Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran church was organized in 1856 by Rev. L.J. Bell. The original members were:
John Seese
John Statler
Emanuel J. Seese
Adam Folmer
Daniel Shaffer
Frederick Keifer
Peter Statler
Philip Seese
M. Seese, Jr.
Philip E. Seese
Jacob Seese, Sr.
William Vaupel
Henry Berkey
Daniel Border
Andrew Shaffer
The pastors have been:
Rev. L. J. Bell
Rev. J. T. Kuhlman
Rev. P. Sheeder
Rev. A. R. Height
Rev. D. Stufft
Rev. J. A. Nuner
Rev. D. Stufft
Rev. A.M. Hubler
The house of worship was built in 1857, at a cost of five hundred dollars. The congregation is out of debt. Membership: church, fifty; sabbath school, seventy.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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