Gladden\’s Run Reformed and Lutheran Church commenced with six members in Hoyman\’s schoolhouse in 1846. In November, 1872, the congregation was regularly organized by Rev. B. Knepper, the pastor, who is still in charge. The first church officers were:
Israel Emerich – elder
Andrew Everlain – elder
Bailey Shumaker – deacon
Samuel Shurmaker – deacon
The oldest members were:
Jonathan Emerich
Benjamin Baker
A. Getz
Frederick Hasselroth
Solomon Shumaker
Nathan Emerich
D. Liebau
The church ediface, erected at a cost of about two thousand dollars, was dedicated November 24, 1872. Present membership of the church, eighty-four; sabbath school. forty-five. The preaching is alternately English and German. It was formerly wholly in German.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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