Wills Evangelical Lutheran Church, situated five miles east of Somerset borough, was organized in 1839, by Rev. Charles Rees. Of its original members were:
Daniel Will, elder
Michael Weyand, elder
William Will, deacon
D. A. Rhodes, deacon
The pastors have been:
Rev. Charles Rees
Rev. Samuel B. Lawson
Rev. J. F. Williams
Rev. J. K. Miller
Rev. P. Sahm
Rev. John Tomlinson
Rev. J. J. Wech.
The latter from 1874 to the present date.
In 1839 a church edifice was erected at a cost of four hundred and seventy-five dollars. It is still in use. The present members of the congregation number sixty-six; sabbath-school attendants, fifty.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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