St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brother’s Valley township, was organized May 4, 1842, by Rev. Charles Reese. The original membership numbered fifty-eight. The first officers were:
Elders: Jacob P. Walker, William Fritz, Sr.
Deacons: John Fritz, Peter P. H. Walker, Frederick P. Walker
The pastors have been as follows:
Rev. Charles Reese, 1842-3
Rev. Jesse Winecoff, 1843-6
Rev. Charles Young, 1846-51
Rev. Eli Fare, 1851-6
Rev. Philip Sheeder, 1856-64
Rev. Jesse Winecoff, 1864-72
Rev. A. M. Strauss, 1872-5
Rev. J. W. Poffinberger, 1875-9
Rev. J. Milton Snyder, 1879 – present pastor
The first church was erected in 1842, and dedicated by Rev. J. Winecoff. Its cost was about nine hundred dollars. The present church, built in 1875, is of brick, two stories, 40×62-1/2 feet, with stained glass, tall spire and bell. Its cost was eighty-six hundred dollars. The present membership of the church is one hundred and twenty; sabbath school, ninety.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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