History of the city of Altoona and Blair County : including sketches of the shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., Part 11

Author: Ewing, James H; Slep, Harry
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Altoona, Pa. : H. Slep's Mirror Print. House
Number of Pages: 298


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labors of the Prince Priest, Dr. Gallitzin. The present pastor of St. John's church is Rev. Thomas Ryan, who for a number of years had been pastor of the Gallitzin church. On July 18, 1880, Bishop Tuigg administered the sacrament of confirmation at St. John's, at the close of which he appointed Father Ryan to succeed the lamented Rev. John Walsh, who had been pastor since March, 1876, and since the eleva- tion of Rev. John Tuigg, his predecessor, to the episcopate. Father Ryan is efficiently assisted in ministering to the congregation by the Rev. Morgan M. Sheedy and Rev. Jas. A. Nash. The present mem- bership of St. John's is between four and five thousand.


St. Mary's (German) church was organized in 1860. The first resident priest was Father Schuller, who was succeeded in order by Fathers Bierl, Kircher, Rosswog, and others. The present pastor, Rev. John Schell, took charge in 1871. In 1874 Father Sehell got the church building to its present shape. It is, however, unfinished, hut it is intended to complete it at an early date. This congregation also is in a very flourishing condition, and has a membership of nearly two thousand.


CHRIST REFORMED.


This church is located on the corner of Twelfth avenue and Fif- teenth street. It is a fine, imposing edifice, built of sandstone, in the Gothic style of architecture. A neat, commodious, frame parsonage stands adjoining it. The congregation worshipping in this church, and whose property it is, is connected with the Reformed Church in the United States, and was organized in January, 1863, as a Mission under the care of the Westmoreland Classis. In November of the same year it was received under the care of the Mercersburg Classis, with which it is still connected. It received missionary support until 1872, since which time it has been self-sustaining, and by its benevo- lent contributions has already, in a great measure, returned to the Church at large what was given to it in its infancy. At the time of organization only about a dozen communicant members were con- nected with the mission. The actual organization was effected Jan- uary 29, 1863, by the adoption of a constitution and the election of the following officers: Elders, J. L. Reifsneider and C. B. Sink; dea- cons, J. II. Fritchey and Daniel Bohler. The first pastor was Rev. Cyrus Cort, who took charge of the mission January 1, 1863, and, after a very successful pastorate, resigned in March, 1867. The mis- sion was then vacant for about fifteen months, when Rev. A. C. Whit- mer was called as pastor. He was installed June 14, 1868, and closed


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his labors here April 1, 1879. During his long pastorate the member- ship was greatly increased, and the church became self-supporting. In October, 1879, a call was extended to the present pastor, Rev. J. M. Titzel. He was installed December 19, 1879, and regularly began his labors as pastor January 1, 1880. .


The corner-stone of the church edifice was laid July 31, 1864, and the building was finished, excepting the spire, in June, 1868, and con- secrated on the 14th of that month. In 1873 the spire was built and the structure finally completed through the efforts of J. P. Levan, then a deacon of the church, and one of its most liberal supporters. The cost of the building was about $15,000. It was erected under the si- pervision of a building committee consisting of J. L. Reifsneider, J. P. Levan, Daniel Bohler, and C. B. Sink. The architect was Fred. Thorn. The parsonage was built in the fall of 1868 and the spring of 1869, at a cost of $3,000. Several hundred dollars have since been spent on it in repairs and improvements. The congregation at present numbers about three hundred communicant members. The officers at this time are: Elders, J. F. Boult, J. L. Reifsneider and Peter L. Stouch; deacons, H. A. Folk, V. H. Freet, George S. Thomas, A. C. Hammaker, E. Lingenfelter and C. E. Morse ; trustees, J. F. Boult, J. L. Reifsneider and P. L. Stouch. A flourishing Sunday-school is connected with the congregation, numbering thirty officers and teach- ers, and over two hundred scholars. Geo. S. Thomas is the present superintendent of the school.


CHURCH OF GOD.


In the fall of 1862 Elder S. S. Richmond, assisted by a number of families in Altoona, among whom may be mentioned the Alloways, Fishers, Cavenders, Pools, Ottos and Weights, laid the foundation of the Church of God in Altoona. At first Elder Richmond conducted services in private houses. In January, 1863, Elder Jacob Boyer, who was in charge of the Martinsburg circuit, held a protracted meet- ing in the " Armory building," the result of which was the more defi- nite organization of the church. Charles Pool was elected elder, and Abraham Alloway deacon. A lot of ground, corner of Fifth avenue and Thirteenth street, was purchased from Mr. Jaggard, and a build- ing committee was appointed, consisting of Elder S. S. Richmond, Charles Pool, Abraham Alloway, and Samuel Weight. Mr. Alloway shortly afterwards died, and John Mateer, of Martinsburg, was se- lected to fill the vacancy In the fall of 1863 the building was under roof, and, although unfinished, services were held therein. Later in


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the fall Elder Richmond entered the army as chaplain. In the spring of 1864 Elder John Hickernell and Mrs. Martha Beecher conducted services, and remained until the summer of 1865, when Elder Rich- mond returned and resumed the duties of the pastorate. The building was finished in the fall of that year. In 1866 Elder Richmond was succeeded by Elder P. D. Collins, who remained until the spring of 1868, when Elder C. L. Arny assumed charge. In the spring of 1869 Elder J. M. Dugan, succeeded. He remained one year. Between April 1, 1870 and March 31, 1871, the church was without a regular pastor. On April 1 of the latter year, Elder J. C. Owens took charge, who, in the fall, was followed by Elder F. L. Nicodemus, and in the spring of 1874 Elder J. M. Carvell occupied the pulpit. He remained two years. Elder John Hunter was the next pastor, under whose ad- ministration the building was enlarged (December, 1876,) to its pres- ยท ent dimensions. The building committee consisted of Levi Fisher, John Bartley, Jeremiah Hoerner and A. V. Price. The new or en- larged house, free of debt, was dedicated March 17, 1877. Elder John Hunter resigned the pastorate in the winter of 1878, and Elder G. L. Cowen took charge. On April 1, 1879, Elder J. W. Miller, the pres- ent pastor, commeneed his labors here. The membership at first was twenty-five; it has grown to upwards of two hundred. During the past year a parsonage has been erected at a cost of about $1,000.


HEBREW SYNAGOGUE.


With about twenty-three members, a Hebrew congregation, under the title of "Ahabath Achim," was organized in Altoona in May, 1873. The first president was Joseph Berkowitz; treasurer, A. Shee- line; secretary, S. Neuwahl. The first rabbi was Rev. Mr. Goldman; then followed in order Revs. Grossman, Block and Leasker. Rev. S. Altman, the present rabbi, was engaged in June, 1879. The officers now serving are: President, Max Mayer; treasurer, Joseph Berko- witz; secretary, A. Sheeline. Present membership, twenty-five. The congregation has never had any regular stated place of worship for any protracted period of time. At present its meetings are held once a week, and on the holidays, in a hall on the corner of Eleventh avenue and Fourteenth street. The congregation has a cemetery, or burying ground, located on the Dry Gap road, in the immediate vicinity of the city.


LUTHERAN-FIRST AND SECOND.


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ward. Subsequently, in about 1838, the congregation moved its place of worship to the Union school house, now greatly improved and oc- cupied by the Colored Methodist Episcopal church. In the spring of 1846 Rev. Henry Baker received and accepted a call to this congrega- tion. During the same summer this congregation built a church edi- fice in Collinsville, now in the suburbs of the city, where they wor- shipped for eight years. After Altoona was laid out, it became neces- sary for the congregation again to change its base of operations. Two lots were selected on Eleventh avenue, where the present church and parsonage were built in 1853. The church edifice was dedicated in 1854. The principal contributors to this enterprise were Michael Hileman, William Bell, J. B. Hileman, John London, Peter Empfield, Harry Sellers, Henry Fleck, J. L. Reifsneider, Jacob Good, Benjamin Figart, William Robinson, Rudolph Lotz, George W. Patton, George Cowen. The contractors were Peter Empfield and David Brubaker. Cost of church and parsonage about $8,000. In 1870 the church was enlarged and greatly improved at a cost of about $12,000. The pas- tors who served this church from time to time are as follows: Revs. Jacob Martin, John H. Huffman, C. C. Guenther, Jacob Simons, Wil- liam Weaver, Henry Baker, S. Curtis, Jacob Steck, C. C. Ehrenfeld, S. Holman and Henry Baker. The latter pastor served the congre- gation for eleven and a half years-from 1846 to 1857. He returned in 1867 and has been pastor ever since. Membership, seven hundred. Sabbath-school numbers five hundred. It is dne to say that out of this church the German church in part originated, and also the Second church. There are now about twelve hundred communing members of the Lutheran churches in Altoona. The church council at present is composed of three elders-Henry Yon, Daniel Stoner, J. B. Hile- man-and six deacons: C. C. Mason, L. B. Patton, S. S. Taylor, J. K. Roush, George F. Jones (now deceased), Thomas Bushman. Rev. Henry Baker has faithfully and efficiently served the First church for thirty-four years. The congregation is free of debt, is vigorous and active, always ready to unite in any enterprise which has the glory of God and the good of man in view. The Fairview cemetery originated with Mr. Baker, and the organization of an association took place in the lecture room of this church, Mr. Baker becoming the first presi- dent.


For some time previous to the organization of the Second church a number of the members of the First church, as well as the pastor, felt that there was a necessity for a second organization, the First church having attained a membership equal to its seating capacity.


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Consequently, on July 11, 1871, the following persons met at the resi- denec of William Bell for the purpose of taking some measures look- ing to the organization of the Second church: Rev. J. B. Crist, Wmn. Bell and wife, D. K. Ramey, J. B. Westley, Louis Walton and wife, Mrs. Sue Patton, and A. J. Riley. Rev. J. B. Crist was elected chair- man, and A. J. Riley secretary. After prayer by the venerable Father Crist, Mr. Ramey stated the object of the meeting, after which a con- mittee, consisting of D. K. Ramey, Wm. Bell and A. J. Riley, was appointed to procure a suitable place for public worship. This com- mittee secured the room known as Bell's hall, corner Seventh avenue and Twelfth street, and on the 13th of August, 1871, the congrega- tion was regularly organized. The officers elected at this meeting were: Elders, Win. Bell and J. B. Westley; deacons, D. K. Ramey and L. F. Stahl; treasurer, A. J. Riley. Rev. S. Domer, of Reading, preached in the morning, and Rev. Henry Baker in the evening, at which time the above-named officers were installed. In the afternoon of the same day the Sunday-school was organized. D. K. Ramey was elected superintendent, A. J. Riley secretary, Louis Walton lib- rarian, and L. F. Stahl assistant librarian. The school, including offi- cers and teachers, numbered twenty at its organization. At a congre- gational meeting, held December 31, 1874, the ground upon which the church edifice is erected was chosen, and the following building com- mittee was appointed: William Bell, George W. Heinsling, D. K. Ra- mey, D. C. Earhart and John B. Westley. On February 22, 1874, the church was ocenpied by the congregation for the first time, wor- shiping in the basement, or lecture-room, the audience chamber being yet unfinished. The entire cost of the church property, including the parsonage, is over twenty thousand dollars. With the exception of a few hundred dollars, the entire amount has been raised and paid, and is a standing testimony of the self-sacrificing spirit of many of its mem- bers. Membership of church numbers two hundred and eighty. The present officers are: Elders, J. B. Westley, John Cole, D. K. Ramey and James IIileman ; deacons, F. W. Gearheart, Charles Geesey, J. B. Herring and Henry Otto. The Sabbath-school numbers three hun- dred and fifty. Its officers are : Charles Geesey, superintendent ; D. K. Ramey, assistant superintendent ; John Alexander, secretary ; Wm. Stahl, treasurer; Samuel Dougherty, Harry Hooper and Joshua Ear- hart, librarians; Miss Linda Hooper, organist. The congregation had the following pastors since its organization: Rev. Geo. Scholl, from November, 1871, to July, 1874; Rev. Charles Steck, from November, 1874, to January, 1876; Rev. J. F. Shearer, the present pastor, from


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March 1, 1876. The congregation is looking hopefully to the time when the audience room shall be finished and opened for worship.


St. James German Evangelical Lutheran church, Eighth avenue and Fourteenth street. Dedicated 1862; rebuilt, 1873. Number of families, one hundred and forty ; Sunday-school scholars, one hundred and fifty ; teachers, eighteen ; library contains two hundred volumes.


METHODIST-FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, MISSION AND AFRICAN.


For the names of those who have been pastors of the Methodist churches see page 94. The First Methodist church was erected in 1853, at a cost of about $25,000. It was remodeled in 1871. The membership, which, as previously stated, (page 94) numbered, in 1854, ninety-seven, and fifty-five probationers, now numbers three hun- dred and seventy-two in full connection and forty-eight probationers, over and above deaths and removals by certificates. There are two hundred and twenty scholars in the Sunday-school attached to the church, and five hundred volumes in the library. The church build- ing is located at the corner of Twelfth avenue and Thirteenth street.


The Second Methodist church, located on the corner of Eighth avenue and Thirteenth street, was erected in 1867 at an estimated cost of $24,000, and the parsonage at $3,000. The number of Sun- day-school scholars is six hundred and ninety-eight ; number of vol- umes in the library, six hundred. Connected with this church is the Asbury Chapel, a Methodist Mission church, corner Twenty-fourth street and Seventh avenue; organized, 1871; number of members, seventy-five; Sunday-school scholars, two hundred. Estimated value of building, $2,000.


The Third Methodist church, corner of Chestnut avenue and Tenth street, was organized in 1872 and church building erected in 1874; estimated value, $20,000; two hundred and ten scholars con- nected with the Sunday-school.


The Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal church, Sixteenth street, near Eleventh avenue, was organized in 1858, and dedicated by Bishop Payne. Among the earliest pastors we may mention Revs. William H. Grimes and Alexander Johnson. Last year (1879) the church building was remodeled and improved, at an expense of about $1,000, and in November it was re-dedicated by Bishop Alex- ander Wayman. The present pastor is Rev. Nathaniel W. Evans. This church was at first under the jurisdiction of the Baltimore Con- ference of the M. E. church, but for some time has been under the general ecclesiastical control of the Pittsburg Conference. The Sun-


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day-school, numbering forty scholars, was under the superintendency of John Alexander for twenty-one years, a period, (up to May of the present year) co-extensive with its existence. In May he resigned, and was succeeded by Thaddeus Ormes, the present incumbent.


PRESBYTERIAN-FIRST AND SECOND.


Originally the church was formed from that in Hollidaysburg. On the settlement of Rev. David McKinney, D. D., at the latter place in 1841, he instituted an afternoon service in the old Union school house in Altoona, afterwards occupied by the African Metho- dist church, once every four weeks. In 1850 measures were taken by the Presbyterians of Altoona to provide themselves with a suit- able church edifice. Two lots were secured, and on these they erected, at a cost of about $3,000, a neat and commodious house of worship. On November 3, 1851, the congregation of Hollidaysburg agreed that their pastor, Rev. Dr. MeKinney, should preach in Altoona on alternate Sabbaths in the afternoon, which he did for nearly a year, when he resigned his charges and moved to Philadelphia. At this time there were fifty Presbyterian families and seventy connuni- cants, with their ecclesiastical connection in Hollidaysburg. In Oc- tober, 1852, a petition to the Presbytery of Huntingdon, asking for a separate organization was granted, and on November 8, following, the First Presbyterian church was duly organized. Jonathan Ham- ilton and John McCartney, elders in the parent church, were contin- ued in the same relation in the new organization, and John Hntchi- son, G. D. Thomas and James L. Gwin were elected and ordained to the eldership. In 1853 William C. McCormick having been an elder both in the churches of Hollidaysburg and Johnstown, settled in Al- toona and was elected an elder in the new church. The church thus organized was served by supplies until November 14, 1854, when Rev. A. B. Clarke was called to the pastorate. Nine years after, in May, 1863, on account of ill-health he resigned, and died on July 4, following. On January 26, 1864, Rev. R. M. Wallace was called to the vacant pulpit. During the pastorate of Mr. Clarke, Messrs. Her- man JJ. Lombaert, Thomas P. Sargeant, John M. Campbell, James Hutchison, James H. Dysart and Dr. Wm. R. Findley were chosen ruling elders. The original church edifice was disposed of by sale in the year 1854, and the present edifice erected in 1855. In 1865 the communicants numbered about two hundred and thirty. Mr. Wal- lace continued to serve the congregation until 1874, when he severed his connection with the First church and assumed the care of a con-


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gregation at Stroudsburg, Monroe county, Pa. During his pastorate the church so increased in numbers that a new organization was pro- jected and finally culminated in the Second Presbyterian church on the east side of the city. Col. Thomas A. Scott was among the worshippers of the First church during his residence here. Rev. M. N. Cornelius, the present pastor, was called to be the successor of Mr. Wallace, and began his pastoral labors January 1, 1876. Its present membership is four hundred and thirty. In 1863 the school numbered ninety-eight, and in 1880 three hundred and twenty-two. The following are the present officers of the school: Thomas H. Wiggins, superintendent ; Professor D. S. Keith, assistant ; Mrs. N. C. Barclay, superintendent of infant school; W. C. Galbraith, secre- tary and treasurer ; B. J. Lockard, librarian.


On account of the rapid growth of the membership another church building was found necessary. The matter was seriously disenssed early in 1869, when a meeting was held at the house of Wm. M. Lloyd. James Hutchison, Joseph Dysart, Thos. McCauley, Wm. M. Lloyd, Dr. J. M. Gemmill, Dan'I Laughman, Chas. J. Mann and S. C. Baker were present on the occasion. In addition to these were James H. Dysart, John M. Campbell and John H. Converse who gave the en - terprise the benefit of their counsel and efforts. A petition to Hunt- ingdon presbytery for a new organization was presented, and in an- swer thereto presbytery appointed a committee to organize the Second church, which the committee did on the evening of June 21, 1869. Forty-seven persons were enrolled as members, all of whom except one were from the First church. The first officers of the church were: Elders, James Hutchison, John M. Campbell and James H. Dysart; deacons, Charles J. Mann and Daniel Laughman ; trustees, Win. M. Lloyd, S. C. Baker, Thomas MeCauley, Joseph Dysart, John H. Con- verse and Dr. J. M. Gemmill. The congregation rented Bell's hall, corner Seventh avenue and Twelfth street, and on Sabbath morning, July 11, 1869, the first public service was held, conducted by Rev. C. L. Kitchell, after which meetings were kept up regularly. The Sab- bath-school was organized JJuly 18, 1869; James H. Dysart, superin- tendent, and Max. Kinkead, treasurer, were its first officers. Thirty- nine names were on the school roll. A year afterwards the roll con- tained four hundred and seventy-two, officers included. In 1880 five hundred and seven names were reported. At a congregational meet- ing held August 21, 1869, Rev. David Hall, of Mansfield, Ohio, was elected pastor, but he declined to accept. April 5, 1870, a call was extended to W. J. Chichester, a licentiate of the Baltimore presbytery,


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who at that time was pursuing his studies at the Western Theological Seminary. The call was accepted on condition that Mr. Chichester be permitted to spend one year at Princeton Seminary before entering upon his duties as pastor. Rev. Stuart Mitchell was engaged to min- ister to the congregation until the pastor-elect had completed his stud- ies. On the second Tuesday of June, 1871, W. J. Chichester was or- dained a minister of the gospel and installed as the first pastor of the Second church. Mr. Chichester officiated as pastor of the church un- til June, 1878, when Rev. Samuel W. Duffield was unanimously called to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the former pastor. On July 1 he entered upon the work, being installed Octo- ber 7, 1878. He is the present efficient pastor. Early in 1870 the present site was selected and secured for the church buildings, being purchased from C. Jaggard, for $4,500. The erection of the chapel began in 1870. It was finished and occupied in April, 1871, Rev. David Hall, of Mansfield, Ohio, preaching the dedication sermon. The chapel cost $20,000. A congregational meeting was held in the chapel on November 22, 1871, when Messrs. J. M. Gemmill, M. D .; Wm. M. Lloyd and Robert L. Gamble were elected elders, and John M. Bowman and Maxwell Kinkead, deacons. On February 11, 1874, Alex. T. Findley and Chas. J. Mann were elected elders, and John A. Castor, C. B. Bowles, Theodore H. Wigton and William A. Magec were elected deacons. March 28, 1877, James D. Irwin, William JJ. Allen, Joseph Dysart and Dr. S. M. Ross were elected elders, and .J. N. Barr, Harry Slep, J. Chester Wilson, J. W. Martin and Thomas Campbell were elected deacons. The erection of the church building was commenced in August, 1875, and was finished and opened for public worship on Sabbath, December 17, 1876, when Rev. George P. Hayes, D. D., preached the opening sermon. The cost of the church building, including heaters and gas fixtures, $31,246.99; cushions, carpets and pulpit furniture, $1,218.67 ; organ, 2,500.00; total cost of lot and all buildings, $62,965.66.




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