LUTHERAN
The Lutheran Church at Davidsville was organized in 1852, and a house of worship erected the same year. The church is a frame building, 35 x 45 feet, and cost eleven hundred dollars. The present membership is about 40. The first pastor was Rev. J. K. Bricker. The first officers of the congregation were:
Joseph Hoffman – elder
Henry Umburn – elder
Daniel Hoffman – deacon
Daniel Border – deacon
CHRIST REFORMED
Christ Reformed congregation of Davidsville was organized by Rev. W. H. Bates, May 4, 1879, with sixteen members. The congregation has no church edifice, but worships in an old schoolhouse. There are eighteen members at present. Rev. W. H. Bates was the first pastor and his successor, Rev. M. H. Diefenderfer, is now in charge.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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