago, a solitary horseman rode down the Delaware into this county, intending to make it his home. He was refined, pious and intelligent, although he had been refused the diploma he sought at Yale College. He came on a new and rare errand. At this time Washington, a lad of twelve, was conning his arithmetic, Franklin was a youthful printer, and the parents of Napoleon were yet unborn. But in drawing out the great forces that stir the world, and mark the track of history, this pensive rider was destined to bear as full a share, in his way, as these illustrious men afterward did in their distinguished career, although his course ended before he was thirty, and before they were heard of. This man came simply to preach the gospel to the Indians, who list- ened to his sincere appeals with ready earnestness. His name was David Brainerd ; and, with the single exception of the journey of Count Zinzendorf from Bethlehem to Wyoming, in 1742, this was the first missionary tour on record in our country.

Brainerd soon found a home and built a cabin on the south bank of Martin's Creek, seven miles above Easton, on land now owned by David W. Howell and Abram Shimer. Near by was the little Indian village of Clistowacki, which meant "fine land." All his letters written were dated "The Forks of the Dela- ware," which was a general term for all the region about here, since the Lehigh River was known at the " West Branch of the Delaware."

But his earliest residence was at Sakhauwotung, a term that occurs but once in all his record. Where was this village? It is not found on any map now existing. While we then search for it as best we may, let us at the same time seek also for Opeholhau- pung, the place on the Susquehanna at which he visited another tribe in the following autumn.

Several writers have shown great lack of care and apparent thoughtlessness in hastily locating these places, and so have produced a confusion that lias caused several towns to set up rival claims for the honor of Brainerd's residence therein. The first point lias at times been variously located all the way from the headwaters of the Delaware to Easton, while Opeholhaupung in like manner has glided along the Susquehanna from Wyoming to Shamokin, until anchored at Wapwallopen, in Luzerne County.

In Brainerd's minute memoranda the one mention of Saklıauwotung is that he preached there on Sunday, May 13, on the termination of his journey from Fish- kill, N. Y., " across the woods from the Hudson, about a hundred miles, throughi a desolate and hideous country, above New Jersey, where were very few set- tlements ;" and in which journey he suffered much fatigue and hardship, "being alone in a strange wild- erness." He says : "On Saturday, May 12, 1744, I came to a settlement of Irish and Dutch people about twelve miles above the Forks of the Delaware." This, of course, means the two present Mt. Betliels, and probably includes Richmond, twelve miles from Easton, and Williamsburg, five miles farther north ; for Sherman Day, in his " Historical Collections of Pennsylvania, 1843," speaks of Richmond as “an ancient village, inhabited chiefly by Germans;" and then, quoting Brainerd's Journal incorrectly, Day says : "Brainerd went twelve miles farther, to Sakhauwotung," which would place this Indian village so close to Easton as to destroy every tradition on the subject ; whereas, what Brainerd did write is simply that quoted above. Whether he found the Irish people at Williamsburg or at Martin's Creck is not so well established, as there are good reasons for each location. Captain F. Ellis, in his "History of Northampton County in 1877," a work of much ability, and yet unfortunately marred by many serious blunders, says that a company of Ulster Scots, under the leadership of Alexander Hunter, in 1730, came to Northampton County and located in three distinct spots, two of which were Martin's Creek and Williamsburg, but all were known only as Hunter's Settlement in the Forks.

Brainerd does not say that he stopped licre, however, but implies the contrary in writing under date of "Lord's Day, May 13," that lie rose carly after hav- ing been fatigued and wet in his long journey ; "the children were all at play ; there appeared to be no Sabbath." A stranger, and not knowing where to go, disappointed as to getting an interpreter, "he rode three or four iniles to the Irish people," and preached first to them and then to the Indians. Some have thought this to refer to the well-known "Irish settlement" near Bath, where indeed Brainerd did preach often afterward, the first time being July 23d, of that year. But there were no Indian villages within three or four miles of Bath, in any direction. And as the Indians always located their villages where

1 By Prof. Coffin of Lafayette College.

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there was either rich land or good fishing, it cannot for a moment be supposed that Sakhauwotung was situated anywhere near the centre of our present county, as the " Drylands" were then considered no better than barrens and absolutely worthless for agriculture. Months later, in his report to the society in Scotland that had employed him, hesays expressly that " on May 13 he arrived at Sakhauwotung, within the Forks of the Delaware."

The conclusion, then, is that this place, which in the tongue of the Delawares meant "the mouth of a creek where some one resides," was on the west bank of the Delaware, not more than four miles above or below Belvidere; if below, then three or four miles brings one to Martin's Creek ; and if above, then the same distance brings one to Williamsburg. The latter is claimed by Luke W. Brodhead in his valuable work on the " Delaware Water Gap ; its Legends and History," 1870. He says that Sakhau wotung is now known as Allen's Ferry, opposite Delaware Station, N. J. In the elaborate " Historical Map of Pennsyl- vania" this question is deftly "straddled" by placing the long sentence, " Brainerd's Cabin, 1744," along the Delaware, and approximately opposite Belvidere.

On his journey to this place on May 10th, Brainerd reached the Indians who dwelt in the rich lands of the Minisinks, in the eastern part of Monroe County, and " spent some time with them," visiting their king and preaching to the people; yet as we find him at Sakhauwotung only three days later, he must have gone on horseback through the Water Gap, although there was no wagon-road there until the year 1800.

Soon after the erection of the stone church in Smithfield, in 1752, application was made to the Presbytery of New Brunswick for a sup- ply, but it does not appear that any was granted until 1761, when the Rev. Mr. Clark was ap- pointed for three Sabbaths. Rev. Mr. Tenant visited the church in 1762; Rev. Mr. Lyons, in 1763 ; Rev. John Hannah, in 1767 ; Rev. Mr. Schenck, in 1771; Rev. Joseph Treat, in 1778; Rev. Mr. Peppard, at different intervals between those dates ; Rev. Dr. Ira Condit, in 1797 ; Rev. Peter Wilson, of Hackettstown, N. J., about this period, a successful laborer ; Rev. David Barclay, 1805 to 1811 ; Rev. Dr. Joseph Campbell, in 1812.

Rev. Eleazer Wales, from Allen township, and the Rev. Mr. Rhodes labored here success- fully for a period before the Revolution-the exact date not ascertained.

he reorganized the church, and ordained John Turn and Gershom Bunnell ruling elders.

Rev. Jacob T. Field preached a short time by appointment during this period. Rev. Na- thaniel Conkling, Rev. J. Force and Rev. John M. Dickey cach spent a few months in this field. Revs. Hunt, Cartner and Shepherd occasionally preached here after the organization of the New- ton Presbytery.

In 1832 Rev. Jacob T. Field was appointed stated supply for the congregations of Smithfield and Stroudsburg, and in 1838 was installed as pastor. In consequence of his ill health the Rev. B. J. Lane supplied the pulpit of the two churches for six months, and in 1840 Mr. Field was entirely laid aside by a paralytic stroke.

THE OLD STONE CHURCH.

Rev. John McNair then acted as supply for six . months. In 1841 Rev. Baker Johnson began his pastoral labors at Smithfield and Middle Smithfield, and in 1849 the church at Strouds- burg was included in his pastoral charge. Mr. Johnson relinquished his care of the Smithfield Church in 1852, after serving for a period of twelve years and six months. In 1853 the old stone church was taken down and the present brick edifice erccted on the same site. After the erection of the new church it was reorganized as a distinctly Presbyterian Church ; Rev. T. B. Condit, Rev. John A. Riley and Elder Jere- miah Mackey were the committee appointed by the Presbytery of Newton for that purpose. Rev. Baker Johnson was also present. August 11, 1853, the corner-stone of the new church was laid. John D. La Bar, Findley Bush, Samuel

Rev. John Boyd was appointed by the Pres- bytery of New Brunswick and preached in Smithfield Church from 1813 to 1819. In 1816 [ Dictrick and Robert. R. Depui were chosen

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ruling elders December 27, 1853, when the church was reorganized by the committee above mentioned. The church was dedicated Marclı 9, 1854, by Rev. George C. Buslı, and Rev. J. Kirby Davis was installed pastor. His time was divided between this church and the one at Middle Smithfield. He continued his services for fourteen years, until 1868. He is now liv- ing at Newark, N. J. From 1868 to 1870 the pulpit was supplied. From 1870 to 1871 Rev Arthur Folsom occupied the pulpit, followed by another interregnum of about two years, during which there were temporary supplies. From 1873 to 1875 Rev. J. L. Jenkins was stated supply, followed by Rev. John H. Brown, who labored here from January, 1880, to 1884. Rev. Fuller P. Dalrymple, the present pastor, began his labors in April, 1885. Amiel Bush and Charles Walker have since been added to the eldership.

OCCUPATION BY THE BAPTISTS .- In 1792 the Rev. Mr. Jayne, a Baptist clergyman, preached in the stone church, at which time David Jayne was chosen elder and Thomas Lander clerk.

OCCUPATION BY THE LUTHERANS .- In 1800 the Rev. Mr. Coburn and the Rev. M. Teel, of the Lutheran Church of Plainfield, occasionally held services in the church. In 1820 Mr. Ru- pert, of York County, and the Rev. Jacob Tut- tle both labored here at irregular periods.

The Rev. Mr. Heilig, father of the Rev. Theophilus Heilig, the present pastor of Zion's (Lutheran) Church, in Middle Smithfield, labored very acceptably in the old stone church for a number of years. He was greatly esteemed in this community, and the son worthily enjoys the same high regard entertained for the father.

Another name in connection with the old church is held in grateful remembrance, the Rev. Mr. Hoffeditz, of the German Reformed Church. Hc first visited this church in 1820, and occasionally preached for a period of twenty ycar's or more, and had also a worthy successor in his son.

The parsonage to the modern church was built in 1871, and commands a beautiful view of the Delaware Water Gap and the surround- ing hills and valleys. There is an old grave-

yard hard by the church, where the old pio- neers sleep. Here, as elsewhere, many of the old graves are marked by moss-covered, native head and foot-stones, and some without date or initial.

About the year 1825 a Sunday-school was organized by John V. Bush and others. This school has been continucd, with occasional inter- ruptions, till the present. Among those who were prominent in sustaining the school in for- mer days were Henry Eilenberger and, later, Joseph V. Wilson, son of the Rev. Peter Wil- son, who organized the school and left it in a prosperous condition at his death. It is believed the present success of the school is largely due to their labors. The school now numbers one hundred pupils and is under the superintendency of the pastor.

Since the foregoing account of Smithfield Church was prepared, a volume the writer has for many years been in search of was unexpect- edly found at the residence of a neighbor, being a record of the Reformed Dutch Church of Smithfield, but too late for use in this connec- tion. It was kept in the Dutch language, and was commenced by the Rev. Casperus Fryen- muth, in May, 1741, and continued for the en- tire term of his pastorate in the Minisink. The last entry in the handwriting of Mr. Fryen- muth is the record of the baptism of Daniel, son of William De Voor and Catharine Schoon- inaker, his wife, September 22, 1752. Benja- min Schoonmaker (Shoemaker) and Elizabetlı De Pui appear as sponsors.

During the pastorate of Mr. Fryenmuth the record was neatly and accurately kept, showing good taste and scholarship as well. His suc- cessors were not so fortunate in this respect.

Following is a transcript of a part of the first page containing baptisms :

N.B. GEMEYNTE VAN SMITHFIELD.

1741.

Kinderen. (Children)

Onders. (Parents.)

Getnygen. (Sponsors. )

22 May. Lnke.

Daniel Brodhead.

Peter Casoy. Anna Prys.

Madlena.

Garret Schoonmaker.

Herman Rosen Crantz.

Elizabeth. Jan Decker, Jun.

Dina Knykeudel.

Elizabeth Decker.

Edward.

Florenz Tulliscane. Catharine Warrin.

Mary Baly.

9 |21

Jan. Susanna.

Benjamin Schoonmaker Garret Decker.

Elizabeth Du Puy.

Susanna Du Puy.

Hester Wyugaerd.

Catharine Dn P'ne.

Magdalena Rosen Crantz.

Moses Dn Pny.

Edward Cannade.

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The first marriage registered is as follows : 1742.

"1. 4 July. Moses Du Puy Wed. van Antie Reel met Anna Prys : J. D: Geboren, in Lancaster County, in Pennsylvania, beyde woonaeh tigh in Smithsfield, in Bucks County ; getosunt Jan. 18, dito by my J. Frey- enmuth."

The last entry is the baptism of Catharine. Maria De Witt, danghter of Jacob and Sarah De Witt, born 20th of March, 1806 ; baptized July 1, 1807, by the Rev. David Barclay, who was pastor from 1805 to 1811; Abram Van Campen, sponsor. Rev. Jacobus Romine made the last entry before this-January 5, 1805.

In the record of church officers, Smithfield and Walpack are kept together during the ministration of Mr. Fryenmuth. Among the early members of the consistory (Onderlinger) before 1750 are Nicholas De Pui, Lambart Brinck, Benjamin Depuy, Benjamin Schoon- maker, Derick Van Vliet and James Hynd- shaw (in 1752).

Deacons for the same period, -- Benjamin Schoonmaker, Daniel De Pui, Aaron De Pui, Harman Rose Krans and Joseph Hendrekas.

The following irregular entry is made ap- parently by the Rev. John Boyd, who min- istered in Smithfield Church from 1813 to 1819:

" January 31, 1814, the First English Presbyterian Congregation of Lower and Middle Smithfield having met at the school-house near to John Coolbaugh's, chose Gershom Bunnel and John Turn, for ruling elders; Benjamin Tock, Moses Chambers, Daniel Labar, Nicholas Depue and John Coolbaugh for trus- tees in said Congregation.

"Witness present :

John Boyd."

CHURCH OF THE MOUNTAIN .- On the 22d of January, 1854, a Presbyterian Church was organized at the Delaware Water Gap, to be called " the Church of the Mountain." The Rev. Horatio S. Howell, who had been labor- ing in that vicinity for six months previously as a missionary of the Philadelphia Home Missionary Society, was assisted in the services of the organization by the Rev. F. F. Ellin- wood, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church at Belvidere, N. J. The following persons united in the organization : Samnel Gulick, by letter from the Presbyterian Church at Strouds-

burg ; Susannah Snyder, by letter from the Second Presbyterian Church, Belvidere, N. J .; Anna Maria Brodhead, by letter from the Presbyterian Church of Middle Smithfield ; and on examination, -- Abraham Newhart, Su- sannah Newhart, David Shannon, Rachel Shan- non, Elizabeth Brodhead, Mary Brodhead, Elenora Snyder, Emily R. Snyder, Susan Bar- tron, James Dutot, Susan Van Scoter. Samuel Gulick was chosen ruling elder. The services of the organization were held in the school- house nearly opposite the church lot. The church edifice was commenced in July, 1853, and was dedicated on the 29th day of August, 1854, on which occasion Rev. H. S. Howell was assisted by Rev. F. F. Ellinwood, of Bel- videre, Rev. Andrew Miller, of Stroudsburg, and Rev. W. Wood, of the Methodist Church at Centreville ; Rev. F. F. Ellinwood preached the dedieatory sermon. The congregation are greatly indebted to the late Mrs. Caroline E. G. Peale, of Philadelphia, Dr. John M. Paul, of Belvidere, and Mathew Baldwin, of Phila- delphia, for their liberal assistance in erecting the church, and in the deep interest manifested by them in the spiritual welfare of the com- munity. January 6, 1871, Theodore Houser and L. W. Brodhead were elected ruling elders, and Elias Compton subsequently. Rev. Horatio S. Howell came to Water Gap in August, 1853, and organized the church, and continued as pastor until March, 1862, when he was chosen chaplain of the Ninetieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was killed while attending to the sick and wounded at the hospital in Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. He was succeeded by Rev. E. J. Pierce, who filled the pulpit until 1870, when Rev. S. W. Knipe commenced his pastoral labors, and in January, 1884, was suc- ceeded by the Rev. Thomas Tyack.

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History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania, Part 178

Author: Mathews, Alfred, 1852-1904. 4n Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Philadelphia : R.T. Peck & Co. Number of Pages: 1438

Author: Mathews, Alfred, 1852-1904. 4n
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : R.T. Peck & Co.
Number of Pages: 1438