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Rev. Mr. Focht assured the committee that he cherished the kindest feelings of regard and Christian fellowship toward them as a congrega- tion ; yet, in pursuance of a resolution of the Intheran Synod discountonancing the building of mion churches, etc., therefore be judged it the better plan for each congregation to erect its own house of worship.
The committee, not having received a favora- ble response from the Lutheran brethren, there- fore, among other things, recommending that the society forthwith enter into all the necessary arrangements for building a German Reformed Church, which was adopted, and the following- named persons were appointed a building com- mittee, to wit : David Lupfer, John MeKechan, George W. Meek, Charles Boyles and JJacob Mogle. At a joint meeting of the two congrega- tions, held February 28, 1856, Dr. Jonas Iekes was called to the chair, and Rev. S. Kuhn was chosen secretary.
A number of resohitions were adopted. The fifth resolution was to have the deeds of convey- ance corrected and amended so as to make the Intheran congregation joint owners in the ground which had been purchased as additional burying-ground. The sixth resolution was "that within two years from the Ist of April, 1856, the old church shall be taken down and the material equally divided between the two con- gregations," which was done, and the old house was torn down in 1857.
The division of property was made by the Intherans taking the west part of the church lot and the Reformed congregation the cast part, bath congregations jointly retaining the burial- ground, the Reformed conveying to the Luth- crans a half-interest in the aere purchased by them in 1815.
After the division of the Reformed Church in Perry County into two charges, the New Bloomfield charge consisted of six congrega- tions-to wit, Trinity, New Bloomfield ; Christ's, Newport; St. John's, Marklevsille; St. Andrew's, Slonman's (now Eschol) ; St. David's, Fio Forge; and Zion's, Fishing Creek, -- served by the Rev. Jacob Scholl, who died September 1, 1817, and
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was succeeded by Rev. Daniel Ganz, who was succeeded by Rev. Samuel Kulm, July 1, 1851 ; resigned December 26, 1862, eleven and a half years pastor.' Rev. David W. Kelly was called February 2, 1863, at which time the Joint Con- sistory resolved to reduce the number of preaching-points to four, by uniting, if possible, the Zion's congregation to St. David's, and the St. Andrew's to the Zion's or Blaine charge. Roy. Kelly entered upon his duties April, 1863, and resigned April 22, 1867. Rev. William F. Colliflower became pastor October, 1867 ; re-igned November 4, 1870, three years and one mouth pastorate. Rev. James Crawford was ordained and installed July 22, 1871 ; resigned March 8. 1875. Rev. John Kretzing was installed April 26, 1876, and resigned July, 1881. Rev. William R. II. Deitrich, the pres- ent pastor, assimmed the pastorate October 1, 1881.
The corner-stone of the present church, Trinity Reformed, was laid on the 30th of Sep- tember, 1856, by the pastor, the Rev. Samuel Kuhn, the Rev. Dr. Ganz, a former pastor, preaching the sernion.
The society was incorporated by a decree of the court, October 26, 1856.
The church was completed in 1857, aud dedi- cated on the 20th of September in that year. The ministers present were the pastor and the Revs. D. Schneck, A. II. Kremer, C. II. Lein- bach, and T. P. Bucher. A Sunday-school was established on Sunday, May 8, 1858.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- The first account of preaching by the ministers of this denomination is found in the Perry Forester, in which it is announced that the Rev. Mr. Tar- ring will preach in the court-house at carly candle-light on the evening of June 18, 1829. Soon after this time a society was organized, and elected the following persons as trustees : Holm Gotwalt, Adam M. Ase, Noah Heden, Samnel Hedden and William MeCroskey. On the 29th of October, 1830, these trustees pur-
chased of George Barnett lot No. 50, on the south side of High Street, on which they pro- ceeded to the erection of a church edifice, which was completed in 1881. The pulpit for many years was on the north end of the andience- room, but later placed on the south end, opposite the entrance. The building was used until 1866, when it was rebuilt under the charge of the Rev. Franklin Gerhart, and dedicated in September, 1867.
The pastors who served on the cirenit after Rev. Mr. Tarring are :
Daniel Ilartman, - Lanahan, Elisha Butler, David Shover, Alexander McClay, -- Parker, James Brady, George A. Stephenson, - Cornelius, Enos, Dr. - Coffin, G. W. Elliot, W. A. MeKee, 1848; J. W. Hanghtwoat, 1851-52; David Castleman, 1853; D. S. Monroe, 1855; Gideon H. Day, 1856; Cambridge Graham, 1857-58; W. II. Keith, 1857 ; J. Y. Rothrock, 1859-60; I. B. Mann, 1860; M. S. Mendenhole, 1881-62; M. K. Foster, 1862; F. B. Riddle, 1863-65; S. A. Creveling, 1863; Franklin Gerhart, 1866-67; J. C. Hleagy, 1866; G. W. Izer, 1867; George W. Bause, 1868-70; G. W. Izer, 1858; William Schreiber, 1869-70 ; E. Shoe- maker, 1871; A. W. Decker, 1872-74; L. F. Smith, 1872-74; George W. Dunlap, 1875-76; W. II. Bowen, 1875; J. HI. S. Clark, 1876; John H. Cleaver, 1877-79; James M. Johnston, 1880-82; John A. MeKendless, 1883; Thomas M. Griffith, 1884-85.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- Among those who settled at Bloomfield after the selection of that place as the county-seat were several fami- lies who were Presbyterians. The churches in the castern or lower end in 1826 extended a call to the Rev. John Niblock to become their pastor. This call he accepted and settled for a short time in Juniata township, but soon after removed to Bloomfield and lived in the house now occupied by Miss Elizabeth Hackett, where he died in 1831. The Middle Ridge Church' was the one nearest town and where the people of that faith attended. It is evident that a soci- cty was organized carly in 1831, from the fact that in April of that year the trustees were making arrangements for building a house of worship. It is probable that services of some
1 The history of Dick's Gap and Middle Ridge Churches will be found in Miller med Janiata townships, where they were located.
1 During the pastorate of the Rev. Mr. Kuhn be trav- eled nineteen thousand, five hundred miles, baptized three hundred and twelve persons, confirmed two hundred and thirty nine, married one hundred and forty-seven and buried one hundred and sixty-eight.
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kind were held in the court-house before the death of Mr. Niblock, but not certain. The eastern churches were without preaching until April, 1833, when the Rev. Matthew B. Pat- terson sent them by the Presbytery as a supply, and on October 20 in that year the society asked for church organization, which was granted, and on November 30, 1833, it was per- feeted under the Rev. Mr. ' MeKinley, of Car- lisle, and the Rev. Mr. Rutter, pastor of the " Upper" Church. December 23, 1834, the churches of Bloomfield, lekesburg and Landis- burg united in extending a call to the Rey. lohn Dickey, who accepted and was installed in 1835, and served as pastor until April 23, 1851, when he resigned, and on the 20th of October, the next year, he died. Supplies were obtained from Presbytery for about three years, when the congregations united with Sherman's Creek and Duncannon Churches in a call to the Rev. William B. Craig, which was accepted. Ile was installed June 17, 1857, and served ten years, when the relation wa- dissolved June 11, 1867. The Rev. H. K. McComb supplied the pulpit for several months and received a call from the church of Bloomfield as an indepen- dent organization. He was installed as pastor December 15, 1868, and the pastoral relation was dissolved April 12, 1870. The Rev. John Edgar was called to the pastorate in Inly, 1870, and was installed November 9th in that year. He continned in charge until September, 1883, when he resigned to take the presidency of Wil- con College, in Chambersburg.
After an interval of several months the con- gregation extended a call to the Rev. R. F. McClean (the present pastor), April 1, 1881. The call was accepted, the charge assumed April 30th, and he was installed May 24, 1884. The congregation has a membership of one hundred and forty-three.
The trustees of the church, by their secretary, Benjamin Melntire, on the 21st of April, 1831, advertised for proposals to build a church edi- five of briek, forty-three by forty-five feet, twen- ty-two feet in height and with a gallery. Two days later the present site, lot 22, on the corner of Carlisle and High Streets, was selected. Services were held in the court-house | Masters:
and the Union Church, by the Rev. Matthew B. Patterson, who was sent as a supply by the Presbytery, and the Rev. Jolm Dickey, until the completion of the church.
The contract was let to David Lupfer, who, in the early summer of 1833, began excavating for the foundation. When the walls were near- ly np, a long rain so soaked them that, a high wind following soon after, they yielded to the pressure and fell down. The work was delayed and the church was not completed until the fall of 1835. The house was, with occasional repairs, nsed until 1870, when it was torn down and the present commodions brick edifice was erected on its site, at a cost of about seven thousand.
The elders of the church, from its organiza- tion in 1831, have served as follows :
1834. William McClure, Jeremiah Madden, James McCord.
1811. John Campbell, Finlaw MeCown.
1858. Benjamin MeIntire, Robert Nelson, John R. MeClintock.
1869. William Willis.
1873. William A. Sponsler, William Burn.
1883. William Greer, William H. Neilson, William N. Seibert, John Adams.
ADAMS LODGE, NO. 319, A. Y. M .- The warrant for the lodge was granted March 1, 1858, and constituted May 19th the same year. The names of the officers constituted under the warrant were Irvine .J. Crane, W. M. ; Charles .1. T. Melntire, S. W. : Alexander C. Klink, J. W .; John A. Magee, secretary ; C. W. Burkholder, treasurer ; John Hartzell, S. D .; William John- ston, J. D .; William B. Sponsler, Tiler.
In addition to the officers, James Kaey was a warrant member. The lodge met for a time in an old hall on MeClure Street, and removed to Odd-Fellows' Hall ; from thence, May 29, 1861, to Wiggins' Hall ; to the third story of B. F. Junkin's residence, October 21, 1866, and to the present hall, in the third story of the bank building, May 19, 1880.
The present officers are John Hood, W. M. ; Mar. Rogers, S. W. ; Edward R. Sponsler, 1. W. ; Charles HI. Smiley, treasurer; W. N. Siebert, secretary ; AAlexander B. Grosh, S. D .; 1. R. Flickinger, J. D.
The following are the names of the Past
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Irvine J. Crante, warrant, May 19, 15. Irvine J. Crane, elected W. M., December 15, 1858. Chas. J. T. Melntire, elected W. M., Dee. 21, 1859. John A. Magee, elected W. M., December 19, 1860. John P. Clark, elected W. M., December 18, 1861. John P. Clark, re-elected W. M., Dec. 17, 1862. F. B. Speakman, elected W. M., Dec. 16, 1863. 11. D. Woodruff, elected W. M., Dec. 21, 1861. Joseph Swartz, elected W: 31., December 20, 1865, E. C. Long, elected W. M., Dee. 19, 1866. Chas. J. T. MeEntire, re-elected W. M., Dec. 18, 1867. Ulysses Keeley, elected W. M., Dec. 16, 1868. V. C. MeMorris, elected W. M., Dec. 15, 1859. M. B. Strickler, elected W. M., Dec. 21, 1870. Chas. H. Similey, elected W. M., Dec. 27, 1871. Jeremiah Rinehart, elected W. M., Dec. 18, 1872. John X. Eichal, elected W. M., Dec. 3, 1873. W. N. Sichert, elected W. M., Dec. 23, 1871. B. F. Junkin, elected W. M., Dec. 15, 1875. I. D. Dunkel, elected W. M., Nov. 29, 1876. Charles F. Kass, elected W. M., Dec. 19, 1877. William Grier, elected W. M, Dec. 4, 1878. Calvin Neilson, elected W. M., Dec. 24, 1879. Calvin Neilson, re-elected W. M., Dec. 15, 1880. John O. Moore, elected W. M., Nov. 30, 1881. Alex. B. Grosh, elected W. M., Dec. 20, 1882. Thos. L. Johnston, elected W. M., Dec. 12, 1883. Jolin Hood, elected W. M., Nov. 26, 1884.
MACKINAW LODGE, No. 380, I. O. O. F .- This lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania under date of October 1, 1849. The first officers were A. C. Klink, N. G .; Daniel Gantt, V. G .; W. F. Klink, secretary ; Assistant Secretary, John A. Baker; and George B. Arnold, treasurer. Of other carly active members were David Deardorff, 11. D. Woodruff, M. R. Clouser, Samuel Wiggins, Jolin MeKcchan, Henry Morse, John Sauck and John Bower.
Meetings were held in a room over the old bark-house on East MeClure Street until 1858 when the lodge fitted up a hall in the third story of the Wiggins building, on the southwest corner of the public square. The building was destroyed by fire on the evening of December 8, 1873, by which the lodge lost all their effects except the charter, banner and a few of the books. The third story of Captain Fenster- macher's was then fitted for the purpose of a hall, and was used from December 29, 1873, to the present time.
SERGEANT JOHN JONES POST, No. 418, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, Department
of Pennsylvania, was organized at New Bloom- field, Pa., and instituted on the 28th day of June, 1881, with a membership of twenty-four comrades and officers. It was named in honor of Sergeant John Jones, of the Ninth Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Cavalry, who fell in the line of his duty at Solomm Grove, N. C., March 10, 1.865. The Post was mustered with Captain F. M. MeKechan, as commander ; R. M. Alex- ander, senior vice commander ; E. B. Weise, ju- nior vice comander ; O. P. Bollinger, surgeon ; D. H. Smith, chaplain ; S. H. Beck, adjutant ; . 1. B. Grosh, officer of the day ; etc., and has increased in membership, and numbers about sixty com- rades, with prospects of a larger increase.
THE PERRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY !! -This society grew out of a branch of the Philomathean Literary Society of Bloomfield Academy. The Philomathean was organized years ago by the students of Bloomfield Acad- emy, and had for its object the advancement and development of the literary tastes and acquire- ments of the students in attendance upon the academy. For many years the weekly exercises of the Philomathean consisted merely of decla- mations, essays and disquisitions of a strictly literary character ; and it was not until the 12th day of November, 1880, that the society resolved to add to its exercises the preparation and read- ing of papers upon subjects of historical interest to the county, at which date the history of the Historical Society proper commences. Upon that date the society first had under considera- tion the establishment of an historical depart- ment ; but the society took no definite action upon the subject in the shape of a resolution at that meeting. Three days later the society, in pursuance of the president's call, met in extra session, when a number of historical queries were referred to certain members of the society to be answered in writing and read before the society at the next meeting, of which the follow- ing are an example :
1st. Montour's Run: after whom is it named; where does it rise; and where empty? To be answered in two hundred to two hundred and fifty words.
' By R. H. Stewart.
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2d. When and where was the first mill erected in Perry County? Three hundred to three hundred and twenty-five words.
Bd. What were the four original townships in Perry County; and how bounded ? Five hundred to five hundred and twenty-five words.
The Hon. John A. Baker, editor and propri- ctor of The Perry County Freeman, with a view to aiding the society in it's endeavors to preserve for posterity the carly history of the county, and to enable the publie to enjoy the fruits of the society's researches, kindly tendered the use of the columns of the Freeman to the society for the weekly publication of historical papers when approved by the society; and it is proper to observe here that it is in a great measure due Judge Baker that the society was enabled to facilitate its work, and that gentleman contrib- uted largely to the work of the society by his extreme courtesy and readiness in assisting the preparation of papers, and in whom the society had at its command a store-house of' invaluable facts and data concerning the carly history of the county ; and from this store-house has been drawn largely the material which goes to make up this history of the county.
In recognition of this courtesy tendered by Judge Baker, on the 19th of November, upon motion of Hon. W. Il. Sponsler, the society passed the following :
" Resolved, That all queries, after they are read to the Society, be placed in the hands of an historical committee, whose duty it shall be to prepare the said queries for publication in The Perry County Freeman."
The weekly publication in the Freeman of papers read before the society upon subjects of deep historical interest to the whole county had the effect of attracting the attention of the whole county to the work of the society; and the standing invitation at the head of the Freeman's columns for all persons familiar with any sub jeet upon which an historical paper may appear, to write the chairman immediately and criticise with the utmost freedom, soon deluged the com- mittee with important and heretofore imknown facts and information. In this manner it soon became apparent that the scope of the society's usefulness was to be vastly enlarged ; that a vast field for historical work was opened and de-
manded more of the time and labor of the society. With a view to facilitate the work of historical compilation, the following resolutions, on motion of Hon. W. H. Sponsler, passed the society January 14, 1881 :
" Resolved, That the exercises of this Society be di- vided into three distinct courses as follows: 1. The literary department, embracing orations, essays and select readings. 1. The historical department, emi- bracing the work of gathering the history of Perry County. III. The department of debate, embracing the discussion ofsuch questions of general interest as may from time to time be selected.
"Sec. 2. Any member may select any or all of the said courses of his own choice ; and shall signity to the secretary his selection on becoming a member.
" Sec. 3. Any course selected may be abandoned at any time, by giving the secretary notice of such in- tention in writing at least three weeks in advance.
" Sec. 4. Any member having selected any depart- ment shall be amenable to all the regulations of that department as long as he remains therein.
"Nce. 5. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a complete list of the members of each department and from time to time note changes therein.
"Aec. B. The foregoing resolution shall apply only to members hereafter elected ; no member now in the Society shall be excused from the department of de- bate, except by the vote of a majority of the members of the Society."
The following are the names of the presidents of the society who served in the order named : Prof. J. R. Flickinger, James W. MeKee, Hon. W. II. Sponsler, Clarence W. Baker, A. B. Grosh, C. W. Rinesmith.
The historical committee comprised W. H. Sponsler, Prof. J. R. Flickinger, Clarence W. Baker, J. C. Wallis, Rev. A. H. Spangler and Rev. John Edgar.
The labor devolving upon this committee growing so great and arduons, the society, on March 25, 1881, passed the following :
" Be it Resolved, That the historical committee of the Society, in addition to the members now consti- tuting that committee, shall consist of the following members, to wit : Wilson Lupfer, J. W. Beers, A. B. Grosh, J. W. MeKce, George Rouse, C. W. Rine- smith, William Orr and R. H. Stewart.
"Ne. 2. It shall be the duty of the chairman of said committee as soon as shall be deaumed convenient, to assemble the committee, and resolve it into sub-com- mittees, assigning to anch committees respectively such districts, townships or historical epochs as shall by such connuittre be deemed advisable.
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" Sec. 3. That such sub-committee, when appointed shall proceed immediately to write np all facts touch- ing the geography, description or history of the local- ity assigned, not yet read before the Society ; and present the same to the general committee for appro- val.
" See. 4. It shall be the duty of the historical com- mittee, from time to time, to inform the committee on exercises of the material on band pertaining to the historical department ; and the committee on exer- cises >ball select for the purpose of being read before the Society such queries as shall in their discretion be deemed appropriate."
During the period elapsing from the date of the passage of the above resolution to the 17th of June of the same year, the date of the ITis- torical society's dissolution, papers of the most absorbing interest touching the history of the county were read before the society. The his- tory of the county's division into townships and boroughs, its mountains, hills, valleys, streams, ponds, natural curiosities, post-offices, towns, villages and industrial enterprises all were the theme of some written disquisition at one time or another. The old-established families, public men, the churches, schools, statistics of the county, its officers, and every branch of inquiry touching the topography, geology and history of the county received at the hands of the society the most earnest and attentive in- vesligation.
But, alas ! the spirit of stolid indifference and apathy which seized upon the society, when the heated suummer approached like a rancorous worm, wrought its way to the very heart of the society ; interest began to lag until the 17th of June, when the ardor of a majority of the mem- bers had become so lethargic that the grand work, begotten in the warmest spirit of enthusi- asm, was allowed to be abandoned.
The members actively engaged in the work of historical compilations, were Hon. W. Il. Sponsler, Clarence W. Baker, Prof. J. R. Flick- inger, who were indefatigable and ardent laborers in the work ; Rev. John Elgar, Rev. A. II. Spangler, Wilson Lupfer, A. B. Grosh, 1. W. Beers, Lewis Potter, J. (. Wallis, Wil- liam Orr, C. W. Rinesmith, George R. Barnetl, Cloyd N. Rice, James W. Shull, Fihnore Manst, James W. MeKce, William Mitchell, George A. Rouse, Joseph Arnold, William R. ,
Pomeroy, L. E. Dounally, William R. Magee, J. J. Markel and R. H. Stewart.
As a slight token of appreciation of the assist- auce rendered, the society, on February 11, 1881, on motion of C. W. Baker, elected the following gentlemen honorary members : Dr. William IL. Egle, of Harrisburg ; James B. Hackett, of Bloomfield ; George S. Briner, of Bloomfield ; Ed. C. Johnson, of New German- town ; James Wood, of Blain ; William E. Baker, of Eschol ; Hon. Frederick Watts, of Carlisle ; F. W. Gibson, of Falling Springs ; James L. Diven, of Landisburg ; W. A. Mem- inger, of Donually's Mills ; A. L. Heuch, Rev. J. J. Hamilton, Roseburg ; Hon. Jolm A. Baker and William A. Sponsler; of Bloomfield, Wil- liam W. McClure, of Green Park ; John 1. Wil- son, of Landisburg ; Hon. A. K. MeCInre, of Philadelphia ; and Dr. Alfred Creigh, of Wash- ington, Pa.
In conelnding this brief sketch of the Perry County Historical Society, the writer cannot refrain from deploring the suspension of their grand work instituted by the society, in the very zenith of its usefulness. Had it continued there would have been preserved to posterity an exhaustive and invaluable history of the county ; and we can but indulge the hope that ere long the now shunmnbering uoble and patriotic zeal which prompted the founders of this society of the past will crystalize in a new determination to complete the great work so anspiciously iu- augurated and so haplessly suspended.
THE PREss .- The Perry Forester was es- tablished in 1820 at Landisburg by Alexander Magee and 11. W. Peterson, the first number being issued JIune 12th. Mr. Peterson retired Jannary 13, 1821. On the 26th following, Mr. Magee enlarged it from fonr columns to five. Upon the removal of the county-seat to Bloom- field, Mr. Magee began to make preparations to remove to that place, and in April, 1829, the office of the Perry Forester was removed. Mr. Magee retained the paper until March 1, 1832, when he sold it to David A. Reed, who became both editor and proprietor. On February 14, 1835, the paper was purchased by Dr. Jonas lekes, and Peleg Sturtevant became the editor. It was published under this management until
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February 13, 1836, when it was accordingly discontinued.
good-will of the Perry Forester. It was estab- Fished by George Stroop and James E. Sample, the first number being issued October 7, 1836.
The Liverpool. Mercury, established at Liver- pool, was moved to Bloomfield and published a few weeks by James B. Cooper, when it was purchased by Stroop & Simple and was ab- sorbed in the Democrat, which, December 8th, in that year (1836), was enlarged to six columns. Mr. Sample retired November 16, 1837, and became editor and proprietor of the Spirit of the Times, of Mifflintown, Juniata County.
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