The Methodist Episcopal church, at Petersburg, was built in 1839, and dedicated October 25, by Rev. F.M. Miller, of the Baltimore conference, minister in charge. The first officers were as follows:
Henry Ringer
Andrew Ryland
John A. Mitchell
Samuel H. Brook
Joseph Hendrickson
John N. Luddington
Moses A. Ross (Gen. Ross is the only surviving member of the board now residing in Petersburg.)
The present membership of the church is one hundred and eighty. The sabbath school was organized June 16, 1834, with John N. Luddington, superintendent, and M.A. Ross, secretary. It now numbers, including teachers and officers, about one hundred and sixty. Gen. Ross and Daniel Augustine have been actively identified with the school from the beginning. By vote of the managers, it has always been under the control of the Methodist Episcopal church, but has been attended by pupils of all denominations.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerst & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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