History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical, Part 88

Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1046

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Mitchell, of Paxtang, and Rev. George Morris, of Sil- - call to Dr. Cattell was presented to him by the Pres-

ver Spring, conducted the devotional exercises. The stone was adjusted in its place by the Rev. A. Green Simonton. The building committee consisted of Messrs. A. B. Warford, E. M. Pollock, Henry Me- Cormick, John Haldeman, and C. C. Rawn. The ar- chitect was Mr. Luther MI. Simon.

The lecture-room adjoining the church was finished on the 30th of January previous, and on the occasion of its first occupancy addresses were delivered by Dr. Davidson, of Philadelphia, and the Revs. Messrs. Simonton and Raw!son. The Sunday-school-room was not completed until Jan. 5. 1560. At the time the Sabbath-school took possession of their new abode addresses were delivered by Rev. Dr. Ed- wards, of Philadelphia, and the Hon. Mr. Francis, Speaker of the Senate.

In September. 150, a call was presented to Rev. Dr. Joseph T. Smith, of Baltimore, which, to the dis-

appointment of the congregation, was declined. The church again assembled in the lecture-room March 3, 1860, when Rev. William C. Cattell, D. D., was unani- mously elected pastor of the church. His first sermon after accepting the call was preached March 31, 1860. On the 22d of July, 1860, just two years and two months after the organization, the congregation had the great joy of dedicating their church edifice to the worship of the living God. It was an occasion of public in- tere-t. Several of the other churches in the city closed their houses of worship so that their members could participate in the services. The Rev. P. D. Gurley. D.D., of Washington City, preached in the

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morning and afternoon, and Rev. N. C. Burt, D.D., of Baltimore, in the evening. On Aug. 14, 1860. the bytery of Carlisle, and by him accepted. On the 2d of September of this year he was installed as pastor, the installation services being held in the new church. The Rev. A. D. Mitchell, of Paxtang, presided and gave the charge to the people : Rev. Dr. McPhail, president of Lafayette College, preached the sermon, and the Rev. Henry Reves, of Chambersburg, gave the charge to the pastor.

On July 19, 1863, Mr. Jacob F. Seiler was ordained to the eldership. and on November 12th the pastoral relation with Dr. Cattell was dissolved by the Pres- bytery, to the great regret of the entire church. He had accepted the presidency of Lafayette College. but has never abated his deep interest in this his first and only pastoral charge. He preached his farewell sermon Nov. 29, 1863, after a pastorate of three years and two months. The congregation was without a minister for about a year.

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The Rev. Samuel S. Mitchell was received under to cost more than thirty thousand dollars. Ground was broken for the erection of the new Sunday-school building April 15, 1874. the care of Presbytery as a licentiate from the Pre -- bytery of New Brunswick on Oct. 4, 1864, and ac- cepted a call from the church, which had been made On Dec. 3, 1871, Rev. John R. Paxton, of Church- ville, MId., was called to the pastorate. The call wa- accepted by him at a meeting of Presbytery held Feb. 2, 1875. He was installed as pastor Sabbath evening. Feb. 28, 1875, the Rev. Dr. D. C. Marquis, of Baltimore, preaching the sermon ; Dr. Robinson, at a congregational meeting hell on the 3d of the preceding May. lle was ordained and installed on Nov. 15, 1864. He remained pastor of the church four years and three months, when he accepted a call to the New York Avenue Church of Washington City. The pastoral relation with this church was dis- ; of this city, giving the charge to the pastor, and Dr. solved Feb. 23. 1569.

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The third pastor of the church was the Rev. Addi- son K. Strong. D.D., who was called at a meeting held Feb. 3, 1570. The call was presented at a meet- ing of Presbytery held April 13, 1870. He was in- stalled on the 14th of June. His pa-torate contin- ued three years and eight months, when he accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church in Kalamazoo, Mich., and on Feb. 12, 1874, the pastoral relation to this church was dissolved hy Presbytery.

The Sunday-school cel Grated its fifteenth anniver- sary on the evening of Feb. 1, 1874. This celebra- tion was of more than a pa-ing interest. The crowded rooms that night gave occasion for thank- fulness and regret,-thanktulne-> at the remarkable growth of the school, which then numbered over : first statistical report and our last statistical report eight hundred members, and regret that its accom- " furnish us the following contra-ts:

modations were not more ample. The superintendent made an announcement which intensified the one feeling and dispelled the other when he stated that Messrs. J. Donald Cameron, James McCormick, and Henry McCormick would purchase ground adjoining the church, and that Mrs. Eliza Mc Cormick and Mr .. Mary Cameron would erect a building thereupon, not

Cattell the charge to the people.

On the 7th of April, 1875 ( Wednesday evening), the new Sunday-school building was dedicated. Ad- dresses were made by Rev. S. A. Mutchmore, D.D., of Philadelphia, and Dr. Cattell. The school occu- pied it on the following Sabbath, when addresses were made by Dr. Cattell and the pastor, Mr. Paxton.

The church edifice was remodeled this year, and alterations made which largely added to the comfort of the congregation. These improvements were made under the supervision of a committee consist- ing of Messrs. A. Boyd Hamilton, Henry Med'or- miek, J. Donald Cameron. J. J. Dull, T. T. Weir- man, Thomas L. Wallace, and G. W. Buehler. The church worshiped in the building as it now stands for the first time June 11, 1876.

On the 18th of June the congregation with great reluctance acquiesced in the request of the pastor that the pastoral relation be dissolved. He had received and accepted a call from the New York Avenne Church of Washington, and frankly stated his reasons for going to that new field. The request was acted upon by the Presbytery of Carlisle on the 20th of June, 1878, and the congregation was once more with- ont a minister. The present pa-tor, Rev. Mr. George Stuart Chambers, Was called in September. 1879, ac- eepted the call at a meeting of the Presbytery held October, and installed Tuesday evening, Nov. 11, 1879.

In a sermon preached on the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of the gathering of the congregation Rev. Mr. Chamber- said, " The review of the past would be very incomplete withont summing up the work of the church during the quarter of a century, and contrast- ing the beginnings of our history with the condition of things to-day. This summary and contrast is very suggestive of our duty both to God and to the word! about us. It stimulates the inquiry whether all ler been done that it was possible to do, and whether in view of what God has made us and given us we are doing for His kingdom all that we might do. The

" In April, 1859, total number of communicants was 83; in April, 1883, 507 ; increase, 424. Iu April. 1 -79. contributions to home missions, 599.93 ; in April, 1953. $2102.00. In April, 1859, total Sunday-school'mem- bers, 140; in April, 15<3, 1602; increase, 1462. In April, 1959, contributions for home missions, $21.00; in April, 1853. 81627. In April, 1859, the total benev-

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olent contributions of the church. $267.31 ; in April, "tered into articles of agreement with Joseph Mitchell 1883, 85727.

" During the twenty-five years of our history the money contributed for all purposes by the church is as follows : Home missions, 829,070; foreign missions. $24,880; education, $340> ; publication, $2483; church erection, 87833 ; relief fund, 83775; freedmen, 82510; Pine Street Presbyterian Church building. These

sustentation, $2364; General Assembly's fund, $428; congregational purposes, >142,173; memorial fund in 1871, 812,360 ; miscellaneous charities, $91,495; total for twenty-five years. 8325.799. During this period baptisms, 119 adult -. 289 infants. The first child baptized was Naudain, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Boyd Hamilton.

" The accessions to the church during the-e twenty- five years have been on certificate 494, and by exami- nation 514, a total of 1008. The present member-hip is 507. It thus appears that 501 persons have severed their connection with the church. Of the-e we find that 105 have died. 350 have been di-mi -- ed to other churches, and there are 16 who have left the church in regard to whom there is no knowledge. It is a striking fact that an entire congregation about equal in size to that we have at present has passed away from us, the most of them to other parts of God's kingdom on earth, many of them to the kingdom of glory."

This congregation is now numerically the strongest on the roll of Carlisle Presbytery.

SEVENTH STREET CHURCH was organized Sept. 6, 1868. It is located on Seventh Street, near Maclay Street. The first pastor installed was Rev. S. W. Pomeroy ; the second, Rev. W. A. McAleer; the third and present, Rev. Charles A. Wyeth, who was stated supply from 1868 to 1870, when he was installed as regular pastor. The congregation numbers nearly a hundred, and the Sunday-school has one hundred and seventy-five scholars.

WESTMINSTER CHURCH was established June 19, 1873, with Rev. William A. West as the first pastor, who has continued to the present time. The chapel is situated on the corner of Reily and Two-and-a-half Streets, is eighty by one hundred and forty feet in size, and cost over twelve thousand dollars. It has a Sabbath-school of over three hundred scholars.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.

for the purchase of a lot on Pine Street marked 90 and 91 in the borough plan, thirty-eight feet front on Pine Street, and running back a depth of one hun- dred and five feet, for the sum of two thousand dol- lars. This lot is part of that now occupied by the trustees paid in cash the sum of $450.75, and agreed to convey to Mitchell lot No. 207, bounded by Third Street, Mulberry and Cherry Alleys, which they had, prior to that time, bought for the use of the Method- ist society, as part of the consideration for the Pine Street lot. The Methoilist society entered upon this lot under their article of agreement, and altered and arranged a two-story brick house erected thereon for use as a meeting-house. and there held their stated and devotional services for several years. Thi- lot after various proceedings in the law was finally sold by the sheriff to -atisfy a claim of Frederick Kelker, as-ignee of Samuel Gehrman, rs. Jo-eph Finley, who had owned the ground, and encumbered it before it was sold to Joseph Mitchell. It wa- sold in Decem- ber term. 1818, for the sum of seven hundred and two dollars. to George Pearson and Jacob MI. Halde- man, and the deed made to them Feb. 3, 1519.

After vacating this buikling the congregation wor- shiped in a small one-story log hou-e. on the south- east side of Locust Street, between Second Street and River Alley, and afterward- in the school-house of Mr. Maginnis, a one-story frame building which for- merly stood in Raspberry Alley. east of Chestnut Street. on the lot subsequently owned by Jacob Miley. In October, 1818. the following per-ons composed the church : John Funk, Joseph Mitchell. Jane Mitchell, John Bond, Rebecca Bond, Harriet Henry, Amelia Henry, William Mu-grave, B. Barret, John Ho-ler, Alexander Buffington. John Rigg, Jane Wood, E. Wood, Louisa Power, Jacob M. Awl, Aurora Callen- der, Mary McMichael, George Linketter, John Bur- kett.

In 1820 the society erected the brick building on the eastern corner of South and Second Streets, at a cost of fifteen hundred dollar -. The trusters were then John Funk, John Bond, and James Gallagher. It was dedicated in December. 1820; the preachers on the circuit being Rev. J. Gruber and Rov. H. G. King. It continued to be a circuit church until 1834, when it became a station, with Rev. Francis Hodg- son as pastor. The congregation then numbered one hundred and seventy-five. A few years subsequent to the erection of this building some unknown per- son or persons entered it at night and. with an anger, bored holes in the sills of the church. These they filled with powder, which they ignited by -low matches, and the explosion that resulted shattered the pulpit. The Governor of the State and the. town Council each offered a reward of one hundred

GRACE CHURCH .- Harrisburg was visited in cir- cuit statedly as early as 1802 by the Rev. Jacob Gruber, but the first Methodist society in this vicin- ity was not organized until 1>10. The Er-t effort of the Methodist society to own a church building was on the 19th of January, 1816, when Richard MIc- Allister (who afterwards was appointed as cirenit preacher ), William Burton. Alexander Glasgow, Lud- wig Kelly, Jacob Allen, and William Musgrave, as | dollars, but the perpetrators of the deed were never trustees of the Methodist society of Harrisburg, en- ' discovered. The outrage excited such sympatby that

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by means of the liberal donations of money which flowed in the congregation was not only enabled to construct a new pulpit, but also to pay an onerous debt on the church edifice itself.

On the 16th of June. 1836, the society was incor- porated by the Supreme Court, under the corporate name of the " Methodist Episcopal Church of Har- risburg, Maclaysburg, and vicinity." The property

owued and built by the Unitarian -. The trustees at this time were Jacob M. Awl, John Davies, John A. Bigler, Joseph Black, Henry Antes, James Cauning, Alexander Buffington, and Jacob Ettla. On this lot a church building was erected at a cost of eight thou- sand five hundred and twelve dollars and sixteen cents. It was dedicated in August, 1839. The society num- bered two hundred and nine members. The old

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consisted of the church building and the burying- ground on North Street, which was afterwards taken by the borough authorities, and now forms part of the site of the old reservoir grounds.

In 1837 they purchased a lot on Locust Street from Dr. Luther Reily, seventy-five by seventy-eight feet nine inches, for the sum of sixteen hundred dollars. It had erected thereon a church building, originally

church on Second Street was sold to the United Brethren, who, after occupying it for several years, conveyed it to the "Sons of Temperance." who greatly enlarged and improved it, subsequently pass- ing into the possession of the Jewish congregation .. who now occupy it.

Locust Street Church was remodeled in 1852. The edifice becoming too small, it was decided to erect a

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more commodious one. Ground was secured on West State Street, corner of Myrtle Avenue, and the pres- ent Grace Church building commenced, and the corner-stone laid in 1871. On the 24th of Decem- ber, 1873, the chapel was dedicated by Bishop Simp- son, while the main building was consecrated on the 10th of March, 1878, The lot on which the church was erected cost nineteen thousand six hundred dol- lars, and the structure one hundred and five thousand dollars.

When the present edifice was commeneed the trus- tees were John J. Clyde, Augustus Sayford, Daniel T. Wilson, J. Wesley Awl, John W. Glover, R. R. Chrisman, Col. George F. MeFarland, and William Calder. The building committee were John J. Clyde,

Since it was made a station, in 1834, its pastor- have been : 1834, "Franeis Hodgson ; 1835-37, R. Geary; Chureh. 1837-39, Thomas J. Thompson; 1839-41, William Barnes ; 1841-43, Joseph Lybrand ; 1843-45, Anthony | Atwood ; 1845-47, Joseph Castle; 1847-49, William Cooper; 1849-51, Franeis Hodgson (second term) ; 1851-53, William Urie ; 1353-55, Alfred Cookman ; 1855-57, John D. Curtis ; 1857-59, David W. Bartine ; 1859-60, William Bishop, T. W. Martin ; 1860-61, William Bishop ; 1861-63, Franklin Moore; 1863-66, John Walker Jackson: 1866-68, J. F. Chaplin ; 1868-71, C. J. Thompson; 1871-74, W. J. Stevenson ; 1874-77, C. A. Holmes; 1877-79, Richard Hinkle; 1879-82, Charles W. Buoy ; 1882, W. J. Stevenson, present pastor.

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, Vine Street near Paxton, was organized in 1860, and was under the pastoral charge of Rev. Robert J. Carson for the first two years of its existence. Its first place of worship was on Second Street (James property). Its pastors have been : 1860-62, Robert J. Carson; 1863-64. J. E. Kessler; 1864-66. J. Owen Sypherd: 1866-65, C. W. Biekley ; 1868-71, G. G. Rikestraw ; 1871-72. Reuben Owen; 1872-74, John O'Neil; 1874-77. J .. A. Melick ; 1877-80, M. L. Ganoe; 1830-81, Thoma- M. Ree-e; 1881-82, N. S. Buckingham ; 1852, J. B. Mann, the present pastor. The church building is a neat frame structure.

RIDGE AVENUE CHURCH, on Sixth Street, corner of Herr, was erected in 1863. The congregation was organized in 1861, and its first pastor was Rev. Joseph Gregg, who officiated for two years. The church was at first known as the Front Street charge.

Its pastors have been : 1861-63. Joseph Gregg; 1863-65, George G. Rakestraw; 1865-68, William M. Ridgway : 1868-71, Thomas M. Griffith ; 1871-72, J. Lindeminth ; 1872-75, William Rink; 1375-78. James B. Clarke; 1978-81, G. D. Pennypacker; 1881, B. B. Hamlin, the present pastor.

The church edifice is a beautiful building located on a commanding position.

MOUNT PLEASANT CHURCH is located on Thir- teenth Street, corner of Vernon. The congregation was organized in 1869, under Rev. John Stringer, and worshiped in the school-house until the erection of it- frame edifice, in 1873.

Its pastors have been: 1869-71, John Stringer : 1871-72, W. C. Johnson ; 1872-73, Francis E. Church ; 1873-75, T. S. Wilcox: 1875-77, HI. N. Minnigh; 1877-78, John Stine; 1879-81, Daniel Hartman ; 1881, George MI. Hoke, the present inenmbent.

The church membership numbers ninety persons, and that of the Sunday-school one hundred and sixty.

FIFTH STREET CHURCH is located on Fifth Street, Augustus Sayford, William Calder, and John W. corner of Granite Avenue. The congregation was Glover. The church membership is six hundred. organized in 1871, under Revs. Thomas M. Griffith and F. A. Riggen, the former pastor of Ridge Avenue

Its pastors have been : 1871-72, Thomas M. Grif- fith ; 1872-73, S. H. Hoover; 1873-75, W. H. Keith ; 1875-76, G. T. Gray; 1876-78, P. F. Eyer; 1878-80, W. V. Ganoe; 1880-83, J. H. Black ; 1883, John A. De Moyer, the present pastor.

The church building was erected in 1870-71. The congregation belonged to the Philadelphia Conference until 1873, sinee which time it has been connected with the Central Pennsylvania Conference.

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.

ST. STEPHEN'S .- The earliest reference to the work of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Dauphin County is made in the report of the church missionary at Lancaster, Rev. Thomas Barton, who was sent to this portion of the country by the "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." The headquarters of the society were at London, England, and the date of Mr. Barton's report is Nov. 10, 1766. In this report Mr. Barton says, " Mr. John Cox, a mer- chant of Philadelphia, by a deed granted to the $0- eiety, gave a lot for church purposes in Estherton, lying northwest of Lancaster about forty miles, on the river Susquehanna, where there are several families belonging to the church, who are at too great a dis- tanee from any stated mission to attend divine ser- vice. This gentleman has also promised to give twenty pounds himself, and to collect one hundred pounds more among his friends in Philadelphia, to- ward, building a church upon said lot, and his lady engages to furnish it with a bell. . . . " There is no record that this church was ever built, but the so- ciety above referred to appointed an itinerant inis- sionary, to travel about from one vacant church to another, and Estherton was included in this charge. Although Estherton was older than Harris' Ferry, the latter place took the lead: but there must have been at one time established services there, as it is stated that Bishop White preached there on several I oceasions.

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The first Episcopal services enjoyed by the people of Harrisburg were rendered hy the Rev. William A. Muhlenberg, D.D., theo rector of St. James', Lan- caster, who, from December, 1823, to June, 1824, ofhi- ciated here onee each month in the old log church, situated on the corner of Third Street and Cherry Alley, which was given by the Reformed Church. At that time Dr. Muhlenberg's efforts to form a con- gregation and organize a parish failed. The next services in Harrisburg were rendered by the Rev. Charles S. Williams, then rector of St. John's, York. He officiated once in each three weeks, from October, 1824, to March, 1:25, a period of six months. The third clergyman who performed services here was Rev. James Depui, theu in deacon's orders. lle la- bored from September, 1825, to January, 1826, a period of six months.

The vestry seems to have been organized in 1825, as the parish was admitted to the Convention at Read- ing in 1826, but the first record bears the date of Mareh 25, 1826, on which day a meeting of the vestry was held. This vestry was composed of John B. Cox, William Mileham, John Depni, James Peacock, George Fi-her, William Putnam, James Buchanan, Alexander C. Wilson, James Woodman, Samuel Bryan, John E. For-ter. and Joseph Curzen. At this meeting the Rev. John B. Clemson was elected rector of the parish. The organization of the parish was largely due to his zeal and energy. At that time hut six families could be found avowing themselves Epis- copalians.

Plans were agreed upon, 20th April. 1826, for a neat brick building sixty-five feet front by sixty feet deep. and a contract entered into with Mes-r -. Bryan and Dowding, the cost being limited to four thousand dollars. The corner-stone was laid with Ma-onie ceremonies on St. John's day, 24th June, 1826. On the 9th of May, 1827, the church, which is situated on Front Street, a short distance below Pine, was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. William White, D.D., bishop of the then diocese of Pennsylvania. Fifty. pews were rented at that time, and twenty-five per- sons were confirmed. A lofty, square, brick tower surmounts the front of the edifice, in which is a fine- toned bell. The edifice has been enlarged and re- modeled internally, yet presents the same front. The rectory is situated on Front Street above Pine.

The consecration of St. Stephen's was attended with the additional interest of the presence of the Diocesan Convention, which met here at that time; and the further interest attaches in the fact that there and within those walls the election of the Rev. Henry Ustrick Onderdonk took place as assistant bishop of Pennsylvania. Bishop Onderdonk was eonseerated in Christ Church. Philadelphia. Oct. 25. 1827, and made his first visitation to Harrisburg on the 27th of December. 1827.

Under date of Nov. 17, 1835, the following entry appears on the records :

" Resolved, That the thanks of the vestry and congregation betendered to Mrs. Wharton for her kindness in presenting St. Stephen's Church with a set of communion plates, and that the secretary transmit her a copy of this resolution."

It is fair to presnme that this gift embraced the whole communion set, but this is not stated.

The Diocesan Convention of Pennsylvania met in St. Stephen's in May, 1841, and on the 9th of Novem- her, 1871, the primary Convention of the diocese of Central Pennsylvania assembled in that edifiee. at which the Rt. Rev. M. A. De Wolf Howe was chosen bishop, making the second bishop eleeted within its walls.

The rectors of St. Stephen's have been : 1826-28, Rev. John B. Clemson; 1828-29, Rev. John W. Curtis ; 1829-31. Rev. John Reynolds; 1832-38, Rev. Nathan Stern ; 1838-42. Rev. Charles V. Kelly ; 1×42-44, Rev. Henry Major : 1844-52, Rev. Joseph H. Cojt. D.D. ; 1552-56, Rev. Henry H. Bean ; 1857- 60, Rev. Robert Allen Castleman ; 1860-67, Rev. B. B. Leacock, D.D .; 1867, Rev. Robert J. Keeling, D.D.

ST. PAUL's, located at the corner of Sixth and Fors- ter Streets, is the outgrowth of a mission Sunday- school. established under the auspiees of St. Stephen'- Church, in November, 1857. In the summer of 1858 a frame building was erected at a cost of one thou- sand dollars, at the north side of the reservoir, on ground donated for the purpose by several of the members of St. Stephen's, and was consecrated by Rt. Rev. Dr. Bowman, assistant bishop of the State, Jan. 13, 1859. St. Paul's congregation was organ- ized Jan. 5, 1859, with the following vestrymen : William P. Beatty, William Buehler, Daniel D. Boas, Benjamin Park, Robert A. Lamberton, Thomas L. Wilson, William T. Hildrup, William Garret, J. R. Jones, John Cruikshank. Charles H. Coates, and Charles Conner. Delegates were elected May 5. 1859, to the Episcopal Convention, which received the con- gregation into full union. The new church edifice, due chiefly to the legacy of Mr. Charles Conner. was opened June 30, 1578, and consecrated Feb. 23, 1879. The pastors have been : May 13, 1860, to Oe- tober, 1861, William V. Feltwell ; July 1, 1864, to Nav. 18, 1865, Alfred J. Barrow; Dec. 10, 1865, to Dec. 7, 1867, J. H. Hobart Millett ; Sept. 13, 1868, to Sept. 13, 1869, Joseph S. Colton; Nov. 13, 1871, to Nov. 80, 1875, W. T. Bowen; Oct. 1, 1576, to 1879, B. F. Brown; July, 1879, Leroy F. Baker, present pastor. During the interregnum, between 1801 and 1864, Rev.' B. B. Leacock. of St. Stephen's, frequently officiated, and between 1969 and 1871, occasional services were had by Revs. R. J. Keeling, D.D., and V. H. Berg- haus, and by H. C. Pastorius, then a lay reader.

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History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical, Part 88

Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901 Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1046

Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1046