The Methodist Episcopal church at Garrett was erected in 1882, under the ministry of Rev. A. Freeman. Rev. I. C. Pershing, D.D., of Pittsburgh, preached the dedicatory sermon. This is a frame church, of Gothic style, and cost about one thousand dollars. The first trustees were:
Dr. H. Garey
Nicholas Clemens
William Brown
Thomas Price, Jr.
John Hocking, Sr.
Thomas S. Hepplewhite
Class-leader and sabbath-school superintendent: T.S. Hepplewhite
The present membership is fourteen; sabbath-school scholars and teachers, thirty-five.
The church of the Evangelical Association at Garrett was also erected in 1882, under the administration of Rev. R. P. Vanmeter. The building cost about eight hundred dollars. Trustees:
W.B. Shaffer
Samuel Weimer
David Sheler.
Class-leader: W.B. Shaffer
Membership: church, twenty; sabbath school, seventy.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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