St. Paul’s Reformed church in Brother’s Valley township was organized January 15, 1860, by Rev. F.A. Edmonds. The original officers and members were:
Elders: Jacob Hanger and Nicholas Smith
Deacons: Frederick R. Knepper and William Hanger
Peter Stahl
Simon Hanger
Henry Coleman
John Brant
Jesse Brant
Rosanna Weimer
Hannah Brant
Julia Hoover
Mary Hanger
Rebecca Coleman
Elizabeth Brant
The pastors have been:
Rev. F. A. Edmonds
Rev. F. Wall
Rev. William Rupp
Rev. H. F. Keener
The house of worship was erected in 1860, at a cost of six hundred dollars. The church has sixty-two members and the sabbath school thirty-five.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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