Emanuel Church, situated three and one-half miles north of Somerset borough, was organized in 1815 by Revs. A. Hennig and M. Walter. Among its original members were the families of the Emmerts, Boyers, Pauls, Metzlers, Zimmermans, Cobaughs, McQuillions and Ferners. The church edifice was built in 1848, and remodeled in 1873, at a cost of twelve hundred dollars. Of those who have served as preachers on this circuit we mention the names of:
Rev. A. Hennig
Rev. M. Walter
Rev. J. Richel
Rev. J. Stambaugh
Rev. H. Weiand
Rev. J. Barber
Rev. S. Witt
Rev. A. Clingfelter
Rev. John Peters
Rev. M. Dehoff
Rev. D. Middlekauf
Rev. J. Baumgardner
Rev. J. Long
Rev. T. Buck
Rev. J. Stoll
Rev. F. Borauf
Rev. A. Beck
Rev. J. Hamilton
Rev. H. Wissler
Rev. J. Reich
Rev. J. Fry
Rev. D. Manweller
Rev. S. Tobias
Rev. J. Allen
Rev. J. Bruer
Rev. G. Mattinger
Rev. G. Brickly
Rev. S. G. Miller
Rev. W. Roehring
Rev. C. Kring
Rev. B. Bixler
Rev. G. Anstein
Rev. D. Kehr
Rev. J. Harlacher
Rev. D. Brickly
Rev. A. Fry
Rev. H. Bucks
Rev. G. Schneider
Rev. J. Lutz
Rev. G. Seger
Rev. M. J. Caroather
Rev. J. L. W. Seibert
Rev. G. W. Cupp
Rev. J. G. Pfeuffer
Rev. J. M. Zirkle
Rev. S. B. Kring
Rev. J. Pfeuffer
Rev. D. H. Long
Rev. W. B. Poling
Rev. B. L. Miller
Rev. H. W. Hampe
Rev. M. H. Shannon
Rev. S. Vandersal
Rev. G. W. Risinger
Rev. D. Strayer
Rev. H. B. Summers
Rev. J. A. Grimm
Rev. J. Esch
Rev. S. M. Baumgardner
Rev. F. Bone
Rev. T. Eisenhower
Rev. G. W. White
Rev. I. A. Smith
Rev. D. K. Lavan
Rev. W. A. Rininger
The names of preachers who traveled between 1836 and 1850 could not be ascertained. The circuit, being very large in earlier years, was served by two and three preachers at the same time. The present members of the congregation number seventy-seven; sabbath-school attendants, sixty.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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